| Route Transcanadienne | ||||
| Trans-Canada Highway | ||||
Route 1 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNewfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 903 km (561 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | ||||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end | ||||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
| Highway system | ||||
| ||||
Route 1 is a highway in theCanada province ofNewfoundland and Labrador, and is the easternmost stretch of theTrans-Canada Highway. Route 1 is the primary east–west road on theisland of Newfoundland.[1]
The eastern terminus of Route 1 isSt. John's. From there, the highway crosses the island 903 kilometres (561 mi) toChannel-Port aux Basques, its western terminus.
From there, the Trans-Canada Highway is carried across theCabot Strait by ferry toNorth Sydney,Nova Scotia.

The following description details the highway from its eastern terminus to its western terminus.
Route 1's official eastern terminus is at the interchange with Logy Bay Road in the northeastern part of St. John's, marking the eastern end of the Trans-Canada Highway. The highway begins as a freeway, proceeding west on the Outer Ring Road. Route 1 maintains the name Outer Ring Road, intersecting withSt. John's roads such as Aberdeen Avenue,Torbay Road, Portugal Cove Road, Allandale Road, Team Gushue Highway, Thorburn Road, Topsail Road and Kenmount Road until the interchange with Pitts Memorial Drive, 20 km to the west.
Route 1 proceeds in a generally southwestern direction for another 25 km as it follows the southern shore ofConception Bay (several kilometres inland) until it reaches the interchange withRoute 13 where it turns west and then northwest, continuing for another 29 km on a 4-lane expressway toWhitbourne where the freeway ends at the interchange with Route 80/81.
Route 1 transitions to a 2-lane, controlled access highway and continues northwest from Whitbourne along the isthmus of theAvalon Peninsula and 188 km north toGlovertown, bypassingClarenville, small communities likeArnold's Cove,Goobies and passing throughTerra Nova National Park; park admission is not required to use Route 1. TheBonavista Peninsula andBurin Peninsula can be accessed via interchanges nearClarenville andGoobies, respectively.
From Glovertown, the highway proceeds northwest 182 km toBadger, bypassingGander,Glenwood.Lewisporte (about 11 km north onRoute 340),Norris ArmBishop's Falls andGrand Falls-Windsor; Route 1 has a 6 km 4-lane section through Grand Falls-Windsor. As of August 2008, there are no gas stations along the highway between the towns ofGander andBishop's Falls.The Isles of Notre Dame region of the province, which includesFogo, theTwillingate Islands,New World Island and surrounding areas, can be accessed viaRoute 340 at theNotre Dame Junction [fr] interchange nearLewisporte. TheBay d'Espoir region can be accessed via the Bay D'Espoir Highway nearBotwood.Botwood,Point Leamington andLeading Tickles can be accessed via theBotwood Highway, officiallyRoute 350 at an interchange in theBishop's Falls-Grand Falls-Windsor area.
From Badger, Route 1 heads due north for 64 km toSpringdale where the highway swings southwest for 137 km toPasadena, passing throughDeer Lake.
At Pasadena, the highway transitions to a 4-laneexpressway and continues southwest along the south shore ofDeer Lake before following theHumber River through the narrowHumber Valley. The 4-lane section proceeds for 38 km in a southwest direction, where it transitions back to a 2-lane controlled access highway west of the interchange withRoute 450 (Lewin Parkway), southwest ofCorner Brook.
From the Confederation Drive interchange, Route 1 proceeds for 213 km in a southwest direction, bypassingStephenville (accessible viaRoute 460 andRoute 490) and passing through theCodroy Valley (where it is a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway) toPort aux Basques. It terminates southeast of the town at theMarine Atlantic ferry terminal, where travelers can continue to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and the rest of Canada.
