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{{short description|Highway in New Brunswick}}
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|alternate_name=[[Trans-Canada Highway]]<br />[[List of highways named Highway of Heroes|Highway of Heroes]]<ref>[http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2012.08.0730.html Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick officially named Highway of Heroes]</ref>
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'''Route 2''' is a major [[state highway|provincial highway]] in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[New Brunswick]], carrying the main route of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] in the province. The highway connects with [[Autoroute 85 (Quebec)|Autoroute 85]] at the border with [[Quebec]], [[Highway 104 (Nova Scotia)|Highway 104]] at the border with [[Nova Scotia]], as well as with traffic from [[Interstate 95 in Maine|Interstate 95]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Maine]] via the short [[Route 95 (New Brunswick)|Route 95]] connector. A core route in the [[National Highway System (Canada)|National Highway System]], Route 2 is a four-lane freeway in its entirety, and directly serves the cities of [[Edmundston]], [[Fredericton]], and [[Moncton]].

A 20-year project to replace the original 1960s-era two-lane Trans-Canada Highway with a four-lane freeway was completed on November 1, 2007.  The final upgrade to Route 2 and Route 95 extended the continuous freeway network of North America east to [[New Glasgow, Nova Scotia]]. Once [[Autoroute 85 (Quebec)|Autoroute 85]] in Quebec is completed, Route 2 will also connect with the freeway networks of [[Central Canada]] without passing through the United States.

==Route description==
[[Image:Highway2 OutsideMoncton.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Route 2 outside Moncton, New Brunswick. Note the wide median.]] As a provincial portion of the Trans-Canada, the highway's western terminus is at the interprovincial boundary with Quebec 15&nbsp;km north of Edmundston. It follows the lower section of the [[Madawaska River (Saint John)|Madawaska River]] valley and enters the [[Saint John River (New Brunswick)|Saint John River]] valley where it passes north of Edmundston, running several kilometres inland from the east bank of the Saint John River, crossing the Rivière Verte as it continues past [[Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick|Saint-Léonard]].

At [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick|Grand Falls]], the highway crosses to the west bank of the river and passes by [[Perth-Andover, New Brunswick|Perth-Andover]], [[Florenceville, New Brunswick|Florenceville]], and [[Hartland, New Brunswick|Hartland]].  At [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]] the Saint John River turns east and the highway continues to parallel the river on a ridge several kilometres inland along the western bank. It passes south of [[Fredericton]] and [[Oromocto]] before crossing the northeastern edge of [[CFB Gagetown]].

The Saint John River turns south near [[Jemseg, New Brunswick|Jemseg]] where the highway crosses the river on the [[Saint John River High Level Crossing]] and continues east over the [[Jemseg River]] using the [[Jemseg River Bridge]].

The highway leaves the river valleys as it continues east across the rolling hills south of [[Grand Lake, New Brunswick|Grand Lake]] and passes by [[Havelock, New Brunswick|Havelock]], [[River Glade, New Brunswick|River Glade]] and [[Salisbury, New Brunswick|Salisbury]].

The highway passes north and east of [[Moncton]] and [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]] before turning south and passing by [[Memramcook, New Brunswick|Memramcook]], [[Sackville, New Brunswick|Sackville]], and [[Aulac, New Brunswick|Aulac]] before reaching the eastern terminus at the interprovincial boundary with [[Nova Scotia]] at the [[Missaguash River]].

