Newfoundland and Labrador Route 450


Route 450 is a highway in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The highway starts at an interchange at Route 1 in Corner Brook. When approaching O'Connell Drive, motorists can turn left to continue their journey along the route. The route terminates at a cul-de-sac in Lark Harbour.
Route 450 made headlines in Newfoundland in January 2018 when massive rainfall caused flooding on January 13 and created a huge crater causing a large portion in the highway to collapse, thus separating residents in Lark Harbour and York Harbour from the remainder of the island. The impacted portion of the road was reopened to traffic on January 17, 2018.

Route description

Route 450 begins in Corner Brook at an interchange with Route 1, with the road continuing northeast as Massey Drive to the town of the same name. It heads west along the southern edge of the city to have an intersection with Wheelers Road, which provides access to the Grenfell Campus. The highway now heads northwest through neighbourhood/industrial area to have intersections with Mac Donald Brown Drive, Lundrigan Drive, Sunnyslope Drive, O'Connell Drive, before making a sharp left turn at an intersection with Route 450A. Route 450 now passes through the Curling section of town before leaving Corner Brook before winding its along the southern shore of Humber Arm to pass through Mount Moriah, Humber Arm South, and York Harbour, all within the rugged terrain of the Lewis Hills portion of the Long Range Mountains. The highway now enters Lark Harbour and passes by Blow Me Down Provincial Park before passing through town, where it has an intersection with a local road leading to Bottle Cove and Little Port, before the pavement comes to an end at the eastern edge of town.

Attractions along Route 450