Newfoundland (Island) Highways.

Not long after coming to Newfoundland & driving to a few places, I realized how many of the highways I had already driven down. Coming from a very large place like Ontario, I never really thought about driving all of the highways of a province, but here in Newfoundland it didn't seem all that daunting of a task.

There is one major & true highway in Newfoundland - the Trans-Canada Highway. It stretches across the heart of the island, measuring in at 906km from Port-aux-Basques to St. John's. I've drove all the way to the airport turnoff in St. John's, so one day I'll have to drive the last 4km of the TCH.

What I grew more fascinated with was the secondary highways. The layout of the island is similar to the spokes of a wheel, where the Trans-Canada is in the middle & there are secondary highways which extend outward to the regional centers, peninsulas & outports.

I will count this list in descending fashion from Route 490 (since I'm a west coaster).

   
Traveled
 
 
Total:
111/124
 
       
Western Newfoundland/ Great Northern Peninsula
(400-series highways) (38)
 
 
Route 490 Stephenville Access Road
y
18.1km. I don't have an update from this road. This picture shows how exciting it is.
Route 480 Burgeo Highway
y
150km. I could have sworn I had an update dedicated to this highway with nothing but Burgeo at the end...but I can't seem to find it. I've been to Burgeo about 5 times now, so this update will do in terms of showing that I've been down there.
Route 470 Rose Blanche Highway
y
40.8km. Drove this with Moxx back in 2009.
Route 463 Lourdes Highway
y
51.5km. One of the first places I visited here. The waves at Black Duck Brook were crazy. I've looped this 2 more times since.
Route 462 Fox Island River Road
y
18.1km. About 1/2way down this update, I drove this road after a winter trip to Stephenville. It's worth noting that the end of this road is the place where Nicole & I tried valiantly to get to the lighthouse which wasn't there.
Route 461 St. George's Highway
y
13.4km. This highway ends abruptly as you fly onto a gravel road. I learned that fact as I was driving 70kmh in this update.
Route 460 Port au Port Highway
y
87.4km. The Port au Port loops around, so the same update as Route 463.
Route 450 South Shore Highway
y
54.8km. The 7 South Head attempts all took place from the end of the Route 450.
Route 440 Admiral Palliser's Trail
y
39.0km. About 2/3rds of the way down this update, I drove to Cox's Cove & attempted snowshoeing. Cox's Cove is at the end of this highway.
Route 438 Croque Road
y
28.0km. Nicole & I went here during the winter of 2010-11. This is where we were going to hike to the resettled community, but there looked to be polar bear prints.
Route 437 Cape Onion Road
y
23.0km. We drove down this road in that same update as Route 438. This highway ends at the fantastic Adams House.
Route 436 L'Anse aux Meadows Road
y
29.0km. In this archive page, you'll see 2 pictures from my first visit to L'Anse Aux Meadows. I have since been back there 3 other times.
Route 435 Cook's Harbour Road
y
33.8km. One of the most memorable moments I've had in this province. I woke up early & spent the dawn in North Boat Harbour - at the end of Route 435 and quite a desolate place in March.
Route 434 Conche Road
y
23.3km. There is a lighthouse in Conche, so I had no problem driving this 23km gravel road.
Route 433 Englee Highway
y
36.9km. To get to Conche, you have to drive 1/2 of this highway, so we went to Englee while we were down there anyway.
Route 432 Main Point Highway
y
110km. Moxx & I drove this highway on the way back from St. Anthony (3/4 of the way down the linked update).
Route 431 Bonne Bay Road
y
50.3km. In this update, there are Tablelands pictures, which is pretty close to Trout River. I never uploaded pictures from Trout River, but I've been there. A future update will prove this.
Route 430 Great Northern Highway
y
413km. It didn't take me long to discover the Northern Peninsula & fall in love with it. In this archive page, there are 2 pictures from L'Anse aux Meadows, from the time where I grew impatient with not seeing the entirety of 430 & drove all the way to the top in one day (6am->3am).
Route 422 Cormack Road
y
32.9km. I drove this road until I hit a dirt road...but it apparently goes for another 10km? I got this one in 2012...although I can't find the picture I took and that really chaps my ass!
Route 421 Hampden Road
y
15.7km. Drove this after I drove to Howley.
Route 420 White Bay South Highway
y
68.4km. My first ever Newfoundland update.
Route 419 Wild Cove Road
y
11.2km. The last picture in this update.
Route 418 Ming's Bight Road
y
10.4km. Another one where you're going to have to take my word for it. I didn't take a picture in Ming's Bight.
Route 417 Pacquet Road
y
9.9km. Another one where I didn't make an update. I have a picture actually of me...in Woodstock! (which is on this road). I'll have to upload it sometime.
Route 416 Round Harbour Road
y
8.7km. Drove down this road at the end of this update. Beautiful little town at the end.
Route 415 Nippers Harbour Road
y
17.7km. Nicole & I drove to Nippers Harbour in this update.
Route 414 La Scie Highway
y
52.5km. After driving all of the highways on the left side of the Baie Verte Peninsula, it was time to drive to La Scie at the eastern end. Also played some hockey there for my bday.
Route 413 Burlington Road
y
31.1km. The 413 ends in Middle Arm & the first picture of this update is from Middle Arm.
Route 412 Seal Cove Road
y
13.4km. Same update as Wild Cove Road.
Route 411 Westport Road
y
27.2km. Same update as Wild Cove Road. Westport has a lighthouse, so I was most excited about visiting this locality.
Route 410 Dorset Trail
y
89.1km. Halfway through this update, I get moving towards the Baie Verte Penn. & I go all the way to Fleur-de-Lys at the end.
Route 407 St. Andrews-Searson Road
y
15.4km. Kristen & I visited the Cape Anguille Lighthouse at the end of this update. Cape Anguille is at the end of Route 407.
Route 406 Codroy Road
y
20.8km. Kristen & I took this highway home after the Cape Anguille Lighthouse. (I have explored it during the daytime since that visit.)
Route 405 Highlands Road
y
16.6km. Took me 2 years to finally get this one.
Route 404 Robinsons Road
N
15.6km. This intertwines with 403 and apparently I missed 5km of this 404 Route.
Route 403 Flat Bay Road
y
20.4km. Near the end of this update, I drove south & over this entire road.
Route 402 Gallants Road
y
6.0km. You're going to have to take my word for this one. I'll take a picture next time I'm there.
Route 401 Howley Road
y
14.3km. See the start of this update.
   
