Nova Scotia Highway 105

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Highway 105 in Nova Scotia represents the Cape Breton Island leg of the Trans-Canada Highway. It runs from the east end of the Canso Causeway in Port Hastings to the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, representing a distance of 142 kilometres (88 miles).

The highway travels northeast from Port Hastings along the base of a group of mountains known as Big Ridge to Whycocomagh. It then follows the north shore of Bras d'Or Lake, bypassing Baddeck on a controlled access segment. Still running in a general northeast direction, the highway ascends and decends a number of hills, before reaching the peak of Kellys Mountain. Highway 105 decends using a series of sharp turns, and crosses Great Bras d'Or on the Seal Island Bridge. The road then runs east through the villages of Bras d'Or and Florence, and has controlled access for the final three kilometres to its end at the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, where travellers can continue to Newfoundland.

With some minor exceptions, the highway is two lanes and uncontrolled access, with some traffic lights in the Florence area.

The Cabot Trail, which is usually used to describe a different road, is signed along a portion of Highway 105 so that the signed route forms a loop.

Highway 105 is decended from the former Trunk Highway 5, which no longer exists. The 105 name was applied in 1970.

List of interchanges

Location	Exit	km	Intersecting Roads	Notes
Port Hastings	1	0	Route 4, Route 19, Canso Causeway
Kingsville	2	18	Riverside Road	at-grade
Melford	3	31	River Denys Road	at-grade
Iron Mines	4	42	Orangedale Road	at-grade
Whycocomagh [link]	5	47	Route 395	at-grade
Little Narrows	6	58	Route 223	at-grade
Buckwheat Corner	7	76	Cabot Trail	at-grade
Baddeck	8	83	Route 205	at-grade
Baddeck	9	85	Riverside Road
MacAulays Hill	10	94	Route 205	at-grade
South Haven	11	103	Cabot Trail	at-grade
Englishtown	12	107	Route 312	at-grade
Big Bank	13	120	Kempt Head Road	at-grade, end of Seal Island Bridge
Boularderie East	14	122	Old Route 5	at-grade
New Dominion	15	126	St. James Road	at-grade
Millville	16	132	Millville Road	at-grade
Bras dOr	17	135	Highway 162	at-grade
Bras d'Or / Florence	18	136	Route 305 / Church Road	at-grade
Florence	19	138	Park Road	at-grade
Sydney Mines	20	139	Highway 125 / Main Street
North Sydney	21	142	Route 305 (Queen Street)

External links

• [Mile By Mile: Nova Scotia Provincial Highway 105 Travel Guide - Junction of Exit #11 East Cabot Trail to North Sydney]