Nova Scotia Highway 101

Highway 101 is an east-west highway in Nova Scotia that runs from Bedford to Yarmouth.

Highway 101
Harvest Highway
Highway 101 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Public Works
Length	308.5 km (191.7 mi)
Existed	1962–present
Major junctions
East end	Hwy 102 / Trunk 1 in Bedford
Major intersections	Trunk 14 near Windsor Trunk 8 near Annapolis Royal
West end	Trunk 3 in Yarmouth
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia 100-series
← Trunk 33 → Hwy 102

View of Highway 101 as it passes outside Kentville, Nova Scotia.

The highway follows a 310 km (190 mi) route along the southern coast of the Bay of Fundy through the Annapolis Valley, the largest agricultural district in the province. Between its western terminus at Yarmouth to Weymouth, the highway is 2-lane controlled access. Between Weymouth and Digby, the highway reverts to a 2-lane local road. From Digby to Grand Pre, the highway is 2-lane controlled access. From the Gaspereau River crossing near Grand Pre to 3 km west of Exit 6 (Falmouth) the highway is a 4-lane freeway. Heading east the highway is 2-lane controlled access until Exit 5 (Trunk 14). From Three Mile Plains to its eastern terminus at Bedford, the highway is a 4-lane freeway. Some of the 2-lane controlled access sections of the highway are 3 or 4 lanes, with the addition of passing lanes. One section of the 4-lane freeway near Hantsport is a short 5-lane (3 lanes westbound) section for about 2 km due to previous road configuration for a passing lane due to a steep hill. Similar to Highway 103, kilometre markers increase run west-to-east, increasing from Yarmouth to Bedford; however, exit numbers run east-to-west, increasing from Bedford to Yarmouth.

The provincial government named the highway the Harvest Highway on 7 December 2008 to recognize the important contributions of farmers in Nova Scotia.

History

Background

In the late 1950s, the demand for limited access arterials in Nova Scotia became evident due to congestion on trunk routes such as Highway 1, which led to the development of the 100-series highway system.

Construction

Highway 101 was developed in non-contiguous sections with the first parts, between Bedford and Upper Sackville, and between Windsor and Avonport, built in the early 1960s, before the 100-series highways were named. Due to the lack of numerical designation, these short sections were generally referred to as bypasses. In the late 1960s, sections between Mount Uniacke and Windsor, as well as between Avonport and Coldbrook began development and opened in 1970. Further demand saw the construction of segments through the Annapolis Valley, Digby and Yarmouth counties in the 1970s–1990s. The highway was built to provide a modern limited-access route between Halifax and Yarmouth, and the many towns and villages in the corridor.

Twinning

The first section of Highway 101 to be twinned was between Bedford and Lower Sackville, which was completed in the late 1970s. By the early 1990s, the highway was divided from Bedford to Mount Uniacke, and in 2004 twinning to Windsor was completed. The posted speed limit on most twinned segments is 110km/h. As of 2023, Highway 101 is twinned from Bedford to Avonport, with the exception of the Windsor Causeway which is still under construction. Nearly all other sections are 2 lane, undivided highways with occasional passing lanes and a posted speed limit of 100km/h.

Future

Highway twinning is expected to Coldbrook within the foreseeable future, as well as most new developments seeing design which accommodates future twinning.

There is a proposed exit for Cambridge, Kings County, Nova Scotia, which would provide access to Trunk 1 in the current 15-kilometre gap between exits 14 and 15. The proposed interchange would be a diamond configuration with roundabouts and an overpass to accommodate future twinning of Highway 101. A controlled-access collector road is proposed to connect the interchange with Trunk 1 to the South at a roundabout, Annapolis Valley First Nation at the interchange, and Brooklyn Street to the North.

