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Route 1
Trans-Canada Highway Highway of Heroes
Route 1 highlighted in red.
Route information
Maintained by Prince Edward Island Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length	119.6 km (74.3 mi)
Major junctions
West end	To Route 16 (TCH) at the Confederation Bridge
Major intersections	Route 1A in Albany Route 2 in Charlottetown Route 3 in Mount Mellick
East end	To Hwy 106 (TCH) at the Wood Islands ferry dock
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Prince Edward Island
Counties	Prince, Queens
Major cities	Charlottetown
Highway system
Provincial highways in Prince Edward Island
← Route 358 → Route 1A

Route 1 is a 120-kilometre (75 mi) long provincial highway that serves as the Prince Edward Island section of the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 1 traverses the southern shores of Prince Edward Island, from the Confederation Bridge in Borden-Carleton to the Wood Islands ferry dock, and bypasses the provincial capital, Charlottetown. It is an uncontrolled access 2-lane highway with a maximum speed limit of 90 km/h (55 mph), except within towns and urban areas.

Route description

Route 1 serves several towns and communities along the southern shore of Prince Edward Island, as well as bypassing the provincial capital, Charlottetown. The route begins at an intersection in Borden-Carleton at the northern end of the Confederation Bridge (the bridge itself and its approach roads are unnumbered federal roads). The bridge crosses the Northumberland Strait to New Brunswick, where the highway becomes New Brunswick Route 16. Travelling eastward, a spur route, Route 1A, branches north towards Summerside. The highway continues meandering east through the communities of Crapaud and Bonshaw, and bypasses Clyde River and Cornwall before crossing the waterway dividing the North River and Graham Rogers Lake into Charlottetown.

Within Charlottetown, Route 1 jogs north along Upton Road then east onto the Charlottetown Perimeter Highway, a four-lane controlled access road bypassing the city. The highway is partially concurrent with Route 2 and includes a displaced left turn intersection with the St. Peter's Highway. The road continues towards the city centre before turning and crossing the Hillsborough River on the Hillsborough River Bridge into Stratford. From there the route travels south near the shore of the Northumberland Strait to Wood Islands. Vehicles can continue via the Northumberland Ferries Limited ferry to Nova Scotia Highway 106 at Caribou, Nova Scotia.

Route 1 features the only grade-separated interchanges in the province: a trumpet interchange with the spur Route 1A in Albany, and double roundabout diamond interchanges at Route 27 in New Haven and Route 19 in Cornwall.

History

On May 17, 2010, construction began on upgrades to the Charlottetown Perimeter Highway. This work was completed later that year on October 15. Route 1 was then transferred from its old routing along University Avenue and Grafton Street onto the new highway.

A proposal to realign Route 1 through Strathgartney Provincial Park west of Charlottetown was met with significant public opposition in 2011. Construction started on a revised route avoiding the park, dubbed Plan B by opponents, in October 2012. Environmentalists protesting at the work site caused construction to be halted for several days. Darcie Lanthier, then interim leader of the P.E.I. Green Party, was arrested and several protesters charged with trespassing before construction resumed. The realignment opened to traffic on September 23, 2013. The protest group, which became known as Stop Plan B, monitored construction throughout the project and returned in October 2015 to plant trees along the new alignment.

On September 6, 2016, construction began on the Cornwall Perimeter Highway, a new alignment bypassing the town of Cornwall to the north. Construction was mostly complete and the new bypass opened to traffic on October 1, 2019. Upon its opening, the former alignment was renumbered Route 27. The town plans to develop the former arterial highway into a commercial thoroughfare and community hub.

