Nova Scotia Highway 107
Highway 107 in Nova Scotia runs through the eastern suburbs of the Halifax Regional Municipality, from Bedford, Nova Scotia to an intersection with Trunk 7 in Musquodoboit Harbour. It is long.
Route description
The highway begins in Bedford at Highway 102, travels southeast to the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth, then continues east to an interchange with Highway 118. From there, it continues southeast to an intersection of Main Street in Dartmouth and Trunk 7 in Westphal. The highway then travels east, concurrent with Trunk 7, through the Sunset Acres neighbourhood in Westphal and the community of Cherry Brook for about. Near Preston, Highway 107 and Trunk 7 split, and Highway 107 continues eastward as a controlled access two-lane highway for the remainder of its route. The highway travels past the communities of Preston, Lake Echo, Porters Lake and Head of Chezzetcook before reaching its eastern terminus with Trunk 7 west of Musquodoboit Harbour.History
Dartmouth to Musquodoboit Harbour section
Construction of the highway began in 1972/73. The first segment, running from Trunk 7 to Mineville Road, opened to traffic during the 1975/76 fiscal year. At that time a further extension of the road, across Lake Echo, was under construction.Grading work for the final segment from Head of Chezzetcook to Musquodoboit Harbour began in 1986/87.The highway was completed to Musquodoboit Harbour in 1991.
Dartmouth Bypass / Forest Hills Extension
The section of Highway 107 between Trunk 7 and Highway 118 has also been known as the Dartmouth Bypass, or Forest Hills Extension. The first section of the bypass opened to traffic in 1985/86. The remaining section, connecting to Highway 118, opened in 1986/87.A short extension to Akerley Boulevard in the Burnside Industrial Park was constructed in the early 1990s.
Twinning of the section between Burnside and a point southeast of Exit 14 began in 2024 and is expected to be completed in 2028/29.