Newfoundland and Labrador Route 61

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

{{Infobox road

|province=NL

|type=NL

|route=61

|alternate_name=Foxtrap Access Road

|maint=Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Works

|length_km=8.2

|length_ref=

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|province=NL|TCH|1}} near Foxtrap

|junction={{jct|province=NL|NL|2}} in Foxtrap

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|province=NL|NL|60}} at Foxtrap

|previous_type=NL

|previous_route=60

|next_type=NL

|next_route=62

}}

Route 61, a.k.a. Foxtrap Access Road, is a short access road which connects the Trans-Canada Highway with Foxtrap, part of the town of Conception Bay South.{{google maps |url = https://www.google.ca/maps/search/Newfoundland+and+Labrador+Route+61/@47.46522,-53.0067502,13.29z |title = Overview Map of NL Route 61 |access-date = March 2, 2018 }}

Route description

Route 61 begins at an interchange with Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway, Exit 39) south of town. It heads northwest through rural wooded areas to enter the town limits, and begins passing through neighbourhoods to have an interchange with Route 2 (Peacekeepers Way). The highway now passes by several parks and businesses before coming to an end near the coastline at an intersection with Route 60 (Conception Bay Highway).

Major intersections

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{{NLint

|location=none

|km=0.0

|road={{jct|province=NL|TCH|1|city1=St. John's|city2=Clarenville}}

|notes=Exit 39 on Route 1; southern terminus

}}

{{NLint

|location=Foxtrap

|lspan=2

|km=6.3

|km2=6.4

|road={{jct|province=NL|NL|2|name1=Peacekeepers Way|city1=Holyrood|city2=St. John's}}

|notes=Interchange

}}

{{NLint

|km=8.2

|road={{jct|province=NL|NL|60|name1=Conception Bay Highway|city1=Paradise|city2=Holyrood}}

|notes=Northern terminus

}}

{{jctbtm}}

See also

References

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{{Newfoundland and Labrador highways}}

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