 Trunk 4 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byDepartment of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
| Length | 414.6 km[1] (257.6 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Hwy 104 (TCH) nearThomson Station | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end |  Trunk 28 inGlace Bay | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Nova Scotia | |||
| Counties | Cumberland,Colchester,Pictou,Antigonish,Inverness,Richmond,Cape Breton | |||
| Major cities | Cape Breton Regional Municipality | |||
| Towns | New Glasgow,Antigonish,Port Hawkesbury | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Trunk 4 is part of theCanadian province ofNova Scotia's system of Trunk Highways. The route runs fromHighway 104 exit 7 nearThomson Station toGlace Bay.[2] Until the construction of theTrans-Canada Highway, Trunk 4 was a major traffic link in northern Nova Scotia andCape Breton, and is still used on Cape Breton as an alternative toHighway 105. The highway was originally called theKing's Highway, however, this name is no longer applied to the entire road. The only remaining historic section of the highway that maintains the name "King" is King's Road in Sydney.[3]
The section between the western terminus at Exit 7,Highway 104 inThomson Station toMahoneys Corner was originally built asHighway 104 in the 1960s. It was bypassed by theCobequid Pass in 1997 and redesignated Trunk 4 at that time. The section between Mahoneys Corner andGlenholme was originally part of Trunk 4 until the 1960s when it was designated Highway 104. This section was also redesignated Trunk 4 in 1997 after the opening of the Cobequid Pass.
The section between Glenholme andOnslow is co-designated withTrunk 2. Trunk 4 is discontinuous between Exit 14A,Highway 102 in the west and Pictou Road inBible Hill in the east.
Trunk 4 reappears in Bible Hill, following Pictou Road and the original Trunk 4 alignment east. InKemptown, Trunk 4 follows an old alignment of Highway 104 for several kilometres. Trunk 4 continues east of Kemptown on its original alignment throughMount Thom toSalt Springs. From Salt Springs toWestville, the present alignment of Trunk 4 was used as Highway 104 from the 1960s until being bypassed in the 1990s. Now redesignated Trunk 4, the highway designation continues into Westville on Truro Road and then Westville Road. InNew Glasgow it follows the original Trunk 4 route on Westville Road, Stellarton Road, George Street, Archimedes Street, Marsh Street and Merigomish Road before heading east towardSutherlands River. At Sutherlands River, Trunk 4 follows a new alignment between School Rd andHighway 245. It then continues east toBarney's River Station.
Trunk 4 uses an old Highway 104 alignment between Barney's River Station andMarshy Hope.[4] From Marshy Hope, Trunk 4 proceeds east toAntigonish. In Antigonish, it follows Post Road, James Street, Main Street, and St Andrews Street. East of Antigonish it proceeds toSouth River Station.
Trunk 4 is discontinuous between South River Station and Heatherton as Highway 104 mostly uses the old Trunk 4 alignment. From Heatherton, Trunk 4 proceeds east toAuld's Cove.
Trunk 4 is discontinuous between Auld's Cove and Port Hastings as Highway 104 uses the old Trunk 4 alignment. FromPort Hastings, Trunk 4 proceeds east throughPort Hawkesbury andSt. Peter's before turning northeast along the southeastern shore ofBras d'Or Lake throughBig Pond andBen Eoin. It continues east toSydney River toSydney. In Sydney it follows Kings Road, Esplanade Road, Welton Street. East of Sydney it continues along Grand Lake Road toReserve Mines andGlace Bay. In Glace Bay it follows Reserve Street and Union Street and ends at the intersection of Union and Commercial Streets.
