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{{Infobox_road
|state=NB
|type=Route
|route=2
|alternate_name=[[Trans-Canada Highway]]
|length_km=523.188
|length_ref=<ref>[http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/h-5/index.html Controlled Access Highways regulations enabled by the Highway Act]</ref>
|length_round=3
|length_notes=(before the late 2007 openings)
|established=1927<ref name=defined/>
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a={{jct|state=QC|Route|185}} towards [[Rivière-du-Loup, QC]]
|junction={{jct|state=NB|Route|17}} in [[Saint-Leonard, NB|Saint-Leonard]]<br>{{jct|state=NB|Route|95}} near [[Woodstock, NB|Woodstock]]<br>{{jct|state=NB|Route|7}} near [[Fredericton, NB|Fredericton]]<br>{{jct|state=NB|Route|15}} near [[Moncton]]
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NS|TCH|104}} towards [[Amherst, NS]]
|previous_type=Route
|previous_route=1
|next_type=Route
|next_route=3
|commons=category
}}
'''Route 2''' is a major [[provincial highway]] in the [[Canadian province]] of [[New Brunswick]], carrying the main route of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] in the province. It is a 4-lane expressway for its entire length.
[[Image:Highway2 OutsideMoncton.jpg|thumb|240px|left|Route 2 outside Moncton, New Brunswick. Note the wide median.]]
The highway connects [[Route 185 (Quebec)|Route 185]] at the border with [[Quebec]] with [[Highway 104 (Nova Scotia)|Highway 104]] at the border with [[Nova Scotia]], as well as traffic from [[Interstate 95 in Maine|Interstate 95]] via the [[Route 95 (New Brunswick)|Route 95]] connector. Route 2 directly serves the cities of [[Edmundston, New Brunswick|Edmundston]], [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] and [[Moncton]].
A 20-year project to replace the original 1960s-era 2-lane Trans-Canada Highway with a 4-lane expressway was completed on 1 November 2007. The final upgrade to Route 2 and its short connector Route 95 has extended the continuous freeway network of North America east to [[New Glasgow, Nova Scotia]]. Once [[Autoroute 85 (Quebec)|Autoroute 85]] in Quebec is completed, Route 2 will also connect with the freeway networks of central Canada without passing through the United States.
==Route description==
The highway's western terminus is at the interprovincial boundary with Quebec 15 km north of Edmundston. It follows the lower section of the [[Madawaska River (Saint John)|Madawaska River]] valley and enters the [[Saint John River]] valley where it passes north of Edmundston, running several kilometres inland from the east bank of the Saint John River, continuing past [[St. Leonard, New Brunswick|St. Leonard]].
At [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick|Grand Falls]], the highway crosses to the west bank of the river and passes by [[Perth-Andover, New Brunswick|Perth-Andover]], [[Florenceville, New Brunswick|Florenceville]], and [[Hartland, New Brunswick|Hartland]]. At [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]] the Saint John River turns east and the highway continues to parallel the river on a ridge several kilometres inland along the western bank. It passes south of [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] and [[Oromocto, New Brunswick|Oromocto]] before crossing the northeastern edge of [[CFB Gagetown]].
The Saint John River turns south near [[Jemseg, New Brunswick|Jemseg]] where the highway crsses the river on the [[Saint John River High Level Crossing]] and continues east over the [[Jemseg River]] using the [[Jemseg River Bridge]].
The highway leaves the river valleys as it continues east across the rolling hills south of [[Grand Lake, New Brunswick|Grand Lake]] and passes by [[Havelock, New Brunswick|Havelock]], [[River Glade, New Brunswick|River Glade]] and [[Salisbury, New Brunswick|Salisbury]].
The highway passes north and east of [[Moncton]] and [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]] before turning south and passing by [[Memramcook, New Brunswick|Memramcook]], [[Sackville, New Brunswick|Sackville]], and [[Aulac, New Brunswick|Aulac]] before reaching the eastern terminus at the inter-provincial boundary with [[Nova Scotia]].
