Newfoundland and Labrador Route 70
Route 70, also known as Roaches Line and Conception Bay Highway, is a north-south highway on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. The highway also carries the designation of Baccalieu Trail for its entire length.Route description
Route 70 begins in Roaches Line at an interchange with Route 75, just a short distance north of Route 1. It heads north through rural wooded to come enter Cupids, where it has an intersection with Route 60 and Route 71, where Route 70 takes on the name Conception Bay Highway from Route 60. The highway begins following the coastline as it passes through South River, Clarke's Beach, and North River before passing through Bay Roberts, where it has an intersection with Route 72. Route 70 now passes through Spaniard's Bay and Tilton, where it has an intersection with Route 73, before winding its way through hilly terrain to pass through Harbour Grace. The highway now travels more inland as it meets the northern end of Route 75 before bypassing Carbonear along its west side. Route 70 now passes through Victoria, where it makes a sharp right at an intersection with Route 74, to turn east and pass through Salmon Cove. It now follows the coastline again and very windy as it passes through Perry's Cove, Kingston, Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove, Western Bay, Ochre Pit Cove, Northern Bay, Gull Island, Burnt Point, Job's Cove, Lower Island Cove, and Caplin Cove. The highway now turns inland again through grasslands to enter Old Perlican and have an intersection with Route 80. Route 70 turns east through rural areas for several kilometres to have intersections with Grates Cove Road and Red Head Cove Road before entering Bay de Verde along Main Road. It winds its way south through town to come to an end at Bay de Verde's harbour.Major intersections
