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Home > PEI's Trans-Canada Highway > Moncton, New Brunswick to Charlottetown, PEI Itinerary

PEI Trans-Canada Highway Route: from Moncton, NB over the Confederation Bridge between Cape Tourmantine, NB and Borden-Carleton, PEI and along PEI #1 to Charlottetown

Here is the itinerary for the 168 km from Moncton, NB over the Confederation Bridge between Cape Tourmantine, NB and Borden-Carleton, PEI to Charlottetown:

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 fertilize 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.

The predominant red colour of the island's soils and sands is due to iron oxide in the sediments laid down 250-300 million years ago. Following the last Ice Age, water levels rose to create three smaller islands, but as land rebounded without the weight of glaciers, the islands joined into one larger one. European settlement over the past few centuries has replaced forests of pine, maple, hemlock, and beech with open fields goring potatoes, grain, and cattle. When the forests were lost to the shipbuilding industry, the province also lost its bear and caribou population. The rolling hills of the southern half of the Island, sheltered from the harsh winds of the Gulf, support intensive agriculture.

The rich tidal estuaries, where fresh and saltwater mix, make the province a rich environment for shellfish, and the waters of the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Northumberland Strait are rich in code, mackerel, tuna and lobster. The famed red Cavendish cliffs on the north shore at the Island's centre erode at about 5 metres (15 feet) per year.


The Confederation Bridge, replaced a ferry that has served the ferry connecting Cape Tourmantine and Cape Traverse (Borden-Carleton) that has been running since 1827. Drivers only pay tolls on the way to the Mainland. So tourists can save money by taking the Bridge to PEI (2007:$41 on way to mainland) and the Woods Island Ferry (2007:$59 per car, either direction) from PEI rather than the other way around. http://www.confederationbridge.com/en/ and http://www.peiferry.com/fares/

The Bonshaw Hills rise 130 metres (400 feet) above sea levels, and are made of sandstone and shale and remain covered by forests because their hilly nature makes it less suitable for agriculture.

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Next West: Fredericton to Moncton

Next East: Charlottetown, PEI to New Glasgow, NS

New Brunswick Transportion road condition reports for this segment.

PEI Government road condition reports for this segment.

KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
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0	168	Exit #467/#19a Junction Highways #15 & #2. W to City of Moncton 8 km. NE to Shediac(12 km). SE to town of Sackville (37 km), Province of Prince Edward Island.	Moncton/Dieppe	Map Zoom
7	161	Exit 474 junction Highway #132 E to community of Scoudouc (10 km), W to Moncton airport (5 km)	Moncton/Dieppe	Map Zoom
13	155	Exit #480 Old Shediac Road, access to community of Memramcook	Memramcook	Map Zoom
15	153	Exit #482 Rennaissance St, access Memramcook	Memramcook	Map Zoom
27	141	Weigh Scales Eastbound	Memramcook	Map Zoom
31	137	Exit #488 WB-only to/from Rouge Rd	Memramcook	Map Zoom
33	135	Exit #488 EB-only to/from Membramcook Rd (N/S) and Lac Rd (W)	Memramcook	Map Zoom
34	134	Exit #500 Walker Road		Map Zoom
38	130	Exit #504 Junction of Highway #940 (Main St), gas & services	Sackville	Map Zoom
40	128	Exit #506 Access to Highway #106 (Cattail Ridge), services at highway	Sackville	Map Zoom
41	127	River Crossing Goose Creek		Map Zoom
44	124	River Crossing Aulac River		Map Zoom
46	122	Exit #513a Access to community of Aulac, visitor information		Map Zoom
47	121	Exit #513b Junction of Trans Canada Highway #16 East on highway #16 (The Acadian Trail Scenic Route) to Province of Prince Edward Island (52 km), via the Confederation Bridge. Services at highway		Map Zoom
48	120	Crossroad West access to Mount Whatley Rd to east (Mount Whatley on northwest side of Rd)		Map Zoom
50	119	Crossroad: Trueman Mills Rd NW		Map Zoom
51	117	Point de Brute Road (NW), access to La Coupe Dry Dock National Historic Site, Aulac		Map Zoom
53	116	Carter Cross road (NW), access to town of Jolicure, Tintamarre National Wildlife Area (1 km)		Map Zoom
54	114	Troop Valley Rd (NW)		Map Zoom
56	112	Parson Rd (NW), W to Jollicure (1 km)		Map Zoom
59	109	Jolicure Rd (NW), S to Jollicure (3 km), natural feature: Halls Hill / Jolicure Ridge		Map Zoom
64	105	Baie Vert Rd (SE)		Map Zoom
64	104	Copp Loop Rd (W)		Map Zoom
67	102	Main Street (SE), access to Town of Baie Verte (2 km)		Map Zoom
68	100	Coburg Rd (NW)		Map Zoom
70	99	Cherry Burton Rd (SE)		Map Zoom
72	97	Moore Rd, access to town of Port Elgin	Port Elgin	Map Zoom
72	96	Crossing Gaspereau River	Port Elgin	Map Zoom
73	96	Traffic Circle junction with Hwy 970 (to SE), E to Port Elgin, and Hwy15 (to NW), to town of Shemougue (16 km)	Port Elgin	Map Zoom
73	95	Pass small horseracing track	Port Elgin	Map Zoom
74	95	Crossroad S into Port Elgin	Port Elgin	Map Zoom
74	94	Road turnout, rest area South side		Map Zoom
76	92	Junction of Hwy 960, coastal road to Cape Tourmantine		Map Zoom
78	90	Hardy Rd (N), shopping		Map Zoom
80	89	Job Allen Rd, access to Hwy 960		Map Zoom
85	83	Upper Cape Rd (SE), Noonan Rd (NW)		Map Zoom
90	78	Chemin Outton (SE) access to Hwy 960		Map Zoom
92	76	Immigrant Rd (SE) to towns of Bayfield 94 km), town of Cape Tourmantine (6 km)		Map Zoom
94	74	Exit 47 Highway #955 E to town of Bayfield (1 km), town of Cape Tourmantine (3 km), W to town of Muray Corner (15 km) and Murray Beach Provincial Park (16 km)		Map Zoom
97	71	Exit 51 U turn before Confederation Bridge, Islands are Cape Jourimains National Wildlife Area		Map Zoom
97	71	View of Borden-Carleton Harbour & Lighthouse to E		Map Zoom
111	57	Confederaton Bridge on-ramp. 13 km to New Brunswick; toll in Southbound direction. W view of Nonans Marsh, E access to Borden-Carleton, Borden Point Lighthouse, Amhearst Point Lighthouse.		Map Zoom
113	55	Junction with Borden Ave and Dickie Rd, W to Borden Carleton, E to Route 10	Borden Carleton	Map Zoom
115	53	Junction with Route 10, NW to Chelton Beach PP (5 km), SE to town of Cape Traverse (3 km) and southern coastal communities	Borden Carleton	Map Zoom
117	51	Train Station Rd (N) to Albany (4 km), Vernon Muttart Rd (S)		Map Zoom
119	49	Junction with Route 1A N to Middleton (5 km), Central Bedeque (10 km), junction route 1112 W to Albany (1 km)		Map Zoom
122	47	Bradford Rd (S)		Map Zoom
124	44	Junction with route 115 (Mt Tryon Cross Road to S and Trill Hill Rd to N)		Map Zoom
125	43	Tryon River crossing		Map Zoom