==History==
[[Image:HartlandBridge1.jpg|thumb|240px|The 1901 [[Hartland Covered Bridge]], used by Route 2 until the [[Hugh John Flemming Bridge]] opened in 1960]]
Route 2 was one of the initial routes defined in 1927,<ref name=defined>Commerce Reports: A Weekly Survey of Foreign Trade, Thirtieth Year (1927), Volume 1: Nos. 1-13, [http://books.google.com/books?id=hnMx4XG0ifsC&dq=%22new+brunswick%22+province+highway+number+1927&q=%22new+brunswick+to+number%22&pgis=1#search p. 177]</ref> running from Quebec to Nova Scotia via [[Edmundston, New Brunswick|Edmundston]], [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick|Grand Falls]], [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]], [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], and [[Moncton]]. After a short crossing of the [[New Brunswick Panhandle]] alongside the [[Madawaska River]] to Edmundston, Route 2 closely followed the [[Saint John River]] all the way to Saint John, crossing three times - from the east to the west at Grand Falls, back to the east at [[Perth-Andover, New Brunswick|Perth-Andover]], and back to the west at [[Hartland, New Brunswick|Hartland]] (on the [[Hartland Covered Bridge]]). The road on the east side of the river between Edmundston and Grand Falls had just been opened in about 1926;<!--labeled as new in the 1926 book--> previously travelers had to pass through [[Maine]] ([[US 1 (ME)|US 1]], [[Maine State Route 165|SR 165]], and Boundary Road) on the west side. A '''Route 2A''' cut the distance between Fredericton and Saint John via a poorer-quality but more direct road, intersecting Route 2 at [[Oromocto, New Brunswick|Oromocto]] and [[Westfield, New Brunswick|Westfield]]. Beyond Saint John, Route 2 went northeast via [[Sussex, New Brunswick|Sussex]] to Moncton, and then turned southeast to cross the Nova Scotia border near [[Sackville, New Brunswick|Sackville]].<ref name="1926 Rand McNally">[[Rand McNally]] Auto Road Atlas, 1926, [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NewEngland/Maine/unitedstates1926ra_002.html Maine]</ref><ref name=ABB>[[Automobile Blue Book]]s, New Brunswick, 1926 and 1927</ref><ref name=ALAGB>[[Automobile Legal Association]], [[Automobile Green Book]], New Brunswick, 1929-30</ref> The original path of Route 2 between Quebec and Sussex is now approximately the [[River Valley Scenic Drive]].<ref>[[New Brunswick Department of Tourism and Parks]], [http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/NR/rdonlyres/2F8584BE-6A78-427A-96CF-F46BDFC1D6F9/0/RiverV_En.pdf map of the River Valley Scenic Drive], accessed August 2007</ref>
<!--planned layout:
a bit more on the original route
more on Route 9
early bypasses
1965 renumbering
subsequent bypasses-->
<ref name=map-1946>[[Rand McNally]] [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NewEngland/randmcnally_ra_1946_002.html Road Atlas]: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1946</ref><ref name=map-1955>[[The Atlas of Canada]], 3rd Edition, 1957: [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/archives/3rdedition/economic/transportationandcommunications/085 Major Roads, 1955]</ref>
[[Image:Hartland bridge.jpg|thumb|240px|left|Hugh John Flemming Bridge]]When the route of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] was defined in about 1950, it did not follow Route 2 via Saint John between Fredericton and Sussex, but took the more direct Route 9.<ref>James Montagnes, [[New York Times]], Canada's Highways; Motorists Now Use Cross-Country Roads Being Integrated Into National Route, [[May 4]], [[1952]], p. XX33</ref> Through the late 1950s and 1960s, a number of bypasses and realignments, mostly two-lane, were built to improve Route 2 with federal Trans-Canada Highway funds. The first, built in the 1950s, was around [[Moncton]], between southwest of [[Salisbury, New Brunswick|Salisbury]] and [[Sackville, New Brunswick|Sackville]].{{Fact|date=September 2007}} The old road through Moncton became '''Route 2A''', then [[New Brunswick Route 6 (1965-1984)|Route 6]] in 1965, and is now [[Route 106 (New Brunswick)|Route 106]].<ref name=map-1964-65/>