==History==
[[Image:HartlandBridge1.jpg|thumb|240px|The 1901 [[Hartland Covered Bridge]], used by Route 2 until the [[Hugh John Flemming Bridge]] opened in 1960]]
Route 2 was once part of an interprovincial "Highway 2" running from [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Ontario]] to [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], Nova Scotia. It was one of the initial routes defined in 1927,<ref name=defined>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jGfMBMkTw6YC&pg=PA177 Commerce Reports: A Weekly Survey of Foreign Trade, Thirtieth Year (1927), Volume 1: Nos. 1-13], p. 177</ref> running from Quebec as a continuation of [[Quebec Route 2]] via [[Edmundston]], [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick|Grand Falls]], [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]], [[Fredericton]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] and [[Moncton]], After a short crossing of the [[New Brunswick Panhandle]] alongside the [[Madawaska River (Saint John River)|Madawaska River]] to Edmundston, Route 2 closely followed the [[Saint John River (New Brunswick)|Saint John River]] all the way to Saint John, crossing three times - from the east to the west at Grand Falls, back to the east at [[Perth-Andover, New Brunswick|Perth-Andover]], and back to the west at [[Hartland, New Brunswick|Hartland]] (on the [[Hartland Covered Bridge]]). The road on the east side of the river between Edmundston and Grand Falls had just been opened in about 1926;<!--labeled as new in the 1926 book--> previously travelers had to pass through [[Maine]] ([[US 1 (ME)|US 1]], [[Maine State Route 165|SR 165]], and Boundary Road) on the west side. A '''Route 2A''' cut the distance between Fredericton and Saint John via a poorer-quality but more direct road, intersecting Route 2 at [[Oromocto]] and [[Westfield, New Brunswick|Westfield]]. Beyond Saint John, Route 2 went northeast via [[Sussex, New Brunswick|Sussex]] to Moncton, and then turned southeast to cross the Nova Scotia border near [[Aulac, New Brunswick|Aulac]] and continue as [[Nova Scotia Trunk 2]].<ref name="1926 Rand McNally">[[Rand McNally]] Auto Road Atlas, 1926, [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NewEngland/Maine/unitedstates1926ra_002.html Maine]</ref><ref name=ABB>[[Automobile Blue Book]]s, New Brunswick, 1926 and 1927</ref><ref name=ALAGB>[[Automobile Legal Association]], [[Automobile Green Book]], New Brunswick, 1929-30</ref> The original course through Aulac to the Nova Scotia border is now bypassed, with the old interprovincial bridge over the Missaguash River now demolished. The original route between Quebec and Sussex is now approximately the [[River Valley Scenic Drive]].<ref>[[New Brunswick Department of Tourism and Parks]], [http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/NR/rdonlyres/2F8584BE-6A78-427A-96CF-F46BDFC1D6F9/0/RiverV_En.pdf map of the River Valley Scenic Drive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926233633/http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/NR/rdonlyres/2F8584BE-6A78-427A-96CF-F46BDFC1D6F9/0/RiverV_En.pdf |date=2007-09-26 }}, accessed August 2007</ref>

<!--planned layout:
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more on Route 9
early bypasses
1965 renumbering
subsequent bypasses-->

<ref name=map-1946>[[Rand McNally]] [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NewEngland/randmcnally_ra_1946_002.html Road Atlas]: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1946</ref><ref name=map-1955>[[The Atlas of Canada]], 3rd Edition, 1957: [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/archives/3rdedition/economic/transportationandcommunications/085 Major Roads, 1955]</ref>

[[Image:Hartland bridge.jpg|thumb|240px|left|Hugh John Flemming Bridge]]When the route of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] was defined in about 1950, it did not follow Route 2 via Saint John between Fredericton and Sussex, but took the more direct Route 9.<ref>James Montagnes, ''[[New York Times]]'', Canada's Highways; Motorists Now Use Cross-Country Roads Being Integrated Into National Route, May 4, 1952, p. XX33</ref> Through the late 1950s and 1960s, a number of bypasses and realignments, mostly two-lane, were built to improve Route 2 with federal Trans-Canada Highway funds. The first, built in the 1950s, was around Moncton, between southwest of [[Salisbury, New Brunswick|Salisbury]] and [[Sackville, New Brunswick|Sackville]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} The old road through Moncton became '''Route 2A''', then [[New Brunswick Route 6 (1965-1984)|Route 6]] in 1965, and is now [[New Brunswick Route 106|Route 106]].<ref name=map-1964-65/>

