Route 73 | ||||
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| New Harbour Road Back Track Road | ||||
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| Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 19.2 km (11.9 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Route 80 in New Harbour | |||
 Route 75 in Tilton | ||||
| East end |  Route 70 in Tilton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
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Route 73 is a 19.2-kilometre-long (11.9 mi) east–west highway on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. It connects the towns of New Harbour and Spaniard's Bay via Tilton and Route 70. The majority of Route 73 is known as New Harbour Road, except within the town limits of Spaniard's Bay, where it is known as Back Track Road.
Route description
Route 73 begins at an intersection with Route 80 (Trinity Road) in the easternmost part of New Harbour. It heads east through rural wooded terrain for several miles to enter the Spaniard's Bay town limits, and Tilton, to have an interchange with Route 75 (Veterans Memorial Highway). The highway passes through neighbourhoods before coming to an end at an intersection with Route 70 (Conception Bay Highway).[1]
Major intersections
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| New Harbour | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 80 (Trinity Road) – Dildo, Green's Harbour | Western terminus | |
| Tilton | 17.5 | 10.9 | Route 75 (Veterans Memorial Highway) – Bay Roberts, Carbonear | Interchange | |
| 19.2 | 11.9 | Route 70 (Conception Bay Highway/Baccalieu Trail) – Harbour Grace, Spaniard's Bay | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ↑ Google (January 5, 2020). "Route 73" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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