Nova Scotia Highway 107
Route description
From its current western terminus at the intersection of Exit 4C off of Nova Scotia Highway 102, the Highway also travels on Main Street between Exit 15 and Exit 17 via Nova Scotia Highway 7. Highway 107 Continues until Exit 22 on Eastern Terminus and in the Future To Nova Scotia Highway 104 on the Trans Canada Highway. The Bedford-Burnside Opened on December 20, 2024.
History
Dartmouth to Musquodoboit Harbour section
Construction of the highway began in 1972/73. The first segment, running from Trunk 7 to Mineville Road, opened to traffic during the 1975/76 fiscal year. At that time a further extension of the road, across Lake Echo, was under construction.
Grading work for the final segment from Head of Chezzetcook (exit 20) to Musquodoboit Harbour began in 1986/87.
Dartmouth Bypass / Forest Hills Extension
The section of Highway 107 between Trunk 7 (at Forest Hills) and Highway 118 has also been known as the Dartmouth Bypass, or Forest Hills Extension. The first section of the bypass (from Trunk 7 to the interchange at Montague Road) opened to traffic in 1985/86. The remaining section, connecting to Highway 118, opened in 1986/87.
A short extension to Akerley Boulevard in the Burnside Industrial Park was constructed in the early 1990s.
Burnside/Sackville extension
The section from Akerley Boulevard, along the southwestern side of Anderson Lake, to Exit 4C on Highway 102 opened to traffic on December 20, 2024. This extension, known locally as the Burnside Expressway, allows commuters from Halifax and Burnside heading to Sackville to bypass the Bedford Bypass and Windmill Road and instead go through Burnside and connect directly into Sackville. The western terminus includes connections to Highway 102, Duke Street and Glendale Avenue. New exits were also constructed at Akerley Boulevard, Burnside Drive, and at a future connection near Anderson Lake.
Future Eastern Shore Extension
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The Final Extension will travel Between Musquodoboit Harbour And Antigonish. The Highway will be faster then Traveling Thru Truro and Pictou on Nova Scotia Highway 104 from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia but end on Highway 104 in Antigonish off exit 31.
Exit list
The entire route is located in Halifax Regional Municipality.
| Location | km | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Sackville Bedford | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 |    Hwy 102 to Hwy 101 / Trunk 2 / Duke Street, Glendale Avenue | Hwy 102 exit 4C; western terminus | |
| Bedford | 3.0 | 1.9 | 11 | Closed - Future connection | Ramps, overpass, and roundabouts constructed, but not connected to any roads. | |
| Burnside | 6.9 | 4.3 | 12 | Burnside Drive | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| 8.0 | 5.0 | 12 | Akerley Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Dartmouth | 9.9 | 6.2 | 13 |   Hwy 118 – Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Truro, Dartmouth, Halifax | Signed as exit 13S (south) and 13N (north); Hwy 118 exit 13 | |
| 12.5 | 7.8 | 14 |  To Route 318 / Waverley Road, Braemar Drive | |||
| 17.7 | 11.0 |  Main Street (Trunk 7 west) – Dartmouth To Route 318 / Forest Hills Parkway – Westphal | At grade; western end of Trunk 7 concurrency | |||
| Cherry Brook | 21.5 | 13.4 |  Ross Road (Route 328 south) | At-grade | ||
| | 22.0 | 13.7 | 17 | Trunk 7 east – Preston | At grade; eastern end of Trunk 7 concurrency | |
| Mineville | 26.6 | 16.5 | 18 | To Trunk 7 (Mineville Road) – Mineville, Lake Echo | ||
| Porters Lake | 34.2 | 21.3 | 19 |  To Trunk 7 / Route 207 (West Porters Lake Road) – West Porters Lake, Lawrencetown | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance | |
| 36.0 | 22.4 | 20 | To Trunk 7 / Route 207 (William Porter Connector) – West Chezzetcook, Porters Lake, Lake Echo | |||
| | 43.0 | 26.7 | 21 | To Trunk 7 (East Chezzetcook Road) – Gaetz Brook, East Chezzetcook | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance | |
| Musquodoboit Harbour | 52.2 | 32.4 | Trunk 7 – Musquodoboit Harbour, Sheet Harbour | At-grade; Hwy 107 eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ "Highway 107 in Nova Scotia" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Annual Report of the Department of Highways for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1973. Halifax: Nova Scotia Department of Highways. 1973. p. 13.
Work was started on the first section of Highway 107, extending from Little Salmon Bridge outside Dartmouth to the Minesville Road in Preston, a distance of 3.0 miles.
- ^ Annual Report. Nova Scotia Department of Highways. 1976. p. 10.
Work started several years ago on this new highway on the Eastern Shore of Halifax County. The first three-mile section was paved and opened to traffic from a point outside Dartmouth to the Minesville Road in Preston. Grading work was continued as far as Lake Echo and two bridges were built across the lake.
- ^ Annual report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1987. Nova Scotia Department of Transportation. 1987. p. 14.
- ^ Annual report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1986. Nova Scotia Department of Transportation. 1986. p. 14.
One section, from Trunk 7 at Westphal to the Montague Road, was completed and opened to traffic. The remaining section, from the Montague Road to Highway 118 at Porto Bello, was near completion, with expected opening of the entire bypass to be in the summer of 1986.
- ^ Traffic Study for Highway 107 Phase 1 – Burnside to Sackville (PDF). Province of Nova Scotia (Report). Genivar. February 2011.
- ^ Highway Engineering Services (February 2019). Sackville-Bedford-Burnside Connector Highway (Highway 107 Extension) (jpg) (Map). Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
