New Brunswick Route 123

Route 123 is a mostly North/South provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The road runs from Route 10 in Chipman. The road has a length of approximately 52 kilometres, and services small, otherwise isolated rural communities. In these areas, the highway is often unofficially referred to as "Main Street." The Highway is known as Main Street and McLeod Avenue in Chipman. The road is then known as Grand Lake Road from Gaspereau Forks to Doaktown. Lastly upon entering Doaktown, the road is named South Road.

Route 123
Route information
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length52.0 km[1] (32.3 mi)
Existed1976.[2]–present
Major junctions
South end Route 10 in Chipman
North end Route 8 in Doaktown
Location
Major citiesChipman, Doaktown
Highway system
Provincial highways in New Brunswick
Former routes
← Route 122→ Route 124

History

The Grand Lake Road was upgraded and completed in the early 1970s. It, along with a former section of Route 116 between Gaspereau Forks and Chipman, became Route 123 in 1976.

Intersecting routes
  • Begins at a sharp corner of Route 10 in Chipman as known as Main Street
  • Crosses to Route 116 in Gaspereau Forks
  • Ending in Doaktown

River crossings
  • Hutchinson Brook in Chipman
  • Salmon River in Gaspereau Forks
  • Gaspereau River
  • Cains River

Communities along the Route

See also

References
  1. New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
  2. New Brunswick, Highways.


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