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Route 11
Route information Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation Length: 429.9 km[1] (267.1 mi) Existed: 1920s – present Major junctions South end: 
Route 15 in Shediac
Route 8 in Miramichi
Route 8 in Bathurst
Route 17 in Tide HeadNorth end: Quebec border at Flatlands Location Major cities: Bouctouche, Richibucto, Miramichi, Tracadie-Sheila, Caraquet, Bathurst, Campbellton Highway system Provincial highways in New Brunswick
Former routes← 
Route 10Route 15 →Route 11 is a provincial highway in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada. The 430-kilometre long road runs from Shediac to the Quebec border near Campbellton at the Interprovinciale Bridge, following the province's eastern and northern coastlines.
Between Shediac and Miramichi, and between Bathurst and Campbellton, it is a two-lane road with some sections designed as a Super 2 expressway. The highway is twinned for 2 kilometres in the Shediac region near the Route 15 interchange.
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Route description
The highway's southern terminus is at the interchange with Route 15 in Shediac. It runs northward as a Super 2 controlled-access highway, several kilometres inland from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, passing the towns of Bouctouche and Richibucto as well as Kouchibouguac National Park. The highway reverts to a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway between the national park and the city of Miramichi to the northwest. The highway crosses the Miramichi River in the Miramichi borough of Chatham on the Centennial Bridge.
Immediately after crossing the Miramichi River, Route 11 interchanges with Route 8 (which turns north toward Bathurst on the direct route off the bridge). To follow Route 11, one must take the exit at the interchange and then continue on a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway northeast along the coast of Miramichi Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence as it runs around the perimeter of the Acadian Peninsula. Through this region, Route 11 typically forms the main street through most of the coastal towns and settlements such as Neguac, Caraquet, Bertrand, Grande-Anse, and Stonehaven. The only exception is a recently opened Super 2 controlled access bypass of the town of Tracadie-Sheila.
Route 11 interchanges again with Route 8 at Bathurst where Route 8 has its northern terminus. Route 11 becomes a Super 2 controlled access highway from Bathurst, running northwest several kilometres inland from the coast of Chaleur Bay to the village of Tide Head several kilometres west of the city of Campbellton. At Tide Head, Route 11 interchanges in a T-intersection with Route 17 (Route 17 is a continuation of the direct Route 11 right-of-way).
To follow Route 11 further west to its northern terminus, one must turn at the intersection onto a 2-lane uncontrolled access local road which runs north to the Restigouche River, then turn west and follow the river to the Interprovinciale Bridge which crosses the river at Matapedia, Quebec.
History
Centennial Bridge carries Route 11 over the Miramichi River.
Divided section of Route 11 outside Shediac.Since the late 1960s, Route 11 has received several upgrades and re-designations as it progresses toward eventually becoming an expressway.
The most significant upgrade to the entire highway route along the east coast of New Brunswick was the opening of the Centennial Bridge which replaced a ferry service and bypassed the town of Chatham in 1967.
In 1972 a new 4-lane expressway opened between Moncton and Shediac, which was then referred to as the Shediac Four-Lane Highway or Shediac Expressway (it was subsequently numbered Route 15 and is known as the Veterans Memorial Highway). Prior to this new expressway, Route 11 followed the Shediac Road from Shediac to Moncton, terminating at Route 2, the Trans-Canada Highway in Lakeville. Route 11's southern terminus was then changed to the current interchange at Route 15 in Shediac.
Controlled access Super 2 expressway sections on Route 11 were completed during the 1970s in Bathurst and the Campbellton-Dalhousie area, as well as between Shediac and Bouctouche.
During the 1980s and into the early 1990s, two long stretches of Super 2 expressway were completed on Route 11; one running from Bouctouche to Kouchibouguac National Park (bypassing Richibucto), and another running between Bathurst and Charlo, where the existing Super 2 section running east from Campbellton ended. The Super 2 section in Bathurst was also extended eastward past Salmon Beach at the city's east end.
A bypass of Tracadie-Sheila opened to traffic in 2002. Also, an extension to that existing bypass should be done by 2009, linking the northern end and Six-Roads, near Pokemouche.
Route 11 has recently been identified for major upgrades following completion of the twinning project on the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 2) in 2007. Initial design work is being done for upgrading the existing 4-lane section from Route 15 to Shediac Bridge (2 km), followed by construction of a new 4-lane section from Shediac Bridge to Bouctouche (twinning the existing Super 2 section).
Twinning advocates wish to have Route 11 upgraded as a 4-lane expressway for the entire section between Miramichi and Moncton, although this project will be competing for priority with similar upgrades being planned for Route 8 between Fredericton and Miramichi, Route 1 between Lepreau and St. Stephen, and Route 7 between Grand Bay-Westfield and Oromocto.
Major intersections
Southern section
Location Exit Number Intersecting Roads Shediac 0 Route 15Shediac 1 Main Street (Route 133) Shediac 2 Moncton Road ( 
Route 134)Shediac Bridge 7 Shediac River Road Cocagne 15 Route 535 McKees Mills 27 
Route 115Bouctouche 29 Sheridan Road Bouctouche 32 Irving Boulevard (Route 515) St-Pierre-de-Kent 36 Route 134Ste-Anne-de-Kent 42 Chemin Grattan Rexton 53 Main Street ( Route 134)Richibucto 57 Main Street ( Route 134)Saint-Charles 64 Chemin Saint-Charles St-Louis-de-Kent 69 Rue Beausejour Kouchibouguac 75 Route 480 / Route 117 Kouchibouguac 79** Route 134St. Margarets 95** Route 440 Black River 106** Black River Road Upper Napan 115** North Napan Road Miramichi (Chatham) 117** King Street Miramichi (Chatham) 119 University Avenue (Route 117) Miramichi (Chatham) 120 Church Street Miramichi (Douglastown) 121** King George Highway ( Route 8)Tracadie-Sheila Bypass
Location Exit Number Intersecting Roads Sheila 192 Chemin Pointe-des-Ferguson (Route 370) Tracadie 194 Rue Principale Tracadie 198 Chemin Riviere-a-la-Truite Losier Settlement 203 Rue Principale Northern section
Location Exit Number Intersecting Roads Janeville 282** Chemin des Caps (Route 191) Bathurst 300 Miramichi Avenue ( Route 134)Bathurst 301 Route 8Bathurst / Big River 304 King Street (Route 430) Bathurst 308 St-Anne Street Bathurst 310 Vanier Boulevard (Route 180) Bathurst 311 Sunset Drive (Route 315) Beresford 318 Chemin Acadie Nigadoo 321 Chemin du Moulin Petit-Rocher 326 Chemin Laplante Pointe-Verte 333 Chemin de la Gare Belledune 344 Chemin Turgeon Jacquet River 351 Jacquet River Drive Nash Creek 357 Hayes Road Charlo 375 MacPherson Road Charlo 385 Craig Road Eel River Crossing 388 Route 280 Dalhousie 391 Darlington Road ( 
Route 275)Dalhousie Junction 397 Blair Malcolm Road Dundee 403 Route 280 Campbellton 412 Lily Lake Road Atholville 415 Val d'Amour Road (Route 270) Tide Head 423** Route 17See also
References
- ^ New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
Expressways and freeways in New Brunswick Categories:- New Brunswick provincial highways
- Roads in Westmorland County, New Brunswick
- Roads in Kent County, New Brunswick
- Roads in Northumberland County, New Brunswick
- Roads in Gloucester County, New Brunswick
- Roads in Restigouche County, New Brunswick
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