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Route 215 is collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
Length | 120 km[1] (75 mi) | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Nova Scotia | |||
Counties | Hants | |||
Highway system | ||||
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It is located in Hants County, connecting Shubenacadie at Trunk 2 with Newport Corner at Trunk 1.
Portions of the road are included in the Glooscap Trail and the Fundy Shore Ecotour.
A short portion of the road in the community of Brooklyn is duplexed with Trunk 14.
Geographic regions
editThe road passes through the following geographic regions:
- the Shubenacadie Valley
- the shore of the Bay of Fundy, specifically the southern shore of Cobequid Bay and the Minas Basin
- the lower portion of the Avon Valley as it follows the east bank of the Avon River
Communities
editCommunities in italics are served by the route indirectly.
- Newport Corner
- Brooklyn
- Belmont
- Upper Burlington
- Centre Burlington
- Cogmagun River
- Riverside
- Lower Burlington
- Summerville
- Kempt Shore
- Cheverie
- Bramber
- Cambridge
- Goshen
- Pembroke
- Walton
- East Walton
- Tenecape
- Moose Brook
- Minasville
- Burntcoat
- Noel
- Lake Road
- East Noel
- Northfield
- Densmore Mills
- Noel Shore
- Lower Selma
- Stirling Brook
- Selma
- Maitland
- South Maitland
- Urbania
- Admiral Rock
- Rines Creek
- Shubenacadie
Parks
edit- Caddell Rapids Provincial Park
- Anthony Provincial Park
- Smiley’s Provincial Park
History
editHighway 215 was formerly designated Trunk Highway 15.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 67-68, 80