South end: Route 322 in Woodside Length 13 km | North end: Hwy 102 in West End Province Nova Scotia | |
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Nova scotia highway 111 circumferential dartmouth halifax
Highway 111 is a 13-kilometre controlled-access freeway in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Contents
- Nova scotia highway 111 circumferential dartmouth halifax
- Map of NS 111 Halifax NS Canada
- Nova scotia highway 111 halifax to dartmouth via mackay bridge to exit 5 mic mac mall
- Access to Highways 102 and 103
- Micmac Rotary
- Highway of Heroes
- Exit list
- References
Map of NS-111, Halifax, NS, Canada
Highway 111 varies from 4-12 lanes and is known colloquially as the "Circumferential Highway", or, more recently, "the Circ", because it forms a partial orbital road around Dartmouth. The highway runs from Pleasant Street in the neighbourhood of Woodside in the south to the A. Murray MacKay Bridge in the north.
It serves as a key transportation link for Dartmouth and the Halifax Regional Municipality. The section from Highway 118 (Woodland Avenue) to the MacKay Bridge was constructed at the same time as the bridge, opening in 1970. The portion from Pleasant Street to Woodland Avenue was built during the mid 1960s and was twinned in 1977.
Nova scotia highway 111 halifax to dartmouth via mackay bridge to exit 5 mic mac mall
Access to Highways 102 and 103
The MacKay Bridge, as maintained by the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission, is officially part of Highway 111, and is considered as an extension of it. A truck route through the former city of Halifax, from the MacKay Bridge along Connaught Avenue to Bayers Road near Highway 102, is signed with directional markers, but is not officially a part of the route.
Micmac Rotary
The Micmac (or Mic Mac) Rotary was a traffic circle located at the intersection of Hwy 111 with Route 318 (Braemar Drive) and Trunk 7 (Main Street/Prince Albert Road/Grahams Grove). It was named after nearby Lake Micmac, which was partially in-filled to accommodate it. The Micmac Rotary was notorious for rush hour congestion, even resulting in the recording of a song entitled "Mic Mac Rotary Blues".
The rotary was removed during a redesign of the intersection in the late 1980s which saw it replaced by the "Micmac Parclo", which consists of a series of overpasses and controlled access lanes. The resulting roadway through the Parclo and across Lake Micmac to the interchange with Highway 118 is the widest in Atlantic Canada at 10-12 lanes.
Highway of Heroes
On May 22, 2013 Highway 111 was officially named "Highway of Heroes" by Premier Darrell Dexter.
Exit list
The entire route is located in Dartmouth, Halifax Regional Municipality.