Next was the bypass around [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]]. The road from [[Route 42 (New Brunswick)|Route 42]] (now [[Route 560 (New Brunswick)|Route 560]]) at [[Jacksonville, New Brunswick|Jacksonville]] northeast to Route 2 (now [[Route 103 (New Brunswick)|Route 103]]) at [[Somerville, New Brunswick|Somerville]] was '''Route 2B''' by the late 1950s;<ref name=topos>[[United States Geological Survey]] 1:250000 [[topographic map]]s, Campbellton (1960), Woodstock (1959), and Fredericton (1957), accessed via [[TerraServer-USA]]</ref> with the 1960 completion{{Fact|date=September 2007}}<!--is structurae reliable?--> of the [[Hugh John Flemming Bridge]], just upstream from the [[Hartland Covered Bridge]], and the extension of Route 2B south from Jacksonville to Route 2 (now [[Route 165 (New Brunswick)|Route 165]]) south of Woodstock, Route 2B became a realignment of Route 2, with old Route 2 through Woodstock becoming Route 2A (renumbered [[Route 103 (New Brunswick)|Route 103]] in 1965).<ref name=map-1964-65/>
The initial bypass of [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] was also built in about 1960, including the 1959{{Fact|date=September 2007}}<!--is structurae reliable?--> [[Princess Margaret Bridge]] across the Saint John River, which replaced the [[Carleton Street Bridge]] for traffic to Routes [[Route 8 (New Brunswick)|8]], 9, and [[Route 10 (New Brunswick)|10]]. Traffic remaining on Route 2 to [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] exited the bypass at what is now exit 7 for [[Route 7 (New Brunswick)|Route 7]].
Route 2 was moved to be identical with the Trans-Canada Highway, absorbing Route 9, in the [[1965 renumbering (New Brunswick)|1965 renumbering]]. The old alignment via Saint John, where it did not become [[Route 7 (New Brunswick)|Route 7]] (which replaced Route 2A) or an extension of [[Route 1 (New Brunswick)|Route 1]], was renumbered as the new [[Route 102 (New Brunswick)|Route 102]] between [[Oromocto, New Brunswick|Oromocto]] and [[Westfield, New Brunswick|Westfield]].<ref name=map-1964-65>[[Rand McNally]] Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1964 and 1965</ref>
{{Unreferencedsection|date=August 2007}}
The majority of road development in New Brunswick follows settlement patterns which pre-dated motor transport, thus most communities developed along navigable waterways or were served by [[railway]]s. The development of controlled access [[expressway]]s only began in the 1960s and only around the largest communities. The majority of early provincial highway improvements merely consisted of upgrading local roads.
Route 2 initially followed local roads from the N.B.-Quebec interprovincial boundary to Edmundston and down the Saint John River Valley to Grand Falls. There, it crossed to the west bank of the Saint John River, and continued south to Florenceville where it crossed to the east bank to continue to Hartland, then recrossed the river to the west bank which it followed to Fredericton in a southeast direction.
At Fredericton a controlled-access 4-lane section was built around the city, and the highway crossed the Saint John River on the [[Princess Margaret Bridge]] to the east bank just south of the central business district. Following the river's east bank just metres above its water level (frequently flooded in spring [[freshet]]s), the route continued south to [[Jemseg, New Brunswick|Jemseg]] where the highway turned east along the southeast shore of Grand Lake to [[Youngs Cove Road, New Brunswick|Youngs Cove Road]] where the highway turned south to [[Coles Island, New Brunswick|Coles Island]] and on to [[Sussex, New Brunswick|Sussex]].
At Sussex the highway turned east again and passed by [[Petitcodiac, New Brunswick|Petitcodiac]] and then by Salisbury. East of Salisbury, Route 2 followed local roads over a series of low hills north of Moncton, cresting at Lutes Mountain, before descending and following a controlled access section bypassing the city and Dieppe, skirting the edge of the [[Memramcook River]] valley and on to Sackville, then Aulac, and finally the N.B.-N.S. inter-provincial boundary.
===Four-lane construction===
From the early upgrades of these local roads in the 1960s under Trans-Canada Highway funding (which became designated Route 2) until the mid-1980s, very little was done to improve New Brunswick highways (aside from some re-alignment of Route 2 west of Fredericton with the flooding created by the [[Mactaquac Dam]] construction in 1968), leading to significant deterioration of the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick. By the mid-1980s Route 2 was a significant traffic hazard and a major embarrassment to the province.
