Weekly Traffic Advisories
NOTE: The projects listed below are planned road and bridge work. For the most up-to-date provincial traffic notices, follow @511ns on X at https://x.com/511ns, call 511 or visit: https://511.novascotia.ca/
CONTINUING WORK
CAPE BRETON REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Campbell Brook Bridge, Sydney
The Campbell Brook Bridge on Keltic Drive is closed for replacement until Friday, July 31.
The detour is via Route 305 to Northwest Arm Road to Route 239 to Route 305. The bridge is closed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
COLCHESTER COUNTY: Barnhill Bridge, Belmont
The Barnhill Bridge on Belmont Road, located between Cross Road and Plains Road, will be closed until further notice.
Detour signs are in place.
COLCHESTER COUNTY: Edmund Lynds Bridge, North River
Route 311 south of civic address 1457 and north of civic address 1333, is closed for replacement of the Edmund Lynds Bridge until Monday, November 30.
Traffic travelling south of civic address 1457 will detour via Route 311, Upper Brookside Road, Brookside Road and Mountain Lee Road.
Traffic travelling north of civic address 1333 will detour via Route 311, Mountain Lee Road, Brookside Road and Upper Brookside Road.
Detour signs are in place. This section of Route 311 and the bridge are closed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
COLCHESTER COUNTY: Salmon River Truss Bridge, Truro
The Salmon River Truss Bridge connecting Walker and Main streets will have alternating lane closures for roadwork until Wednesday, September 30.
Work takes place daily from sunrise to sunset; signs and traffic lights are in place.
HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Highway 103, Beechville
Highway 103 from the Beechville CNR overpass westerly to Exit 3 will have alternating lane closures for road maintenance and bridge work most nights until Monday, August 31.
Work begins at 7 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and ends at 6 a.m. the next day.
HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Highway 107 Twinning
Highway 107 from Burnside to Lake Loon will have temporary closures for blasting that is required for twinning. The closures will be 10 minutes long, and there will be up to two per day between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Work takes place Monday to Friday until Thursday, July 30. Traffic control and signs are in place.
HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY – Route 357, Musquodoboit Harbour
Route 357 in Musquodoboit Harbour has alternating lane closures, northerly for six kilometres from Trunk 7.
Work takes place Monday to Friday from sunrise to sunset until Monday, June 1. Traffic control and signs are in place.
HANTS COUNTY: Highway 102, Enfield
Highway 102 between Exit 7 and Exit 8 will be reduced to one lane at times both northbound and southbound for construction in the median.
Work takes place from sunrise to sunset until Saturday, October 31.
LUNENBURG COUNTY: Highway 103 Twinning, Hubbards to Chester
Highway 103 from two kilometres west of Exit 6 to four kilometres west of Exit 7 has temporary lane closures for blasting until May 2027.
As part of the same project, Trunk 3 from one kilometre west of the carpool parking lot at Exit 7 to 400 metres east of the lot, has temporary lane closures for blasting until June 2026.
The work in both locations is planned for most weekdays at about 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for about 10 minutes at a time. The eastbound and westbound lanes are both closed during the blasting. Traffic control is in place.
There will not be blasting or lane closures on the following:
- after noon on Fridays
- holidays and days before holidays
- weekends.
PICTOU COUNTY: Highway 106, Pictou
Highway 106 between the Pictou Rotary and the ferry terminal in Caribou is reduced to one lane for about four kilometres for paving until Monday August 31.
Traffic control will be in place. Work will take place Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
PICTOU COUNTY: Moore’s Ford Bridge, River John
The Moore’s Ford Bridge on West Branch Road will be closed until further notice.
The detour is via West Branch Road, College Grant Road and Route 256.
PICTOU COUNTY: Welsford Bridge, River John
The Welsford Bridge on Old Pictou Road is closed until further notice.
The detour is via Old Pictou Road, Allen Road, Trunk 6 and River John Road.
VICTORIA COUNTY: Seal Island Bridge
The Seal Island Bridge is reduced to one lane until Friday, June 5, for the replacement of bridge joints.
Traffic control signals are in place, and the speed limit is reduced.