New Brunswick Route 123
Route 123 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation | ||||
Length: | 52.0 km[1] (32.3 mi) | |||
Existed: | 1976.[2] – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | Route 10 in Chipman | |||
North end: | Route 8 in Doaktown | |||
Location | ||||
Major cities: | Chipman, Doaktown | |||
Highway system | ||||
Provincial highways in New Brunswick
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Route 123 is a mostly North/South provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The road runs from Route 10 in Chipman. The road has a length of approximately 52 kilometers, and services small, otherwise isolated rural communities. In these areas, the highway is often unofficially referred to as "Main Street." The Highway is known as Main Street and McLeod Avenue in Chipman. The road is then known as Grand Lake Road from Gaspereau Forks to Doaktown. Lastly upon entering Doaktown, the road is named South Road.
History
The Grand Lake Road was upgraded and completed in the early 1970s. It, along with a former section of Route 116 between Gaspereau Forks and Chipman, became Route 123 in 1976.
Intersecting routes
- Begins at a sharp corner of Route 10 in Chipman, New Brunswick as known as Main Street
- Crosses to Route 116 in Gaspereau Forks
- Ending in Doaktown, New Brunswick
River crossings
- Hutchinson Brook Chipman, New Brunswick
- Salmon River in Gaspereau Forks
- Gaspereau River
- Cains River
Communities along Route
- Chipman, New Brunswick
- Red Bank, New Brunswick
- Gaspereau Forks, New Brunswick
- Upper Gaspereau, New Brunswick
- Grand Lake Road, New Brunswick
- Doaktown, New Brunswick
See also
References
- ↑ New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
- ↑ New Brunswick, Highways.