Prince Edward Island Route 12
Route 12 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by the Department of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Energy | ||||
Length | 112 km[1] (70 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | Route 11 in Miscouche | |||
North end | North Cape Hiking Trail in Tignish | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Prince Edward Island | |||
Counties | Prince | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route 12 is a 112 km (70 mi), two-lane, uncontrolled-access, secondary highway in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. Its southern terminus is at Route 11 in Miscouche and its northern terminus is at the North Cape Hiking Trail in Tignish. The route parallels Route 2 as it travels toward the North Cape.
Route description
The route begins at its southern terminus, goes north, and turns left near Rosehill. It crosses the Grand River and turns right in the community of the same name. It continues north and turns left in Low Point. Two left turns in Foxley River lead to a 2.7 km (1.7 mi) concurrency with Route 2 between Portage and West Devon. Two bridges over the Trout and Mill rivers lead to a right turn into Alberton. Travelling further north up the north coast of the island, the route crosses the Kildare River and goes by Tignish before ending at the North Cape Hiking Trail.
Junction list
The entire route is in Prince County.
Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 11 – Linkletter, St. Nicholas | Southern terminus | |
Miscouche | 1.5 | 0.93 | Route 2 (Main Street) – Tignish, Summerside | ||
Rosehill | 5.7 | 3.5 | Route 123 (Belmont Road) | ||
| 8.2 | 5.1 | Route 123 (Lyle Road) | ||
| 14.1 | 8.8 | Route 122 (Allen Road) – Day's Corner | ||
Grand River | 19.0 | 11.8 | Route 127 / Route 131 (Sunnyside Road) – Richmond, Wellington | Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 131 | |
19.6 | 12.2 | Route 131 – Arlington | Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 131 | ||
Birch Hill | 26.6 | 16.5 | Route 131 – Arlington | ||
29.0 | 18.0 | Route 132 (Northam Road) – Northam | |||
Tyne Valley | 34.8 | 21.6 | Route 169 (Port Hill Station Road) to Route 167 (Allen Road) – Mount Pleasant, Northam | ||
35.3 | 21.9 | Route 166 (Bideford Road) – Bideford | |||
Ellerslie-Bideford | 38.3 | 23.8 | Route 166 (Bideford Road) – Bideford | ||
38.4 | 23.9 | Route 133 (Ellerslie Road) – Mount Pleasant | |||
East Bideford | 40.5 | 25.2 | Route 163 (East Bideford Road) – East Bideford, Lennox Island | ||
Poplar Grove | 41.8 | 26.0 | Route 134 (McNeills Mills Road) – McNeills Mills | ||
Freeland | 46.7 | 29.0 | Route 173 (Milligan Wharf Road) – Milligan Wharf | ||
47.0 | 29.2 | Route 174 (Murray Road) – Murray Road | |||
47.8 | 29.7 | Route 175 (Conway Road) – Conway | |||
Foxley River | 50.6 | 31.4 | Route 168 (Canadian Road) | ||
Portage | 56.0 | 34.8 | Route 2 (Veterans Memorial Highway) – Summerside | Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 2 | |
58.7 | 36.5 | Route 2 (Veterans Memorial Highway) – Tignish | Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 2 | ||
Roxbury | 62.8 | 39.0 | Route 137 (Trout River Road) – Carleton | ||
Cascumpec | 64.8 | 40.3 | Route 142 (Kelly Road) – Woodstock, O'Leary | ||
68.7 | 42.7 | Route 136 (Mill Road) – Mill Road, Woodstock | |||
70.7 | 43.9 | Route 172 (Fortune Cove Road) – Fortune Cove | |||
Union | 76.9 | 47.8 | Route 145 (Mill River East Road) – Brooklyn | ||
Union–Alberton line | 77.3 | 48.0 | Route 150 (Dock Road) – Elmsdale | ||
Alberton | 78.7 | 48.9 | Route 152 (Main Street) – Tignish, Northport | ||
Central Kildare | 87.3 | 54.2 | Route 154 (Pridham Road) – Montrose | ||
87.9 | 54.6 | Route 162 (O'Rourke Road) – Greenmount | |||
Tignish | 99.2 | 61.6 | Dalton Avenue | Former Route 2 west | |
Seacow Pond | 105 | 65 | Route 161 (Broderick Road) – Christopher Cross | ||
108 | 67 | Route 182 (Nelligan Road) – Norway | |||
112 | 70 | North Cape hiking trail | Northern terminus of route | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ Google Maps (Map). Google. Retrieved September 15, 2016.