Next was the bypass around [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]]. The road from [[New Brunswick Route 42|Route 42]] (now [[New Brunswick Route 560|Route 560]]) at [[Jacksonville, New Brunswick|Jacksonville]] northeast to Route 2 (now [[New Brunswick Route 103|Route 103]]) at [[Somerville, New Brunswick|Somerville]] was '''Route 2B''' by the late 1950s;<ref name=topos>[[United States Geological Survey]] 1:250000 [[topographic map]]s, Campbellton (1960), Woodstock (1959), and Fredericton (1957), accessed via [[TerraServer-USA]]</ref> with the 1960 completion{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}<!--is structurae reliable?--> of the [[Hugh John Flemming Bridge]], just upstream from the [[Hartland Covered Bridge]], and the extension of Route 2B south from Jacksonville to Route 2 (now [[New Brunswick Route 165|Route 165]]) south of Woodstock, Route 2B became a realignment of Route 2, with old Route 2 through Woodstock becoming Route 2A (renumbered [[New Brunswick Route 103|Route 103]] in 1965).<ref name=map-1964-65/>

The initial bypass of [[Fredericton]] was also built in about 1960, including the 1959{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}<!--is structurae reliable?--> [[Princess Margaret Bridge]] across the Saint John River, which replaced the [[Carleton Street Bridge]] for traffic to [[New Brunswick Route 8|Route 8]], 9, and [[New Brunswick Route 10|Route 10]]. Traffic remaining on Route 2 to [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] exited the bypass at what is now exit 7 for [[New Brunswick Route 7|Route 7]].

Route 2 was moved to be [[concurrency (roads)|concurrent]] with the Trans-Canada Highway, absorbing Route 9, in the 1965 renumbering of several New Brunswick highways. The old alignment via Saint John, where it did not become [[New Brunswick Route 7|Route 7]] (which replaced Route 2A) or an extension of [[New Brunswick Route 1|Route 1]], was renumbered as the new [[New Brunswick Route 102|Route 102]] between [[Oromocto]] and [[Westfield, New Brunswick|Westfield]].<ref name=map-1964-65>[[Rand McNally]] Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1964 and 1965</ref>

{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2007}}
The majority of road development in New Brunswick follows settlement patterns which pre-dated motor transport, thus most communities developed along navigable waterways or were served by [[railway]]s. The development of controlled access [[Limited-access road|expressway]]s only began in the 1960s and only around the largest communities. The majority of early provincial highway improvements merely consisted of upgrading local roads.

Route 2 initially followed present-day [[New Brunswick Route 144|Route 144]] from the N.B.-Quebec interprovincial boundary to Edmundston and down the Saint John River Valley to Grand Falls. There, it crossed to the west bank of the Saint John River, and continued south to Florenceville where it crossed to the east bank to continue along present-day [[New Brunswick Route 130|Route 130]] to Hartland, then recrossed the river to the west bank which it followed present-day Routes 590, 165, and 102 to Fredericton in a southeast direction.

At Fredericton a controlled-access 4-lane section was built around the city, and the highway crossed the Saint John River on the [[Princess Margaret Bridge]] to the east bank just south of the central business district. Following the river's east bank just metres above its water level (frequently flooded in spring [[freshet]]s), the route continued south to [[Jemseg, New Brunswick|Jemseg]] where the highway turned east along the southeast shore of Grand Lake to [[Youngs Cove Road, New Brunswick|Youngs Cove Road]] where the highway turned south to [[Coles Island, New Brunswick|Coles Island]] and on to [[Sussex, New Brunswick|Sussex]].

