 Route 1 | ||||
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| Trans-Canada Highway Highway of Heroes[1] | ||||
 Route 1 highlighted in red. | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Prince Edward Island Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
| Length | 119.6 km[2] (74.3 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  ToRoute 16 (TCH) at theConfederation Bridge | |||
| Major intersections |  Route 1A inAlbany Route 2 inCharlottetown Route 3 inMount Mellick | |||
| East end |  ToHwy 106 (TCH) at theWood Islands ferry dock | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Prince Edward Island | |||
| Counties | Prince,Queens | |||
| Major cities | Charlottetown | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route 1 is a 120-kilometre (75 mi) longprovincial highway that serves as thePrince Edward Island section of theTrans-Canada Highway. Route 1 traverses the southern shores of Prince Edward Island, from theConfederation Bridge inBorden-Carleton to theWood Islands ferry dock, andbypasses the provincial capital,Charlottetown. It is an uncontrolled access 2-lane highway with a maximum speed limit of 90 km/h (55 mph), except within towns and urban areas.
Route 1 serves several towns and communities along the southern shore of Prince Edward Island, as well asbypassing the provincial capital,Charlottetown. The route begins at an intersection inBorden-Carleton at the northern end of theConfederation Bridge (the bridge itself and its approach roads are unnumberedfederal roads). The bridge crosses theNorthumberland Strait toNew Brunswick, where the highway becomesNew Brunswick Route 16. Travelling eastward, a spur route, Route 1A, branches north towardsSummerside. The highway continues meandering east through the communities ofCrapaud andBonshaw, and bypassesClyde River andCornwall before crossing the waterway dividing the North River andGraham Rogers Lake into Charlottetown.[2]
Within Charlottetown, Route 1 jogs north along Upton Road then east onto the Charlottetown Perimeter Highway, a four-lanecontrolled access road bypassing the city. The highway is partially concurrent withRoute 2 and includes adisplaced left turn intersection with the St. Peter's Highway. The road continues towards the city centre before turning and crossing theHillsborough River on theHillsborough River Bridge intoStratford. From there the route travels south near the shore of the Northumberland Strait to Wood Islands. Vehicles can continue via theNorthumberland Ferries Limited ferry toNova Scotia Highway 106 atCaribou, Nova Scotia.[2]
Route 1 features the onlygrade-separatedinterchanges in the province: atrumpet interchange with the spur Route 1A in Albany, anddouble roundabout diamond interchanges atRoute 27 in New Haven andRoute 19 in Cornwall.
On May 17, 2010, construction began on upgrades to the Charlottetown Perimeter Highway.[3]This work was completed later that year on October 15.[4]Route 1 was then transferred from its old routing along University Avenue and Grafton Street onto the new highway.
A proposal to realign Route 1 throughStrathgartney Provincial Park west of Charlottetown was met with significant public opposition in 2011.[5] Construction started on a revised route avoiding the park, dubbedPlan B by opponents, in October 2012. Environmentalists protesting at the work site caused construction to be halted for several days.[6] Darcie Lanthier, then interim leader of theP.E.I. Green Party, was arrested[7] and several protesters charged withtrespassing before construction resumed. The realignment opened to traffic on September 23, 2013.[8] The protest group, which became known asStop Plan B, monitored construction throughout the project and returned in October 2015 to plant trees along the new alignment.[9]
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On September 6, 2016, construction began on the Cornwall Perimeter Highway, a new alignment bypassing the town of Cornwall to the north.[10][11] Construction was mostly complete and the new bypass opened to traffic on October 1, 2019.[12] Upon its opening, the former alignment was renumberedRoute 27. The town plans to develop the former arterial highway into a commercial thoroughfare and community hub.[13]
| County | Location | km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Northumberland Strait (Abegweit Passage) | −9.2– −1.7 | −5.7– −1.1 | Confederation Bridge (toll leaving PEI)Route 16 (TCH) continues inNew Brunswick | ||