The provincial government changed in 1987 with the election of Premier [[Frank McKenna]] who was focused on improving the province's business climate. One of the government's major tasks was to revamp provincial transportation infrastructure and McKenna entered into aggressive negotiations with the federal government of prime minister [[Brian Mulroney]] to secure federal funding of new highway projects. McKenna viewed Route 2 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and Route 1 in New Brunswick as being partially a federal responsibility since they funnelled the majority of Atlantic Canada's highway traffic to the U.S. and central Canada. The signing of the [[Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement]] in 1989, coupled with federal approval for numerous railway line abandonments in the Maritimes during the 1980s, led to predictions of further highway traffic growth on New Brunswick highways in the 1990s.
Under the remainder of the McKenna administration's years of power (until 1997), Route 2 saw significant upgrading to become a 4-lane [[expressway]] on heavily-travelled portions of the highway between the N.B.-N.S. inter-provincial boundary and [[Penobsquis, New Brunswick|Penobsquis]] (east of Sussex). Other isolated sections were also upgraded south of Grand Lake and between Edmundston and St. Leonard, as well as at Woodstock where an interchange connected to [[Interstate 95 in Maine|Interstate 95]].
===Major re-alignments===
[[Image:New Brunswick highway 2.JPG|right|400px|thumb|Route 2 eastbound, west of [[Edmundston, New Brunswick|Edmundston]]]]
Despite the upgrades, the uncontrolled-access sections of Route 2 were still a significant traffic hazard. Intensive lobbying from other provincial governments in the Atlantic provinces, as well as various trucking companies and business and transportation interests, asked that Route 2 be further upgraded. Unfortunately provincial finances could not handle the relatively large price tag required, even with the federal funding at the time.
====Fredericton - Moncton====
As a result, the final years of the McKenna administration saw a significant re-alignment of Route 2 proposed, running from [[Long Creek, New Brunswick|Long Creek]] west of Fredericton, by-passing Fredericton and Oromocto to the west, and continuing southeast to Jemseg where it would cross the Saint John River and connect with an existing 4-lane section south of Grand Lake. From there the highway would again depart from its original alignment (which headed south to Sussex) and instead head due east to meet the existing Route 2 alignment at River Glade, just east of Petitcodiac.
The new 225 km (140 miles) of new 4-lane controlled-access [[expressway]] would be privately financed and built, with the builder charging [[toll]]s for a 25-year period before the provincial government would gain control of the highway. In the late 1990s, an agreement was signed with a private consortium called ''Maritime Road Development Corporation'' (led by former provincial [[Liberal Party of New Brunswick|Liberal]] leader and former federal Minister of Transport [[Douglas Young]]) to build the new Route 2 alignment at an estimated cost of $1 billion (CAD).
The toll issue was not without controversy as it, along with several other issues, led to the downfall of McKenna's successor, [[Camille Theriault]] in 1999 to [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|PC]] leader [[Bernard Lord]]. The highway was built, but tolls were removed from most portions of the highway before they opened. This portion of the privately built (and owned) re-alignment of the Trans-Canada Highway has a hidden toll calculated by sensors in the pavement. The toll is instead charged to the provincial government, thus motorists do not directly pay for their highway usage. Along with a payment worth millions of dollars to get out of the original contract, the provincial government now makes all provincial taxpayers cover the cost of the highway when the original plan had been for a user-pay system under a toll structure.
The new alignment of the Trans-Canada Highway opened in fall 2001 and at this time the portion of the old Route 2 alignment which ran between River Glade and Sussex was re-designated as part of Route 1, extending the eastern terminus of that highway approximately 40 km. The re-alignment also had the effect of shortening the total length of Route 2 in the province by approximately 40 km (25 miles).
The re-alignment and construction of Route 2 between Long Creek and River Glade "catapulted" New Brunswick highways forward by decades virtually overnight. The road was designed with 500 ft medians, extensive wildlife fencing and underpasses, rumble strips along emergency breakdown lanes, paved emergency U-turn areas, sensors beneath the asphalt for monitoring truck weights as well as local weather and road surface conditions, extensive guard rails and reflectors, as well as two major bridges: the [[Saint John River High Level Crossing]] and the nearby [[Jemseg River Bridge]].
