Newfoundland and Labrador Route 516
{{Short description|Road in Canada}}
{{Infobox road
|province=NL
|type=NL
|route=516
|alternate_name=Cartwright Highway
|map=Labrador Provincial Routes.jpg
|map_notes=Route 516 highlighted in pink
|maint=Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
|length_km=94
|length_ref=
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|province=NL|NL|510|name1=Trans-Labrador Highway}} at Cartwright Junction
|junction=
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b=Cartwright
|previous_type=NL
|previous_route=514
|next_type=NL
|next_route=520
}}
Route 516, also known as Cartwright Highway, is a {{convert|94|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} north–south highway in southeastern Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It connects the town of Cartwright, along with the community of Paradise River, with the Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 510) at Cartwright Junction. The highway passes through remote, wooded, and hilly terrain for its entire length.{{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/search/Newfoundland+and+Labrador+516,+Cartwright,+NL,+Canada/@53.7067784,-57.0206677,13z|title=Route 516|access-date=March 18, 2020}} The road is unpaved. Cell phone reception along Route 516 is severely limited.
Route description
File:Labrador - panoramio (1).jpg
Route 516 begins at an intersection with Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 510) at Cartwright Junction and heads northward through remote, hilly, and wooded terrain for the next several kilometres. It crosses the Paradise River before meeting a local road leading to the community of the same name. This aforementioned intersection is located at the site of the former Paradise River Airport. The highway then parallels the eastern shore of Sandwich Bay for several kilometres, where it passes by Cartwright Airport, before entering the Cartwright town limits. Route 516 comes to an end at an intersection between Point Road and Main Road in downtown Cartwright near the harbour.
History
{{see also|Trans-Labrador Highway}}
Phase II of the Trans-Labrador Highway involved completion of highway north to Cartwright from Red Bay, and was opened in 2002. Although the entire route was initially designated as Route 510, upon completion of Phase III, the northern {{convert|94|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Cartwright Junction was designated as Route 516.
Major intersections
{{NLinttop|length_ref=}}
{{NLint
|location=Cartwright Junction
|km=0.0
|road={{jct|province=NL|NL|510|name1=Trans-Labrador Highway|city1=Happy Valley-Goose Bay|location2=Charlottetown|city3=Port Hope Simpson}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{NLint
|location=none
|km=50.8
|road=Paradise River Road - Paradise River
|notes=
}}
{{NLint
|location=none
|km=87.6
|road={{jct|province=NL|extra=airport}} Cartwright Airport (not a scheduled destination){{Cite web|url=http://www.airlabrador.com/routes-and-destinations/#|title=Air Labrador Route Map|access-date=2017-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302030055/http://www.airlabrador.com/routes-and-destinations/#|archive-date=2017-03-02|url-status=dead}}
|notes=Access road into airport
}}
{{NLint
|location=Cartwright
|km=94
|road=Point Road / Main Road
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
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