Nova Scotia Highway 103

Highway 103
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Major junctions
West end:	To Trunk 3 Hardscatch Road in Yarmouth 43°50′41.6″N 66°5′18.5″W / 43.844889°N 66.088472°W / 43.844889; -66.088472 (Highway 103 West Terminus)
	Trunk 8 near Liverpool Trunk 10 near Bridgewater Trunk 14 near Chester
East end:	Hwy 102 in Halifax 44°38′37.5″N 63°39′18.3″W / 44.64375°N 63.655083°W / 44.64375; -63.655083 (Highway 103 East Terminus)
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia ← Hwy 102 Hwy 104 (TCH) →

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Highway 103 is an east-west highway in Nova Scotia that runs from Halifax to Yarmouth.

The highway follows a route of approximately 300 km (185 mi) along the province's South Shore region fronting the Atlantic coast. The route parallels its predecessor, local Trunk 3. The highway varies from 2-lane controlled access to 2-lane local secondary roads on the section between Yarmouth and Bridgewater. East of Bridgewater to Timberlea, the highway is 2-lane controlled access, with the exception of a short 4-lane expressway near Chester. From Tantallon (Exit 5), to the interchange with Highway 102 in Halifax, the highway is 4-lane divided freeway.

The highway has developed sporadically since the 1970s, with the 2-lane controlled access portion to Bridgewater being largely responsible for the abandonment of CN Rail's South Shore line, the former Halifax and Southwestern Railway.

Names of Highway 103

• Barrington Bypass - Barrington to Oak Park, Shelburne County completed December 21, 2006 [1]
• Nine Mile Road - Sable River to Jordan Falls, Shelburne County

Safety concerns

In 2009 it was considered Nova Scotia's deadliest highway and was ranked the second most dangerous highway in Canada by the Canadian Automobile Association.^[1][2]

Due to the reported high number of fatalities on Highway 103, there has been a public outcry to twin the highway from Exit 5 to Yarmouth.^{[citation needed]} In 2007, a Facebook group along with an online petition was started with the effort to highlight the high number of deaths and injuries on the highway 103 from Tantallon to Liverpool.

Interchanges and major intersections from east to west

Municipality	Exit Number	km	Intersecting Roads	Communities
Halifax Regional Municipality	1	0	Hwy 102	Truro, Halifax, Halifax International Airport
Halifax Regional Municipality	2	2	Trunk 3 (St. Margarets Bay Road) to Route 333	Beechville, Lakeside, Timberlea, Peggys Cove, Bayer's Lake/Ragged Lake/Lakeside Ind Parks, Halifax
Halifax Regional Municipality	3	6	Timberlea Village Parkway to Trunk 3	Timberlea, HRM Resource Waste Management Facility
Halifax Regional Municipality	4	13	Trunk 3	Hubley, Timberlea, Five Island Lake
Halifax Regional Municipality		14	Proposed Hwy 113	Airport, Bedford, Truro, Alternate Route to Highway 102
Halifax Regional Municipality	5	20	Route 213 (Hammond's Plains Road) to Routes 3 & 333	Tantallon, Head of St. Margarets Bay, Peggys Cove, Bedford
MD of Chester	6	41	Trunk 3 to Route 329	Hubbards, Queensland, Blandford
MD of Chester	7	50	Trunk 3 to Route 329	East Chester, Chester, East River, Blandford
MD of Chester	8	63	Trunk 14 to Trunk 3	Chester, New Ross, Windsor
MD of Chester	9	68	Trunk 12 to Trunk 3	Chester Basin, Gold River, Western Shore, Oak Island, Kentville
MD of Lunenburg	10	81	Trunk 3	Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Kentville
MD of Lunenburg	11	99	Route 324 (Cornwall Road)	Blockhouse, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg
MD of Lunenburg	12		Trunk 10 (North Street)	Bridgewater, Cookville, Lunenburg County Ind Park, East/West LaHave, Riverport, New Germany, Middleton
MD of Lunenburg	13		Route 325 (Victoria Road)	Bridgewater, Bridgewater Ind Park, Wileville, Caledonia, Kejimkujik National Park
MD of Lunenburg	14	108	Trunk 3 East	Hebbville, Bridgewater
MD of Lunenburg	15	114	Italy Cross Road	Crousetown, Petite Riviere, Broad Cove, Rissers Beach Provincial Park
MD of Lunenburg	16	119	Hirtle Road	Middlewood, Vogler's Cove, Cherry Hill
Queens RM	17	129	Route 331	East Port Medway, Vogler's Cove, Cherry Hill, Broad Cove
Queens RM	17A	131	Port Medway Road	Port Medway, East/West Berlin, Mill Village, Charleston
Queens RM	18	135	Trunk 3 West	Liverpool, Brooklyn
Queens RM	19	141	Trunk 8 (Milton Road) to Trunk 3 (Bristol Avenue)	Milton, Brooklyn, Liverpool, Caledonia, Kejimkujik National Park, Annapolis Royal
Queens RM	20A	147	Old Port Mouton Road to Trunk 3 (White Point Road)	Liverpool, Liverpool Industrial Park, White Point, Hunts Point
Queens RM	20	157	Trunk 3 East	Summerville Centre, Hunts Point, White Point
Queens RM	21	161	Central Port Mouton Road	Port Mouton
Queens RM		169	St. Catherine's River Road	Port Joli, Kejimkujik National Park Seaside Adjunct
Queens RM		170	Eastside Port L'Hebert Road	Thomas Raddall Provincial Park
District of Shelburne	23	185	Trunk 3 West	Sable River, Lockeport
District of Shelburne	24	199	Trunk 3 East & Lake John Road	Jordan Falls, Lockeport
District of Shelburne	25	204	Trunk 3 West	Shelburne
District of Shelburne	26	208	Route 203 to Trunk 3	Shelburne, Ohio
District of Shelburne	27	215	Trunk 3 East	Birchtown
District of Shelburne	28	222	Route 309	Clyde River, Thomasville, Cape Negro, Port La Tour, Northwest Harbour, Ingomar
District of Barrington	29		Trunk 3	Barrington
District of Barrington	30		Trunk 3	Barrington
District of Argyle	31	259	Trunk 3	East/West Pubnico
District of Argyle	32	271	Trunk 3 East	Argyle, Central Argyle, Argyle Head
District of Argyle	32A	272	Trunk 3 West	Glenwood
District of Argyle	33	284	Route 308 to Trunk 3	Tusket, Tusket Ind. Park, Quinan
District of Yarmouth	Ends	294	Hardscratch Road Hwy 101	Yarmouth

References

1. ^ "Nova Scotia's Highway 101 to be widened". CBC News. March 6, 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/03/06/highway-101-funding.html. Retrieved 2009-11-18. 
2. ^ http://caaneo.ca/about/blog/driving/the-top-12-most-dangerous-highways-in-canada "The Top 12 Most Dangerous Highways in Canada"

External links

• Highway 103 Improvement Projects