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Re: The Cabot Trail: Nova Scotia’s “Hidden” Trunk 30

Started by ghYHZ, April 01, 2011, 06:24:40 AM

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ghYHZ


The Cabot Trail which loops through northern Cape Breton Island is always signed with a "Scenic"  route marker......never it's Trunk 30 designation which seems to be used for accounting purposes only.

















A scenic diversion on the trail is the Englishtown Ferry:








oscar

The Cabot Trail apparently once had a trunk-style route marker, with "Cabot Trail" in script rather than its hidden route number:



This was taken on an old bridge east of Margaree Harbour, which was being replaced with a new bridge when I drove the Trail in August 2003 on my way to Newfoundland.  It may have been the last vestige of the old route signage.

That and more of my Cabot Trail photos are at  http://www.alaskaroads.com/photos-Maritimes.htm
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ghYHZ

Thanks for posting that. I've been looking for one of those old makers for a few years now but believe they have all been replaced. The last one I saw was at Cap le Moine a few years ago and I have it on video. I was looking for it last year and it's gone.   

agentsteel53

here's an even older Cabot shield, based on the Ontario King's Highway pattern that Nova Scotia used for its numbered routes for several years in the 30s-40s.

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Alps

Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 01, 2011, 12:01:57 PM
here's an even older Cabot shield, based on the Ontario King's Highway pattern that Nova Scotia used for its numbered routes for several years in the 30s-40s.

Wow dude, break that out on April Fools. Too skeptical to believe it, but can't find reason not to.

agentsteel53

Quote from: AlpsROADS on April 01, 2011, 07:02:34 PM

Wow dude, break that out on April Fools. Too skeptical to believe it, but can't find reason not to.



here, have some supporting evidence
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ghYHZ

Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 01, 2011, 07:06:52 PM
Quote from: AlpsROADS on April 01, 2011, 07:02:34 PM

Wow dude, break that out on April Fools. Too skeptical to believe it, but can't find reason not to.

here, have some supporting evidence

And another WOW......thanks for posting that.

I'd guess it's along LaPlanche St. in Amherst. About 3 miles from the NS/NB Border.....the only place where Trunks 2, 4 & 6 would Mulitplex!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaPlanche_Street

Ian

Cool photos! I enjoy how Nova Scotia went all out with designing that exit 11 sign.
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Dr Frankenstein

That's a surprisingly tasteful use of Helvetica on a road sign.

Of course, its uniqueness helps.

Alps


NE2

Does the US shield have a special meaning there, or did they merely switch to copying that?
pre-1945 Florida route log

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Dr Frankenstein

Nova Scotia copied the U.S., then P.E.I. copied Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia still uses that US-style shield.

agentsteel53

at one point, New Brunswick was using that route shield style as well.



photo is from August 7, 1964.
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Alps

Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 02, 2011, 06:51:11 PM
at one point, New Brunswick was using that route shield style as well.

photo is from August 7, 1964.
NB replaces its shields very regularly and thoroughly. So does PEI, which is why I was so surprised to have even found the one. But that gets me wondering if farther off the beaten path (say the NE corner of the province) if NB may still have one of those old ones lurking around.



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