Because a large portion of the highway has been paralleled by the faster Highway 104, traffic volumes are comparatively light. As a result, parts of Trunk 4 are currently under review to become part of Nova Scotia'sBlue Route, a designated cycling corridor.[5]
Trunk 4 originally started at theNew Brunswick border inFort Lawrence. In the early years of theTrans-Canada Highway system, Trunk 4 was the designated Trans-Canada Highway route across mainland Nova Scotia. When controlled-access sections of Highway 104 were first built in the 1960s, the number replaced Trunk 4 entirely west of New Glasgow. As four-lane sections of Highway 104 were built in the late 1990s, the number 4 was again used to mark the former Mount Thom and Wentworth Valley sections of 104.
| County | Location | km[1] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Cumberland | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hwy 104 (TCH) –Amherst,Truro | Western terminus; Hwy 104 exit 7; Hwy 104 is tolled east of exit 7 (Cobequid Pass) | ||
| Mahoneys Corner | 11.6 | 7.2 |   Route 368 north toRoute 204 –Westchester Station,Collingwood | ||||
| Wentworth Centre | 17.9 | 11.1 |   Route 307 north toTrunk 6 –Wallace,Pugwash | ||||
| | 22.7 | 14.1 |  Route 246 north toTrunk 6 –West New Annan,Tatamagouche | ||||
| Colchester | Glenholme | 48.1 | 29.9 | Hwy 104 (TCH) –Springhill,Amherst,Masstown,Truro | Hwy 104 exit 10; Hwy 104 is tolled west of exit 10 (Cobequid Pass) | ||
| 49.5 | 30.8 |  Trunk 2 north –Great Village,Parrsboro,Amherst | West end of Trunk 2 concurrency | ||||
| Masstown | 52.3 | 32.5 | Hwy 104 (TCH) –Oxford,Amherst,Truro,Halifax | Hwy 104 exit 12 | |||
| Onslow | 66.9 | 41.6 |  Hwy 102 south /Trunk 2 south –Truro,Halifax ToRoute 311 / Onslow Road | Hwy 102 exit 14A; east end of Trunk 2 concurrency; northbound exit, southbound entrance from Hwy 102 | |||
| 5.6 km (3.5 mi) gap in Trunk 4 | |||||||
| Colchester | Bible Hill | 72.5 | 45.0 | Route 311 (Main Street) –Truro,Earltown,Tatamagouche | |||
| Valley | 78.2 | 48.6 | ToHwy 104 (TCH) west /Route 311 / Brookside Road / Salmon River Road –Amherst,Tatamagouche | Hwy 104 exit 17 (eastbound) | |||
| 78.6 | 48.8 | Hwy 104 (TCH) east –New Glasgow,Cape Breton | Westbound exit, eastbound entrance from Hwy 104; Hwy 104 exit 17 (westbound) | ||||
| Pictou | Central West River | 116.3 | 72.3 |    Route 376 toHwy 106 (TCH) –Durham,Pictou,P.E.I. Ferry | |||
| Westville | 126.6 | 78.7 | Hwy 104 (TCH) –Truro,Amherst,New Glasgow,Cape Breton | Hwy 104 exit 21 | |||
| 129.7 | 80.6 |  Route 289 west –Westville,Union Centre | West end of Route 289 concurrency | ||||
| New Glasgow | 131.6 | 81.8 | Hwy 104 (TCH) –Truro,Amherst,Antigonish,Cape Breton | Hwy 104 exit 23 | |||
| 133.4 | 82.9 |  Route 374 south (Sellarton Road) –Stellarton | |||||
| 134.2 | 83.4 | Crosses theEast River of Pictou | |||||
| 134.3 | 83.5 | Route 289 east (George Street to Mountain Road) –Little Harbour Route 348 north (Provost Street / Archimedes Street) –Trenton | East end of Route 289 concurrency; west end of Route 348 concurrency | ||||
| 134.9 | 83.8 | Route 348 south (East River Road) –Plymouth,Stellarton | East end of Route 348 concurrency | ||||
| 135.5 | 84.2 |  Route 347 east (Vale Road) –Thorburn,Sherbrooke | |||||
| Sutherlands River | 146.2 | 90.8 | Hwy 104 (TCH) –New Glasgow,Truro,Antigonish,Cape Breton | Hwy 104 exit 27 | |||