New highway construction during the 1990s extended Route 1 on what is called the Outer Ring Road to the interchange with Logy Bay Road in the northeast part of St. John's, including passing by theStavanger Drive Shopping Area. The bypass opened in phases moving increasingly eastward from Kenmount Road to Logy Bay Road, between 1998 and 2003.[2] Prior to this construction, Route 1 and the Trans-Canada Highway designation began at St. John's City Hall on New Gower Street and proceeded west on Pitts Memorial Drive and then on the current alignment of Route 1 to the southwest. It is for this reason that the city named its hockey arena and convention centreMile One Centre, adjacent to the city hall.
To follow an unofficial alignment of Route 1 from St. John's City Hall, one must head geographically east for 1.5 km into the southeastern part of the city, continuing onto Duckworth Street (Route 60). Proceed north for 1 km on Cavendish Square and King's Bridge Road before turning east for 1.5 km along the north shore ofQuidi Vidi Lake on The Boulevard, Or Turn Right Onto Forest Road And Continue To Quidi Vidi Village Road. At The Turnoff To Barrows Road, Keep Left.
Continue north on East White Hills Road, which becomes controlled access several hundred metres north of its intersection with The Boulevard. The East White Hills Road transitions into the Outer Ring Road 4 km to the north at the interchange with the Logy Bay Road.
| Location | km | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot Strait | 893 | 555 | |||
| Channel-Port aux Basques | 893 | 555 | |||
| 892 | 554 | (1) | Provides access to | ||
| 890 | 550 | - | High Street | Unnumbered Exit, To Downtown Port Aux Basques. | |
| 888 | 552 | - | Grand Bay West | At-grade intersection | |
| | 886 | 551 | - | Edna's Road -Long Grade | At-grade intersection |
| | 883 | 549 | - | J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park main entrance | At-grade intersection; access road into park |
| | 877 | 545 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| Tompkins | 868 | 539 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| Doyles | 866 | 538 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| South Branch | 849 | 528 | - | South Branch | At-grade intersection |
| 846 | 526 | - | South Branch | At-grade intersection | |
| | 810 | 500 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| | 809 | 503 | - | Crabbes River Park main entrance | At-grade intersection; access road into park |
| | 806 | 501 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| Robinsons | 800 | 500 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| | 773 | 480 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| | 769 | 478 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| Barachois Brook | 763 | 474 | 2 | Katarina Roxon Way, Alternate Route To Port Aux Port Peninsula | |
| Barachois Pond Provincial Park | 755 | 469 | - | Barachois Pond Provincial Park main entrance | At-grade intersection; access road into park |
| 752 | 467 | - | At-grade intersection; Beware Of Potholes;provides access to | ||
| Harry's Brook | 740 | 460 | 3 | ||
| | 730 | 450 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| Corner Brook | 696 | 432 | 4 | Access To Lark Harbour | |
| 692 | 430 | 5 | Massey Drive | ||
| 690 | 430 | 6 | |||
| 687 | 427 | 7 | Admiral Palliser's Trail | ||
| Steady Brook | 683 | 424 | 8 | Marble Drive | Marble Mountain |
| Humber Village | 676 | 420 | 9 | Marble Drive | |
| Little Rapids | 673 | 418 | 10 | Strawberry Loop, Strawberry Lane | |
