Newfoundland and Labrador Route 408

{{Short description|Highway in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}{{one source|date=July 2017}}

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|province=NL

|type=NL

|route=408

|alternate_name=Cape Ray Road

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|maint=Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure

|length_km=5.9

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|direction_a=South

|terminus_a=Cape Ray Lighthouse

|junction=

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=NL|TCH|1}} near Cape Ray

|established=

|previous_type=NL

|previous_route=407

|next_type=NL

|next_route=410

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Route 408, also known as Cape Ray Road, is a highway on the west coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.{{google maps |url = https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Hwy+408,+Cape+Ray,+NL+A0N+1C0/@47.638791,-59.2867273,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4b65ac699290560d:0x2ad79e620b9ff8a0!8m2!3d47.6379922!4d-59.2852038 |title = |access-date = July 28, 2017 }} The intersection at Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) is located roughly {{convert|17|km|mi}} northeast of Channel-Port aux Basques, a nearly 20-minute drive. Upon entering Route 408, motorists would travel only {{convert|3|km|mi}} before entering its only community, Cape Ray. With a total distance of {{convert|5.9|km|mi}} between Route 1 and its terminus, the Cape Ray Lighthouse, it may hold the distinction of being the shortest provincial route that is not a bypass nor access road. Because of its short length, plus being a rough road, the maximum speed limit is set at 50 km/h.

Near Cape Ray, was a former Canadian National Railway train station known as Red Rocks. It closed down in September 1966, supposedly following completion of the Trans-Canada Highway in Newfoundland.