At Sussex the highway turned east again and passed by [[Three Rivers, New Brunswick|Three Rivers]] and then by Salisbury. East of Salisbury, Route 2 followed local roads over a series of low hills north of Moncton, cresting at [[Lutes Mountain, New Brunswick|Lutes Mountain]], before descending and following a controlled access section bypassing the city and Dieppe, skirting the edge of the [[Memramcook River]] valley and on to Sackville, then Aulac, and finally the N.B.-N.S. inter-provincial boundary.

===Four-lane construction===
[[File:NB - Tans-Canada-Highway.jpg|thumb|Route 2 in York County]]From the early upgrades of these local roads in the 1960s under Trans-Canada Highway funding (which became designated Route 2) until the mid-1980s, very little was done to improve New Brunswick highways (aside from some re-alignment of Route 2 west of Fredericton with the flooding created by the [[Mactaquac Dam]] construction in 1968), leading to significant deterioration of the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick. By the mid-1980s Route 2 was a significant traffic hazard and a major embarrassment to the province.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}

The provincial government changed in 1987 with the election of Premier [[Frank McKenna]] who was focused on improving the province's business climate. One of the government's major tasks was to revamp provincial transportation infrastructure and McKenna entered into aggressive negotiations with the federal government of prime minister [[Brian Mulroney]] to secure federal funding of new highway projects. McKenna viewed Route 2 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and Route 1 in New Brunswick as being partially a federal responsibility since they funnelled the majority of [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic Canada's]] highway traffic to the U.S. and central Canada. The signing of the [[Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement]] in 1989, coupled with federal approval for numerous railway line abandonments in the Maritimes during the 1980s, led to predictions of further highway traffic growth on New Brunswick highways in the 1990s.

Under the remainder of the McKenna administration's years of power (until 1997), Route 2 saw significant upgrading to become a 4-lane [[Limited-access road|expressway]] on heavily-travelled portions of the highway between the N.B.-N.S. inter-provincial boundary and [[Penobsquis, New Brunswick|Penobsquis]] (east of Sussex). Other isolated sections were also upgraded south of Grand Lake and between Edmundston and St. Leonard, as well as at Woodstock where an interchange connected to [[Interstate 95 in Maine|Interstate 95]].

===Major re-alignments===
[[Image:New Brunswick highway 2.JPG|right|400px|thumb|Route 2 eastbound, west of [[Edmundston]]]]
Despite the upgrades, the uncontrolled-access sections of Route 2 were still a significant traffic hazard. Intensive lobbying from other provincial governments in the Atlantic provinces, as well as various trucking companies and business and transportation interests, asked that Route 2 be further upgraded. Unfortunately provincial finances could not handle the relatively large price tag required, even with the federal funding at the time.

====Fredericton–Moncton Highway====
As a result, the final years of the McKenna administration saw a significant realignment of Route&nbsp;2 proposed, running from [[Longs Creek, New Brunswick|Longs Creek]], west of Fredericton, bypassing it and Oromocto to the west, and continuing southeast to Jemseg, where it would cross the [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|Saint John River]] and connect with an existing four-lane section south of Grand Lake. From there the highway would again depart from its original alignment (which headed south to Sussex) and instead head due east to meet the existing Route&nbsp;2 alignment at [[River Glade, New Brunswick|River Glade]], east of [[Three Rivers, New Brunswick|Three Rivers]].

{{convert|225|km|mi|abbr=on}} of new, four-lane, controlled-access [[Limited-access road|expressway]] would be privately financed and built, with the builder charging [[toll (road usage)|toll]]s for a 25-year period before the provincial government would gain control of the highway. In the late 1990s, an agreement was signed with a private consortium called ''Maritime Road Development Corporation'' (led by former provincial [[Liberal Party of New Brunswick|Liberal]] leader and former federal Minister of Transport [[Doug Young (politician)|Douglas Young]]) to build the new Route&nbsp;2 alignment at an estimated cost of $1&nbsp;billion (CAD).

