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Route 15 Route information Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation Length: 79.0 km[1] (49.1 mi) Existed: 1920s – present Major junctions West end: Route 106 in Moncton
Route 2 (TCH) in Dieppe
Route 11 in Shediac
East end: Route 16 (TCH) in Port Elgin
Location Major cities: Dieppe, Shediac, Cap-Pele Highway system Provincial highways in New Brunswick
Former routes← Route 11
Route 16 →
Route 15 is 79 km long and is in the southeastern corner of the province of New Brunswick. Starting at the north end of the Petitcodiac River Causeway, it loops around the city of Moncton on Wheeler Boulevard, then turns northeast from Dieppe to Shediac. From there, it turns east and bypasses Cap-Pele, then southeast to meet the Trans-Canada Highway at Port Elgin.
The highway is a divided freeway from Moncton to just east of Shediac, where it remains a controlled-access highway until east of Cap-Pele.
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History
Route 15 only extended from Shediac to Port Elgin until the early 1970s, when the Shediac Four-Lane Highway (the first rural expressway in New Brunswick) was built from Dieppe to Shediac. Its construction was controversial, with critics alleging that it was only built to give Moncton-area politicians better access to their summer cottages in the Shediac area. A two-lane bypass of Shediac itself was built shortly afterward.
The Wheeler Boulevard was developed and constructed through the 1970s and 1980s, and was fully complete by 1989.
A two-lane bypass of Cap-Pele opened to traffic in 1998. Since then it has proven itself to be a most important and beneficial highway a lifeblood giving artery to the rest of southeastern New Brunswick.
Major intersections
Location Exit Number Intersecting Roads Moncton 0 Baig Boulevard Moncton 1 St. George Street Moncton 3 Killam Drive / Berry Mills Road (Route 128) Moncton 5 Mountain Road (Route 126) Moncton 6 Mapleton Road Moncton 7 Connaught Avenue / Morton Avenue Moncton 8 Archibald Street / Université de Moncton Moncton 9** Lewisville Road ( Route 134)
Moncton (Halls Creek) 9** Main Street ( Route 106)
Dieppe 10 Paul Street Dieppe 16 Dieppe Boulevard Dieppe 17 Greater Moncton International Airport (eastbound only) Dieppe 19 Route 2 Shediac 31 Route 11 / Scoudouc Road (
Route 132)
Shediac 37 Ohio Road (Route 140) Barachois 43 Route 933 Robichaud 46 Chemin Acadie (Route 133) Cap-Pele 53 Route 950 Cap-Pele 58** Chemin Acadie (Route 133) - * At-grade intersection
- ** At-grade intersection, exit number not posted (kilometre-post used)
See 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
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