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{{short description|Highway in Nova Scotia}}
{{Infobox road
|province=NS
|type=Trunk
|route=7
|length_km=272
|length_ref=<ref name="length">{{google maps|title=Nova Scotia Trunk 7 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@45.1053848,-62.4313691,9.7z |access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref>
|alternate_name=
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=NS|Trunk|2}} in [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]]
|junction={{plainlist|
* [[Bedford Bypass]] in [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]]
* {{jct|state=NS|Hwy|111}} in [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]]
* {{Jct|state=NS|Hwy|107}} in [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]]
* {{Jct|state=NS|Hwy|107}} near [[Cherry Brook, Nova Scotia|Cherry Brook]]
* {{Jct|state=NS|Hwy|107}} in [[Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia|Musquodoboit Harbour]]
* {{Jct|state=NS|TCH|104}} in [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia|Antigonish]]}}
|direction_b=Northeast
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=NS|Trunk|4}} in [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia|Antigonish]]
|counties=[[Halifax Regional Municipality]], [[Guysborough County, Nova Scotia|Guysborough]], [[Antigonish County, Nova Scotia|Antigonish]]
|towns=[[Antigonish, Nova Scotia|Antigonish]]
|cities=
|previous_type=Trunk
|previous_route=6
|next_type=Trunk
|next_route=8
}}

'''Nova Scotia Trunk 7''' is part of the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Nova Scotia]]'s system of [[Trunk Road|Trunk Highways]]. The route runs from [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]] to [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia|Antigonish]], along the [[Eastern Shore (Nova Scotia)|Eastern Shore]] for a distance of {{convert|269|km|mi}}.<ref name="length"/> Part of Trunk 7 is known as the [[Marine Drive (Nova Scotia)|Marine Drive]].<ref name="map">{{cite map |title = Nova Scotia Road Map |year = 2019 |scale = 1:640,000 |publisher = Province of Nova Scotia |sections = K-7, K-8, K-9, K-10, J-10, J-11, H-11, G-11  |language = en}}</ref>

==Route description==
[[File:NSRoute7.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Nova Scotia Trunk 7]]

===Bedford===
Historically, Trunk 7 traveled from Main Road (now the [[Bedford Highway]]) to Hatchery Lane to Wardour Drive to Dartmouth Road. The route originally ran for approximately 280 kilometers. It became shorter when a new section between Wardour Drive and the future Bedford Highway was created, concurrently with when Trunk 1 ended in Halifax (until 1970). [[The Chickenburger]] was relocated when the original location was torn down, due to the creation of this new highway section.  Trunk 7 was a two-lane highway between Bedford and Dartmouth until the 1960s.

===Dartmouth===
From Bedford at the intersection of [[Nova Scotia Trunk 2|Trunk 2]], Trunk 7 leaves to the southeast along the eastern shore of the [[Bedford Basin]], then climbs [[Magazine Hill]] next to the [[Canadian Forces]] [[Magazine (artillery)|Magazine]] and enters [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]] on Windmill Road. Through [[Downtown Dartmouth]], it is known as Alderney Drive, which turns into Prince Albert Road past [[Sullivan's Pond]] as it runs along the shore of [[Lake Banook]]. At Grahams Grove Park, Trunk 7 continues through the Micmac Parclo, on to Main Street, past [[Nova Scotia Highway 111|Highway 111]] and to the community of [[Westphal, Nova Scotia|Westphal]], bypassing [[Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia|Cole Harbour]] to the south. Until 1970, Highway 7 ran from Portland Street to Prince Albert Road.<ref>{{cite map |title = Nova Scotia Road Map |year = 2019 |publisher = Province of Nova Scotia |inset=Halifax |language = en}}</ref>

===Eastern Shore===
Just outside [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]], three highways head towards the Eastern Shore: [[Nova Scotia Route 207|Route 207]] leads out of [[Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia|Cole Harbour]], passing the surfing beach at [[Lawrencetown, Halifax County, Nova Scotia|Lawrencetown]]. Near [[Preston, Nova Scotia|Preston]], [[Nova Scotia Highway 107|Route 107]] and Trunk 7 separate. Highway 107 and Trunk 7 continue eastward through the [[African Canadian]] community of East Preston and the [[Exurb|exurban]] communities of [[Lake Echo, Nova Scotia|Lake Echo]], [[Porters Lake, Nova Scotia|Porters Lake]] and [[Head of Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia|Head of Chezzetcook]] to [[Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia|Musquodoboit Harbour]], where [[Nova Scotia Highway 107|Highway 107]] ends.<ref name="map"/>

