Nova Scotia Highway 102
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| Veterans Memorial Highway (Fall River to Truro) Bicentennial Drive (exit 0 to exit 5) |
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| Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
| Length: | 102 km (63 mi) | |||
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| South end: | Bayers Road Halifax 44°39′11.2″N 63°37′23.4″W / 44.653111°N 63.623167°W [1] |
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 Hwy 101 in Bedford Hwy 118 to Dartmouth
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 Hwy 104 (TCH) in Onslow 45°23′24.5″N 63°19′29.1″W / 45.390139°N 63.324750°W
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| Counties: | Hants, Colchester, Halifax Regional Municipality, East Hants | |||
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Provincial highways in Nova Scotia
Highway 102 is a north-south highway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that runs from Halifax to Onslow, immediately north of the town of Truro. It is the busiest highway in Atlantic Canada.
In 2000, the section of Highway 102 between Fall River and Truro was redesignated as Veterans Memorial Highway. Between Fall River and Halifax it is known as Bicentennial Drive or the Bicentennial Highway. The numerical designation for both sections is 102.
The highway follows a 102-kilometre (63 mi) route through the central part of the province linking Highway 103, Highway 101, and Highway 118 to Highway 104, the Trans-Canada Highway.
The entire highway is a divided four-lane freeway, with the exception of a five-lane (three lanes northbound) section between the Highway 118 interchange at Miller Lake and a point between exits 6 and 7 near the Halifax International Airport at Enfield. This three-lane northbound section is not a result of particularly high traffic volumes; rather, it is a relic of the previous configuration of this section of Highway 102. Previously, the section from Fall River to near Enfield was a three-lane undivided section, including a centre passing lane favouring northbound traffic. When the highway was twinned, the three lanes were left in place for northbound traffic. Portions of Highway 102 south of the Halifax International Airport pass through several microclimates and are notorious for frequent variations in visibility due to fog caused by elevation changes.
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