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Title: last link of the Trans-Labrador highway opened!
Post by: Stephane Dumas on April 05, 2010, 12:23:20 PM
We should had celebrate this news more sooner  :poke: the last link of the Trans-Labrador highway was completed last December between Goose Bay and Cartwright Junction
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/12/09/nl-highway-labrador-091209.html

Now we can go to Blanc-Sablon on road.....by a long detour via Manic-5, Fermont, Labrador City, Churchill Falls and Goose Bay  :rolleyes: ;-)
Title: Re: last link of the Trans-Labrador highway opened!
Post by: un1 on April 05, 2010, 02:48:16 PM
Yay! I was researching this road in November and I saw it was due for completion around then I guess I forgot to post about it here. Thanks for bringing this up, its great to see it finished! :sombrero:
Title: Re: last link of the Trans-Labrador highway opened!
Post by: mightyace on April 05, 2010, 06:50:28 PM
The article said:
QuoteThe final section is not yet ready for vehicle traffic.

Hedderson said some final work has to be done on that portion of the highway, but he said it would open to the public soon.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/12/09/nl-highway-labrador-091209.html#ixzz0kGjNh2Z1

As that was written on 12/9 or 12/10, has it actually opened to traffic since then?
Title: Re: last link of the Trans-Labrador highway opened!
Post by: SP Cook on April 05, 2010, 07:27:19 PM
This looks like a fun trip.  Do-able in a standard car?  Gasoline and food available?
Title: Re: last link of the Trans-Labrador highway opened!
Post by: Stephane Dumas on April 05, 2010, 09:30:34 PM
Quote from: SP Cook on April 05, 2010, 07:27:19 PM
This looks like a fun trip.  Do-able in a standard car?  Gasoline and food available?

Gasoline and food are available at Manic-5, Relais-Gabriel, Fermont, Labrador City, Goose Bay, Red Bay and Blanc-Sablon

Here some links, but they didn't updated their infos about the new gap
http://www.tlhwy.com/central/index.html
http://tlhwy.com/travelogues/aug2003south/index.html
http://www.labradorcoastaldrive.com/home/2
Title: Re: last link of the Trans-Labrador highway opened!
Post by: ghYHZ on October 04, 2010, 05:50:29 AM
Quote from: SP Cook on April 05, 2010, 07:27:19 PM
This looks like a fun trip.  Do-able in a standard car?  Gasoline and food available?

I recently did the trip in a Corolla and finding Gas, Food and Lodging.....no problem.

Here's the link to my Trip Report over at the Member Albums Forum:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3594.0
Title: Re: last link of the Trans-Labrador highway opened!
Post by: oscar on December 23, 2011, 09:32:06 PM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on April 05, 2010, 09:30:34 PM
Quote from: SP Cook on April 05, 2010, 07:27:19 PM
This looks like a fun trip.  Do-able in a standard car?  Gasoline and food available?

Gasoline and food are available at Manic-5, Relais-Gabriel, Fermont, Labrador City, Goose Bay, Red Bay and Blanc-Sablon

Crucially, you can also gas up in Churchill Falls and Port Hope Simpson.  Even with the gas station in PHS, it's 410km without gas stations or other services from Goose Bay.  Also, the Churchill Falls gas station breaks up what otherwise would be a huge service-free gap between Goose Bay and Labrador City. 

Gas is also available to some extent in other communities on or near the TLH, like Mary's Harbour and Charlottetown, though with limited and sometimes quirky hours (like, lotsa luck trying to gas up at either gas station in Charlottetown during lunch hour!).