TransCanadaHighway.com Nova Scotia: Trans-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.

Next West: Fredericton to Moncton

Next East: Truro to New Glasgow

New Brunswick Transportion road condition reports for this segment.

Nova Scotia Transportation road condition reports for this segment.

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KM From Start EAST \| WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info
0	154.8	Exit 15 to Hwy 102, S to Truro, Halifax, E to new Glasgow	Truro	34.1
3.5	151.3	underpass Crowes Mills Rd (no access)	Truro	26.2
6.8	148	underpass Belmont Rd (no access)	Truro	12.8
7.8	147	Crossing Chigancis River	Truro	8.8
8.8	146	Exit 13 S to McElmons Pond Prov Park		19.2
13.8	141	Exit 12 to Masstown Road and Hwy 2, N to Debert (6 km) & Airport, S to Elm River camping and to McElmons Pond PP		21.6
14.8	140	Crossing Debert River		16.2
16.8	138	Crossing Folly River		27.1
17.8	137	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		21
19.8	135	Crossing Peppard Brook		48.5
22.8	132	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	50.3
24.8	130	Crossing the Great Village River	Cobequid Pass	43.6
29.8	125	Juct of Mines Bass River Rd, East to Londonderry Community and Provincial Park	Cobequid Pass	120.1
35.8	119	Toll booth for the Highway 104 Cobequid Pass (west bound traffic, car $4, trucks $3 per axle) 1877-727-7104	Cobequid Pass	249.3
39.8	115	underpass for Westchester Rd (no access) NE to Rushton Beach	Cobequid Pass	192
47.8	107	Exit 8 to Wentworth-Collingwood Rd, east of here is start of toll section of Hwy 104	Cobequid Pass	131.1
57.8	97	Exit 7 Hwy 4 E to Wentworth Center (23 km), and Wentworth PP (25 km)		63.7
63.8	91	Transimission Line		32.9
65.8	89	Crossing Steepbank Brook		6.7
66.8	88	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)		15.8
85.8	69	River Crossing Styles Brook		105.8
89.8	65	overpass Fenwick Rd (no access)		137.5
94.8	60	overpass Nappan Rd / route 302 (no access)		32.6
95.8	59	River Crossing Nappan River		18.3
96.7	58.1	emergency U-turn		22.9
96.8	58	overpass MacDonald Rd (no access)	Amherst	26.5
97.8	57	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	11.3
100.3	54.5	Pass Blair Lake to S, access via Exit #4	Amherst	10.4
101.8	53	Exit 3 Victoria St (Hwy 6 ), NW to town of Amherst, all services & accommodation	Amherst	18.9
103.8	51	Underpass Laplanche St (No Access), and railway underpass	Amherst	5.8
104.3	50.5	Weigh Scales both sides of highway		9.4
104.8	50	Exit 1, SE to Fort Lawrence Historical site & rest stop, NE to Gateway Parklands camping & Riverbend Golf		18.3
106.8	48	River Missaguash, NB-NS provincial boundary. Highway changes from #2 (NB) to #104 (NS)		7.6
108.8	46	Exit #513 W to community of Aulac & Fort Beausejour, E to Hwy16 Port Elgin, Cape Tourmentine and PEI	Aulac	21.3
110.8	44	River Crossing Aulac River		4
113.8	41	Access on N side to Coles Island & Tantramar Marshes		4.9
114.8	40	River Crossing Tantramar River	Sackville	3
115.8	39	Exit #506 to Bridge St (route 106), SW to community of Dorchester, NE to camping & Vogue Cinema	Sackville	7.9
117.8	37	Exit #504 Main St (Hwy 106) S to Sackville & Mount Allison University (1 km), Highway #940 N to Shemogue (33km)	Sackville	21.3
121.8	33	Exit#500 Junction Walker Rd/Chemin Walker	Sackville	95.1
128.8	26	EB government weigh scales		78.6
130.8	24	U-Turn		68.6
132.8	22	Exit #488 Memramcook-Est Rd< N to East Memramcook	Memramcook	83.5
134.8	20	Exit #488 Port Route Rd (route 933), W to community of Memramcook, E to East Memramcook	Memramcook	39.6
138.8	16	Exit #482 Renaissance St, S to Memramcook ( 5 km)	Memramcook	33.8
139.8	15	crossing Memramcook River		8.5
		This new 3-span concrete beam bridge over the Memaracook River opened Oct 2009, replacing the Memramcook River #5 Bridge (north), built in 1960.
141.8	13	Exit #480 to Old Shediac Rd, South to Memramcook		75.9
147.8	7	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)		50
154.8	0	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 …	Dieppe	53.3
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