New Brunswick Route 11
511403
200538099
2008-03-24T13:57:38Z
Chriskay
546374
{{Infobox_road
|marker_image=[[Image:NB 11.png|100px]]
|highway_name=Route 11
|length_km=429.9
|length_ref=<ref>New Brunswick Department of Transportation: ''Designated Provincial Highways'', 2003</ref>
|length_round=1
|established=1920s
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|starting_terminus=[[Image:NB 15.png|20px]] [[New Brunswick Route 15|Route 15]] in [[Shediac, New Brunswick|Shediac]]
|junction=[[Image:NB 8.png|20px]] [[New Brunswick Route 8|Route 8]] in [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]]<br>[[Image:NB 8.png|20px]] [[New Brunswick Route 8|Route 8]] in [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]]<br>[[Image:NB 17.png|20px]] [[New Brunswick Route 17|Route 17]] in [[Tide Head, New Brunswick|Tide Head]]
|cities=[[Bouctouche, New Brunswick|Bouctouche]], [[Richibucto, New Brunswick|Richibucto]], [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]], [[Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick|Tracadie-Sheila]], [[Caraquet, New Brunswick|Caraquet]], [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]], [[Campbellton, New Brunswick|Campbellton]]
|ending_terminus=[[Quebec]] border at [[Flatlands, New Brunswick|Flatlands]]|
}}
[[Image:NewBrunswickRoute11.jpg|thumb|300px|Divided section of Route 11 outside Shediac, New Brunswick.]]'''Route 11''' is one of the most important highways in northeastern [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]. The 430-kilometre long road runs from [[Shediac, New Brunswick|Shediac]] to the [[Quebec]] border near [[Campbellton, New Brunswick|Campbellton]], 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.
The highway's southern terminus is at the interchange with [[New Brunswick Route 15|Route 15]] in [[Shediac, New Brunswick|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, New Brunswick|Bouctouche]] and [[Richibucto, New Brunswick|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, New Brunswick|Miramichi]] to the northwest. The highway crosses the [[Miramichi River]] in the Miramichi borough of [[Chatham, New Brunswick|Chatham]] on the [[Centennial Bridge (New Brunswick)]].
Immediately after crossing the Miramichi River, Route 11 interchanges with [[New Brunswick Route 8|Route 8]] (which turns north toward [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|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, New Brunswick|Neguac]], [[Caraquet, New Brunswick|Caraquet]], [[Bertrand, New Brunswick|Bertrand]] and [[Grande-Anse, New Brunswick|Grande-Anse]]. The only exception is a recently opened Super 2 controlled access bypass of the town of [[Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick|Tracadie-Sheila]].
Route 11 interchanges again with Route 8 at [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|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, New Brunswick|Tide Head]] several kilometres west of the city of [[Campbellton, New Brunswick|Campbellton]]. At Tide Head, Route 11 interchanges in a T-intersection with [[New Brunswick Route 17|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 Interprovincial Bridge which crosses the river at [[Matapedia, Quebec]].
== History ==
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 (New Brunswick)|Centennial Bridge]] which replaced a ferry service and bypassed the town of [[Chatham, New Brunswick|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 [[New Brunswick Route 2|Route 2]], the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] in [[Lakeville, New Brunswick|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, New Brunswick|Salmon Beach]] at the city's east end.
A bypass of [[Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick|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.