| 671 | 417 | 11 | Bonnell Drive, Boom Siding Road | ||
| Pasadena | 666 | 414 | 12 | Main Street, Boom Siding Road | |
| 661 | 411 | 13 | Stentaford Avenue | ||
| St. Jude's | 643 | 400 | 14 | Ridgeview Road | |
| Deer Lake | 640 | 400 | 15A | Glide Lake Road | |
| 638 | 396 | 15 | High Street | ||
| 637 | 396 | 16 | Viking Trail; | ||
| 636 | 395 | - | Airport road - | At-grade intersection; access road into airport | |
| | 609 | 378 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| Sandy Lake | 594 | 369 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| Sheppardville | 543 | 337 | - | At-grade intersection; Dorset Trail, Also Serves Westport And Fleur de Lys | |
| 542 | 337 | - | Sheppardville | At-grade intersection | |
| | 523 | 325 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| | 522 | 324 | - | At-grade intersection; access road into airport | |
| South Brook | 511 | 318 | - | At-grade intersection; provides access to | |
| | 468 | 291 | - | Catamaran Park main entrance | At-grade intersection; access road into park |
| Badger | 459 | 285 | - | At-grade intersection; Buchans Highway, Provides Access To Mid-Island Route | |
| | 440 | 270 | - | Red Cliff | Now closed at-grade intersection |
| | 437 | 272 | - | Red Cliff | At-grade intersection |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 432 | 268 | 17 | Main Street | |
| 431 | 268 | - | Duggan Street | Unnumbered Exit; westbound exit and entrance only | |
| 431 | 268 | 18 A/B | Cromer Avenue | ||
| 430 | 270 | 19 | Union Street | ||
| 428 | 266 | 20 | Scott Avenue | ||
| Bishops Falls | 421 | 262 | 21 | Main Street -Bishops Falls | |
| 413 | 257 | 22 | Serves Leading Tickles And Fortune Harbour | ||
| 412 | 256 | - | At-grade intersection; Bay d'Espoir Highway. Beware Of Potholes | ||
| Norris Arm | 400 | 250 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| 390 | 240 | - | At-grade intersection | ||
| | 388 | 241 | - | Norris Arm North Side | At-grade intersection |
| Notre Dame Junction | 382 | 237 | 23 | Road to the Isles; Also Serves Little Burnt Bay; provides access to | |
| 381 | 237 | - | Notre Dame Provincial Park main entrance | At-grade intersection; access road into park | |
| Glenwood | 361 | 224 | - | Forest Resource Road - Salmon Pond, Lumber Yard | Unnumbered Exit |
| 360 | 220 | - | Spruce Avenue | At-grade intersection | |
| 359 | 223 | - | Main Street / River Drive | At-grade intersection | |
| Appleton | 359 | 223 | - | River Road / Richards Road | At-grade intersection |
| 358 | 222 | - | Bowater Road / Simms Road | At-grade intersection | |
| Gander | 340 | 210 | - | Magee Road -Gander | At-grade intersection |
| 338 | 210 | - | Caldwell Street -Gander | At-grade intersection | |
| 338 | 210 | - | Cobhan Street -Gander | At-grade intersection | |
| 337 | 209 | - | At-grade intersection; Road to the shore; provides access toGander International Airport andCanadian Forces Base Gander, Alternate Route To Lewisporte, Little Burnt Bay, And Twillingate | ||
| Benton | 321 | 199 | - | Benton | At-grade intersection |
| Gambo | 297 | 185 | 24 | Road to the Shore, Route To New-Wes-Valley, Brookfield, Wesleyville | |
| Glovertown | 280 | 170 | 25 | Road to the Beaches, Alternate Route To Eastport Peninsula | |
| Terra Nova National Park | 271 | 168 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| 255 | 158 | - | At-grade intersection | ||
| 247 | 153 | - | Charlottetown | At-grade intersection | |
