# Nova Scotia Highway 101

Highway 101 is an east-west highway in Nova Scotia that runs from Bedford to Yarmouth.
The highway follows a 310 km (190 mi) route along the southern coast of the Bay of Fundy through the Annapolis Valley, the largest agricultural district in the province. Between its western terminus at Yarmouth to Weymouth, the highway is 2-lane controlled access. Between Weymouth and Digby, the highway reverts to a 2-lane local road. From Digby to Grand Pre, the highway is 2-lane controlled access. From the Gaspereau River crossing near Grand Pre to 3 km west of Exit 6 (Falmouth) the highway is a 4-lane freeway. Heading east the highway is 2-lane controlled access until Exit 5 (Trunk 14). From Three Mile Plains to its eastern terminus at Bedford, the highway is a 4-lane freeway. Some of the 2-lane controlled access sections of the highway are 3 or 4 lanes, with the addition of passing lanes. One section of the 4-lane freeway near Hantsport is a short 5-lane (3 lanes westbound) section for about 2 km due to previous road configuration for a passing lane due to a steep hill. Similar to Highway 103, kilometre markers increase run west-to-east, increasing from Yarmouth to Bedford; however, exit numbers run east-to-west, increasing from Bedford to Yarmouth.
The provincial government named the highway the Harvest Highway on 7 December 2008 to recognize the important contributions of farmers in Nova Scotia.

## History

Background
In the late 1950s, the demand for limited access arterials in Nova Scotia became evident due to congestion on trunk routes such as Highway 1, which led to the development of the 100-series highway system.
Construction
Highway 101 was developed in non-contiguous sections with the first parts, between Bedford and Upper Sackville, and between Windsor and Avonport, built in the early 1960s, before the 100-series highways were named. Due to the lack of numerical designation, these short sections were generally referred to as bypasses. In the late 1960s, sections between Mount Uniacke and Windsor, as well as between Avonport and Coldbrook began development and opened in 1970. Further demand saw the construction of segments through the Annapolis Valley, Digby and Yarmouth counties in the 1970s–1990s. The highway was built to provide a modern limited-access route between Halifax and Yarmouth, and the many towns and villages in the corridor.
Twinning
The first section of Highway 101 to be twinned was between Bedford and Lower Sackville, which was completed in the late 1970s. By the early 1990s, the highway was divided from Bedford to Mount Uniacke, and in 2004 twinning to Windsor was completed. The posted speed limit on most twinned segments is 110km/h. As of 2023, Highway 101 is twinned from Bedford to Avonport, with the exception of the Windsor Causeway which is still under construction. Nearly all other sections are 2 lane, undivided highways with occasional passing lanes and a posted speed limit of 100km/h.
Future
Highway twinning is expected to Coldbrook within the foreseeable future, as well as most new developments seeing design which accommodates future twinning.
There is a proposed exit for Cambridge, Kings County, Nova Scotia, which would provide access to Trunk 1 in the current 15-kilometre gap between exits 14 and 15. The proposed interchange would be a diamond configuration with roundabouts and an overpass to accommodate future twinning of Highway 101. A controlled-access collector road is proposed to connect the interchange with Trunk 1 to the South at a roundabout, Annapolis Valley First Nation at the interchange, and Brooklyn Street to the North.

