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ghYHZ:
Here's a scan of the 1949 NB Highway Map. Between Fredericton and Saint John NB2 followed today's NB102 along the river and NB7 was NB2A
East of Saint John to Moncton and the NS Border.....NB2 roughly followed today's NB100, 121, 114 and 106.
dmuzika:
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--- Quote from: dmuzika on October 21, 2021, 01:45:00 PM ---Historically, the highway numbers in were more integrated than they are today largely due to the divergent numbering schemes as the respective provinces started building freeways. Highway 2 existed from Windsor to Halifax, passing through Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Fredericton, and Saint John. While remnants of the original routing remain, if it followed present-day freeways it would follow ON 401, A-20, A-85, TCH 2 (NB), TCH 104 (NS), and NS 102.
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So in NB, did it also go down NB7 and NB1 if it passed through Saint John?
Chris
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Sort of. NB 2 originally followed present-day NB 102 from Oromocto (SE of Fredericton) to Westfield (NW of Saint John) along the Saint John River, bypassing CFB Gagetown. Present-day NB 7 was known as NB 2A, I'm guessing that came along later. [Edit: ghYHZ replied 1st!]
Also, QC 2 followed the north shore of the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, so technically it was replaced by present-day A-40 - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Route_2.
Here's a 1956 Map of Quebec and the Maritimes:
* https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/workspace/handleMediaPlayer?lunaMediaId=RUMSEY~8~1~212331~5500358
* https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/workspace/handleMediaPlayer?lunaMediaId=RUMSEY~8~1~212333~5500359
Interestingly, PEI switched its 1 & 2 designations for the TCH.
Rothman:
Wait a minute, later on, didn't TCH 2 head to Sussex from Fredericton, rather than going all the way down to Saint John? Looking at a map of New Brunswick, I'm "remembering" the routing going down what is NB 10 and up NB 1, while NB 112 was the old shortcut to Moncton. This would be in the mid to late 1980s.
HA! Knew it!
JayhawkCO:
--- Quote from: ghYHZ on October 21, 2021, 04:33:59 PM ---Here's a scan of the 1949 NB Highway Map. Between Fredericton and Saint John NB2 followed today's NB102 along the river and NB7 was NB2A
East of Saint John to Moncton and the NS Border.....NB2 roughly followed today's NB100, 121, 114 and 106.
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Thanks for that. It also looks like NS15 on your map eventually became NS215 (which I recently clinched). I'm assuming they did a renumbering at some point to limit the single and double digits only to the trunk routes?
Chris
ghYHZ:
--- Quote from: Rothman on October 21, 2021, 04:41:18 PM ---Wait a minute, later on, didn't TCH 2 head to Sussex from Fredericton, rather than going all the way down to Saint John? Looking at a map of New Brunswick, I'm "remembering" the routing going down what is NB 10 and up NB 1, while NB 112 was the old shortcut to Moncton. This would be in the mid to late 1980s.
HA! Knew it!
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After the TCH was routed via Sussex, Coles Island and Youngs Cove in the '60s (NB9 on the 1949 map above).....it still wasn't the shortest route between Fredericton and Moncton. That was NB30 on the 1949 map and todays NB112 between Salisbury and Coles Island......and boy could you fly through there. I never saw a Mountie in all my trips.
That all became redundant when new 4-lane TCH2 opened between Fredericton and Moncton about 20 years ago and is now finally the shortest route.
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