| 147.9 | 91.9 |  Route 245 north –Egerton,Merigomish | |||||
| Barney's River Station | 170.3 | 105.8 | Hwy 104 (TCH) west –New Glasgow | Roundabout interchange; Hwy 104 exit 29 | |||
| Antigonish | | 191.7 | 119.1 | Hwy 104 (TCH) / Addington Forks Road –New Glasgow,Cape Breton,Addington Forks | Hwy 104 exit 31 | ||
| Antigonish | 194.5 | 120.9 |  Route 245 north toRoute 337 –Antigonish Trunk 7 south toHwy 104 (TCH) –Sherbrooke,Sheet Harbour,Eastern Shore | ||||
| 196.6 | 122.2 | Beech Hill Road | |||||
| | 198.7 | 123.5 | Sunrise Trail | Former Trunk 4 alignment | |||
| Lower South River | 202.5 | 125.8 |  Route 316 toHwy 104 (TCH) –Goshen,Goldboro,St. Andrews,PomquetSunrise Trail –Taylors Road | ||||
| 10.8 km (6.7 mi) gap in Trunk 4 | |||||||
| Antigonish | Heatherton | 213.2 | 132.5 | Hwy 104 (TCH) –Antigonish,Cape Breton | At-grade; Hwy 104 exit 36A | ||
| Monastery | 226.6 | 140.8 | Hwy 104 (TCH) –Antigonish,Cape Breton | Hwy 104 exit 37 | |||
| 228.0 | 141.7 |  Trunk 16 south –Guysborough,Canso | |||||
| Auld's Cove | 247.2 | 153.6 | 39 | Hwy 104 (TCH) west –Antigonish | At-grade; west end of Hwy 104 concurrency; exit numbers follow Hwy 104 | ||
| 253.5 | 157.5 | 40 |  Route 344 south –Mulgrave,St. Francis Harbour | At-grade | |||
| Strait of Canso | 254.8– 256.2 | 158.3– 159.2 | Canso Causeway | ||||
| Inverness | Port Hastings | 274.1 | 170.3 | 41 |  Hwy 105 (TCH) east –Chéticamp,Baddeck,Sydney Trunk 19 north (Ceilidh Trail) –Inverness,Port Hood,Margaree Forks | Roundabout; exit 1 on Hwy 105; east end of Hwy 104 concurrency; Trans-Canada Highway transitions from Hwy 104 to Hwy 105 | |
| Port Hawkesbury | 282.1 | 175.3 |  Hwy 104 east –Isle Madame,St. Peter's,Sydney | Hwy 104 exit 43 | |||
| Richmond | Grande Anse | 291.8 | 181.3 |  Route 320 east –Louisdale,D'Escousse,Arichat,Petit-de-Grat | |||
| River Tillard | 304.7 | 189.3 | Hwy 104 west –Port Hawkesbury,Canso Causeway | At-grade; Hwy 104 eastern terminus; Hwy 104 exit 48 | |||
| St. Peter's | 308.1 | 191.4 | West Bay Road (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive) / Pepperell Street | West end of Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive concurrency | |||
| 309.7 | 192.4 |  Route 247 south –Grande Greve,L'Ardoise,Point Michaud | |||||
| Cape Breton | East Bay | 376.5 | 233.9 |  Route 216 west (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive) –Eskasoni,Grand Narrows,Iona | East end of Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive concurrency | ||
| Sydney River | 389.8 | 242.2 |  Hwy 125 –North Sydney,Newfoundland Ferry,Glace Bay,New Waterford,Louisbourg | Hwy 125 exit 6 | |||
| 390.3 | 242.5 |  Route 305 west (Keltic Drive) | |||||
| Sydney | 393.2 | 244.3 |  Route 327 south (Alexandra Street) –Gabarus | ||||
| 394.5 | 245.1 |  Trunk 22 south (George Street) –Louisbourg | |||||
| 396.0 | 246.1 | Trunk 28 east –New Waterford | |||||
| 390.3 | 242.5 | Hwy 125 west toTrunk 22 /Hwy 105 (TCH) / Sydney Port Access Road –North Sydney,Louisbourg,Canso Causeway | At-grade; Hwy 125 exit 9; Hwy 125 eastern terminus | ||||
| | 406.3 | 252.5 |  JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport | ||||
| Glace Bay | 414.6 | 257.6 |  Trunk 28 west (Main Street) /Route 255 south (Commercial Street) –Sydney,Port Morien | Trunk 4 eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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