Route 204, also known as Southwest Arm Road, is a east–west highway on the island of
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population ...
in the province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the populatio ...
. It connects the communities along the southern shore of the
Southwest Arm
Southwest Arm is an inlet of Random Sound, Trinity Bay, in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Southwest Arm is bordered by a number of small communities called outports. On the north side of the arm are Ivany's Cove, Hillview, Hatchet Cove, and ...
of
Trinity Bay with the
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (Canadian French, French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the A ...
(
Route 1
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) at
North West Brook. It is a very curvy two-lane highway traversing very hilly terrain for its entire length.
Route description
Route 204 begins at an intersection with
Route 1
The following highways are numbered 1.
For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads.
For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads.
For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads.
For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads.
For roads numbered S ...
(
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (Canadian French, French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the A ...
) in
North West Brook and it heads north to pass through downtown and have an intersection with Harbour Drive, which provides access to
Ivany's Cove. The highway now curves to the east and begins winding its way along the southern shore of Southwest Arm, with the road passing through the communities of
Queen's Cove,
Long Beach
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...
,
Hodge's Cove,
Caplin Cove
Caplin Cove ( ) is a small community on the north shore of Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is surrounded on the north by Subdivision 1G, Newfoundland and Labrador#Low Point, Low Point near the end of the Bay de Verde Pen ...
,
Little Heart's Ease, and
Butter Cove, where it has two intersections with a local road that loops through
Gooseberry Cove. Route 204 now makes a sharp left turn and heads northward for a few kilometres before entering
Southport
Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...
and coming to a dead end in a neighbourhood just past the town's harbour.
Major intersections
References
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Year 204 ( CCIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cilo and Flavius (or, less frequently, year 957 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 204 for th ...
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