 
400-Series  
37/38
15.6 km to go.
   
 
Central Newfoundland
(300-series highways) (33)
 
 
Route 392 Beachside Road
y
23.1km. Nicole & I drove this road as part of my birthday weekend (I wanted to see some new territory).
Route 391 Harry's Harbour Road
y
37.3km. Nicole & I drove this road as part of my birthday weekend (I wanted to see some new territory).
Route 390 Springdale Road
y
17.0km. Technically this road goes until the pavement ends. I turned around in the neighbourhood about a kilometre before reaching the end. Went back in the winter of 2012-13 and drove that last kilometer.
Route 382 Long Island Tickle Road
y
9.1km. It's an island served by a provincial ferry. I've been there.
Route 381 Miles Cove Road
y
14.9km. Nicole & I drove this road as part of my birthday weekend (I wanted to see some new territory).
Route 380 Beothuk Trail
y
52.8km. Nicole & I drove this road as part of my birthday weekend (I wanted to see some new territory). I was surprised by the size of Triton & the neat design of Brighton on this highway.
Route 371 Millertown Road
y
7.0km. Wiki says this is Millertown Junction Road - but I don't think there's a road to Millertown Junction (it's an old Railway stop). I'm assuming they mean Millertown itself. Also, this update hasn't been created yet, but I've been there.
Route 370 Buchans Highway
y
73.4km. Buchans is awesome. I was sick of people busting my coverage bubble by saying, 'well, you haven't been to Buchans yet, right?'
Route 365 Conne River Road
y
17.1km. No clue why I didn't drive down this road the first time down in Bay d'Espoir. I got it on my 2nd trip.
Route 364 Hermitage River Road
y
37.4km. Near the end of this update, we drove down 364 in search of a resettled community. I need to go back.
Route 363 Coomb's Cove Road
y
18.4km. Uh-oh! I only put a picture from English Harbour West in this update! Nicole & I drove to the end of this highway...but I decided against posting a Coomb's Cove picture - believe me? Whoop, went back in 2012, got a picture of Coomb's Cove this time.
Route 362 Belleoram Road
y
27.5km. We both thought Belleoram was the nicest Bay d'Espoir community; evidenced by pictures near the start of this update.
Route 361 St. Alban's Road
y
29.3km. Drove to the end of this road after learning that we'd have to wait another day to see the hydroelectric plant. Even though I liked this grocery store, I never put a picture of it in the update.
Route 360 Bay d'Espoir Road
y
205km. I didn't like people chirping an area, so I drove down there.
Route 352 Fortune Harbour Road
y
52.6km. Halfway down this update. Scroll down to the awesome church.
Route 351 Rattling Brook Road
y
11.6km. Went in 2012. Dropped a friend off in GFW to see Carly Rae Jepsen, then I took her car to explore & conquer. This is a strange water tower along the way.
Route 350 Botwood Highway
y
70.9km. There is a picture of the last town of Leading Tickles, in this update.
Route 346 Too Good Arm Road
y
13.1km. At the end of this update, Nicole & I drove this highway on the way back from Twillingate.
Route 345 Moreton's Harbour Road
y
10.3km. Drove here. Coverage will come in a future update.
Route 344 Cottlesville Road
y
8.0km. Drove here. Coverage will come in a future update.
Route 343 Comfort Cove Road
y
15.4km. Drove here. Coverage will come in a future update.
Route 342 Embree Road
y
16.4km. Drove here. Coverage will come in a future update.
Route 341 Laurencton Road
y
23.2km. Drove here. Coverage will come in a future update.
Route 340 Road to the Isles
y
106km. Twillingate is just fantastic. I went there in this update.
Route 335 Farewell Road
y
20.1km. Drove this when I went to the Change Islands.
Route 334 Joe Batt's Arm Road
y
19.3km. Spent a weekend on Fogo Island in January. Drove both highways.
Route 333 Fogo Island Road
y
25.6km. Spent a weekend on Fogo Island in January. Drove both highways.
Route 332 Frederickton Road
y
23.8km. Near the top of this update, I drove down this road so I could see the shipwreck in Frederickton.
Route 331 Boyd's Cove Highway
y
27.3km. To get from Twillingate to Fogo Island, I drove this road in this update.
Route 330 Gander Bay Highway
y
135km. The morning of this update, was spent driving the 330.
Route 320 Bonavista North Highway
y
86.1km. At the end of this update.
Route 310 Glovertown-Salvage Highway
y
28.7km. Whenever someone asks if I've been everywhere, I say no, because I haven't been to Eastport. Went here in 2012.
Route 301 Terra Nova Road
y
17.4km. Terra Nova was a community I hadn't yet seen. With a whole afternoon to get back one day, I finally drove down here in 2013.
   