Exit list

County	Location	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Halifax	Bedford	0.0– 1.1	0.0– 0.68		Trunk 1 east (Bedford Highway) to Trunk 2 / Trunk 7 – Bedford, Dartmouth	Hwy 101 eastern terminus; roadway continues as Trunk 1
				1G/H	Hwy 102 – Halifax International Airport, Truro, Halifax	Signed as exits 1G (south) and 1H (north); exits 4A/B on Hwy 102
				1F	Bedford Bypass (Trunk 33 east) to Trunk 7 east – Dartmouth	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
	Lower Sackville			1K	Trunk 1 west (Cobequid Road) – Lower Sackville	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		4.4	2.7	2	Route 354 (Beaver Bank Road) – Lower Sackville, Middle Sackville
	Middle Sackville	7.2	4.5	2A	To Trunk 1 (Margeson Drive) – Upper Sackville, Middle Sackville, Lower Sackville	Interchange opened in 2011
Hants	​	16.2	10.1	3	Trunk 1 – Mount Uniacke, Upper Sackville
	St. Croix	38.1	23.7	4	Trunk 1 to Route 215 – St. Croix, Newport, Ellershouse
	​	44.9	27.9	5	Trunk 14 to Trunk 1 / Route 215 – Windsor, Chester, Three Mile Plains, Rawdon
	Windsor	47.3	29.4	5A	Wentworth Road
		49.4	30.7	6	To Trunk 1 – Windsor Downtown
	Falmouth	51.1	31.8	7	To Trunk 1 – Falmouth
	Hantsport	57.3	35.6	8	To Trunk 1 – Hantsport, Mount Denson
Kings	Glooscap First Nation	61.2	38.0	8A	To Trunk 1 (Ben Jackson Road) – Hantsport, Lockhartville	Opened in 2009
	Avonport	65.6	40.8	9	Trunk 1 east – Avonport, West Brooklyn	East end of Trunk 1 concurrency
	Grand Pré	68.2	42.4	10	Trunk 1 west – Grand Pré, Hortonville, Wolfville	West end of Trunk 1 concurrency; westbound access to Wolfville
	Greenwich	77.3	48.0	11	To Trunk 1 / Route 358 – Greenwich, Port Williams, Canning, Wolfville	Eastbound access to Wolfville
	New Minas	80.3	49.9	11A	To Trunk 1 (Granite Drive) – New Minas	Opened December, 2018
		83.5	51.9	12	To Trunk 1 – New Minas, Kentville
	North Alton	87.6	54.4	13	Trunk 12 – Kentville, North Alton, South Alton, New Ross	Westbound access to Kentville
	Coldbrook	91.3	56.7	14	Trunk 1 – Coldbrook, Cambridge, Waterville, Kentville	Eastbound access to Kentville
	Berwick	105.9	65.8	15	Route 360 – Berwick, Harbourville, Cambridge
	​	114.2	71.0	16	Victoria Harbour Road – Aylesford, Auburn, Morden
	Kingston	123.5	76.7	17E	Bishop Mountain Road – Kingston, Greenwood	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		125.2	77.8	17W	Marshall Road – Kingston, Greenwood	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
Annapolis	Middleton	133.2	82.8	18A	To Trunk 1 / Trunk 10 / Route 362 – Middleton, Nictaux Falls, Margaretsville	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance; westbound access to Trunk 10 / Route 362
		136.5	84.8	18	To Trunk 1 / Trunk 10 / Route 362 – Middleton, Brickton, Mount Hanley, Nictaux Falls, Margaretsville	Eastbound access to Trunk 10 / Route 362
	​	145.2	90.2	19	To Trunk 1 – Lawrencetown, Clarence, Port Lorne
	Bridgetown	156.3	97.1	20	Trunk 1 (Evangeline Trail) – Bridgetown, Upper Granville, Paradise
		156.7	97.4	Crosses the Annapolis River
	​	161.0	100.0	21	To Route 201 – Bridgetown, Centrelea, Tupperville
		182.2	113.2	22	Trunk 8 north to Trunk 1 / Route 201 – Lequille, Granville Ferry, Annapolis Royal
		196.2	121.9	23A	Cornwallis, Clementsport, Clemenstvale
		200.6– 201.9	124.6– 125.5	23	Trunk 1 east – Deep Brook, Cornwallis, Clementsport	East end of Trunk 1 concurrency
Annapolis–Digby county boundary	​	202.6	125.9	Crosses the Bear River
Digby	​	203.2	126.3	24	Trunk 1 west – Smith's Cove, Bear River	West end of Trunk 1 concurrency
	Joggin Bridge	207.4	128.9	25	Trunk 1 east – Bear River, Smith's Cove, Lansdowne	East end of Trunk 1 concurrency
		207.8	129.1	Joggin Bridge crosses The Joggins/Big Joggins (Annapolis Basin)
	Digby	210.2	130.6	26	Route 303 north to Route 217 – Digby, Saint John Ferry
	​	233.9	145.3	27	Trunk 1 west to Route 340 – Weymouth, Weymouth Falls, Weymouth North, Fort Point	At-grade; west end of Trunk 1 concurrency
	New Edinburgh	236.7	147.1	Crosses the Sissiboo River
	St. Bernard	240.4	149.4	28	Trunk 1 to Route 340 – Weymouth, St. Bernard, Belliveaus Cove, Grosses Coques, Church Point
	​	255.3	158.6	29	To Trunk 1 – Concession, Comeauville, Church Point, Little Brook, Saulnierville
		270.7	168.2	31	To Trunk 1 – Meteghan, St. Alphonse de Clare, Mavillette, Meteghan River, Saulnierville
	Salmon River	283.1	175.9	32	To Trunk 1 – Salmon River, Mavillette, Hectanooga
Yarmouth	​	291.4	181.1	33	To Trunk 1 – Port Maitland, Darling's Lake, Beaver River
	Hebron	301.4	187.3	34	Route 340 to Trunk 1 – South Ohio, Hebron, Yarmouth
	Yarmouth	308.5	191.7		Trunk 3 (Starrs Road) to Hwy 103 / Trunk 1 – Arcadia, Yarmouth	At-grade; Hwy 101 western terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

References

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