The toll issue was not without controversy as it, along with several other issues, led to the downfall of McKenna's successor, [[Camille Thériault]], in 1999 to [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|PC]] leader [[Bernard Lord]]. The highway was built, but tolls were removed from most portions of the highway before they opened. This portion of the privately built realignment of the Trans-Canada Highway has a hidden toll calculated by sensors in the pavement. The toll is instead charged to the provincial government, thus motorists do not directly pay for their highway usage. Along with a payment worth millions of dollars to get out of the original contract, the provincial government now makes all provincial taxpayers cover the cost of the highway when the original plan had been for a user-pay system under a toll structure.

The new alignment of the Trans-Canada Highway opened in fall 2001 and at this time the portion of the old Route 2 alignment which ran between Sussex and River Glade was re-designated as part of [[New Brunswick Route 1|Route&nbsp;1]], extending the eastern terminus of that highway approximately {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}}. The re-alignment also had the effect of shortening the total length of Route 2 in the province by approximately {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Other re-designations included a {{convert|44|km|mi|abbr=on}} section between [[Youngs Cove, New Brunswick|Youngs Cove]] and Sussex which became part of [[New Brunswick Route 10|Route 10]], a {{convert|73|km|mi|abbr=on}} section between Youngs Cove and Fredericton became part of Route 105, and {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on|0}} section across the Princess Margaret Bridge and Fredericton bypass became part of [[New Brunswick Route 8|Route 8]].

The re-alignment and construction of Route&nbsp;2 between Longs Creek and River Glade catapulted New Brunswick highways forward by decades virtually overnight.  The road was designed with {{Convert|500|ft|m|abbr=on|order=flip}} medians, extensive wildlife fencing and underpasses, rumble strips along emergency breakdown lanes, paved emergency U-turn areas, sensors beneath the asphalt for monitoring truck weights as well as local weather and road surface conditions, extensive guard rails and reflectors, as well as two major bridges: the [[Saint John River High Level Crossing]] and the nearby [[Jemseg River Bridge]].

With the completion of the new alignment, it was now possible to travel from Fredericton into Nova Scotia (and on to [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]] or [[New Glasgow, Nova Scotia|New Glasgow]]) completely on a four-lane controlled access highway.

The Fredericton-Moncton section was officially opened to traffic at 10am on October 24, 2001, five weeks ahead of schedule.

====Fredericton––Grand Falls====
The high quality of construction of the new Route 2 alignment and improvement in the provincial highway system was not unnoticed by the new government of premier Bernard Lord. Throughout 2000&ndash;2003, several small four-lane controlled access sections on Route&nbsp;2 between Fredericton and Edmundston were opened, most requiring construction of a new alignment.

During this same period, negotiations were undertaken with the federal government to secure funding to complete the last, and one of the most costly parts of the new construction—a {{convert|98|km|mi|abbr=on}} gap between Woodstock and Grand Falls over the [[Appalachian Mountains]] (bypassing present-day Routes [[New Brunswick Route 165|165]], [[New Brunswick Route 103|103]] and [[New Brunswick Route 130|130]]), and a {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}} gap between Longs Creek and [[Pokiok, New Brunswick|Pokiok]] (bypassing present-day [[New Brunswick Route 102|Route 102]]), west of Fredericton.

In August, 2003 a joint announcement was made by Premier Lord and Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]] for a $400&nbsp;million (CAD) agreement to complete upgrades to the last remaining non-controlled access section of Route&nbsp;2.

