Newfoundland and Labrador Route 516
 Route 516 | ||||
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| Cartwright Highway | ||||
 Route 516 highlighted in pink | ||||
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| Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 94 km (58 mi) | |||
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| South end |  Route 510 (Trans-Labrador Highway) at Cartwright Junction | |||
| North end | Cartwright | |||
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| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
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Route 516, also known as Cartwright Highway, is a 94-kilometre-long (58 mi) north–south highway in southeastern Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It connects the town of Cartwright, along with the community of Paradise River, with the Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 510) at Cartwright Junction. The highway passes through remote, wooded, and hilly terrain for its entire length.[1] The road is unpaved. Cell phone reception along Route 516 is severely limited.
Route description
Route 516 begins at an intersection with Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 510) at Cartwright Junction and heads northward through remote, hilly, and wooded terrain for the next several kilometres. It crosses the Paradise River before meeting a local road leading to the community of the same name. This aforementioned intersection is located at the site of the former Paradise River Airport. The highway then parallels the eastern shore of Sandwich Bay for several kilometres, where it passes by Cartwright Airport, before entering the Cartwright town limits. Route 516 comes to an end at an intersection between Point Road and Main Road in downtown Cartwright near the harbour.
History
Phase II of the Trans-Labrador Highway involved completion of highway north to Cartwright from Red Bay, and was opened in 2002. Although the entire route was initially designated as Route 510, upon completion of Phase III, the northern 94 km (58 mi) from Cartwright Junction was designated as Route 516.
Major intersections
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Cartwright Junction | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 510 (Trans-Labrador Highway) – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Charlottetown, Port Hope Simpson | Southern terminus | |
| | 50.8 | 31.6 | Paradise River Road - Paradise River | ||
| | 87.6 | 54.4 |  Cartwright Airport (not a scheduled destination)[2] | Access road into airport | |
| Cartwright | 94 | 58 | Point Road / Main Road | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ "Route 516" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ "Air Labrador Route Map". Archived from the original on 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-03-01.