New Brunswick Route 11

Route 11
Route 11 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length	440.4 km (273.7 mi)
Existed	1920s–present
Major junctions
South end	Route 2 / Route 15 in Moncton
Major intersections	Route 15 in Shediac Route 8 in Miramichi Route 8 in Bathurst Route 17 near Glencoe
North end	Matapédia Bridge at the Quebec border (continues to R-132)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Major cities	Bouctouche, Richibucto, Miramichi, Tracadie–Sheila, Caraquet, Bathurst, Campbellton
Highway system
Provincial highways in New Brunswick Former routes
← Route 10 → Route 15

Route 11 in Jacquet River, approximately halfway between Bathurst and Campbellton

Route 11 is a provincial highway in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada. The 440-kilometre (270 mi) road runs from Moncton to the Quebec border, near Campbellton, at the Matapédia Bridge, following the province's eastern and northern coastlines.

Between Shediac Bridge and Miramichi, and between Bathurst and Campbellton, it is a two-lane road with some sections designed as a super two expressway. The highway is twinned for 7 kilometres in the Shediac region near the Route 15 interchange.

Route description

Route 11's intersection with Route 17, east of Glencoe.

The southern terminus of Route 11 is at an interchange with Route 2 in Moncton, where it begins a concurrency with Route 15 for 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to Shediac. At Shediac, Route 11 departs Route 15 and turns northward, where its exit numbers are reset. It runs northward, parallel to Route 134 as a four-lane divided highway for 7 kilometres (4.3 mi), then becomes a super two controlled-access highway. The route passes through the communities of Shediac Cape, intersecting Route 134, and crosses the Shediac River. The highway then enters Cocagne by crossing the Cocagne River. Intersecting with Route 535, the route continues through Ward Corner passing McKees Mills and Saint-François-de-Kent at the intersection of Route 115. The route crosses the Little Bouctouche River, then the Bouctouche River as it enters Bouctouche.

From Bouctouche, Route 11 continues north to Richibucto as well as Kouchibouguac National Park. The highway reverts to a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway between the national park and the city of Miramichi to the northwest. The highway crosses the Miramichi River in the Miramichi borough of Chatham on the Centennial Bridge with Route 8.

Immediately after crossing the Miramichi River, Route 11 exits the right of way, leaving Route 8 alone on the super two. Route 11 continues on a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway northeast along the coast of Miramichi Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence as it runs around the perimeter of the Acadian Peninsula. Through this region, Route 11 typically forms the main street through most of the coastal towns and settlements such as Neguac, Caraquet, Bertrand, Grande-Anse, and Stonehaven. The only exception is a Super 2 controlled access bypass of the town of Tracadie-Sheila.

Route 11 has another interchange with Route 8 at Bathurst, where the latter terminates. Route 11 becomes a super two controlled-access highway from Bathurst, running northwest several kilometres inland from the coast of Chaleur Bay to Glencoe, west of the city of Campbellton. Near Glencoe, Route 11 intersects Route 17 and turns north onto a 2-lane local road toward Tide Head. The highway turns west to follow the Restigouche River and terminates at the Matapédia Bridge, which crosses the river and connects to Quebec Route 132 in Matapédia, Quebec.

History

Centennial Bridge carries Route 11 over the Miramichi River.

Divided section of Route 11 outside Shediac.

Since the late 1960s, Route 11 has received several upgrades and re-designations as it progresses towards becoming an expressway.

The most significant upgrade to the entire highway route along the east coast of New Brunswick was the opening of the Centennial Bridge which replaced a ferry service and bypassed the town of Chatham in 1967.

In 1973 a new 4-lane expressway opened between Moncton and Shediac, which was then referred to as the Shediac Four-Lane Highway or Shediac Expressway (it was subsequently numbered Route 15 and is known as the Veterans Memorial Highway). Prior to this new expressway, Route 11 followed the Shediac Road from Shediac to Moncton, terminating at Route 2, the Trans-Canada Highway in Lakeville. Route 11's southern terminus was then changed to the current interchange at Route 15 in Shediac.

Controlled access Super 2 expressway sections on Route 11 were completed during the 1970s in Bathurst and the Campbellton-Dalhousie area, as well as between Shediac and Bouctouche.

During the 1980s and into the early 1990s, two long stretches of Super 2 expressway were completed on Route 11; one running from Bouctouche to Kouchibouguac National Park (bypassing Richibucto), and another running between Bathurst and Charlo, where the existing Super 2 section running east from Campbellton ended. The Super 2 section in Bathurst was also extended eastward past Salmon Beach at the city's east end.

A bypass of Tracadie-Sheila opened to traffic in 2003. Also, an extension to that existing bypass was done in 2009, linking the northern end and Six-Roads, near Pokemouche.

