Bedford Highway

Bedford Highway
Bedford Highway
Route information
	Maintained by Halifax Regional Municipality; Transportation & Public Works
Length	13.1 km (8.1 mi)
Component; highways	Trunk 1 / Trunk 2
Major junctions
South end	Hwy 111 / Windsor Street
	Trunk 7 (Dartmouth Road); Trunk 2 (Hammonds Plains Road)
North end	Hwy 101 / Hwy 102
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Highway system
	Provincial highways in Nova Scotia; 100-series;

The Bedford Highway is a highway in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia that is part of Trunk 2. It runs around the western side of the Bedford Basin. The highway starts at the Windsor Street intersection on the Halifax Peninsula and passes by the communities of Fairview, Rockingham, and Bedford, where it becomes part of Trunk 1 to Highway 101 .

Historically the Bedford Highway was part of the route from Halifax to Windsor, but also formed the first stage of a journey to Truro, with Sackville's Twelve Mile House staging inn marking the start of the Truro road.^[2] The never-completed Annapolis Road also began on the Bedford Highway, at today's intersection with Kearney Lake Road, which is believed to partly follow the alignment of the early road.^[3]

History

In 1958, the original Section of Highway 1 was blocked and knocked off due to the opening of Nova Scotia Highway 102 from Range Park to Memory Lane from Bedford, Nova Scotia to Sackville, Nova Scotia.

In 1970, Halifax ended their original terminus of Nova Scotia Highway 1 via Barrington Street, Quinpool Road, Robie Street, Spring Garden Road, Joseph Howe and Bayers Road to Main Road (renamed Bedford Highway in 1977) following the opening of The MacKay Bridge. The Concurrent Highway in Halifax ended Days Before the open of the new bridge.

In 1977, the whole main road was renamed Bedford Highway.

Notable places

Fairview Lawn Cemetery
Mount Saint Vincent University
Rockingham Community Center
Clearwater
Mill Cove Plaza
The Chickenburger
Sunnyside Mall
Bedford Place Mall
Bedford Range Ballpark
House of Intercessory Prayer Ministries (HIPM)^[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Halifax Regional Municipality.

Location	km^[1]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Halifax	0.0	0.0		Lady Hammond Road Hwy 111 east / Windsor Street (Trunk 2 south) – MacKay Bridge, Dartmouth	Windsor Street Exchange; south end of Trunk 2 concurrency; continues as Lady Hammond Road
	0.5	0.31		To Trunk 3 / Hwy 102 / Joseph Howe Drive	Interchange
	1.3	0.81		Bayview Road
	2.6	1.6		Flamingo Drive
	4.0	2.5		Kearney Lake Road
	5.9	3.7		Larry Uteck Boulevard
Bedford	7.6	4.7		Southgate Drive
	8.3	5.2		Hammonds Plains Road (Route 213 west)
	9.7	6.0		Meadowbrook Drive
	10.5	6.5		Union Street
	11.0	6.8		Dartmouth Road (Trunk 7 east) – Dartmouth
	11.2	7.0		Trunk 2 north (Rocky Lake Drive) – Waverley	Trunk 1 eastern terminus; north end of Trunk 2 concurrency; south end of Trunk 1 concurrency
Lower Sackville	12.2– 13.1	7.6– 8.1	1G/H	Hwy 102 – Airport, Truro, Halifax	Signed as exits 1H (north) and 1G (south); exit 4A/B on Hwy 102
			1K	Trunk 1 west (Cobequid Road) – Lower Sackville	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance; north end of Trunk 1 concurrency
			—	Hwy 101 west – Windsor, Annapolis Valley	Continues as Hwy 101
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition

References

^ ^a ^b "Bedford Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
^ "A Brief History of Sackville". Fultz House Museum. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
^ Sanders, Mike; Beanlands, Sara (August 2009). "Highway 113 Archaeological Assessment" (PDF). Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
^ "House of Intercessory Prayer Ministries". Retrieved January 30, 2020.