Nova Scotia Highway 125
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| Highway 125 |
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| South end: |  Image:NSRoute305.PNG Hwy 105 (TCH) / Route 305 near Sydney Mines |
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| North end: |  Trunk 4 in Sydney |
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Highway 125 is a 30 km long controlled-access highway located in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
Part of the provincial 100-series arterial highway network, Highway 125 encircles the west side of Sydney Harbour, from an interchange with Highway 105 (the Trans-Canada Highway) at Sydney Mines to Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road) at Sydney.
The northern third of the highway was upgraded during the late 1990s and early 2000s from a two-lane freeway to a twinned 4-lane freeway. Particularly problematic was the fact that the highway passes in proximity to Pottle Lake, the water supply reservoir for North Sydney, which required installation of pollution control monitoring and containment systems. Approximately 6 km of the highway near its mid-point is currently slated for similar upgrading. As well, the province is completing the planning and design for the twinning of the remaining two-lane section of the highway, between Exit 6 (with Trunk 4/Kings' Rd) and Exit 9 (also with Trunk 4/Grand Lake Rd).
In 2002 a connector road was built from the Grand Lake Road interchange which gives access to the port of Sydney at the former Sydney Steel Corporation property.
In the fall of 2006, an additional interchange was opened at Coxheath Road, offering direct access to the communities of Coxheath, Blacketts Lake, and the Cantley Village subdivision.
[edit] Interchanges from south to north
| Exit number* | Intersecting Roads | Direction | Wikimapia view |
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| 1 | Highway 105, Route 305 (Main Street) | Northbound [1] | [2] |
| 2 | Johnston Road; King Street | Northbound, Southbound | [3] |
| 3 | Route 223 (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive), Route 305 (Seaview Drive) | Northbound, Southbound | [4] |
| 4 | Route 239 (Point Edward Connector) | Northbound, Southbound | [5] |
| 5 | Sydport Access Road | Northbound, Southbound | [6] |
| 5A** | Coxheath Road | Northbound, Southbound | [7] |
| 6 |  Trunk 4 (Kings Road) |
Northbound, Southbound | [8] |
| 7 | Route 327 (Alexandra Street, Gabrius Highway) | Northbound, Southbound | [9] |
| 8 |  Trunk 22 (George Street, Louisbourg Highway (Marconi Trail)) |
Northbound, Southbound | [10] |
| 9 | Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road) |
Southbound | [11] |
- *Exit numbers in Nova Scotia are sequential
- **Opened in October 2006.
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