Route 1A is a 20-kilometre (12 mi) long provincial highway in central Prince Edward Island. The route is a spur route of the Route 1 which connects the Trans-Canada Highway near Borden-Carleton and the Confederation Bridge with the city of Summerside.[2] It is an uncontrolled access 2-lane highway with a maximum speed limit of 90 km/h (55 mph) and is considered a "Core route" of Canada's National Highway System.[3] Route 1A is unnamed except for the portion within Summerside city limits, where it is known as Read Drive.[2]
Route 1A | ||||
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 Route 1A highlighted in red. | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route of Route 1 (TCH) | ||||
| Maintained by Prince Edward Island Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
| Length | 20.2 km[1] (12.6 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Route 1 (TCH) in Albany | |||
| North end |  Route 2 near Summerside | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Prince Edward Island | |||
| Counties | Prince | |||
| Major cities | Summerside | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Major intersections edit
The entire route is in Prince County.
| Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Albany | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 1 (TCH) – Borden-Carleton, Confederation Bridge, Crapaud, Charlottetown | Interchange | |
| 0.7 | 0.43 |  Route 112 north (Junction Road) | |||
| | 1.3 | 0.81 |  Route 115 (Mount Tyron Road) – Searletown, Mount Tyron | ||
| Middletown | 5.0 | 3.1 |  Route 225 east (Anderson Road) – Kinkora | ||
| 5.3 | 3.3 |  Route 111 (Newton Road / Middletown Road) | Intersections offset; 50 m (160 ft) concurrency | ||
| | 6.4 | 4.0 |   Route 171 north (Dunk River Road) to Route 110 – Lower Freetown | ||
| 9.5 | 5.9 |  Route 10 south (North Carlton Road Extension) – Searletown | |||
| Central Bedeque | 10.1 | 6.3 | Route 171 (Dunk River Road / Callbeck Street) – Bedeque, Freetown | ||
| | 12.5 | 7.8 |  Route 8 east (Freetown Road) – Lower Freetown, New London | ||
| 13.0 | 8.1 |  Route 120 north (MacMurdo Road) | |||
| 16.2 | 10.1 |  Route 181 east (Taylor Road) | |||
| Summerside | 17.1 | 10.6 |  Route 107 east (Blue Shank Road) – Norboro, Kelvin Grove | ||
| 18.4 | 11.4 |  Route 11 west (Water Street) | |||
| Travellers Rest | 20.2 | 12.6 | Route 2 (All Weather Highway) – Summerside, Tignish, Kensington, Charlottetown | Roundabout | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References edit
- ^ a b Google (August 11, 2019). "PEI Route 1A - Length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ^ a b Prince Edward Island Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (2014). Provincial Road Atlas - Prince Edward Island (PDF) (Map). 1:50,000. Government of Prince Edward Island. pp. 15, 19, 20. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ^ "Canada's National Highway System Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety. January 2019. p. 42. Retrieved 11 August 2019.