== List of interchanges ==
=== Southern section ===
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|-
!width="33%"|Location
!width="12%"|Exit Number
!width="55%"|Intersecting Roads
|-
|[[Shediac, New Brunswick|Shediac]]
|0
|[[Image:NB 15.png|15px]] [[New Brunswick Route 15|Route 15]]
|-
|Shediac
|1
|Main Street ([[New Brunswick Route 133|Route 133]])
|-
|Shediac
|2
|Moncton Road ([[New Brunswick Route 134|Route 134]])
|-
|[[Shediac Bridge, New Brunswick|Shediac Bridge]]
|7
|Shediac River Road
|-
|[[Cocagne, New Brunswick|Cocagne]]
|15
|[[New Brunswick Route 535|Route 535]]
|-
|[[McKees Mills, New Brunswick|McKees Mills]]
|27
|[[Image:NB 115.png|15px]] [[New Brunswick Route 115|Route 115]]
|-
|[[Bouctouche, New Brunswick|Bouctouche]]
|29
|Sheridan Road
|-
|Bouctouche
|32
|Irving Boulevard ([[New Brunswick Route 515|Route 515]])
|-
|[[St-Pierre-de-Kent, New Brunswick|St-Pierre-de-Kent]]
|36
|Route 134
|-
|[[Ste-Anne-de-Kent, New Brunswick|Ste-Anne-de-Kent]]
|42
|Chemin Grattan
|-
|[[Rexton, New Brunswick|Rexton]]
|53
|Main Street (Route 134)
|-
|[[Richibucto, New Brunswick|Richibucto]]
|57
|Main Street (Route 134)
|-
|[[Saint-Charles, New Brunswick|Saint-Charles]]
|64
|Chemin Saint-Charles
|-
|[[St-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick|St-Louis-de-Kent]]
|69
|Rue Beausejour
|-
|[[Kouchibouguac, New Brunswick|Kouchibouguac]]
|75
|[[New Brunswick Route 480|Route 480]] / [[New Brunswick Route 117|Route 117]]
|-
|Kouchibouguac
|79**
|Route 134
|-
|[[St. Margarets, New Brunswick|St. Margarets]]
|95**
|[[New Brunswick Route 440|Route 440]]
|-
|[[Black River, New Brunswick|Black River]]
|106**
|Black River Road
|-
|[[Upper Napan, New Brunswick|Upper Napan]]
|115**
|North Napan Road
|-
|[[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]] (Chatham)
|117**
|King Street
|-
|Miramichi (Chatham)
|119
|University Avenue (Route 117)
|-
|Miramichi (Chatham)
|120
|Church Street
|-
|Miramichi (Douglastown)
|121**
|King George Highway ([[Image:NB 8.png|15px]] [[New Brunswick Route 8|Route 8]])
|}
=== Tracadie-Sheila Bypass ===
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|-
!width="33%"|Location
!width="12%"|Exit Number
!width="55%"|Intersecting Roads
|-
|[[Sheila, New Brunswick|Sheila]]
|192
|Chemin Pointe-des-Ferguson ([[New Brunswick Route 370|Route 370]])
|-
|[[Tracadie, New Brunswick|Tracadie]]
|194
|Rue Principale
|-
|Tracadie
|198
|Chemin Riviere-a-la-Truite
|-
|[[Losier Settlement, New Brunswick|Losier Settlement]]
|203
|Rue Principale
|}
=== Northern section ===
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|-
!width="33%"|Location
!width="12%"|Exit Number
!width="55%"|Intersecting Roads
|-
|[[Janeville, New Brunswick|Janeville]]
|282**
|Chemin des Caps ([[New Brunswick Route 191|Route 191]])
|-
|[[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]]
|300
|Miramichi Avenue ([[New Brunswick Route 134|Route 134]])
|-
|Bathurst
|301
|[[New Brunswick Route 8|Route 8]]
|-
|Bathurst / [[Big River, New Brunswick|Big River]]
|304
|King Street ([[New Brunswick Route 430|Route 430]])
|-
|Bathurst
|308
|St-Anne Street
|-
|Bathurst
|310
|Vanier Boulevard ([[New Brunswick Route 180|Route 180]])
|-
|Bathurst
|311
|Sunset Drive ([[New Brunswick Route 315|Route 315]])
|-
|[[Beresford, New Brunswick|Beresford]]
|318
|Chemin Acadie
|-
|[[Nigadoo, New Brunswick|Nigadoo]]
|321
|Chemin du Moulin
|-
|[[Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick|Petit-Rocher]]
|326
|Chemin Laplante
|-
|[[Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick|Pointe-Verte]]
|333
|Chemin de la Gare
|-
|[[Belledune, New Brunswick|Belledune]]
|344
|Chemin Turgeon
|-
|[[Jacquet River, New Brunswick|Jacquet River]]
|351
|Jacquet River Drive
|-
|[[Nash Creek, New Brunswick|Nash Creek]]
|357
|Hayes Road
|-
|[[Charlo, New Brunswick|Charlo]]
|375
|MacPherson Road
|-
|Charlo
|385
|Craig Road
|-
|[[Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick|Eel River Crossing]]
|388
|[[New Brunswick Route 280|Route 280]]
|-
|[[Dalhousie, New Brunswick|Dalhousie]]
|391
|Darlington Road ([[New Brunswick Route 275|Route 275]])
|-
|[[Dalhousie Junction, New Brunswick|Dalhousie Junction]]
|397
|Blair Malcolm Road
|-
|[[Dundee, New Brunswick|Dundee]]
|403
|Route 280
|-
|[[Campbellton, New Brunswick|Campbellton]]
|412
|Lily Lake Road
|-
|[[Atholville, New Brunswick|Atholville]]
|415
|Val d'Amour Road ([[New Brunswick Route 270|Route 270]])
|-
|[[Tide Head, New Brunswick|Tide Head]]
|423**
|[[Image:NB 17.png|15px]] [[New Brunswick Route 17|Route 17]]
|}
{{NB Expressways}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:New Brunswick provincial highways|011]]
[[fr:Route 11 (NB)]]