| Port Blandford | 227 | 141 | - | Main Street -Port Blandford | At-grade intersection, To Downtown Port Blandford |
| 224 | 139 | - | Blackmore’s Road -Port Blandford | At-grade intersection | |
| 223 | 139 | - | At-grade intersection, Also Serves Bunyan’s Cove, Bloomfield, Lethbridge And Brooklyn | ||
| George's Brook | 207 | 129 | 26 | Discovery Trail, Also Serves George’s Brook, Burgoyne’s Cove, Lethbridge, And Brooklyn. Access To Route 235. | |
| Clarenville | 195 | 121 | - | At-grade intersection, Serves Shoal Harbour, Downtown Clarenville, Milton, Bourgoyne’s Cove, Georges Brook, Random Island. | |
| Deep Bight | 186 | 116 | - | Deep Bight,Adeytown | At-grade intersection |
| Adeytown | 181 | 112 | - | Adeytown,Deep Bight | At-grade intersection |
| Hillview | 178 | 111 | - | At-grade intersection | |
| Ivany's Cove | 175 | 109 | - | Ivany's Cove,North West Brook | At-grade intersection |
| North West Brook | 172 | 107 | - | At-grade intersection, Also Serves Gooseberry Cove And Southport | |
| Goobies | 165 | 103 | - | At-grade intersection; provides access to | |
| Come By Chance | 154 | 96 | 26B | Main Road -Come By Chance,Sunnyside | |
| Arnold's Cove | 146 | 91 | 26A | Refinery Road -Arnold's Cove | |
| | 139 | 86 | - | Southern Harbour | At-grade intersection |
| | 126 | 78 | - | At-grade intersection; Osprey Trail, Also Serves Bellevue Beach | |
| Bellevue Beach | 119 | 74 | - | At-grade intersection, Beware Of Potholes On Route 203. | |
| Chapel Arm | 104 | 65 | 27 | Osprey Trail (Route 201) | |
| Whitbourne | 92 | 57 | - | At-grade intersection; provides access to | |
| 90 | 56 | 28 | Baccalieu Trail (Route 80) | ||
| Ocean Pond | 81 | 50 | 29 | Ocean Pond Road | |
| Grand Pond | 77 | 48 | 30 | ||
| Roaches Line | 72 | 45 | 31 | Baccalieu Trail, Serves Brigus, Cupids, South River, Clarke’s Beach, North River, Bay Roberts, Port De Grave, Spaniard’s Bay, Tilton, Harbour Grace, Carbonear, Bristol’s Hope | |
| Brigus Junction | 70 | 43 | 32 | Brigus Junction Road -Brigus Junction | |
| Middle Gull Pond | 66 | 41 | 33 | Middle Gull Pond Road | |
| Avondale | 64 | 40 | 34 | Also Serves Conception Harbour, Bacon Cove, Kitchuses, Colliers, Marysvale, Georgetown, Brigus, Cupids | |
| Holyrood | 60 | 37 | 35 | Western portion of Irish Loop Drive, Also Serves St. Catherines | |
| 51 | 32 | 36 | Liam Hickey Drive. Serves Downtown Holyrood | ||
| Butter Pot | 48 | 30 | 37 | Recently Resurfaced | |
| 43 | 27 | 38 | Butter Pot Provincial Park | ||
| Conception Bay South | 33 | 21 | 39 | ||
| St. John's | 25 | 16 | 40 | Paddy's Pond/Cochrane Pond | |
| 21 | 13 | 41 | Danny Drive - Galway | Access to Galway Business Centre | |
| | 19 | 12 | 41 A/B | Outer Ring Road | |
| Mount Pearl | 17 | 11 | 42 A/B | Kenmount Road -Mount Pearl | Outer Ring Road, Access To McNamara And Donovans Industrial Parks |
| Paradise | 16 | 9.9 | 43 | Outer Ring Road | |
| St. John's | 11 | 6.8 | 44 | Outer Ring Road | |
| 9 | 5.6 | 45 | Outer Ring Road | ||
| 6 | 3.7 | 46 | Allandale Road -Confederation Building, Pippy Park | Outer Ring Road | |
| 4 | 2.5 | 47 A/B | Outer Ring Road. Provides access toSt. John's International Airport and the | ||
| 3 | 1.9 | 48 A/B | Outer Ring Road. No access from Route 20 to Route 1 eastbound | ||
| 2 | 1.2 | 49 | Aberdeen Avenue,Stavanger Drive | Outer Ring Road | |
| 0 | 0.0 | 50 | Outer Ring Road. Eastern terminus; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; road continues east as E White Hills Road | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
| |||||
| Previous route | Next route Terminus | |