## Exit list

| County | Location | km | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
| Halifax | Bedford | 0.0– 1.1 | 0.0– 0.68 | | Trunk 1 east (Bedford Highway) to Trunk 2 / Trunk 7 – Bedford, Dartmouth | Hwy 101 eastern terminus; roadway continues as Trunk 1 |
| Halifax | Bedford | 0.0– 1.1 | 0.0– 0.68 | 1G/H | Hwy 102 – Halifax International Airport, Truro, Halifax | Signed as exits 1G (south) and 1H (north); exits 4A/B on Hwy 102 |
| Halifax | Bedford | 0.0– 1.1 | 0.0– 0.68 | 1F | Bedford Bypass (Trunk 33 east) to Trunk 7 east – Dartmouth | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance |
| Halifax | Lower Sackville | 0.0– 1.1 | 0.0– 0.68 | 1K | Trunk 1 west (Cobequid Road) – Lower Sackville | Westbound exit, eastbound entrance |
| Halifax | Lower Sackville | 4.4 | 2.7 | 2 | Route 354 (Beaver Bank Road) – Lower Sackville, Middle Sackville | |
| Halifax | Middle Sackville | 7.2 | 4.5 | 2A | To Trunk 1 (Margeson Drive) – Upper Sackville, Middle Sackville, Lower Sackville | Interchange opened in 2011 |
| Hants | ​ | 16.2 | 10.1 | 3 | Trunk 1 – Mount Uniacke, Upper Sackville | |
| Hants | St. Croix | 38.1 | 23.7 | 4 | Trunk 1 to Route 215 – St. Croix, Newport, Ellershouse | |
| Hants | ​ | 44.9 | 27.9 | 5 | Trunk 14 to Trunk 1 / Route 215 – Windsor, Chester, Three Mile Plains, Rawdon | |
| Hants | Windsor | 47.3 | 29.4 | 5A | Wentworth Road | |
| Hants | Windsor | 49.4 | 30.7 | 6 | To Trunk 1 – Windsor Downtown | |
| Hants | Falmouth | 51.1 | 31.8 | 7 | To Trunk 1 – Falmouth | |
| Hants | Hantsport | 57.3 | 35.6 | 8 | To Trunk 1 – Hantsport, Mount Denson | |
| Kings | Glooscap First Nation | 61.2 | 38.0 | 8A | To Trunk 1 (Ben Jackson Road) – Hantsport, Lockhartville | Opened in 2009 |
| Kings | Avonport | 65.6 | 40.8 | 9 | Trunk 1 east – Avonport, West Brooklyn | East end of Trunk 1 concurrency |
| Kings | Grand Pré | 68.2 | 42.4 | 10 | Trunk 1 west – Grand Pré, Hortonville, Wolfville | West end of Trunk 1 concurrency; westbound access to Wolfville |
| Kings | Greenwich | 77.3 | 48.0 | 11 | To Trunk 1 / Route 358 – Greenwich, Port Williams, Canning, Wolfville | Eastbound access to Wolfville |
| Kings | New Minas | 80.3 | 49.9 | 11A | To Trunk 1 (Granite Drive) – New Minas | Opened December, 2018 |
| Kings | New Minas | 83.5 | 51.9 | 12 | To Trunk 1 – New Minas, Kentville | |
| Kings | North Alton | 87.6 | 54.4 | 13 | Trunk 12 – Kentville, North Alton, South Alton, New Ross | Westbound access to Kentville |
| Kings | Coldbrook | 91.3 | 56.7 | 14 | Trunk 1 – Coldbrook, Cambridge, Waterville, Kentville | Eastbound access to Kentville |
| Kings | Berwick | 105.9 | 65.8 | 15 | Route 360 – Berwick, Harbourville, Cambridge | |
| Kings | ​ | 114.2 | 71.0 | 16 | Victoria Harbour Road – Aylesford, Auburn, Morden | |
| Kings | Kingston | 123.5 | 76.7 | 17E | Bishop Mountain Road – Kingston, Greenwood | Westbound exit, eastbound entrance |
| Kings | Kingston | 125.2 | 77.8 | 17W | Marshall Road – Kingston, Greenwood | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance |
| Annapolis | Middleton | 133.2 | 82.8 | 18A | To Trunk 1 / Trunk 10 / Route 362 – Middleton, Nictaux Falls, Margaretsville | Westbound exit, eastbound entrance; westbound access to Trunk 10 / Route 362 |
| Annapolis | Middleton | 136.5 | 84.8 | 18 | To Trunk 1 / Trunk 10 / Route 362 – Middleton, Brickton, Mount Hanley, Nictaux Falls, Margaretsville | Eastbound access to Trunk 10 / Route 362 |
| Annapolis | ​ | 145.2 | 90.2 | 19 | To Trunk 1 – Lawrencetown, Clarence, Port Lorne | |
| Annapolis | Bridgetown | 156.3 | 97.1 | 20 | Trunk 1 (Evangeline Trail) – Bridgetown, Upper Granville, Paradise | |
| Annapolis | Bridgetown | 156.7 | 97.4 | Crosses the Annapolis River | Crosses the Annapolis River | Crosses the Annapolis River |
| Annapolis | ​ | 161.0 | 100.0 | 21 | To Route 201 – Bridgetown, Centrelea, Tupperville | |
| Annapolis | ​ | 182.2 | 113.2 | 22 | Trunk 8 north to Trunk 1 / Route 201 – Lequille, Granville Ferry, Annapolis Royal | |
| Annapolis | ​ | 196.2 | 121.9 | 23A | Cornwallis, Clementsport, Clemenstvale | |
| Annapolis | ​ | 200.6– 201.9 | 124.6– 125.5 | 23 | Trunk 1 east – Deep Brook, Cornwallis, Clementsport | East end of Trunk 1 concurrency |
| Annapolis–Digby county boundary | ​ | 202.6 | 125.9 | Crosses the Bear River | Crosses the Bear River | Crosses the Bear River |
| Digby | ​ | 203.2 | 126.3 | 24 | Trunk 1 west – Smith's Cove, Bear River | West end of Trunk 1 concurrency |
| Digby | Joggin Bridge | 207.4 | 128.9 | 25 | Trunk 1 east – Bear River, Smith's Cove, Lansdowne | East end of Trunk 1 concurrency |
| Digby | Joggin Bridge | 207.8 | 129.1 | Joggin Bridge crosses The Joggins/Big Joggins (Annapolis Basin) | Joggin Bridge crosses The Joggins/Big Joggins (Annapolis Basin) | Joggin Bridge crosses The Joggins/Big Joggins (Annapolis Basin) |
| Digby | Digby | 210.2 | 130.6 | 26 | Route 303 north to Route 217 – Digby, Saint John Ferry | |
| Digby | ​ | 233.9 | 145.3 | 27 | Trunk 1 west to Route 340 – Weymouth, Weymouth Falls, Weymouth North, Fort Point | At-grade; west end of Trunk 1 concurrency |
| Digby | New Edinburgh | 236.7 | 147.1 | Crosses the Sissiboo River | Crosses the Sissiboo River | Crosses the Sissiboo River |
| Digby | St. Bernard | 240.4 | 149.4 | 28 | Trunk 1 to Route 340 – Weymouth, St. Bernard, Belliveaus Cove, Grosses Coques, Church Point | |
| Digby | ​ | 255.3 | 158.6 | 29 | To Trunk 1 – Concession, Comeauville, Church Point, Little Brook, Saulnierville | |
| Digby | ​ | 270.7 | 168.2 | 31 | To Trunk 1 – Meteghan, St. Alphonse de Clare, Mavillette, Meteghan River, Saulnierville | |
| Digby | Salmon River | 283.1 | 175.9 | 32 | To Trunk 1 – Salmon River, Mavillette, Hectanooga | |
| Yarmouth | ​ | 291.4 | 181.1 | 33 | To Trunk 1 – Port Maitland, Darling's Lake, Beaver River | |
| Yarmouth | Hebron | 301.4 | 187.3 | 34 | Route 340 to Trunk 1 – South Ohio, Hebron, Yarmouth | |
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth | 308.5 | 191.7 | | Trunk 3 (Starrs Road) to Hwy 103 / Trunk 1 – Arcadia, Yarmouth | At-grade; Hwy 101 western terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition |||||||