Route 11 in Miramichi

A bypass of Caraquet opened to traffic in 2016. Also going south from exiting Route 11 from Portage Road to Bertrand. The 13 km construction started in 2013, then finished in 2016.

In 2017, work was completed on a new interchange between Route 11 and 15 in Shediac, and 7 kilometres of twinned highway.

Currently, two other sections of highway are being twinned. The first is from the south side of the Shediac River to the Cocagne River, and the second from the north side of the Cocagne River to the Little Bouctouche River, meaning the highway will revert to two lanes across the Cocagne River on the current bridge.

Major intersections

County	Location	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Westmorland	Moncton Dieppe	0.0	0.0	—	Route 15 west – Dieppe, Moncton, Roméo LeBlanc International Airport	Route 11 southern terminus; south end of Route 15 concurrency; exit numbers follow Route 15
				19	Route 2 (TCH) – Sackville, Nova Scotia, Saint John, Fredericton	Signed as exits 19A (east) and 19B (west); Route 2 exit 467
	Scoudouc	7.3	4.5	26	Industrial Drive
	Shediac	11.6	7.2	(0)	Route 15 east – Strait Shores, Prince Edward Island	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; north end of Route 15 concurrency
		12.5	7.8	1	To Route 132 / Route 133 / Route 15 east – Shediac, Scoudouc	Westbound Route 15 access (via exit 31) to Route 11
	​	14.0	8.7	2	Route 134 – Lakeville, Shediac Cape
	Shediac Bridge	18.4	11.4	Crosses the Shediac River
		19.4	12.1	7	To Route 134 / Route 530 – Shediac Bridge, Grande-Digue
Kent	Cocagne	25.7	16.0	13	To Route 134 / Route 530 / Cocagne Sud Road	Southbound exit and entrance, full interchange proposed
		26.0– 26.5	16.2– 16.5	Crosses the Cocagne River
		27.2	16.9	15	Route 535 to Route 134 – Cocagne, Notre-Dame, Champdoré
	​	38.8	24.1	27	Route 115 to Route 134 / Route 535 – McKees Mills, Saint-Thomas
	​	39.5	24.5	Crosses the Little Bouctouche River
	Bouctouche	40.2	25.0	29	Sheridan Road
		43.6	27.1	Crosses the Bouctouche River
		44.1	27.4	32	Route 515 (Irving Boulevard) to Route 135 – Bouctouche, Sainte-Marie	Signed as exits 32A (east) and 32B (west)
	​	47.2	29.3	36	Route 135 – Saint-Maurice, MacIntosh Hill
	Sainte-Anne-de-Kent	53.1	33.0	42	To Route 134 / Route 475 / Route 505 – Sainte-Anne, South Branch
	Five Rivers	64.1	39.8	53	Route 134 to Route 116 / Route 505 – Five Rivers, Richibouctou-Village, Elsipogtog First Nation
		66.6– 67.2	41.4– 41.8	Crosses the Richibucto River
	Richibucto	67.9	42.2	57	Route 134 – Richibucto, Five Rivers
	Saint-Charles	74.7	46.4	64	Saint-Charles, Aidouane
	Saint-Louis-de-Kent	80.0	49.7	69	Saint-Louis, Saint-Ignace
		80.7	50.1	Crosses the Kouchibouguacis River
	​	85.7	53.3	75	Route 117 north / Route 480 west – Acadieville, Kouchibouguac National Park, Pointe-Sapin
	​			North end of freeway
	Kouchibouguac	88.4	54.9		Route 134 south – Saint-Louis-de-Kent
Northumberland	St. Margarets	106.9	66.4		Route 440 west – Nouvelle-Arcadie
	Black River	118.8	73.8		To Route 117 / South Black River Road – Baie-Sainte-Anne
	Miramichi	130.1	80.8		King Street
				South end of freeway
		131.1	81.5	119	Route 8 south – Miramichi Airport, Fredericton Route 117 south (University Avenue) to Route 128	South end of Route 8 concurrency
		132.3	82.2	120	Church Street
		132.4– 133.5	82.3– 83.0	Centennial Bridge crosses the Miramichi River
		133.6	83.0	179	King George Highway Route 8 north – Bathurst	North end of Route 8 concurrency
				North end of freeway
	Bartibog Bridge	150.0	93.2	Crosses the Bartibog River
	Village-Saint-Laurent	166.7	103.6		Route 450 north – Lagacéville
	Neguac	174.7	108.6		Route 455 east (Fairisle Street)