The Pokiok-Longs Creek section had been independently contracted by the provincial government and opened in November 2006.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/tran/2006e1353tr.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061104114224/http://gnb.ca/cnb/news/tran/2006e1353tr.htm| archive-date = 2006-11-04| title = Official opening of 29 kilometres of four-lane highway (06/11/03)}} </ref> However, the provincial government sought to construct the remaining {{convert|98|km|mi|abbr=on}} gap as part of a complete "design-build-finance-operate-maintain-rehabilitate" plan which would see large private sector consortia bid for the right to design and construct the 98&nbsp;km of new highway for Route&nbsp;2, as well as to operate the entire {{convert|275|km|mi|abbr=on}} section of Route&nbsp;2 between Longs Creek, where it abuts the {{convert|230|km|mi|abbr=on}} hidden-toll highway section built and operated by Maritime Road Development Corporation, and the Quebec–New Brunswick border as well as all of Route&nbsp;95.

The winning consortium was ''Brun-Way Group'', a joint venture by [[Atcon Construction]] and [[SNC-Lavalin]].  Brun-Way Group has two subsidiaries, Brun-Way Construction Inc., which received the ~$540 million to complete the 98&nbsp;km of new construction as well as selected upgrades to other sections of Route&nbsp;2 between Longs Creek and the Quebec border, and Brun-Way Highway Operations Inc., which will receive an annual payment from the government of New Brunswick until 2033 to operate and maintain this section of the highway. This agreement will place fully 85% of the maintenance of Route&nbsp;2 and 100% of Route&nbsp;95 in the hands of the consortia Brun-Way and MRDC.

The construction of the last segment of four-lane Route&nbsp;2 was completed by Brun-Way on November 1, 2007. This construction saw a completely new alignment built north of Woodstock, staying several kilometres inland from the Saint John River's west bank, and paralleling the [[Canada–United States border]] north to Grand Falls, where it crosses to the east bank of the river and connects with existing four-lane upgrades to Route&nbsp;2 through to the Quebec boundary. In addition to upgrades to Route&nbsp;2, Brun-Way is also contracted to perform similar upgrades to [[New Brunswick Route 95|Route&nbsp;95]], a short connecting route between the Trans-Canada Highway at Woodstock and the Canada&nbsp;U.S. border at [[Houlton, Maine|Houlton]] where it meets [[Interstate 95 in Maine|Interstate&nbsp;95]].

Upon the opening of this section to traffic on November 1, 2007, the entire length of Route&nbsp;2 and Route&nbsp;95 are four-lane controlled-access [[freeway]]s with a posted speed limit of 110&nbsp;km/h (70&nbsp;mph) and a design speed of up to 120&nbsp;km/h (75&nbsp;mph).

===Highway of Heroes===
On August 12, 2012 Highway 2 was officially named "Highway of Heroes" by [[Premier of New Brunswick|Premier]] [[David Alward]].

