Nova Scotia Highway 125

Highway 125
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Major junctions
South end:	Hwy 105 (TCH), Route 305 near Sydney Mines46°14′12″N 60°15′47.9″W / 46.23667°N 60.263306°W / 46.23667; -60.263306 (Highway 125 North Terminus)
North end:	Trunk 4 in Sydney46°8′49.6″N 60°8′38.8″W / 46.147111°N 60.144111°W / 46.147111; -60.144111 (Highway 125 South Terminus)
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia ← Hwy 118 Hwy 142 →

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Highway 125 is a 30 km long controlled-access highway located in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

Part of the provincial 100-series arterial highway network, Highway 125 encircles the west side of Sydney Harbour, from an interchange with Highway 105 (the Trans-Canada Highway) at Sydney Mines to Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road) at Sydney.

The provincial government named it Peacekeepers Way on 18 August 2008.[1]

Route description

The northern third of the highway was upgraded during the late 1990s and early 2000s from a two-lane freeway to a twinned 4-lane freeway. Particularly problematic was the fact that the highway passes in proximity to Pottle Lake, the water supply reservoir for North Sydney, which required installation of pollution control monitoring and containment systems.

Approximately 6 km of the highway near its mid-point is currently slated for similar upgrading. As well, the province is completing the planning and design for the twinning of the remaining two-lane section of the highway, between Exit 6 (with Trunk 4/Kings' Rd) and Exit 9 (also with Trunk 4/Grand Lake Rd).

In 2002 a connector road was built from the Grand Lake Road interchange which gives access to the port of Sydney at the former Sydney Steel Corporation property which is now an industrial park.

In the fall of 2006, an additional interchange was opened at Coxheath Road, offering direct access to the communities of Coxheath, Blacketts Lake, and the Cantley Village subdivision.

In January 2008, a public meeting was held to discuss the required infrastructure to finally twin Highway 125 from its six lane divided portion in Sydney River to its eastern terminus at Grand Lake Road. The design work and implementation will require the construction of a roundabout at the George Street exit (in addition to the roundabout at the Alexandra Street exit that was completed in December 2009), as well as over-pass structures for George Street, and Cow Bay Road/Upper Prince Street. At-grade intersections will be eliminated, and access roads will be constructed for a DND small arms range between Exits 8 (George Street) and Exit 9 (Grand Lake Road/SPAR), as well as the fresh water reservoir. The project is expected to be completed in 2012.

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal is currently (summer 2009) constructing new east-bound lanes from Exit 4 (Balls Creek) to Exit 5A (Coxheath Road). Once all necessary bridge work and paving is completed, Highway 125 will be almost completely twinned, except for the scheduled portions mentioned previously.

Interchanges from south to north

Exit number*	Intersecting Roads	Direction	Wikimapia view
1	Highway 105, Route 305 (Main Street)	Northbound [2]	[3]
2	Johnston Road; King Street	Northbound, Southbound	[4]
3	Route 223 (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive), Route 305 (Seaview Drive)	Northbound, Southbound	[5]
4	Route 239 (Point Edward Connector)	Northbound, Southbound	[6]
5	Sydport Access Road	Northbound, Southbound	[7]
5A**	Coxheath Road	Northbound, Southbound	[8]
6	Trunk 4 (Kings Road)	Northbound, Southbound	[9]
7	Route 327 (Alexandra Street, Gabrius Highway)	Northbound, Southbound	[10]
8	Trunk 22 (George Street, Louisbourg Highway (Marconi Trail))	Northbound, Southbound	[11]
9	Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road)	Southbound	[12]

• *Exit numbers in Nova Scotia are sequential
• **Opened in October 2006.