139.62 km
86.76 mi

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Route 6

LENGTH 139.62 km / 86.76 mi
WEST END Highway 104, West Amherst
EAST END Highway 106, Pictou
PLACES West Amherst, Amherst, East Amherst, Warren, Truemanville, Amherst Head, Shinimicas, Linden, Port Howe, Port Philip, West Pugwash, Pugwash, South Pugwash, Wallace Bay, Wallace Bridge, Wallace, East Wallace, Wallace Ridge, Upper Malagash, Bayhead, Tatamagouche, Brule, Marshville, River John, Melville, Seafoam, Toney River, Caribou River, Three Brooks, Haliburton, Pictou
COUNTIES Cumberland, Colchester, Pictou
CONCURRENCIES Route 2, Amherst (0.1 km)
RIVER CROSSINGS Shinimicas River (Shinimicas)
River Philip (Port Howe to Port Philip)
Pugwash River (Pugwash)
Wallace River (Wallace Bridge)
Dewar River (Upper Malagash)
Mattatall Lake Brook (Tatamagouche)
Waughs River (Tatamagouche)
River John (River John)
Big Caribou River (Caribou River)
NAMES Victoria Street (Amherst)
Durham Street (Pugwash)
Main Street (Tatamagouche)
HIGHEST AADT 4,120 at Route 311, Tatamagouche (2004) -- does not include section in Amherst
LOWEST AADT 600 at Quarry Rd., Wallace (2005)

History

Route 6's itinerary between Amherst and Pictou has been basically unchanged since the 1930s. Past Pictou, Route 6 turned south along the West River of Pictou to Alma; a routing which was eliminated shortly after the opening of Highway 106 and the Pictou Causeway in the 1970s. This former portion is now part of Route 376 and the unnumbered Alma Road.

Guide

Junction List

Location km Routes / Destination Other Notes
West Amherst 0.0 Highway 104 - Truro, Moncton NB  
West Amherst 0.4 Tupper Blvd.  
Amherst 1.6 Hickman St.  
Amherst 2.3 Station St.  
Amherst 2.4 Lawrence St.  
Amherst 2.5 Route 2 east - Church St. - Springhill
Amherst 2.6 Route 2 west - Laplanche St. - to Highway 104
Havelock St.
Amherst 2.8 Acadia St.  
Amherst 3.5 Willow St.  
Amherst 4.1 Abbey Rd.  
East Amherst 4.9 Fox Ranch Rd.  
East Amherst 5.4 Dorsay Rd.  
East Amherst 6.3 Route 366 - Tyndal Rd. - Tidnish  
East Amherst 7.5 John Black Rd.  
Warren 9.7 Hastings Rd.  
Amherst Head 22.8 Beecham Rd.  
Shinimicas 28.8 Mount Pleasant Rd.  
Shinimicas 29.0 Shinimicas Rd.  
Linden 33.4 Lake Killarney Rd.  
Linden 36.4 Tidnish-Linden Rd.  
Linden 37.0 Casey Rd.  
Port Howe 39.4 Field Rd.  
Port Howe 41.5 Route 366 - Northport, Tidnish  
Port Howe 42.0 Beckwith Rd.  
Port Howe 42.7 Route 301 - Kolbec Rd. - Oxford  
Port Philip 44.1 Route 321 - Oxford  
West Pugwash 47.6 Pugwash River Rd.  
Pugwash 50.9 Durham St. Route 6 turns east onto Durham St.
Pugwash 51.2 Church St.  
Pugwash 51.4 Irishtown Rd.  
Pugwash 52.0 Miller Rd.  
Pugwash 52.5 Crowley Rd.  
South Pugwash 53.6 Rabbittown Rd.  
Wallace Bay 55.4 North Wallace Rd.  
Wallace Bay 57.8 Thomson Rd.  
Wallace Bay 58.5 Route 368 - Fountain Rd. - Middleboro, Wentworth  
Wallace Bay 60.7 Aboiteau Rd.  
Wallace Bridge 63.7 Wallace River West Rd.  
Wallace Bridge 64.1 Kerrs Mill Rd.  
Wallace 66.5 Ferry Rd. - North Wallace  
Wallace 67.4 Route 307 - Six Mile Rd. - Wentworth  
East Wallace 71.3 North Shore Rd.  
Wallace Ridge 73.5 McInnis Rd.  
Upper Malagash 75.5 Malagash Rd. - Malagash  
Bayhead 76.6 Wallace Grant Rd.  
Bayhead 80.2 Slade Rd.  
Bayhead 85.0 Taltrie Settlement Rd.  
Tatamagouche 85.9 Lake Rd.  
Tatamagouche 86.7 Route 246 - Wentworth  
Tatamagouche 87.1 Pine St.  
Tatamagouche 87.9 Route 311 - Earltown, Truro  
Brule 88.2 Sand Point Rd.  
Brule 88.4 Jim Sutherland Rd.  
Brule 90.1 Jeff Ross Rd.  
Brule 92.1 Alex Cox Rd.  
Brule 94.5 Brule Point Rd.  
Brule 97.8 Route 326 - Earltown  
Marshville 99.7 Joudrey Rd.  
Marshville 105.2 Louisville Rd.  
River John 106.5 Mountain Rd.  
River John 107.3 West Branch Rd.  
River John 107.4 River Rd.  
River John 108.2 Cape John Rd. / Allen Rd.  
Melville 112.2 New Rd.  
Seafoam 115.0 McAuley Rd.  
Seafoam 117.2 Hedgeville Rd.  
Toney River 120.0 James Mackay Rd.  
Toney River 122.6 Toney River Rd.  
Toney River 123.1 Meadowville Station Rd.  
Caribou River 125.3 Angus Falconer Rd.  
Caribou River 127.5 Shore Rd.  
Caribou River 128.1 Battist Rd. - Sundridge  
Caribou River 129.4 R. Grant Rd. - Waterside, Caribou Island  
Three Brooks 132.3 Protection Rd.  
Three Brooks 133.9 Three Brooks Rd. - Caribou  
Haliburton 137.7 River John Rd. / Harris Rd.  
Haliburton 139.2 Division Rd.  
Pictou 139.6 Highway 106 - New Glasgow, PEI Ferry
Route 376 - Central West River
West River Rd. - Pictou		 Pictou Rotary

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