Summary
Route 20 is a 30.2-kilometre-long (18.8 mi) provincial highway in Newfoundland and Labrador, extending from St. John's to the towns of Torbay, Flatrock, Shoe Cove, Pouch Cove, and the point of Cape St. Francis. Route 20 is located entirely on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland.
Route 20 | ||||
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| Torbay Road, Torbay Bypass, Pouch Cove Highway, Main Road | ||||
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| Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 30.2 km (18.8 mi) | |||
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| South end |  Route 30 / Kenna’s Hill in St. John's | |||
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| North end | Cape St. Francis | |||
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| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
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Route description edit
The road begins in the east end of St. John's, where Kenna's Hill forks into two branches: Torbay Road (Route 20) and Logy Bay Road (Route 30).
Within the city of St. John's, Torbay Road is both a major arterial road and a significant commercial area, with many strip malls as well as the Torbay Road Mall and, north of the Trans-Canada Highway, the Stavanger Drive big-box retail area. The road is heavily travelled in the mornings and evenings as workers commute into and out of the city. At a point approximately 7 kilometres north of its southern terminus, Torbay Road continues northerly through the community of Torbay, while Route 20 transfers onto the Torbay Bypass. Completed in late 2011,[1] the two-lane bypass diverts around Torbay, with access to the major intersecting roads of Indian Meal Line and Bauline Line; prior to its construction, the highway number continued through the centre of Torbay along Torbay Road.
About 7 kilometres further north near Flatrock, Torbay Road and the Torbay Bypass reunite; both road names end at that point, while the highway number continues northerly for 9.6 kilometres under the name Pouch Cove Highway to the community of Pouch Cove, where it becomes Main Road and continues for 5.5 kilometres to the highway's northern terminus at the Cape St. Francis lighthouse in Biscayan Cove.[2]
Major intersections edit
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| St. John's | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 30 north (Logy Bay Road) – Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Kenna's Hill - Downtown | Southern terminus of Route 20 and Route 30; Y-Intersection; road continues south as Kenna's Hill | |
| 1.5 | 0.93 | The Parkway (Macdonald Drive) | |||
| 3.5– 3.9 | 2.2– 2.4 |  Route 1 (TCH) west (Outer Ring Road) – Mount Pearl, Clarenville | Exit 48 A/B on Route 1 eastbound; no access to eastbound Route 1 from Route 20; no access to Route 20 from Route 1 westbound | ||
| Torbay | 6.9 | 4.3 | Torbay Road To Route 30 south (Middle Cove Road) – Torbay, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | Route 20 begins following the Torbay Bypass | |
| 9.5 | 5.9 | Indian Meal Line (Route 20-16) - Torbay, Portugal Cove–St. Philip's | |||
| 11.4 | 7.1 |  Route 21 north (Bauline Line) – Bauline | Southern terminus of Route 21 | ||
| 14.6 | 9.1 | Torbay Road - Torbay | Route 20 begins following Pouch Cove Highway | ||
| Pouch Cove | 24.2 | 15.0 | Pouch Cove Line (Route 20-19) - Bauline | ||
| Biscayan Cove | 30.2 | 18.8 | Dead End at Cape St. Francis Lighthouse | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Torbay bypass open". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador. November 21, 2011.
- ^ Google (January 2, 2020). "Route 20" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 2, 2020.