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Home > Nova Scotia's Trans-Canada Highway > Moncton, NB to Truro, Nova Scotia Itinerary
TransCanadaHighway.com Nova ScotiaTrans-Canada Highway: along Highway #2 (NB) and Highway #104 (NS) between Moncton, New Brunswick and Truro, Nova Scotia
Here is the itinerary for the 155 km along Highway #2 (NB) and Highway #104 (NS) between Moncton, New Brunswick and Truro, Nova Scotia:
The area east of Moncton (on the north side of the Petitcodiac) & Dieppe (on the south side of the Petitcodiac) are part of the Tantramar eco-zone. The name Tantramar comes from French for loud noise Trantimarre, referring to the noise from large flocks of birds in the area, and migrating through it. The area, after early deforestation, has been stunted by Fundy fogs and winds. You will also pass an area of drumlins (teardrop-shaped sand & Gravel deposits left behind by glaciers as they receded) beside the Peticodiac River.
East of Sackville you enter the Tantramar Marshes, where dykes built by early Acadian settlers in 1686 hold back the sea and build lush farmlands on the recovered land. To fertlize the land, the settlers occasionally let the sea flood the land. The settlement here grew to over a thousand people, and was defended by Fort Beausejour (just inside present-day Nova Scotia). The fort was taken by the English in 1755 and the Acadians were resettled around Memramcook and Dorchester. You will also notice a set of high antennas, on Coles Island eat of Sackville, which are used by CBC Radio International for their overseas shortwave broadcasts. By anchoring them in salty marshy ground, it was believed the electrical ground would improve signal transmission.
Once in Nova Scotia, the area south of the Trans-Canada around Springhill has a rich history of coal mining. The coal is a result of tropical forests from 350 million years ago, which left behind decaying vegetable matter that under incredible pressure from the rocks deposited above them was compressed into coal. Nearby Oxford has built up accumulations of salt and sediment from long-ago oceans, that now is mined for rock salt and gypsum.
Recently the Trans-Canada route was realigned through the Cobequid Pass, which used a public-private partnership to build a short toll stretch of the highway to speed traffic. This route takes travelers close to Wentworth Provincial Park and Wentworth Ski Hill. The Cobequid Mountains are three times older than the Rocky Mountains, and 200 million years ago were likely as high, but erosion has worn them down to their current 400 metre (1200 ft) elevation. Cyclists should take the older highway 4, which follows a more level and more lightly traveled route.
New Brunswick Transportion road condition reports for this segment.
Nova Scotia Transportation road condition reports for this segment.
KM from Start | Highway Point Description | Municipality | GPS and
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0 | 155 | Exit #467/#19a Junction of Highways #15 & #2. West to City of Moncton 1/2 km. E to Shediac, N to Bathurst, Campbellton and Quebec's Gaspe Region, NE to Province of Prince Edward Island. S to town of Sackville, the New Brunswick / Nova Scotia border | Dieppe | Map Zoom |
7 | 148 | Exit 474 Junction of Highway #132 W back to Moncton Airport (5 km) Moncton (10 km), E to Scoudouc (9 km) and Shediac(17 km) | | Map Zoom |
13 | 142 | Exit #480 to Old Shediac Rd, South to Memramcook | | Map Zoom |
15 | 140 | crossing Memramcook River | | Map Zoom |
16 | 139 | Exit #482 Renaissance St, S to Memramcook ( 5 km) | Memramcook | Map Zoom |
20 | 135 | Exit #488 Port Route Rd (route 933), W to community of Memramcook, E to East Memramcook | Memramcook | Map Zoom |
22 | 133 | Exit #488 Memramcook-Est Rd< N to East Memramcook | Memramcook | Map Zoom |
24 | 131 | U-Turn | | Map Zoom |