Suddenly it was now possible to travel from Fredericton into Nova Scotia (and on to [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]] or [[New Glasgow, Nova Scotia|New Glasgow]]) completely on a 4-lane controlled access highway.
The Fredericton-Moncton section was officially opened to traffic at 10am on [[October 24]], [[2001]], five weeks ahead of schedule.
====Fredericton-Grand Falls====
The high quality of construction of the new Route 2 alignment and improvement in the provincial highway system was not unnoticed by the new government of premier Bernard Lord. Throughout 2000–2003, several small 4-lane controlled access sections on Route 2 between Fredericton and Edmundston were opened, most requiring construction of a new alignment.
During this same period, negotiations were undertaken with the federal government to secure funding to complete the last, and one of the most costly parts of the new construction — a 98 km (60 mile) gap between Woodstock and Grand Falls over the [[Appalachian Mountains]], and a 30 km (18 mile) gap between Long Creek and [[Pokiok, New Brunswick|Pokiok]] west of Fredericton.
In August, 2003 a joint announcement was made by premier Lord and prime minister [[Jean Chrétien]] for a $400 million (CAD) agreement to complete upgrades to the last remaining non-controlled access section of Route 2.
The Pokiok-Long Creek section had been independently contracted by the provincial government and opened in November 2006[http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/tran/2006e1353tr.htm], however the provincial government sought to construct the remaining 98 km gap as part of a complete "design-build-finance-operate-maintain-rehabilitate" plan which would see large private sector consortia bid for the right to design and construct the 98 km of new highway for Route 2, as well as to operate the entire 275 km section of Route 2 between Long Creek (where it abuts the 230 km hidden-toll highway section built and operated by Maritime Road Development Corporation) and the Quebec-New Brunswick border as well as all of Route 95.
The winning consortium was ''Brun-Way Group'', a joint venture by [[Atcon Construction]] and [[SNC-Lavalin]]. Brun-Way Group has two subsidiaries, Brun-Way Construction Inc., which is receiving the ~$540 million to complete the 98 km of new construction as well as selected upgrades to other sections of Route 2 between Long Creek and the Quebec border, and Brun-Way Highway Operations Inc., which will receive an annual payment from the government of New Brunswick until 2033 to operate and maintain this section of the highway. This agreement will place fully 85% of the maintenance of Route 2 and 100% of Route 95 in the hands of the consortia Brun-Way and MRDC.
The construction of the last segment of 4-lane Route 2 was completed by Brun-Way on 1 November 2007. This construction saw a completely new alignment built north of Woodstock, staying several kilometres inland from the Saint John River's west bank, and paralleling the [[International Boundary|Canada-U.S. border]] north to Grand Falls where it crosses to the east bank of the river and connects with existing 4-lane upgrades to Route 2 through to the Quebec boundary. In addition to upgrades to Route 2, Brun-Way is also contracted to perform similar upgrades to [[New Brunswick Route 95|Route 95]], a short connecting route between the Trans-Canada Highway at Woodstock and the Canada-U.S. border at [[Houlton, Maine|Houlton]] where it meets [[Interstate 95 in Maine|Interstate 95]].
Upon the opening of this section to traffic on 1 November 2007, the entire length of Route 2 and Route 95 are 4-lane controlled-access [[freeway]]s with a posted speed limit of 110 km/h (~65 mph) with a design speed of up to 120 km/h (~75 mph).