		176.9	109.9		Route 460 north (Stymiest Street)
	Tabusintac	183.5	114.0		Route 455 east (Fairisle Street)
		185.5	115.3	Crosses the Tabusintac River
	​	186.8	116.1		Route 460 south
	Rivière-du-Portage	197.1	122.5		Route 370 north (Rivière-du-Portage Road)
Gloucester	Tracadie-Sheila	203.1– 203.5	126.2– 126.4	Crosses the Big Tracadie River
				South end of freeway
		204.3	126.9	192	Route 370 (Pointe-des-Feruson Road) – Point-Lafrance
		205.7	127.8	194	Principale Street
		208.5	129.6	198	Riviere-a-la-Truite Street
		210.4– 210.8	130.7– 131.0	Crosses the Little Tracadie River
		213.4	132.6	203	Route 150 north (Principale Street) to Route 160 – Hautes-Terres
				North end of freeway
	Six Roads	220.8	137.2		Route 150 south / Petit Carey Road
		222.1	138.0		Route 355 north – Sainte-Rose
	Pokemouche	227.6	141.4	Crosses the Pokemouche River
		228.3	141.9	217	Route 113 north – Shippagan, Lameque Route 350 west – Hautes-Terres	At-grade
	​	231.7	144.0		Route 345 east to Route 335 – Evangeline, Saint-Simon
	Caraquet	239.0	148.5		To Route 145 / Rue du Portage – Bas-Caraquet, Caraquet	South end of Caraquet Bypass
		244.2	151.7	234	To Route 145 / Alexis Road – Caraquet	Interchange
	Bertrand	251.9	156.5		Route 145 north – Caraquet Route 325 south – Hautes-Terres	Roundabout; north end of Caraquet Bypass
	​	257.6	160.1		Route 303 east – Maisonnette
	​	261.1	162.2		Route 320 east – Anse-Bleue
	Grande-Anse	265.2	164.8		Route 330 south – Saint-Leolin
	Pokeshaw	272.1	169.1		Route 135 south – Hautes-Terres, Saint-Leolin
	Janeville	290.3	180.4		Route 340 south – Notre-Dame-des-Érables
	​			South end of freeway
	Bathurst	310.1	192.7	300	Route 134 (Miramichi Avenue) – Allardville	Signed as exits 300A (north) and 300B (south)
		310.5– 311.4	192.9– 193.5	301	Route 8 south – Miramichi	Route 8 northern terminus
		312.9	194.4	Crosses the Nepisiguit River
		313.3	194.7	304	Route 430 (King Avenue)
		318.5	197.9	308	St-Anne Street
		320.0	198.8	310	Route 180 (Vanier Boulevard) to Route 134 – Bathurst Airport, South Tetagouche
		320.9	199.4	311	Route 315 (Sunset Drive) – North Tetagouche
	Beresford	328.0	203.8	318	To Route 134 – Beresford, Robertville
	Nigadoo	331.2	205.8	321	To Route 134 / Route 315 – Nigadoo, Nicholas-Denys
	LaPlante	336.0	208.8	326	Route 315 to Route 134 – LaPlante, Petit-Rocher
	​	342.5	212.8	333	To Route 134 – Madran, Pointe-Verte
	Belledune	349.4	217.1	344	To Route 134 / Turgeon Road – Belledune
Restigouche		360.4	223.9	351	To Route 134 / Jacquet River Drive
	Nash Creek	366.9	228.0	357	To Route 134 – Nash Creek, Lorne
	Charlo	385.3	239.4	375	To Route 134 – Charlo
		389.6	242.1	385	To Route 134 – Charlo, Charlo Airport, Balmoral
	​	392.2	243.7	388	Route 280 to Route 134 – Eel River Crossing
	Dalhousie	395.9	246.0	391	Route 275 to Route 134 – Dalhousie, Eel River Bar, Eel River Crossing
	Dalhousie Junction	401.5	249.5	397	To Route 134 – Dalhousie Junction, Point La Nim
	​	407.4	253.1	403	Route 280 to Route 134 – Dundee, McLeods
	Campbellton	416.4	258.7	412	To Route 134 / R-132 – Campbellton, Pointe-à-la-Croix, QC
	Atholville	419.4	260.6	415	To Route 134 – Atholville, Campbellton	Former Route 270
	Glencoe			North end of freeway
		426.9	265.3		Route 17 south – Saint-Leonard	Route 17 northern terminus
	Tide Head	430.1	267.3		Route 134 south – Atholville	Route 134 northern terminus
New Brunswick–Quebec border		440.4– 441.4	273.7– 274.3	Matapédia Bridge crosses the Restigouche River
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Quebec)	Matapédia	441.5	274.3		R-132 – Amqui, Matapédia, Gaspe, Pointe-à-la-Croix	T-intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

See also

• List of New Brunswick provincial highways