- New Brunswick Route 4
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Route 4
Route information Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation Length: 28.3 km[1] (17.6 mi) Existed: 1920s[citation needed] – present Major junctions West end: 
SR 6 on the Saint Croix – Vanceboro BridgeEast end: 
Route 3 in Thomaston CornerHighway system Provincial highways in New Brunswick
Former routes← Route 3Route 7 
→Route 4 is a 28.3-kilometre (17.6 mi) long provincial highway located enirely in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. The highway begins on the Saint Croix – Vanceboro Bridge between the cities of Vanceboro, Maine and Saint Croix, and travels east to an interchange with Route 3 in Thomaston Corner.
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Route description
Route 4 begins on the Saint Croix – Vanceboro Bridge over the Saint Croix River, which serves as both the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick and the border between the Eastern Time Zone and Atlantic Time Zone,[2] traveling east through the customs station. Exiting Saint Croix, the highway begins to parallel a rail line belonging to the New Brunswick Southern Railway through rural York County. The highway is surrounded by woodlands until entering the community of McAdam, where it serves as the main road through town. The highway turns more northerly through town then turns to the south before straightening out more in a more northeasterly direction again, entering more woodlands. Route 4 traverses the small community of Christie Ridge before terminating at an intersection with Route 3 in Thomaston Corner.[1]
History
Between McAdam and St. Croix, Route 4 follows the bed of one of New Brunswick's first railways, a wooden line built by a lumberman named Todd who wanted to transport his logs to the Saint Croix River. The line was deemed surplus with the construction of the parallel European and North American Railway in the late 1860s, immediately to the south, and it was later converted to a road.[3]
Major intersections
The entire route is in York County.
Location km[1] Destinations Notes Saint Croix River 0.00 SR 6 (Saint Croix – Vanceboro Bridge) – Vanceboro, TopsfieldWestern terminus Thomaston Corner 28.3 Route 3 – St. Stephen, FrederictonEastern terminus 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi References
- ^ a b c Google, Inc. Google Maps – Route 4 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=NB-4+E&daddr=NB-4+E&geocode=FT9StwIdriD7-w%3BFUKluAIdM6b_-w&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=16&sll=45.569322,-67.42743&sspn=0.009403,0.014741&ie=UTF8&ll=45.607313,-67.230148&spn=0.300704,0.471725&z=11. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ Cariddi, Barbara (May 6, 2005). "New Time Zone for Maine?". Concord, NH: New Hampshire Public Radio. http://www.nhpr.org/node/8748. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Nason, David (1992). Railways of New Brunswick. Fredericton, N.B: New Ireland. ISBN 0-920483-38-0.
Categories:- New Brunswick provincial highways
- Roads in York County, New Brunswick
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