310.60 km
193.00 mi
Highway 104
| LENGTH | 310.60 / 193.00 mi (273.47 km Trans-Canada/mainland route, 37.13 km Cape Breton route) |
| WEST END | New Brunswick border, Fort Lawrence (continues Route 2) |
| EAST END | Route 4, River Tillard |
| PLACES | Fort Lawrence, West Amherst,
Amherst, Upper Nappan, Brookdale, Fenwick, Salem, Little
Forks, Stanley, Salt Springs, Glenville, Oxford, Oxford
Junction, Thomson Station, Atkinson, Westchester, Cross Road
Mountain, Sutherland Lake, Londonderry, Great Village, Glenholme,
Debert, Lower Debert, Masstown, Onslow, North River, Brookside,
Valley, East Mountain, Kemptown, Mount Thom, Salt Springs,
Limerock, Pleasant Valley, Westville, Westville Road,
New Glasgow, Stellarton, Plymouth, Priestville,
Linacy, Pine Tree, Sutherlands River, Telford, French River,
Broadway, Kenzieville, Barneys River Station, Marshy Hope,
Beaver Mountain, James River, Beaver Meadow, West River, Post
Road, Antigonish, Greenwood, Beech Hill, Lower South
River, Dagger Woods, Pomquet River, Heatherton, Afton, Merland,
Monastery, East Tracadie, Linwood, West Havre Boucher, Havre
Boucher, East Havre Boucher, Aulds Cove, Port Hastings Melville, Port Hawkesbury, Point Tupper, Port Malcolm, Lower River Inhabitants, Evanston, Whiteside, Louisdale, River Bourgeois, River Tillard |
| COUNTIES | Cumberland, Colchester, Pictou, Antigonish, Guysborough, Inverness, Richmond |
| DIVIDED | New Brunswick border to exit 26 (169.19 km) |
| CONTROLLED ACCESS | New Brunswick border to exit 27A
(176.69 km) exit 27A to exit 29 (18.80 km) Pictou/Antigonish County line to exit 31A (13.57 km) exit 36 to exit 39 (31.00 km) exit 43 to Route 4 (37.13 km) |
| RIVER CROSSINGS | Nappan River, Upper Napan North River, Onslow East River, Stellarton Sutherlands River, Sutherlands River West River, Antigonish Black River, Heatherton Tracadie River, Monastery Strait of Canso, Aulds Cove to Port Hastings - Canso Causeway River Inhabitants, Lower River Inhabitants Lennox Passage, Louisdale |
| NAMES | Trans-Canada Highway (New
Brunswick border to Port Hastings) Cobequid Pass (exit 7 to exit 11) - $4.00 toll |
| HIGHEST AADT | 22,500 between exits 23 and 24 (2004) |
| LOWEST AADT | 2,760 between exit 47 and route 4 (2005) |
History
Future Plans
As the main Trans-Canada route through most of the province, 104 is constantly being upgraded. There are three major projects in the planning or construction stages for Highway 104. The first is a twinning of the highway past the New Glasgow area to exit 27 at Sutherlands River, with the current intersections marked as exits 27 and 27A replaced with an interchange. This project is expected to be completed by 2010.
A bypass of Antigonish, where 104 currently slows down to 3 traffic signals, is also in the planning stages. Surveying and land acquisition are currently underway, and construction is expected to begin in 2008 at the earliest.
A Port Hawkesbury bypass, proposed as early as the 1970s, is now once again in the planning stages. Depending on funding allowances, the project will begin in 2009.
Guide
Most of Highway 104 is the mainline of the Trans-Canada Highway through mainland Nova Scotia. It is divided between the New Brunswick border and the New Glasgow area. The Cobequid Pass toll highway, constructed in 1997, is located between Oxford and Truro.
At the end of the Canso Causeway to Cape Breton Island, the TCH continues as Highway 105 beyond the Port Hastings rotary, while 104 "disappears" for a few kilometres in the Port Hawkesbury area. A bypass is in the proposal stages, but travellers wishing to continue on 104 must currently take Route 4 through the centre of town. On the east side of Port Hawkesbury, 104 begins again as a two-lane controlled-access highway through Richmond County, but currently ends at Route 4 in River Tillard near St. Peters.