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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
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|exit=51
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|type=
|km=58.9
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|type=
|km=69.0
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|exit=69
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|type=
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|old=
|exit=75
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|notes=Western terminus of Route 108, southern terminus of Route 255
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|km=77.0
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|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{Jctbridge|old
|km=77.5
|km2=77.8
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|type=
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|old=78<ref name="exit-changes-2003" />
|exit=79
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|old=
|exit=83
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|type=
|km=88.0
|old=
|exit=88
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|location=none
|type=
|km=99.0
|old=
|exit=99
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctbridge|old
|state=NB
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|type=
|km=107.3
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|exit=107
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|type=
|km=114.5
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|old=112<ref name="exit-changes-2003" />
|exit=115
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|county=Carleton
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|km=153.3
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|type=
|km=171.7
|old=
|exit=172
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|notes=Southern terminus of Route 130
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Jacksonville
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|old=
|exit=184
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=187.1
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|notes=Eastern terminus of Route 95
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=188.5
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|exit=188
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=191.4
|old=194
|exit=191
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|notes=[[Durham Bridge, New Brunswick|Durham Bridge]]
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=194.0
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|exit=194
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|exit=200
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|type=
|km=212.1
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|exit=212
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|exit=223
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|km=230.6
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|exit=231
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|notes=Northern terminus of Route 102
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Lake George
|km=253.2
|old=253
|exit=253
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Kingsclear
|km=258.2
|old=258
|exit=258
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Mazerolle Settlement
|km=271.3
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Fredericton
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|exit=280
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=280.8
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|exit=281
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=285.1
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|exit=285
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|notes=Signed as exits 285A (south) and 285B (north)
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|county=Sunbury
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|exit=294
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|notes=Western end of concurrency with Route 7; westboound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Rusagonis-Waasis
|km=296.5
|old=11
|exit=297
|road=Nevers Road – [[Rusagonis-Waasis]], [[Lincoln, New Brunswick|Lincoln]]
|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Oromocto
|lspan=3
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|km=300.7
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|exit=301
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|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=302.8
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|exit=303
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|type=concur
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|exit=306
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|exit=330
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctbridge|old
|km=331.5
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|type=incomplete
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|exit=333
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|notes=No westbound entrance, northern terminus of Route 105 (southern segment)
}}
{{Jctbridge|old
|state=NB
|location=Jemseg
|lspan=2
|km=338.0
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=339.0
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|exit=339
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|exit=347
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|exit=365
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctbridge|old
|location=none
|km=372.2
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|county=Westmorland
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|km=413.4
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|exit=414
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=422.7
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|old=
|exit=423
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|notes=Eastern terminus of Route 1
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=432.8
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|exit=433
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Moncton
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=450.0
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=452.1
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=454.3
|old=492
|exit=454
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=458.5
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|exit=459
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=462.4
|old=500
|exit=462
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=464.8
|old=502
|exit=465
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
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|notes=Signed as exits 467A (south/west) and 467B (north/east)
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=473.4
|old=511
|exit=474
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|notes=Signed as exits 474A (south) and 474B (north)
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Memramcook
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|km=479.5
|old=517
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=482.0
|old=519
|exit=482
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|type=incomplete
|km=486.8
|old=524
|exit=488
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|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; southern terminus of Route 933
}}
{{Jctint|old
|type=incomplete
|km=488.1
|old=524
|exit=488
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|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{Jctint|old
|state=NB
|location=Sackville
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=503.7
|old=541
|exit=504
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|notes=
}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=505.9
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|km=508.9
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}}
{{Jctint|old
|location=none
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|exit=513
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}}
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|river=[[Missaguash River]]
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}}
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|type=trans
|km=none
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|exit=—
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}}
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==See also==
*[[List of New Brunswick provincial highways]]

==References==
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{{Reflist}}

{{Interprovincial highway
| curr = 2
| curr_type = Route
| curr_province = NB
| name = TCH
| prev = 85
| prev_type = A
| prev_province = QC
| next = 16
| next_type = Route
| next_province = NB
| next2 = 104
| next2_type = TCH
| next2_province = NS
| hwy2_name = 2
| hwy2_prev = 2
| hwy2_prev_type = QC OLD
| hwy2_prev_province = QC
| hwy2_next = 2
| hwy2_next_type = Trunk
| hwy2_next_province = NS
}}
{{NB Expressways}}
{{Trans-Canada}}

[[Category:New Brunswick provincial highways|002]]
[[Category:Trans-Canada Highway|New Brunswick 002]]
[[Category:Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|Route 002]]
[[Category:Roads in Madawaska County, New Brunswick|002]]
[[Category:Roads in Victoria County, New Brunswick|002]]
[[Category:Roads in Carleton County, New Brunswick|002]]
[[Category:Roads in York County, New Brunswick|002]]
[[Category:Roads in Sunbury County, New Brunswick|002]]
[[Category:Roads in Queens County, New Brunswick|002]]
[[Category:Roads in Kings County, New Brunswick|002]]
[[Category:Roads in Westmorland County, New Brunswick|002]]
[[Category:Grand Falls, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Sackville, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Transport in Dieppe, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Transport in Edmundston]]
[[Category:Transport in Fredericton]]
[[Category:Transport in Moncton]]
[[Category:Woodstock, New Brunswick]]