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Encyclopedia > Nova Scotia provincial highway 125

Highway 125 is a 30 km long controlled-access highway located in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... | TotalArea = 55,283 | LandArea = 53,338 | WaterArea = 1,946 | PercentWater = 3. ... {{Hide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Unhide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Fortuna Non Mutat Genus (Circumstances Do Not Change Our Origin) City Symbol: Cape Breton Sloop Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada location. ...


Part of the provincial 100-series arterial highway network, Highway 125 encircles the west side of Sydney Harbour, from an interchange with Highway 105 (the Trans-Canada Highway) at Sydney Mines to Highway 4 (Grand Lake Road) at Sydney. Highway 105 in Nova Scotia represents the Cape Breton Island leg of the Trans-Canada Highway. ... Example of Trans-Canada Highway marker shield. ... Sydney, Nove Scotia, on Cape Breton Island Sydney is a community in Nova Scotia, Canada, and is located on its namesake harbour. ...


The northern 1/3 of the highway was upgraded during the late 1990s and early 2000s from a Super-2 to a twinned 4-lane expressway. Particularly problematic was the fact that the highway passes in close proximity to Pottle Lake, the water supply reservoir for North Sydney, which required installation of pollution control monitoring and containment systems. Approximately 6 km of the highway near its mid-point is currently slated for similar upgrading. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining a similar mindset. ... Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U. S. presidential election (November 7-December 13, 2000) September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ... A super-2 is a two-lane freeway-standard road, usually without a median barrier. ... An expressway is a divided highway, usually 4 lanes or wider in size, where direct access to adjacent properties has been eliminated. ... North Sydney, Nova Scotia North Sydney is a town on the Eastern Coast of Cape Breton Island, is part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (Since amalgamation in 1995). ...


In 2002 a connector road was built from the Grand Lake Road interchange which gives access to the port of Sydney at the former Sydney Steel Corporation property. 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sydney Steel Corporation (SYSCO) is a Crown corporation in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ...


Interchanges from south to north

Exit number* Intersecting Roads Direction
1 Highway 105 East Northbound
2 Johnston Rd.; King St. Northbound, Southbound
3 Highway 223 West, Bras D'Or Lakes Scenic Dr.; Highway 305, Seaview Dr. Northbound, Southbound
4 Highway 239 North, Point Edward Connector. Northbound, Southbound
5 Sydport Access Rd. Northbound, Southbound
6 Highway 4, Kings Rd. Northbound, Southbound
7 Highway 327, Alexandra St., Gabrius Hwy. Northbound, Southbound
8 Highway 22, George St., Louisbourg hwy. Northbound, Southbound
8A** Grand Lake Rd. Northbound, Southbound
8B** Cow Bay Rd. Northbound, Southbound
9 Highway 4 East, Grand Lake Rd. Southbound

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Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1983 words)
Cape Breton Regional Municipality(46°09′ N 60°10′ W, AST), or CBRM as it is commonly known, is a regional municipality in the province of Nova Scotia.
Highway 125 is currently being upgraded from 2-lane limited access to a 4-lane expressway.
Highway 4 is currently scheduled to be upgraded to a 4-lane expressway on the southern shore of Bras d'Or Lake from its interchange with Highway 125 in CBRM to the Canso Causeway; construction is estimated to be complete in the 2010s.
Nova Scotia Lighthouses (13627 words)
Nova Scotia has an extraordinary length of coastline compared to its area, so it's not surprising that it has a large number of lighthouses, more than 150 of them.
The northeastern part of Nova Scotia is a large island, Cape Breton Island, separated from the mainland by the narrow Strait of Canso.
Nova Scotia's tallest lighthouse marks the southern tip of the province and guards the entrance to the Bay of Fundy.
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