==Exit list==
{| class=wikitable
!County
!Location
![[Exit number|#]]
!Destinations
!Notes
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|rowspan=13|[[Madawaska County, NB|Madawaska]]
|rowspan=6|[[Edmundston, New Brunswick|Edmundston]]
|8
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|144|name1=Principale Street|city1=Saint-Jacques}}
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|13
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|144|name1=Principale Street, Canada Road|city1=Saint-Jacques}}
|Signed as exits 13A (west) and 13B (east); former exit 15<ref name=old>[[New Brunswick Department of Transportation]], [http://www.gnb.ca/0113/Hwy-ads/pdf-info-e.pdf Highway Advertisements Information Kit], April 2001: Appendix "G" lists the changes made in fall 2001</ref>
|-
|16
|Carrier Street, Victoria Street
|-
|18
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|120|Route|161|US|1|city1=Edmundston|city2=Lac-Baker}}
|-
|21
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|144|road=Iroquois Road|city1=Saint-Basile}}
|-
|26
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|144|name1=Principale Street|city1=Saint-Basile}}
|-
|
|32
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|144|city1=Rivière-Verte}}
|-
|
|46
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|144|road=Martin Road|city1=Sainte-Anne}}
|-
|
|51
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|144|city1=Siegas|city2=Notre-Dame-des-Lourdes}}
|-
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|56
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|144|road=Grand-Riviere Road|city1=Saint-Leonard}}
|-
|[[Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick|Saint-Léonard]]
|58
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|17|to2=to|US|1|city1=Saint-Léonard|city2=Saint-Quentin|city3=Campbellton}}, [[Saint Leonard Airport]]
|-
|
|69
|Bourgoin Road
|-
|
|75
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|108|dir1=east|Route|255|dir2=north|city1=Grand Falls|city2=Plaster Rock|city3=Saint-André}}
|-
|rowspan=7|[[Victoria County, NB|Victoria]]
|
|77
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|108|name1=Madawaska Street}}<!--now signed Grand Falls?-->
|Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; former exit 75<ref name=old-2003/>
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|
|79
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|218|name1=Everard-Daigle Boulevard}}
|Former exit 78<ref name=old-2003>[[New Brunswick Department of Transportation]], [http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/tran/2003e0941tr.htm Changes to exit numbers this fall], [[October 20]], [[2003]]</ref>
|-
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|83
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|130|name1=Portage Road}}
|-
|
|88
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|130}} - [[Limestone, ME|Limestone]], [[New Denmark, NB|New Denmark]]
|-
|
|99
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|130|city1=Four Falls}}
|-
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|107
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|130|city1=Aroostook|city2=Four Falls}}
|-
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|115
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|109|Route|190|to3=to|Route|105|city1=Perth-Andover}}, [[Fort Fairfield, ME|Fort Fairfield]]
|Former exit 112<ref name=old-2003/>
|-
|rowspan=9|[[Carleton County, NB|Carleton]]
|
|153
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|110|city1=Florenceville|city2=Centreville}}
|-
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|172
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|130|city1=Hartland}}
|-
|
|184
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|560|road=Lockhart Mill Road|city1=Jacksonville|city2=Upper Woodstock}}
|-
|
|185
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|550|city1=Woodstock|city2=Bloomfield}}
|Former exit 188<ref name=old/>
|-
|
|187
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|95|to2=to|I|95}} - [[Houlton, ME|Houlton]]
|Former exit 191A<ref name=old/>
|-
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|188
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|103|Route|555|city1=Woodstock}}
|Former exit 191B<ref name=old/>
|-
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|191
|Beardsley Road
|Former exit 194<ref name=old/>
|-
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|194
|Hodgdon Road - [[Woodstock First Nation]]
|-
|
|200
|Dugan Road
|-
|rowspan=9|[[York County, NB|York]]
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|212
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|122|Route|165|city1=Meductic|city2=Canterbury}}
|-
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|223
|Charlie Lake Road - [[Temple, New Brunswick|Temple]]
|Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
|-
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|231
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|102|to2=to|Route|105|city1=Nackawic|city2=Millville}}
|-
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|253
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|635|dir1=south|to2=to|Route|636|dir2=south|city1=Lake George|city2=Kings Landing}}
|-
|
|258
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|3|Route|102|city1=Saint Stephen|city2=Saint Andrews|city3=Fredericton|city4=Mactaquac}}
|-
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|271
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|640|road=Mazerolle Settlement Road|city1=Hanwell}}
|-
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|280
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|8|city1=Fredericton|city2=Miramichi}}
|Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
|-
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|281
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|640|name1=Hanwell Road}}
|-
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|285