Junction/Exit List
| Location | km | Exit # | Routes / Destination | Other Notes |
| Fort Lawrence | 0.7 | 1 A-B | Nova Scotia Travel
Information Centre Laplanche St. / Fort Lawrence Rd. - Amherst |
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| Amherst | 2.8 | 2 | Route 2 - Laplanche St. | eastbound only |
| Amherst | 5.2 | 3 | Route 6 - Victoria St., Amherst, Tatamagouche | |
| Amherst | 8.7 | 4 | Route 2 - South Albion St., Amherst, Maccan | |
| Salt Springs | 29.4 | 5 | Highway 142 - Springhill, Parrsboro | |
| Oxford | 39.7 | 6 | Route 321 - Oxford, Pugwash, River Phillip | |
| Thomson Station | 48.5 | 7 | Route 4 - Mahoneys Corner, Wentworth, Folly Lake | |
| Westchester | 59.1 | 8 | Wentworth-Collingwood Rd. - Westchester Station | [437] |
| Sutherland Lake | 72.3 | Cobequid Pass toll booths | ||
| Great Village | 83.0 | 10 | Station Rd. - Great Village, Bass River, Londonderry | [669] |
| Glenholme | 88.8 | 11 | Route 4 - Glenholme, Economy, Five Islands | |
| Masstown | 92.1 | 12 | Route 2 / Route 4 - Masstown, Lower Debert | |
| Lower Onslow | 97.3 | 13 | McElmon Rd. - Debert, Lower Onslow | [650] |
| Onslow | 105.9 | 15 | Highway 102 - Truro, Halifax | Only exit to Halifax |
| Valley | 115.5 | 17 | Route 4 - to Route 311, Bible Hill, Tatamagouche | |
| Kemptown | 124.9 | 18 | Stevens Cross Rd. - Kemptown, Riverdale | [512] |
| Kemptown | 132.2 | 18A | Route 4 - Mount Thom | |
| Salt Springs | 145.6 | 19 | to Route 4 - Salt Springs, West River, Durham | |
| Pleasant Valley | 154.3 | 20 | Salter Rd. - Pleasant Valley, Green Hill, Union Centre | [640] |
| Westville | 158.6 | 21 | Route 4 / Cowan St. - Alma, Westville | |
| Mount William | 160.2 | 22 | Highway 106 - Pictou, PEI Ferry | |
| New Glasgow | 163.4 | 23 | Route 289 - Westville Rd., New Glasgow, Westville | |
| Stellarton | 164.5 | 24 | Route 374 - Foord St., Stellarton, New Glasgow | |
| Plymouth | 165.7 | 25 | Route 348 - East River Rd., Trenton | |
| Priestville | 169.2 | 26 | Route 347 - Thorburn, Sherbrooke | |
| Sutherlands River | 176.7 | 27A | Route 4 - Pine Tree, Little Harbour, Melmerby Beach | |
| Sutherlands River | 178.3 | 27 |
Route 4 - Kenzieville Route 345 - Egerton, Merigomish |
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| Barneys River Station | 197.1 | 29 | Route 4 - Kenzieville, Barneys River | |
| Marshy Hope | 202.9 | 29A | Route 4 - James River, Browns Mountain | |
| James River | 209.1 | 30 | Beaver Meadow Rd. - to Route 4, James River | [413] |
| Lower West River | 219.2 | 31A | Route 4 - Brierly Brook / Addington Forks Rd. | |
| Antigonish | 220.4 | 31 | Route 4 - James St. |
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| Antigonish | 220.9 | 32 | Route 7 / West St. - Sherbrooke, Sheet Harbour |
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| Antigonish | 222.0 | 33 | Church St. |
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| Greenwold | 223.1 | Beech Hill Rd. | [453] | |
| Greenwold | 225.3 | 34 | Route 4 - Greenwold, Antigonish | |
| Lower South River | 227.9 | West Side South River Rd. | [464] | |
| Lower South River | 228.1 | South Side Harbour Rd. | [512] | |
| Lower South River | 228.6 | 35 | Route 316 - Goshen, Goldboro, St. Andrews | |
| Dagger Woods | 230.4 | Taylors Rd. - Pomquet | ||
| Pomquet Forks | 235.9 | Pomquet River Rd. / Pomquet-Monks Head Rd. | [475] / [511] | |
| Heatherton | 237.8 | 36 | Bayfield Beach Rd. -
Bayfield Heatherton-Guysborough Rd. - Guysborough |
[486] [409] |
| Heatherton | 239.0 | Heatherton Village Rd. | ||
| Heatherton | 239.5 | 36A | Route 4 - Afton, Tracadie | |
| Heatherton | 240.4 | New France Rd. | ||
| Monastery | 250.9 | 37 | Route 4 - Afton, Monastery, Canso | |
| Havre Boucher | 260.7 | 38 | Frankville Rd. - Havre Boucher, Frankville | |
| Aulds Cove | 268.9 | 39 | Route 4 - East Havre Boucher | |
| Aulds Cove | 270.2 | 40 | Route 344 - Mulgrave, St. Francis Harbour | |
| Port Hastings | 273.5 | 41 |
Highway 105 - Baddeck, Sydney Route 19 - Inverness, Cheticamp Route 4 - Port Hawkesbury, St. Peters |
Port Hastings Rotary |
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8.0 km gap along Route 4 |
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| Port Hawkesbury | 281.4 | 43 | Route 4 - Port Hawkesbury, Cleveland | |
| Lower River Inhabitants | 291.1 | 44 | Port Malcolm Rd. | [497] |
| Evanston | 292.9 | 45 | Evanston Rd. | |
| Louisdale | 304.0 | 46 | Route 320 - Louisdale, Isle Madame | |
| River Bourgeois | 314.4 | 47 | Sporting Mountain Rd. | |
| River Tillard | 318.6 | Route 4 - St. Peters, Sydney |
Route 4 continues both right and
straight |
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