| Prince | Borden-Carleton | −0.7 | −0.43 | Toll booth (westbound only) | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Borden Avenue (west) / Dickie Road (east) | West of this point the Confederation Bridge toll booths and approach ramps are under federal jurisdiction. | ||
| 1.8 | 1.1 |  Route 10 –Bedeque,Cape Traverse | |||
| Albany | 6.0 | 3.7 | Route 1A north –Summerside | Interchange | |
| North Tryon | 11.1 | 6.9 |  Route 115 (Mount Tryon Road) –Mount Tryon | Intersections offset; 35 m (115 ft)concurrency | |
| | 12.5 | 7.8 |  Route 232 north (Branch Road) | ||
| Tryon | 13.9 | 8.6 | Route 10 west –Augustine Cove | ||
| Queens | Crapaud | 17.1 | 10.6 |   Route 13 north /Route 231 north –Cavendish | |
| Hampton | 21.9 | 13.6 |  Route 116 (Shore Road / Sandy Point Road) –Victoria,South Melville | ||
| DeSable | 25.9 | 16.1 |   Route 19 south (Canoe Cove Road) /Route 246 north (South Melville Road) –Meadowbank,Stanchel | ||
| Green Road | 28.4 | 17.6 |  Route 237 north (Appin Road) | ||
| Strathgartney | 34.3 | 21.3 |  Route 245 north (Riverdale Road) –Riverdale,Emyvale | ||
| New Haven | 37.2 | 23.1 |  Route 9 north (Colville Road) –Elmwood,Kingston | West end of Route 9 concurrency | |
| 37.6 | 23.4 | Route 9 south (West River Road) –St. Catherines,Long Creek | East end of Route 9 concurrency | ||
| Clyde River | 39.7 | 24.7 |    Route 27 east (Dog River Road) toRoute 247 /Route 265 –Clyde River,Cornwall | Interchange, west end of Cornwall Perimeter Highway[11] | |
| Cornwall | 45.1 | 28.0 | ToRoute 19 / Cornwall Road –Cornwall | Interchange | |
| 47.3 | 29.4 | Route 27 west (Main Street) –Cornwall Route 248 (Warren Grove Road / York Point Road) –Milton | Roundabout, east end of Cornwall Perimeter Highway[11] | ||
| | 47.7– 48.5 | 29.6– 30.1 | North River Causeway crossing the North River and Graham Rogers Lake | ||
| Charlottetown | 49.1 | 30.5 | Upton Road / Maypoint Road / Capital Drive | Roundabout; Route 1 branches north onto Upton Road | |
| 50.2 | 31.2 | Upton Road / Charlottetown Perimeter Highway | Roundabout; Route 1 branches east onto Charlottetown Perimeter Highway | ||
| 52.0 | 32.3 | Route 2 west (Malpeque Road) –Kensington,Summerside | West end of Route 2 concurrency | ||
| 53.7 | 33.4 |   Route 15 north (Brackley Point Road) –Charlottetown Airport,Brackley Beach | |||
| 55.2 | 34.3 | Route 2 east (St. Peters Road) –Souris,Îles de la Madeleine | East end of Route 2 concurrency,displaced left turn | ||
| 59.1 | 36.7 | Grafton Street / Water Street | Route 1 branches east onto Hillsborough Bridge | ||
| | 59.4– 60.7 | 36.9– 37.7 | Hillsborough River Bridge crossing theHillsborough River | ||
| Stratford | 61.1 | 38.0 |  Route 21 north (Hopeton Road) –Bunbury | ||
| 63.1 | 39.2 |  Route 26 (Georgetown Road) –Tea Hill,Alexandria,Pownal | Roundabout | ||
| Mount Albion | 71.7 | 44.6 |  Route 5 east (48 Road) –Cardigan | ||
| Mount Mellick | 74.0 | 46.0 |  Route 26 west (Pownal Road) /Route 272 east (Village Green Road) –Pownal,Village Green | ||
| 76.7 | 47.7 | Route 3 east (Georgetown Road) –Georgetown | |||
| Cherry Valley | 78.4 | 48.7 |  Route 270 north (McInnis Point Road) –Earnscliffe,China Point | ||
| | 83.2 | 51.7 |  Route 212 north (Vernon River Road) / Scentia Road –Vernon River | ||
| Orwell | 86.5 | 53.7 |   Route 210 east (Kinross Road) toRoute 23 south –Kinross,Montague,Uigg | ||
| | 92.0 | 57.2 |  Route 211 north (Newton Road) –Newton Cross | ||
| Eldon | 94.3 | 58.6 |  Route 207 south (Garfield Road) | ||
| | 96.5 | 60.0 |  Route 209 west (Point Prim Road) –Mount Buchanan,Point Prim | ||
| South Pinette | 103.3 | 64.2 |  Route 208 east (Roseberry Road) –Roseberry | ||
| Flat River | 107.5 | 66.8 |  Route 261 east (Camp Road) | ||
| Belle River | 110.3 | 68.5 |  Route 202 (Douses Road) –Iris,Stewart Point | ||
| | 110.9 | 68.9 |  Route 201 east (Greys Road) –Hopefield | ||
| 115.1 | 71.5 | Route 207 north (Stewart Road) –Melville | |||
| Wood Islands | 117.8 | 73.2 |  Route 315 north (Wood Islands Road) –Montague | ||
| 118.0 | 73.3 |  Route 4 east (Shore Road) –Murray River,Murray Harbour | |||
| 119.3 | 74.1 |  Wood Islands Ferry Terminal | |||
| Northumberland Strait | Northumberland Ferries Limited ferry toCaribou, Nova Scotia | ||||
| Hwy 106 (TCH) | Continuation inNova Scotia | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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