Newfoundland and Labrador Route 503

{{short description|Highway in Newfoundland and Labrador}}

{{Infobox road

|province=NL

|type=NL

|route=503

|alternate_name=Grenfell Drive

|map=Labrador Provincial Routes.jpg

|map_notes=Route 503 highlighted in blue

|maint=Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure

|length_km=5.2

|length_ref=

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a=Snow’s Drive / Bowater Drive in Wabush

|junction=

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|province=NL|NL|500|name1=TLH}} in Wabush

|previous_type=NL

|previous_route=500

|next_type=NL

|next_route=510

}}

Route 503, also known as Grenfell Drive, is a {{convert|5.2|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} 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. {{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/NL-503,+Wabush,+NL,+Canada/@52.8994464,-66.8699222,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4c8ab4d25d214c39:0x929d361935def31a|title=Route 503|access-date=January 24, 2020}}

Major intersections

{{NLinttop|length_ref=|location=Wabush}}

{{NLint

|km=0.0

|road=Snow's Drive / Bowater Drive

|notes=Southern terminus

}}

{{NLint

|km=4.3

|road={{jct|province=NL|extra=airport}} Wabush Airport main entrance

|notes=Access road into airport

}}

{{NLint

|km=5.2

|road={{jct|province=NL|NL|500|name1=Trans-Labrador Highway|location1=Fermont|city2=Labrador City|city3=Churchill Falls|city4=Happy Valley-Goose Bay}}

|notes=Northern terminus

}}

{{jctbtm}}

References

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{{Newfoundland and Labrador highways}}

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Category:Labrador

Category:Labrador West