 
300-Series  
33/33
 
   
 
Burin, Bonavista & Isthmus (200-series) (23)  
 
Route 239 New Bonadventure Road
y

17.4km. Drove this highway while visiting the Bonavista Peninsula with Nicole.

Route 238 Elliston Road
y
12.2km. Stopped in Elliston to see the root cellar capital in the first Bonavista update.
Route 237 Blackhead Bay Road
y
11.2km. Camped along the highway in 2012.
Route 236 Shock Cove Road
y
17.1km. Explored a cabin along this road in 2012.
Route 235 Cabot Highway
y
63.2km. Drove this highway back from Bonavista (as evidenced by stopping in King's Cove).
Route 234 Winter Brook Road
y
15.6km. Cleaned up the Bonavista towns I was missing in 2013.
Route 233 Clode Sound Road
y
31.6km. Nicole was going to be late for our first Bonavista adventure - so I drove the 233 to Musgravetown & Canning's Cove.
Route 232 Smith Sound Road
y
24.9km. Kristen & I drove this highway en route to the Burin.
Route 231 Random Island Road
y
29.2km. Nicole & I had some time to waste on the way to St. John's & drove this highway with the free time.
Route 230 Bonavista Peninsula Highway
y
108km. On my first visit to Bonavista, I followed this highway.
Route 222 Salt Pond-Winterland Road
y
10.2km. One of those highways that cuts across the peninsula which you wouldn't drive on if you're only looping the peninsula. Went out of my way to get it in 2012, making sure to take it back to my accommodations for the night.
Route 221 Burin Road
y
18.6km. Drove to the lighthouse at the end of this road, at the end of this update.
Route 220 Burin Peninsula Highway
y
172km. The main point of this update was to loop the Burin Peninsula by driving the 220.
Route 214 Monkstown Road
N
26.7km.
Route 213 Garnish Road
y
13.5km. If you're driving along the 220, it's only a 6km detour to see the lighthouse in Garnish. Moxx & I did this back in 2009.
Route 212 Bay L'Argent Road
y
30.2km. In late 2012, I set out to explore much of the burin arm I had remaining.
Route 211 English Harbour East Road
y
32.9km. Got it in a 2012 update.
Route 210 Burin Peninsula Highway
y
143km. This is the highway down to the Burin. Moxx & I obviously drove it when we went to St Pierre et Miquelon.
Route 205 Hatchet Cove Road
y
16.7km. Broke up a drive back from St. John's by taking a break along this highway.
Route 204 Southwest Arm Road
y
29.9km. Coming in an upcoming update.
Route 203 Fair Haven Road
y
12.6km. Got this one in 2013, while checking out the communities along the isthmus of the province.
Route 202 Long Harbour Road
y
9.8km. Got this one in 2013, while checking out the communities along the isthmus of the province.
Route 201 Chapel Arm-Bellevue Road
y
28.8km. Went here between Brigus & Shoal Harbour in this update. Only really stopped to check out the cemetery at the end of Bellevue.
       
