Trip Planning-Memphis, Tn to Newfoundland, Canada

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Water wings, the blue road is a ? Google works.

 

It's 110 miles further to go through Port Huron Mi. Sounds like alot of extra miles BUT if you add up all the tolls, the out of route miles for Haz-Mat and the traffic running the Canadian side makes sense, PLUS once across the bridge you can run Canadian HOS!

 

To reach Newfie you have to take the Marine Atlantic ferry from North Sidney Nova Scotia. Reservations in advance are a must. Here's the link...

http://www.marine-atlantic.ca/en/index.asp

 

Definitely plan where you're going to park for your HOS breaks - if you're running daylight hours, plan on being off the road very early. Parking is extremely limited in the Northeast.

 

If I were running the trip stateside I'd do this.....

Take I40 to Knoxville, pick up I81 North clear to Scranton PA, take I84 into Mass where you pick up I90 (toll rd). You only need a short stretch here to pick up 290 at Worchester (pronounced wooster) and follow that to 495N. This is the outer bypass for Boston (can get real busy and slow with traffic). Follow 495 to pick up I95N clear through Maine. Short toll sections in NH and southern Maine. Cross into Canada at Houlton Maine/Woodstock New Brunswick.

Pick up Trans Canada (#2) at Woodstock and follow to Truro Nova Scotia (another short toll section over the mountain at Folly Lake. do NOT take the "bypass") Pick up 104 to Cape Breton where you take 105 clear to North Sydney NS. Ferry to Newfie (link I gave you above) to Port aux Basques where #1 will take you clear thru to St Johns.

I'm from "up there" and we ran this route both ways for minimal tolls.

If you choose to run through Ontario/ Quebec; Montreal is the big stumbling block. Aside from the fact that Quebec is French Only (including road signs), Hazmat loads are NOT allowed to run thru the tunnel off the island to join #20. Not kidding, major nono and heavy duty fines. You will need to cross the Champlain bridge (Pont Champlain), which is toll, and catch 20 on the South Shore. Follow 20 clear to Riv de Loup and take 185 into New Brunswick. Pick up #2 TC there and follow as above.

 

Boat ride from North Sydney to Port Aux Basques is 8 hours if all goes well. If the seas come up then time has no limits! Truck drivers automatically get a berth so they can lay down.