Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1

Route 1
Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Length	903 km (561 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Channel-Port aux Basques
East end	St. John's
Highway system
Highways in Newfoundland and Labrador ← Route 520 Route 2 →

Route 1 is a highway in the Canada province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the easternmost stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 1 is the primary east-west road on the island of Newfoundland.

The eastern terminus of Route 1 is St. John's. From there, the highway crosses the island 903 kilometres (561 mi) to Channel-Port aux Basques, its western terminus.

From there, the Trans-Canada Highway is carried across the Cabot Strait by ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Route description

Trans Canada Highway Route 1 at Corner Brook. This is a 4-lane section at this point in the highway's 903-kilometre length.

The following description details the highway from its eastern terminus to its western terminus.

Route 1's official eastern terminus is at the interchange with Logy Bay Road in the northeastern part of the city. The highway proceeds west on the Outer Ring Road, a freeway. Route 1 maintains the name Outer Ring Road, intersecting with St. John's roads such as Aberdeen Avenue, Portugal Cove Road, Torbay Road, Allandale Road, Thorburn Road, Topsail Road and Kenmount Road until the interchange with Pitts Memorial Drive, 20 km to the west.

Route 1 proceeds in a generally southwestern direction for another 25 km as it follows the southern shore of Conception Bay (several kilometres inland) until it reaches the interchange with Route 13 where it turns west and then northwest, continuing for another 29 km on a 4-lane expressway to Whitbourne where the divided highway ends at the interchange with Route 80/81.

Route 1 transitions to a 2-lane controlled access highway and continues northwest from Whitbourne along the isthmus of the Avalon Peninsula and 188 km north to Glovertown, bypassing Clarenville, small communities like Arnold's Cove, Goobies and passing through Terra Nova National Park; park admission is not required to use Route 1. The Bonavista Peninsula and Burin Peninsula can be accessed via interchanges near Clarenville and Goobies, respectively.

From Glovertown, the highway proceeds northwest 182 km to Badger, bypassing Gander, Glenwood. Lewisporte (about 11 km north on Route 340), Norris Arm Bishop's Falls and Grand Falls-Windsor; Route 1 has a 6 km 4-lane section through Grand Falls-Windsor. As of August 2008, there are no gas stations along the highway between the towns of Gander and Bishop's Falls. The Isles of Notre Dame region of the province, which includes Fogo, the Twillingate Islands, New World Island and surrounding areas, can be accessed via Route 340 at the Notre Dame Junction interchange near Lewisporte. The Bay d'Espoir region can be accessed via the Bay D'Espoir highway near Botwood. Botwood, Point Leamington and Leading Tickles can be accessed via the Botwood Highway, officially Route 350 at an interchange in the Bishop's Falls-Grand Falls-Windsor area.

From Badger, Route 1 heads due north for 64 km to Springdale where the highway swings southwest for 137 km to Pasadena, passing through Deer Lake.

At Pasadena, the highway transitions to a 4-lane expressway and continues southwest along the south shore of Deer Lake before following the Humber River through the narrow Humber Valley. The 4-lane section proceeds for 38 km in a southwest direction, where it transitions back to a 2-lane controlled access highway west of the interchange with Route 450 (Lewin Parkway), southwest of Corner Brook.

From the Confederation Drive interchange, Route 1 proceeds for 213 km in a southwest direction, bypassing Stephenville (accessible via Route 460 and Route 490) and passing through the Codroy Valley (where it is a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway) to Port aux Basques. It terminates southeast of the town at the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal.

New alignment

New highway construction during the 1990s extended Route 1 on what is called the Outer Ring Road to the interchange with Logy Bay Road in the northeast part of St. John's, including passing by the Stavanger Drive Shopping Area. Prior to this construction, Route 1 and the Trans-Canada Highway designation began at St. John's City Hall on New Gower Street and proceeded west on Pitts Memorial Drive and then on the current alignment of Route 1 to the southwest. It is for this reason that the city named its hockey arena and convention centre Mile One Centre, adjacent to the city hall.

To follow an unofficial alignment of Route 1 from St. John's City Hall, one must head geographically east for 1.5 km into the southeastern part of the city, continuing onto Duckworth Street (Route 60). Proceed north for 1 km on Ordnance Street and King's Bridge Road before turning east for 1.5 km along the north shore of Quidi Vidi Lake on The Boulevard.

Continue north on East White Hills Road, which becomes controlled access several hundred metres north of its intersection with The Boulevard. The East White Hills Road transitions into the Outer Ring Road 4 km to the north at the interchange with the Logy Bay Road.

Exit list

Location	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Cabot Strait			Marine Atlantic ferry to North Sydney Hwy 105 (TCH) continues in Nova Scotia
Channel-Port aux Basques	0	0.0	Channel-Port aux Basques ferry terminal
	1	0.62	1	Route 470
Stephenville Crossing	144	89	2	Route 490 – Stephenville
Trout Brook	168	104	3	Route 460 (White's Road, Hansen Highway) – Stephenville
Corner Brook	212	132	4	Route 450 (Lewin Parkway)
	215	134	5	Massey Drive
	217	135	6	Route 450A (Lewin Parkway)
	221	137	7	Route 440 (Riverside Drive)
Steady Brook	224	139	8	Marble Drive	Marble Mountain
Humber Village	230	140	9	Marble Drive
Little Rapids	234	145	10	Bonnell Drive
	237	147	11	Berkshire Road
Pasadena	241	150	12	Main Street
	244	152	13	Stentaford Avenue
St. Jude's	260	160	14	Ridgeview Road
Deer Lake	264	164	15A	Glide Lake Road
	265	165	15	High Street
	267	166	16	Route 430
Grand Falls-Windsor	474	295	17	Main Street
	477	296	18	Cromer Avenue
	478	297	19	Union Street
	479	298	20	Scott Avenue
Bishops Falls	491	305	21	Main Street
	495	308	22	Route 350
Notre Dame Junction	526	327	23	Route 340 – Lewisporte, Twillingate
Gambo	612	380	24	Route 320
Glovertown	629	391	25	Route 310
George's Brook	701	436	26	Route 230 – Bonavista Peninsula
Whitbourne	816	507	27	Route 100 – St. Bride's, Placentia, Ferry	Ferry to Nova Scotia (June–September)
	817	508	28	Route 80	Baccalieu Trail
Ocean Pond	827	514	29	Ocean Pond Road
Grand Pond	830	520	30	Route 71 (Hodgewater Line)
Roaches Line	834	518	31	Route 75	Baccalieu Trail
Brigus Junction	837	520	32	Brigus Junction Road
Middle Gull Pond	842	523	33	Middle Gull Pond Road
Avondale	844	524	34	Route 63
Holyrood	848	527	35	Route 90
	856	532	36	Route 62
Butter Pot	858	533	37	Route 13 (Witless Bay Line) – Bay Bulls
	862	536	38	Butter Pot Provincial Park
Conception Bay South	875	544	39	Route 61 (Foxtrap Access Road)
St. John's	880	550	40	Paddy's Pond/Cochrane Pond
	886	551	41	Route 2 (Pitts Memorial Drive)
Mount Pearl	888	552	42	Kenmount Road
Paradise	889	552	43	Route 60 (Topsail Road)
St. John's	893	555	44	Route 50 (Thorburn Road)
	895	556	45	Route 3A (Team Gushue Highway)
	899	559	46	Allandale Road
	901	560	47	Route 40 (Portugal Cove Road)
	902	560	48	Route 20 (Torbay Road)
	903	561	49	Aberdeen Avenue, Stavanger Drive
	905	562	50	Route 30 (Logy Bay Road)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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