26 | 129 | EB government weigh scales | | Map Zoom |
33 | 122 | Exit#500 Junction Walker Rd/Chemin Walker | Sackville | Map Zoom |
37 | 118 | Exit #504 Main St (Hwy 106) S to Sackville & Mount Allison University (1 km), Highway #940 N to Shemogue (33km) | Sackville | Map Zoom |
39 | 116 | Exit #506 to Bridge St (route 106), SW to community of Dorchester, NE to camping & Vogue Cinema | Sackville | Map Zoom |
40 | 115 | River Crossing Tantramar River | Sackville | Map Zoom |
71 | 84 | Access on N side to Coles Island & Tantramar Marshes | | Map Zoom |
44 | 111 | River Crossing Aulac River | | Map Zoom |
46 | 109 | Exit #513 W to community of Aulac & Fort Beausejour, E to Hwy16 Port Elgin, Cape Tourmentine and PEI | Aulac | Map Zoom |
48 | 107 | River Missaguash, NB-NS provincial boundary. Highway changes from #2 (NB) to #104 (NS) | | Map Zoom |
50 | 105 | Exit 1, SE to Fort Lawrence Historical site & rest stop, NE to Gateway Parklands camping & Riverbend Golf | | Map Zoom |
51 | 104 | Weigh Scales both sides of highway | | Map Zoom |
51 | 104 | Underpass Laplanche St (No Access), and railway underpass | Amherst | Map Zoom |
53 | 102 | Exit 3 Victoria St (Hwy 6 ), NW to town of Amherst, all services & accommodation | Amherst | Map Zoom |
55 | 100 | Pass Blair Lake to S, access via Exit #4 | Amherst | Map Zoom |
57 | 98 | Exit 4 Hwy #2 (Albion St) S to hpsital, Loch Lomond camping, Fenwick PP, community of Springhill (23 km), North to Town of Amherst, all services & accommodation | Amherst | Map Zoom |
58 | 97 | overpass MacDonald Rd (no access) | Amherst | Map Zoom |
58 | 97 | emergency U-turn | | Map Zoom |
59 | 96 | River Crossing Nappan River | | Map Zoom |
60 | 95 | overpass Nappan Rd / route 302 (no access) | | Map Zoom |
65 | 90 | overpass Fenwick Rd (no access) | | Map Zoom |
69 | 86 | River Crossing Styles Brook | | Map Zoom |
78 | 77 | Exit 5 route 142, S to Springhill (7 km) | Black River Rd | Map Zoom |
88 | 67 | Exit 6 route 321 S and route 301 N to Oxford (2 km), River Phillip, and Heather Beach PP (18 km), and town of Pugwash (25 km) | | Map Zoom |
89 | 66 | Crossing Steepbank Brook | | Map Zoom |
91 | 64 | Transimission Line | | Map Zoom |
97 | 58 | Exit 7 Hwy 4 E to Wentworth Center (23 km), and Wentworth PP (25 km) | | Map Zoom |
107 | 48 | Exit 8 to Wentworth-Collingwood Rd, east of here is start of toll section of Hwy 104 | Cobequid Pass | Map Zoom |
115 | 40 | underpass for Westchester Rd (no access) NE to Rushton Beach | Cobequid Pass | Map Zoom |
119 | 36 | Toll booth for the Highway 104 Cobequid Pass (west bound traffic, car $4, trucks $3 per axle) 1877-727-7104 | Cobequid Pass | Map Zoom |
125 | 30 | Juct of Mines Bass River Rd, East to Londonderry Community and Provincial Park | Cobequid Pass | Map Zoom |
130 | 25 | Crossing the Great Village River | Cobequid Pass | Map Zoom |
132 | 23 | Exit 10, S to Great Village (3 km), N to Londonderry (7 km), Begin of Toll Road (west bound traffic, car $3.5, truck $2.5 per axle) | Cobequid Pass | Map Zoom |
135 | 20 | Crossing Peppard Brook | | Map Zoom |
137 | 18 | Exit 11 to Hwy 4, N to community of Folly Lake (16 km), Wentworth Prov Park (25 km), Wentworth Ski Resort, S to scenic Hwy 2 weast along coastline of Minas Basin | | Map Zoom |
138 | 17 | Crossing Folly River | | Map Zoom |
140 | 15 | Crossing Debert River | | Map Zoom |
141 | 14 | Exit 12 to Masstown Road and Hwy 2, N to Debert (6 km) & Airport, S to Elm River camping and to McElmons Pond PP | | Map Zoom |
146 | 9 | Exit 13 S to McElmons Pond Prov Park | | Map Zoom |
147 | 8 | Crossing Chigancis River | Truro | Map Zoom |
148 | 7 | underpass Belmont Rd (no access) | Truro | Map Zoom |
151 | 4 | underpass Crowes Mills Rd (no access) | Truro | Map Zoom |
155 | 0 | Exit 15 to Hwy 102, S to Truro, Halifax, E to new Glasgow | Truro | Map Zoom |
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