Newfoundland and Labrador Route 360
{{short description|Highway in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}
{{Infobox road
|province=NL
|type=NL
|route=360
|alternate_name=Bay d'Espoir Highway
|map=Bay d'Espoir Highway.jpg
|maint=Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
|length_km=204
|length_ref=
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a=Harbour Breton
|junction=
- {{jct|province=NL|NL|364}} north of Harbour Breton
- {{jct|province=NL|NL|362}} west of Pool's Cove
- {{jct|province=NL|NL|365}} east of Morrisville
- {{jct|province=NL|NL|361}} east of Milltown–Head of Bay d'Espoir
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|province=NL|TCH|1}} in Bishop's Falls
|previous_type=NL
|previous_route=352
|next_type=NL
|next_route=361
}}
Route 360, also known as Bay d'Espoir Highway, is a provincial highway in Newfoundland and Labrador. It runs from the Bishop's Falls area to Bay d'Espoir and Harbour Breton. The road is very isolated for at least {{convert|140|km|mi}}, where there are no communities or stops to refuel.{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/opinion/the-road-to-bay-despoir-21109/|publisher=Cape Breton Post|title=The road to Bay d'Espoir|date=4 Aug 2016|accessdate=14 Aug 2022}} Bishop's Falls and Harbour Breton are the only two settlements of any size along the entire length of Route 360,{{cite news |url=https://www.capebretonpost.com/opinion/columnists/touring-newfoundlands-connaigre-peninsula-21191/ |title=Touring Newfoundland's Connaigre Peninsula |date=November 17, 2016 |publisher=Saltwire Network |work=Cape Breton Post |accessdate=October 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707011610/https://www.capebretonpost.com/opinion/columnists/touring-newfoundlands-connaigre-peninsula-21191/ |archive-date=7 July 2019 |url-status=dead}} with other towns and communities being along the other highways it intersects.{{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/NL-360,+Newfoundland+and+Labrador,+Canada/@47.9535313,-55.6132085,9z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4b7113b2da1bedeb:0xc3413f2026a0408a|title=Route 360|access-date=February 23, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/forest-fires-central-nl-1.6530701|publisher= CBC News|title=Bay d'Espoir highway closed after lightning sparks forest fires in central|date=24 Jul 2022|accessdate=14 Aug 2022}}
Cell phone reception along Route 360 is severely limited.{{cite web|url=https://ntv.ca/petition-to-improve-cell-service-on-bay-despoir-highway-gaining-traction/|publisher=NTV News|title=Petition to improve cell service on Bay d'Espoir highway gaining traction|date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825114645/https://ntv.ca/petition-to-improve-cell-service-on-bay-despoir-highway-gaining-traction/ |accessdate=14 Aug 2022|archive-date=2021-08-25 }}{{cite web|url=https://vocm.com/2021/09/20/146263/|publisher=VOCM|title=Petition to Bring Cell Service to Bay d'Espoir Highway Picking Up Steam|date=20 Sep 2021|accessdate=14 Aug 2022}} In 2022, Route 360 was voted the second Worst Road in Atlantic Canada by the Canadian Automobile Association's Worst Roads list.{{cite web|url=https://saltwire.pressreader.com/article/281505049768652|publisher=Cape Breton Post|title=State of disrepair|date=20 Apr 2022|accessdate=14 Aug 2022}}
Route description
Route 360 begins as Southside Drive in Harbour Breton at a dead end along the coast of Fortune Bay. It winds its way west through neighbourhoods before bypassing downtown along Canada Drive. The highway now leaves Harbour Breton and winds its way northward up the entire length of the Connaigre Peninsula to have an intersection with Route 364 (Hermitage River Road). Route 360 heads up the Hermitage River Valley to pass by Hardy's Cove and have an intersection with Route 362 (Belleoram Road) before winding its way through remote, scenic, and hilly terrain for the next several kilometres. The highway now passes by Jipujijkuei Kuespem Provincial Park and has intersections with Route 365 (Conne River Road) and Route 361 (St. Alban's Road), where it crosses the Conne River before heading through remote wilderness for the next {{convert|140|km|mi}}, where the highway crosses the Northwest Gander River. Route 360 now enters the outskirts of Bishop's Falls, where the comes to an end at an intersection with Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway).
Major intersections
File:Bay d'Espoir Highway, Coast of Bays.jpg
{{NLinttop|length_ref=}}
{{NLint
|location=Harbour Breton
|km=0.0
|road=Dead End
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{NLint
|location=none
|km=29.3
|road={{jct|province=NL|NL|364|dir1=south|name1=Hermitage River Road|city1=Hermitage|location2=Seal Cove}}
|notes=Northern terminus of Route 364; provides access to the {{jct|province=NL|extra=ferry}} Gaultois and McCallum Ferry
}}
{{NLint
|location=Hardy's Cove
|km=34.5
|road=Hardy's Cove Road - Hardy's Cove
|notes=
}}
{{NLint
|location=none
|km=42.2
|road={{jct|province=NL|NL|362|dir1=south|name1=Belleoram Road|city1=Pool's Cove|city2=Belleoram}}
|notes=Northern terminus of Route 362; provides access to {{jct|province=NL|extra=ferry}} Rencontre East passenger-service Ferry at Pool's Cove
}}
{{NLint
|location=none
|km=71.1
|road=Jipujijkuei Kuespem Provincial Park main entrance
|notes=Access road into park
}}
{{NLint
|location=none
|km=73.3
|road={{jct|province=NL|NL|365|dir1=south|name1=Conne River Road|city1=Conne River|location2=Miawpukek First Nation}}
|notes=Northern terminus of Route 365
}}
{{NLint
|location=none
|km=77.0
|road={{jct|province=NL|NL|361|dir1=west|name1=St. Alban's Road|city1=Milltown|city2=St. Alban's}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of Route 361
}}
{{NLint
|location=Bishop's Falls
|km=204
|road={{jct|province=NL|TCH|1|city1=Grand Falls-Windsor|city2=Gander}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
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