New Brunswick Roads

92.15 km
57.26 mi

Route 3

LENGTH	92.15 km / 57.26 mi
NORTH END	Route 2, Longs Creek
SOUTH END	Route 1, St. Stephen
PLACES	Longs Creek, Newmarket, Smithfield, Acton, Harvey, Manners Sutton, Coburn, York Mills, Brockway, Lawrence Station, Andersonville, Baillie, Dewolfe, Moores Mills, Old Ridge, St. Stephen
COUNTIES	York (49.78 km), Charlotte (42.37)
COMMON NAMES	Harvey Rd. (Longs Creek - Harvey); Main St. (Harvey); Brockway Rd. (York Mills - Lawrence Station); Arbuckle Rd. (Lawrence Station - Andersonville); Baillie Rd. (Andersonville - Moores Mills); Old Ridge Rd. (Moores Mills - St. Stephen)
RIVER CROSSINGS	Magaguadavic River, York Mills Digdeguash River, Lawrence Station

History

Route 3 is one of the least changed of the original 1920s highway routings in New Brunswick. The only major re-routing was between Moores Mills and Dufferin, where the road was switched and upgraded from the east side of Dennis Stream to the west side in the 1950s. Until that point, Route 3 also piggybacked on Route 1 from there into St. Stephen. Most of the former Route 3 is now part of Route 750.

Guide

Route 3 begins at Longs Creek, which has little population but is a major intersection with the Trans-Canada Highway. The road goes south through rolling hills and the farm communities of Newmarket and Smithfield. The route joins Route 640 at Acton, passing through some forest around Harvey Mountain and descends to the village of Harvey, a small incorporated community of 300 people and service centre for the surrounding farming and cottage area. Continuing southwest, Route 3 ascends and descends several more hills, passing more farms, to the community of York Mills. Route 3 crosses the Magaguadavic River and makes a 90-degree turn at the intersection with Route 4.

The highway continues south towards Charlotte County, through mainly uninhabited forest land and the small rural community of Brockway. Lawrence Station, which was a major railway junction, is now a highway junction, with Route 127 leaving for the resort town of St. Andrews. Route 3 turns west through more forest to Andersonville, where it meets Route 630, then south towards St. Stephen through more rural communities such as Moores Mills. At the outskirts of St. Stephen, the road meets the St. Stephen Drive (soon to be part of Route 1), then passes the high school before ending at Route 1 near the Ganong chocolate factory and the local mall.

Junction List

Location	km	Routes / Destination	Other Notes
Longs Creek	0.0	Route 2 - Fredericton, Woodstock, Edmundston Route 102 - Nackawic, Mactaquac
Smithfield	8.1	Hunter Rd.
Acton	15.2	Route 640 - Yoho Lake, Fredericton
Harvey	18.8	Route 636 / Lake Rd. - Lake George
Harvey	21.2	Charlie Little Rd. / River Settlement Rd.
Manners Sutton	23.9	Swan Rd.
Manners Sutton	24.4	Tweedside Rd.
Coburn	26.3	Frog Lake Rd.
York Mills	29.5	Route 635 - Magaguadavic Lake
Thomaston Corner / York Mills	33.0	Route 4 - McAdam
Brockway	46.7	Tweedside Rd.
Summer Hill	52.7	Flume Ridge Rd.
Lawrence Station	60.6	Route 127 - Dumbarton, St. Andrews
Andersonville	66.7	Route 630 - McAdam, Canterbury
Andersonville	68.0	Route 755 - Honeydale
Baillie	69.5	Mann Rd.
Baillie	70.8	Jackson Rd.
Baillie	72.1	Scott Rd.
DeWolfe	76.6	DeWolfe Rd. / Yourette Rd.
DeWolfe	77.6	Route 730 - Oak Hill, Scotch Ridge
Moores Mills	81.8	Moores Mills Rd. (to Route 750)
Moores Mills	82.4	Moores Mills Cross Rd.
Moores Mills	83.8	Route 745 - Oak Hill
Old Ridge	88.0	Maxwell Crossing Rd.
Old Ridge	90.7	Hall Rd.
St. Stephen / Old Ridge	91.5	St. Stephen Drive - Milltown
St. Stephen	92.1	Route 1 - Saint John