200-Series  
22/23
At least 26.7 km to go.
       
Avalon Peninsula
(100-series) (30)
     
Route 102 Fox Harbour & Ship Harbour Road
y
23.8km. Got this in 2013, while visiting the Placentia area.
Route 101 Long Harbour Access Road
y
14.8km. Got this one in 2013, while checking out the communities along the isthmus of the province, we took this road from Long Harbour to get to Placentia.
Route 100 Cape Shore Highway
y
111km. To get to Cape St. Mary's, you need to drive on this highway. In this update, I go to the Cataracts on the way back, but I've taken the 100 all the way back to the highway - except that it was a time where I went to Cape St. Mary's in November, saw no birds & made no update.
Route 94 Admirals Beach Road
y
18.5km. Got this one in 2013 on my way back from another Irish Loop.
Route 93 Mount Carmel Road
y
17.5km. Witnessed a spectacular sunset here in 2013 after doing the Irish Loop/Admirals Beach Road.
Route 92 North Harbour-Branch Highway
y
51.7km. This is the other 1/2 of the Route 100 loop. I drove it in this update.
Route 91 Old Placentia Highway
y
48.6km. I drove to the Cataracts Park in this update, and you'd have to drive awfully close to the turnoff while loopoing this road. If I didn't cover the whole thing in that update, I have actually drove this road from start to finish on another occasion.
Route 90 St. Mary's Bay Highway
y
80.5km. This is 1/2 of the Irish Loop, which I travelled in this update.
Route 81 Markland Road
N
27.9km.
Route 80 Trinity Road
y
104km. This is 1/2 of the Baccalieu Trail loop, which I travelled in this update.
Route 75 Veterans Memorial Highway
y
36.2km. This is a boring, giant highway so you can speed by the interesting towns along the coast. I've drove it. I won't be uploading a picture.
Route 74 Heart's Content Highway
N
15.8km.
Route 73 New Harbour Road
y
17.5km. Drove across here in 2012, while traveling from Dildo to Brigus.
Route 72 Port de Grave Road
y
9.9km. To go to the Green Point Lighthouse, you need to drive down the 72.
Route 71 Hodgewater Line
N
12.4km.
Route 70 Conception Bay North Highway
y
113km. This is 1/2 of the Baccalieu Trail loop, which I travelled in this update.
Route 63 Avondale Access Road
N
7.3km.
Route 62 Holyrood Access Road
y
4.7km. I had business in Holyrood once. I took this road.
Route 60 Conception Bay Highway
N
72.9km. I was pretty sure I drove this, but I don't think I've been on the Topsail Rd portion in St. John's.
Route 50 Thorburn Road
N
11.6km.
Route 41 Beachy Cove Road
y
4.4km. I drove on this road recently, I'll link the update when it comes.
Route 40 Portugal Cove Road
y
12.3km. I randomly drove this road one night while out exploring. I also drove it to get to Bell Island with Nicole.
Route 30 Logy Bay Road
N
11.9km.
Route 21 Bauline Line
y
10.8km. Spending some time in St. John's, I had extra time to go get Bauline.
Route 20 Torbay Road
N
31.6km. I drove most of this when I went to Cape St. Francis, but I doubled back & didn't get the last 5km near Bauline.
Route 13 Witless Bay Line
y
20.6km. Cut across this road while trying to get to the Bay Bulls Lighthouse before sunset.
Route 11 Petty Harbour Road
N
6.0km.
Route 10 Southern Shore Highway
y
174km. This is 1/2 of the Irish Loop, which I travelled in this update.
Route 3 Goulds Bypass Road
N
9.3km.
Route 2 CBS Bypass
N
28.9km.
       
100-series  
18/30
At least 235.8 km to go.