126	42	Junction with route 232 Branch Rd (NE)		Map Zoom
127	41	Junction with route 10 (S), W across Tryon River estuary to Augustine Cove	Tryon	Map Zoom
129	40	Old Town Rd (NE)		Map Zoom
129	39	Sherwood Forest Dr (S)	Crapaud	Map Zoom
130	38	Junction of Hwy 13, E to Brookvale Park, crossing Westmoreland River, access to route 231, Inkermann Rd (N)	Crapaud	Map Zoom
131	37	Nelson St to Victoria (1.5 km)		Map Zoom
132	36	Crossing Westmoreland River, Memory Rd to W, Old Post Rd to NE		Map Zoom
135	33	Junction of route 116, Town of Hampton, Shore Rd (S) toTown of Victoria and Victoria Provincial park, Sandy Point Rd (N)	Hampton	Map Zoom
138	30	Crossing DeSable River, tidal estuary		Map Zoom
139	29	Junction of route 246, N to Hwy13 (9 km), and Hwy19 (South Melville Rd) S to south coastal communities,Argyle Shore Prov Park (4 km)	DeSable	Map Zoom
142	26	Junction of route 237 Appin Road (N) to Hwy13		Map Zoom
145	24	Bonshaw Rd (S), services	Bonshaw	Map Zoom
145	24	St Catherines Rd (SE), access to Bonshaw PP	Bonshaw	Map Zoom
145	23	Bonshaw Provincial Park	Bonshaw	Map Zoom
145	23	Green Rd (N)	Bonshaw	Map Zoom
146	22	Crossing West River		Map Zoom
146	22	Crosby Rd (NW)		Map Zoom
147	21	Strathgartney PP (SE side of hwy)		Map Zoom
148	21	Junction of route 245 (N)		Map Zoom
149	20	Junction of route 244 (N)		Map Zoom
149	19	Cameron Rd (S) west access	New Haven	Map Zoom
150	18	Amusement park to S of hwy	New Haven	Map Zoom
151	18	Junction of Hwy 9, N (Colville Rd) to Hunter River (18 km)	New Haven	Map Zoom
151	17	Cameron Rd (S) east access, and N to gravel pit	New Haven	Map Zoom
152	17	Junction of Hwy 9, S to route 247 / Clyde River Rd and community of Dunedin (2 km)	Clyde River	Map Zoom
154	14	Junction of route #247 Bannockburn Rd (N)), Clyude River RD (SW), Baltic Rd (NW)	Clyde River	Map Zoom
155	14	Crossing Clyde River		Map Zoom
156	13	Junction route 265 (S) and Linwood Rd (N)		Map Zoom
156	12	Pass horseracing tack to S of hwy		Map Zoom
158	11	Town of Cornwall, Junction of Hwy19 (Meadowbank Rd) SB, with accommodation, and Ferry Rd EB to camping	Cornwall	Map Zoom
158	11	Ferry Rd (SE) to camping, York Point (4 km), Cornwall Rd (N) services, and Fort Amherst National Historic Park	Cornwall	Map Zoom
158	10	Centennial Rd (NE), accommodation	Cornwall	Map Zoom
159	10	intersection: John St (S) Kellow Rd (N)	Cornwall	Map Zoom
161	8	MacRae Dr (N), gas & services	Cornwall	Map Zoom
162	7	Junction of Hwy 248 N Milton Station (6 km) and Hunter River (17 km); Royal Park Country Inn, S along York Point Rd to York Point (4 km), , and Fort Amherst National Historic Park, W to accommodation, services	Cornwall	Map Zoom
162	6	Crossing North River, tidal estuary		Map Zoom
163	6	Crossing Poplar Island, camping, amusement park with go-cart track	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
163	5	Intersection: Upton Rd N to Upton Experimental Farm, shopping, industrial area	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
164	4	Intersection: North River Rd (S) and Lower Malpeque Rd, accommodation & services both directions	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
165	4	Intersection: Sandstone Rd (S), accommodation, gas & services	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
165	3	Intersection Hwy #2 to Kensington & Cavendish	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
165	3	Intersection: Buchanan Dr (W) to accommodation, E to Charlottetown Mall shopping centre	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
166	2	Browne Court (W), E to University of PEI Campus	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
167	2	Intersection University Ave & Belvedere Ave	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
167	1	Intersection: Allen St (E) and Kirkwood Dr (W), all services	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
168	0	Intersection University Ave & Euston St	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
168	0	Intersection University Ave & Grafton Ave, Charlottetown City Centre, Charlottetown Festival, all services	Charlottetown	Map Zoom
KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
EB	WB