Route 325 is a collector road in the
Canadian
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province of
Nova Scotia
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. It is located in
Lunenburg County and connects
Colpton at
Route 208 with
Mahone Bay
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at
Trunk 3.
The route originated as a
post road between Halifax and Liverpool, dating from the latter part of the eighteenth century. In 1825, following the construction of a bridge across the Lahave River at present-day
Bridgewater, the surveyor George Wightman recommended a change in the alignment between Mahone Bay and the new bridge. This shortened the route (now more or less equivalent to
Route 332) that required a ferry crossing at
LaHave. The new connection led to the growth of Bridgewater as the main commercial and transportation centre of Lunenburg County.
Communities
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Colpton
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West Clifford
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Bakers Settlement
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Newcombville
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Wileville
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Bridgewater
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Oak Hill
* Whynotts Settlement
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Maitland
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Places
*Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
**City of Maitland, a local government area
* Maitland, South Australia, Australia
* Maitland, Tasmania, Australia
* Maitland, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Maitland, Ontari ...
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Blockhouse
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Mahone Bay
Mahone Bay is a bay on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada along the eastern end of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County. The bay has many islands (potentially 365), and is a popular sailing area. Since 2003 the M ...
Parks
*Cookville Provincial Park
*Maitland Provincial Park
History
The section of Collector Highway 325 between Bridgewater and Mahone Bay was once designated as Trunk Highway 3A.
It served as a shortcut between the two communities, bypassing a section of Trunk Highway 3; it was superseded in importance by
Highway 103.
See also
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List of Nova Scotia provincial highways
This is a list of numbered highways in the province of Nova Scotia.
Arterial (100-series) highways
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References
Map of Nova Scotia
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Year 325 ( CCCXXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Paulinus (or, less frequently, year 1078 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 3 ...
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Year 325 ( CCCXXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Paulinus (or, less frequently, year 1078 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 3 ...
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
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