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|101|city1=Fredericton|city2=New Maryland|city3=Fredericton Junction}}
|Signed as exits 285A (south) and 285B (north)
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Sunbury County, NB|Sunbury]]
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|294
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|7|to2=to|Route|8|city1=Fredericton|city2=Miramichi|city3=Mactaquac}}
|West end of Route 7 overlap; westboound exit and eastbound entrance
|-
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|297
|Nevers Road - [[Rusagonis, New Brunswick|Rusagonis]], [[Lincoln, New Brunswick|Lincoln]]
|Former exit 11<ref name=old/>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Oromocto, New Brunswick|Oromocto]]
|301
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|102|city1=Fredericton Airport}}
|Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; former exit 15<ref name=old/>
|-
|303
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|102|city1=Oromocto|city2=CFB Gagetown|city3=Geary|city4=Fredericton Airport}}
|-
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|306
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|7|city1=St. John}}
|East end of Route 7 overlap; no westbound exit
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Queens County, NB|Queens]]
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|330
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|102|city1=Village of Gagetown}}
|-
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|333
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|105|city1=Sheffield|city2=Fredericton}}
|No westbound entrance
|-
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|339
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|105|Route|695|city1=Cambridge-Narrows|city2=Jemseg|city3=Gagetown Ferry}}
|Former exit 343<ref name=old/>
|-
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|347
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|105|to2=To|Route|10|Route|695|city1=Mill Cove|city2=Chipman|city3=Cambridge-Narrows}}
|-
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|365
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|10|to2=to|Route|112|city1=Fundy National Park|city2=Sussex|city3=Chipman}}
|-
|rowspan=20|[[Westmorland County, NB|Westmorland]]
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|414
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|885|city1=Petitcodiac|city2=Havelock}}
|-
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|423
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|1|city1=Petitcodiac|city2=Sussex|city3=Saint John}}
|-
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|433
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|112|to2=to|Route|106|city1=Salisbury}}
|Former exit 470<ref name=old/>
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|446
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|128|city1=Moncton|city2=Fundy|city3=Riverview}}
|Former exit 482<ref name=old/>
|-
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|450
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|126|city1=Moncton|city2=Magnetic Hill|city3=Miramichi}}
|Former exit 488<ref name=old/>
|-
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|452
|Gorge Road
|Former exit 490<ref name=old/>
|-
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|454
|Mapleton Road - [[Mapleton, New Brunswick|Mapleton]]
|Former exit 492<ref name=old/>
|-
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|459
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|115|name1=Elmwood Drive|city1=Saint-Antoine|city2=Notre-Dame}}
|Signed as exits 459A (south) and 459B (north); former exit 496<ref name=old/>
|-
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|462
|[[Caledonia, New Brunswick|Caledonia]]
|Former exit 500<ref name=old/>
|-
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|465
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|134|city1=Moncton|city2=Lakeville}}
|Former exit 502<ref name=old/>
|-
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|467
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|11|Route|15|city1=Dieppe|city2=Moncton Airport|city3=Moncton|city4=Fundy}}, [[Shediac, New Brunswick|Shediac]], [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]]
|Signed as exits 467A (south/west) and 467B (north/east); former exit 504<ref name=old/>
|-
|
|474
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|132|city1=Dieppe|city2=Moncton Airport|city3=Scoudouc}}
|Signed as exits 474A (south) and 474B (north); former exit 511<ref name=old/>
|-
|
|480
|Old Shediac Road - [[Calhoun, New Brunswick|Calhoun]]
|Former exit 517<ref name=old/>
|-
|
|482
|{{jct|state=NB|to1=To|Route|104|Route|925|Route|933|city1=Memramcook Centre|city2=Dorchester}}
|Former exit 519<ref name=old/>
|-
|
|488
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|933|to2=to|Route|104|Route|925|name1=Pont Rouge Road}}
|Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; former exit 524<ref name=old/>
|-
|
|488
|Memramcook Estate Road
|Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; former exit 524<ref name=old/>
|-
|
|500
|Walker Road
|Former exit 538<ref name=old/>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Sackville, New Brunswick|Sackville]]
|504
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|940|name1=Main Street}}
|Former exit 541<ref name=old/>
|-
|506
|{{jct|state=NB|Route|106|to2=to|Route|544|name1=Bridge Street|name2=old|city1=Dorchester}}
|Former exit 544<ref name=old/>
|-
|
|513
|{{jct|state=NB|TCH|16|city1=Aulac|city2=Fort Beauséjour|city3=Port Elgin}}, [[Prince Edward Island]]
|Signed as exits 513A (Aulac) and 513B (Route 16); former exit 550<ref name=old/>
|}
==References==
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[[Category:Trans-Canada Highway|New Brunswick 002]]
[[Category:Saint John River|Route 002]]
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