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Route 503
Grenfell Drive
Route 503 highlighted in blue
Route information
Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length	5.2 km (3.2 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Snow’s Drive / Bowater Drive in Wabush
North end	Route 500 (TLH) in Wabush
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Highway system
Highways in Newfoundland and Labrador
← Route 500 → Route 510

Route 503, also known as Grenfell Drive, is a 5.2-kilometre-long (3.2 mi) north–south highway in the Labrador West region of southwestern Labrador. It connects Wabush with the Trans-Labrador Highway and the town of Labrador City.

Route description

Route 503 begins in Wabush's southern neighbourhoods at an intersection between Snow's Drive and Bowater Drive as a two-lane highway. It heads northwest through neighbourhoods before passing along the western side of downtown, where it temporarily widens to a four-lane divided highway. The highway now narrows back to two-lanes and passes north through wooded areas before passing by an industrial/business district and the Wabush Airport before Route 503 comes to an end at an intersection with Route 500 (Trans-Labrador Highway) near Labrador City.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Wabush.

km	mi	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	Snow's Drive / Bowater Drive	Southern terminus
4.3	2.7	Wabush Airport main entrance	Access road into airport
5.2	3.2	Route 500 (Trans-Labrador Highway) – Fermont, Labrador City, Churchill Falls, Happy Valley-Goose Bay	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. "Route 503" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 24, 2020.

• Newfoundland and Labrador provincial highways
• Labrador
• Labrador West