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RoadFan99:
From looking at my old maps, it appears Newfoundland had a major highway renumbering sometime in the early 1970's.  Does anybody have any information about that?  Any photos of the old route shields would also be appreciated.

ghYHZ:
Found this link to a Newfoundland route makers. It says it’s an old style marker but don’t know if that was the style in use prior to the renumbering or not.
 
http://www.routemarkers.com/canada/Newfoundland/Provincial_old.gif

Here’s a map from the early ‘50s just after Newfoundland joined Canada. Prior to 1949, it was a separate country. There were gaps in the trans island highway then and cars were carried across the gaps on railway flat cars. The Trans Canada wasn't completed until the mid ‘60s.

oscar:
A link to photos of many NL route marker styles, as seen in the field in 2003 (including a really old style probably predating the one in ghYHZ's post):

http://www.alaskaroads.com/photos-Newfoundland.htm

ghYHZ:

--- Quote from: ghYHZ on July 27, 2013, 08:46:49 PM ---Here’s a map from the early ‘50s just after Newfoundland joined Canada. Prior to 1949, it was a separate country. There were gaps in the trans island highway then and cars were carried across the gaps on railway flat cars. The Trans Canada wasn't completed until the mid ‘60s.

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There were no car ferries between Nova Scotia and Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland until the late 1950s. Until then, passenger and cargo boats connected with the narrow-gauge railway at Port-aux-Basques for the run across the island to St. John’s……the “Newfie Bullet”…… 550 miles in 24 hours. Prior to 1949.....you would also be required to go through Newfoundland Customs and Immigration on the dock as you were entering from another country......Canada.

And it was into the ‘60s and ‘70s before roads reached into the isolated communities scattered along the coast. Until then, their only access to the outside were Coastal Boats also operated by the railway.

Alps:

--- Quote from: oscar on July 27, 2013, 10:13:46 PM ---A link to photos of many NL route marker styles, as seen in the field in 2003 (including a really old style probably predating the one in ghYHZ's post):

http://www.alaskaroads.com/photos-Newfoundland.htm



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I don't think it's that old. I could believe these date to the renumbering. I highly doubt there are any remaining traces pre-renumbering.

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