Route 103 is a

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, running from

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to Florenceville along the west bank of the Saint John River, a distance of 42 kilometres. Route 103 begins at the interchange between the

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and Route 555 and passes the eastern terminus of Route 95, where it connects the interchange to downtown Woodstock and

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via the Houlton Road. The route turns north along Main Street, following the Saint John River bank. At

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, a feeder road off Route 103 leads to the longest

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in the world, connecting to the town of Hartland. The route ends at an intersection with Route 110 in Florenceville. Until 2003, Route 103 began south of Woodstock at a former Trans-Canada intersection at Bulls Creek, but with a new twinned section of the highway opening and a small part of Route 2 being abandoned, Route 103 was shortened to end in Woodstock. A new highway, Route 165, now uses the former Trans-Canada from

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to Bulls Creek and the former Route 103 routing to downtown Woodstock.

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New Brunswick provincial highways Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)

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