Route 434, also known as Conche Road, is a east–west highway on the
Great Northern Peninsula
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of
Newfoundland
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Newfoundland and Labrador
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. It serves as the only road access to the town of
Conche
file:Conchiermaschine.ogg, upright=1.35, Conche (in the Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum)
Conching is a process used in the manufacture of chocolate whereby a surface scraping mixer and agitator, known as a conche, evenly distributes cocoa butter within ...
, connecting it with the town of
Roddickton and
Route 433 (Englee Highway).
Route 434 is a paved, winding, two-lane road through rural hilly terrain for its entire length. There are no other communities or intersections of any kind along Route 434 other than at its two termini.
In 2016, Route 434 was voted the second Worst Road in
Atlantic Canada
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by the
Canadian Automobile Association
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's Worst Roads list. This was the third time in six years that Route 434 had made the list.
Major intersections
References
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