Route 513, also known as St. Lewis Highway, is a 32.9-kilometre-long (20.4 mi) east–west highway in southeastern Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It connects the town of St. Lewis with the Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 510). Route 513 passes through remote wooded terrain for its entire length, with no other major intersections or communities along the entire highway.[1] The road is unpaved.
Route 513 | ||||
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| St. Lewis Highway | ||||
 Route 513 highlighted in purple | ||||
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| Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 32.9 km (20.4 mi) | |||
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| West end |  Route 510 (Trans-Labrador Highway) near Mary's Harbour | |||
| East end | St. Lewis | |||
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| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
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Route description edit
Route 513 begins at an intersection with Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 510) along the banks of the Alexis River, just north of that highway's crossing over the river. It heads eastward as an unpaved gravel road through remote wooded terrain for several kilometres to enter the town limits and immediately passes by the former Fox Harbour Air Station. The highway now winds its way through downtown, where it meets a local road leading to St. Lewis (Fox Harbour) Airport (which provides access a trail leading to the now abandoned community of Deepwater Creek). Route 513 curves to the south to pass through neighbourhoods before coming to a dead end along the coastline. At the end of the road, there is a sign stating that this is the easternmost point on the North American mainland that can be driven to.
Major intersections edit
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 510 (Trans-Labrador Highway) – Charlottetown, Port Hope Simpson, Mary's Harbour, Lodge Bay | Western terminus | |
| St. Lewis | 29.9 | 18.6 | Fox Harbour Air Station access road | ||
| 31.4 | 19.5 | Airport Hill Road -  St. Lewis (Fox Harbour) Airport (not a scheduled destination)[2] | Access road into airport; provides access to trail leading to Deepwater Creek | ||
| 32.9 | 20.4 | Dead End | Eastern terminus; easternmost point in mainland North America that can be driven to. | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References edit
- ^ Google (March 18, 2020). "Route 513" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ "Air Labrador Route Map". Archived from the original on 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-03-01.