Nova Scotia Highway 105

Highway in Nova Scotia

Highway 105

Route Transcanadienne
Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way
Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Maintained by Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length| 141.8 km[1] (88.1 mi)
Existed| 1970[2]–present
Major junctions
West end|  Hwy 104 (TCH) / Trunk 4 / Trunk 19 near Port Hawkesbury
Major intersections|

* Cabot Trail near Nyanza
* Cabot Trail near St. Anns
* Hwy 162 in Bras d'Or
* Hwy 125 near Sydney Mines

East end|  Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney

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continues as  Route 1 (TCH) in Newfoundland and Labrador
Location
Country| Canada
Province| Nova Scotia
Highway system

* Trans-Canada Highway

* Provincial highways in Nova Scotia

* 100-series

| ←  Hwy 104 (TCH)| | →  Hwy 106 (TCH)

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Highway 105 in Nova Scotia represents the Cape Breton Island leg of the Trans-Canada Highway. It runs from the Port Hastings Rotary just east of the Canso Causeway in Port Hastings to the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, representing a distance of 142 kilometres (88 mi).[1]

In 2010, the provincial government named the entire highway Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way in honour of Mabel Gardiner Hubbard and her husband Alexander Graham Bell, who resided and are buried at Beinn Bhreagh near Baddeck.[3]

## Route description[edit]

Highway 105 crosses the Great Bras d'Or Channel of Bras d'Or Lake using the Seal Island Bridge.

The highway travels northeast from Port Hastings along the base of a group of mountains known as "The Big Ridge" to Whycocomagh. It then follows the north shore of Bras d'Or Lake, bypassing Baddeck on a short Super two controlled access segment. Still running in a general northeast direction, at St. Anns the highway begins ascending the west slope of Kelly's Mountain on the Cape Dauphin Peninsula. Highway 105 descends the east slope of Kelly's Mountain using a series of sharp turns including a 180° hairpin turn at New Harris Forks before crossing the Great Bras d'Or Channel of Bras d'Or Lake on the Seal Island Bridge. The road crosses Boularderie Island using another short Super two controlled access segment and then runs southeast as an uncontrolled access road through the villages of Bras d'Or and Florence. Highway 105 regains controlled access for the final 3 km (1.9 mi) to its eastern terminus at the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney where travellers can continue to Newfoundland.

With some minor exceptions noted above, the highway is two lanes and uncontrolled access. In addition, there are two intersections controlled by traffic lights in Florence.

The Cabot Trail, which is usually used to describe a different road, is signed along a portion of Highway 105 between Nyanza and St. Anns so that the signed route forms a loop.

## History[edit]

Highway 105 is descended from the former Trunk 5, which no longer exists; Highway 105 follows the old Trunk 5 alignment, using present Routes 205, 305 and roads named after it to serve areas bypassed by Highway 105. The 105 name was applied in 1970.[2]

Trunk 5 was a provincial trunk road in Victoria County and the Cape Breton Regional Municipality between Boularderie East and Millville Boularderie on Boularderie Island in Nova Scotia. The route, known as Millville Highway, was the main highway before Nova Scotia Highway 105 opened. It originally extended from Sydney River to Port Hawkesbury. It is now commonly known as Old Route 5.

## Exit list[edit]

County| Location| km[1]| mi| Exit| Destinations| Notes

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Inverness| Port Hastings| 0.0| 0.0| 1|  Hwy 104 (TCH) west / Trunk 4 west – Canso Causeway, Antigonish
Trunk 4 east to Hwy 104 east (Fleur-de-lis Trail) – Port Hawkesbury, St. Peter's, Sydney
Trunk 19 north (Ceilidh Trail) – Inverness, Port Hood, Margaree Forks| Exit 41 on Hwy 104; roundabout;
Trans-Canada Highway follows Hwy 104 west
Kingsville| 18.0| 11.2| 2| Riverside Road| At-grade
Melford| 30.8| 19.1| 3| River Denys Road| At-grade
Iron Mines| 42.6| 26.5| 4| Orangedale Road (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive)| At-grade
Whycocomagh| 47.6| 29.6| 5|  Route 252 north to Route 395 – Mabou, Lake Ainslie, Margaree Forks, Chéticamp| At-grade
Victoria| Aberdeen| 58.6| 36.4| 6|  Route 223 south (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive) – Little Narrows, Grand Narrows, Iona| At-grade
Nyanza| 75.7| 47.0| 7|  Cabot Trail (Trunk 30) to Trunk 19 – Margaree Forks, Chéticamp, Inverness| At-grade; unsigned Trunk 30; west end of Cabot Trail concurrency
Baddeck| 83.7| 52.0| 8|  Route 205 east| At-grade
85.6| 53.2| 9|  To Route 205 / Riverside Road|
MacAulays Hill| 94.6| 58.8| 10|  Route 205 west – Baddeck| At-grade
St. Anns| 103.4| 64.2| 11| Cabot Trail (Trunk 30) – Ingonish| At-grade; unsigned Trunk 30; east end of Cabot Trail concurrency
Englishtown| 107.5| 66.8| 12|  Route 312 north – Englishtown Ferry, Ingonish| At-grade
​| 118.7–
119.5| 73.8–
74.3| Seal Island Bridge crosses Great Bras d'Or Channel (Bras d'Or Lake)
Big Bank| 120.1| 74.6| 13| Kempt Head Road (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive) – Ross Ferry, Kempt Head| At-grade
Boularderie East| 122.0| 75.8| 14| Old Trunk 5 – Big Bras d'Or, Black Rock| At-grade
Cape Breton| New Dominion| 126.3| 78.5| 15| St. James Road| At-grade
Millville Boularderie| 132.2| 82.1| 16| Millville Road – Millville, Big Bras d'Or| At-grade
Bras d'Or| 134.9| 83.8| 17|  Hwy 162 north (Prince Mine Road)| At-grade
135.4| 84.1| | Hillside Boularderie Road (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive)| At-grade
136.0| 84.5| Crosses St. Andrews Channel (Bras d'Or Lake)
136.4| 84.8| 18|  Route 305 east / Church Road (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive) – Alder Point, Georges River| At-grade
Florence| 137.8| 85.6| 19| Park Road| At-grade
Sydney Mines| 139.1| 86.4| 20|  Hwy 125 east / Main Street – Sydney, Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Sydney Mines| Signed as Exit 20E (east) and 20W (west); exit 1 on Hwy 125
North Sydney| 141.8| 88.1| 21|  Route 305 (Queen Street) – North Sydney, Sydney Mines|
North Sydney Ferry Terminal
Cabot Strait| | |  Marine Atlantic ferry to Channel-Port aux Basques (year-round) and Argentia (June–September)
–|  Route 1 (TCH) east – Corner Brook, St. John's| Continues in Newfoundland and Labrador
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Concurrency terminus
* Tolled

Note: Exit numbers in Nova Scotia are sequential.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Google (March 14, 2020). "Highway 105 in Nova Scotia" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
2. ^ a b "History of the Trans-Canada from new Glasgow to North Sydney". TransCanadaHighway.com. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
3. ^ Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (March 10, 2010). "Highway 105 Designated Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way". Government of Nova Scotia (Press release).

## External links[edit]

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