Major intersections

County	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Northumberland Strait (Abegweit Passage)		−9.2– −1.7	−5.7– −1.1	Confederation Bridge (toll leaving PEI) Route 16 (TCH) continues in New Brunswick
Prince	Borden-Carleton	−0.7	−0.43	Toll booth (westbound only)
		0.0	0.0	Borden Avenue (west) / Dickie Road (east)	West of this point the Confederation Bridge toll booths and approach ramps are under federal jurisdiction.
		1.8	1.1	Route 10 – Bedeque, Cape Traverse
	Albany	6.0	3.7	Route 1A north – Summerside	Interchange
	North Tryon	11.1	6.9	Route 115 (Mount Tryon Road) – Mount Tryon	Intersections offset; 35 m (115 ft) concurrency
	​	12.5	7.8	Route 232 north (Branch Road)
	Tryon	13.9	8.6	Route 10 west – Augustine Cove
Queens	Crapaud	17.1	10.6	Route 13 north / Route 231 north – Cavendish
	Hampton	21.9	13.6	Route 116 (Shore Road / Sandy Point Road) – Victoria, South Melville
	DeSable	25.9	16.1	Route 19 south (Canoe Cove Road) / Route 246 north (South Melville Road) – Meadowbank, Stanchel
	Green Road	28.4	17.6	Route 237 north (Appin Road)
	Strathgartney	34.3	21.3	Route 245 north (Riverdale Road) – Riverdale, Emyvale
	New Haven	37.2	23.1	Route 9 north (Colville Road) – Elmwood, Kingston	West end of Route 9 concurrency
		37.6	23.4	Route 9 south (West River Road) – St. Catherines, Long Creek	East end of Route 9 concurrency
	Clyde River	39.7	24.7	Route 27 east (Dog River Road) to Route 247 / Route 265 – Clyde River, Cornwall	Interchange, west end of Cornwall Perimeter Highway
	Cornwall	45.1	28.0	To Route 19 / Cornwall Road – Cornwall	Interchange
		47.3	29.4	Route 27 west (Main Street) – Cornwall Route 248 (Warren Grove Road / York Point Road) – Milton	Roundabout, east end of Cornwall Perimeter Highway
	​	47.7– 48.5	29.6– 30.1	North River Causeway crossing the North River and Graham Rogers Lake
	Charlottetown	49.1	30.5	Upton Road / Maypoint Road / Capital Drive	Roundabout; Route 1 branches north onto Upton Road
		50.2	31.2	Upton Road / Charlottetown Perimeter Highway	Roundabout; Route 1 branches east onto Charlottetown Perimeter Highway
		52.0	32.3	Route 2 west (Malpeque Road) – Kensington, Summerside	West end of Route 2 concurrency
		53.7	33.4	Route 15 north (Brackley Point Road) – Charlottetown Airport, Brackley Beach
		55.2	34.3	Route 2 east (St. Peters Road) – Souris, Îles de la Madeleine	East end of Route 2 concurrency, displaced left turn
		59.1	36.7	Grafton Street / Water Street	Route 1 branches east onto Hillsborough Bridge
	​	59.4– 60.7	36.9– 37.7	Hillsborough River Bridge crossing the Hillsborough River
	Stratford	61.1	38.0	Route 21 north (Hopeton Road) – Bunbury
		63.1	39.2	Route 26 (Georgetown Road) – Tea Hill, Alexandria, Pownal	Roundabout
	Mount Albion	71.7	44.6	Route 5 east (48 Road) – Cardigan
	Mount Mellick	74.0	46.0	Route 26 west (Pownal Road) / Route 272 east (Village Green Road) – Pownal, Village Green
		76.7	47.7	Route 3 east (Georgetown Road) – Georgetown
	Cherry Valley	78.4	48.7	Route 270 north (McInnis Point Road) – Earnscliffe, China Point
	​	83.2	51.7	Route 212 north (Vernon River Road) / Scentia Road – Vernon River
	Orwell	86.5	53.7	Route 210 east (Kinross Road) to Route 23 south – Kinross, Montague, Uigg
	​	92.0	57.2	Route 211 north (Newton Road) – Newton Cross
	Eldon	94.3	58.6	Route 207 south (Garfield Road)
	​	96.5	60.0	Route 209 west (Point Prim Road) – Mount Buchanan, Point Prim
	South Pinette	103.3	64.2	Route 208 east (Roseberry Road) – Roseberry
	Flat River	107.5	66.8	Route 261 east (Camp Road)
	Belle River	110.3	68.5	Route 202 (Douses Road) – Iris, Stewart Point
	​	110.9	68.9	Route 201 east (Greys Road) – Hopefield
		115.1	71.5	Route 207 north (Stewart Road) – Melville
	Wood Islands	117.8	73.2	Route 315 north (Wood Islands Road) – Montague
		118.0	73.3	Route 4 east (Shore Road) – Murray River, Murray Harbour
		119.3	74.1	Wood Islands Ferry Terminal
Northumberland Strait				Northumberland Ferries Limited ferry to Caribou, Nova Scotia Hwy 106 (TCH) continues in Nova Scotia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus        Tolled

References

1. Poirier, Brett (June 30, 2014). "Highway of Heroes unveiled in Prince Edward Island". The Guardian. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
2. ^ "PEI Route 1 - Length and route" (Map). Google Maps. August 26, 2019.
3. "Governments Celebrate Highway Improvements on the Charlottetown Perimeter Highway". Infrastructure Canada. May 17, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
4. Infrastructure Canada (October 15, 2010). "Completed Road Work on Two Island Highways Will Improve Traffic Flow and Increase Transit Safety". Government of Canada. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
5. Stewart, Date (December 20, 2011). "Province steers away from provincial park". The Guardian. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
6. "Protest shuts down highway project for 2nd day". CBC News. October 5, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
7. Tutton, Michael (October 10, 2012). "Interim leader of P.E.I. Green Party arrested in protest". CTV News Atlantic. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
8. "Plan B Trans-Canada reroute partially opens near Bonshaw". CBC News. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
9. "Plan B protesters return to P.E.I. highway site to plant trees". CBC News. October 11, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
10. "Construction to begin for roundabouts of Cornwall bypass". The Guardian. August 24, 2016. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
11. ^ "Cornwall bypass route unveiled". The Guardian. September 8, 2016. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
12. "New portion of Trans-Canada Highway opens on P.E.I." CBC News. October 21, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
13. Doria-Brown, Jessica (August 28, 2019). "Cornwall's Main Street coming to life as bypass nears completion". CBC News. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

Trans-Canada Highway
Previous route NB Route 16	Route 1	Next route NS Highway 106

v t e Routes of the Trans-Canada Highway system
British Columbia	Highway 1 Highway 5 Highway 16
Alberta	Highway 1 Highway 16
Saskatchewan	Highway 1 Highway 16
Manitoba	Highway 1 Highway 16 Highway 100
Ontario	Highway 17 Highway 69 Highway 400 Highway 12 Highway 7 Highway 71 Highway 11 Highway 66 Highway 417
Quebec	Autoroute 40 Autoroute 25 Autoroute 20 Autoroute 85 Route 185 Route 117 Autoroute 15
New Brunswick	Route 2 Route 16
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Prince Edward Island	Route 1
Nova Scotia	Highway 104 Highway 105 Highway 106
Newfoundland	Route 1
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