Trunk 7 continues to the east, twisting along numerous inlets of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] past some of the longest beaches in the province and through almost 300 coastal communities, such as [[Head of Jeddore, Nova Scotia|Head of Jeddore]], [[Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia|Sheet Harbour]], [[Moser River, Nova Scotia|Moser River]], [[Necum Teuch, Nova Scotia|Necum Teuch]] and [[Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia|Ecum Secum]]. There are two junctions in Sheet Harbour with [[Nova Scotia Route 224|Route 224]] and [[Nova Scotia Route 374|Route 374]]. Trunk 7 continues along the coast, passing through [[Port Dufferin, Nova Scotia|Port Dufferin]] and [[Moser River, Nova Scotia|Moser River]]. In [[Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia|Ecum Secum]], Trunk 7 crosses into [[Guysborough County]]. In [[Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia|Sherbrooke]], Trunk 7 crosses the [[St. Mary's River (Nova Scotia)|St. Mary's River]] and turns north, away from the ocean. The route follows the east bank of the river's valley, passing  through [[Melrose, Nova Scotia|Melrose]] and [[Aspen, Nova Scotia|Aspen]]. In [[Lochaber, Nova Scotia|Lochaber]], Trunk 7 crosses into [[Antigonish County]]. Trunk 7 then continues north through [[Salt Springs, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia|Salt Springs]] to its end at [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia|Antigonish]], where it crosses [[Nova Scotia Highway 104|Highway 104]], part of the Trans-Canada Highway network, then terminates at West Street/[[Nova Scotia Trunk 4|Trunk 4]] in Antigonish.<ref name="map"/>

== Major intersections ==
{{NSinttop|length_ref=<ref name="length"/>}}
{{Jctint
|county_special=[[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]]
|cspan=20
|location_special=[[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]]
|lspan=2
|km=0.0
|road={{jct|state=NS|Trunk|2|Trunk|1|Hwy|101|Hwy|102|dir2=west|to2=yes|name1=[[Bedford Highway]]|city1=Lower Sackville|city2=Waverley|city3=Halifax}}
|notes=Trunk&nbsp;7 western terminus
}}
{{NSint
|km=1.7
|type=incomplete
|road={{jctname|state=NS|Trunk|33|dir1=west|Trunk|1|Hwy|101|to2=yes|name1=[[Bedford Bypass]]|noshield1=yes|nolink1=yes|city1=Lower Sackville|city2=Windsor}}
|notes=Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
}}
{{NSint
|location=Dartmouth
|lspan=10
|km=5.0
|road=Akerley Boulevard
|notes={{jct|state=NS|Hwy|107|to1=yes|noshield1=yes}}
}}
{{NSint
|km=6.4
|road={{jctname|state=NS|Route|322|Hwy|111|dir1=east|to2=yes|name1=Victoria Road|location1=[[MacKay Bridge]]|location2=[[Macdonald Bridge]]}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|type=incomplete
|km=7.2
|road={{jct|state=NS|Hwy|111|noshield1=yes|name1=to [[A. Murray MacKay Bridge]]}}
|notes=Passes under Hwy&nbsp;111, no direct access, use Route&nbsp;322
}}
{{NSint
|type=incomplete
|km=10.0
|road=[[Angus L. Macdonald Bridge]]
|notes=Passes under MacDonald Bridge, no direct access, use Wyse Road
}}
{{NSint
|km=10.5
|road=Wyse Road&nbsp;– [[Macdonald Bridge]]
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|km=11.8
|road={{jctname|state=NS|Route|207|dir1=east|name1=Portland Street}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|type=concur
|km=12.0
|road={{jctname|state=NS|Route|322|dir1=east|name1=Pleasant Street}}
|notes=West end of Route&nbsp;322 concurrency
}}
{{NSint
|type=concur
|km=12.0
|road={{jctname|state=NS|Route|322|dir1=west|name1=Ochterloney Street}}
|notes=East end of Route&nbsp;322 concurrency
}}
{{NSint
|km=13.9
|km2=14.5
|road={{jct|state=NS|Hwy|111|to2=yes|Hwy|107|Hwy|118|Route|207|road|Micmac Boulevard|location1=[[Halifax Stanfield International Airport|Airport]]|city2=Cole Harbour|city3=Shearwater|city4=Eastern Passage|extra=airport}}<hr/>{{jct|state=NS|Route|318|dir1=north|name1=Braemar Drive|city1=Waverley}}
|notes=Hwy&nbsp;111 exit&nbsp;6
}}
{{NSint
|type=concur
|km=18.2
|road={{jct|state=NS|Hwy|107|to2=yes|Hwy|118|location1=[[Halifax Stanfield International Airport|Airport]]|city2=Waverley|city3=Truro|extra=airport}}<br/>{{jct|state=NS|Route|207|to1=yes|road|Forest Hills Parkway|city1=Forest Hills|city2=Cole Harbour}}
|notes=West end of Hwy&nbsp;107 concurrency
}}
{{NSint
|location=Cherry Brook
|km=21.2
|road={{jctname|state=NS|Route|328|dir1=south|name1=Ross Road}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|location=none
|type=concur
|km=22.7
|road={{jct|state=NS|Hwy|107|dir1=east|city1=Musquodoboit Harbour|city2=Sheet Harbour}}
|notes=At-grade; east of Hwy&nbsp;107 concurrency; Hwy&nbsp;107 exit&nbsp;17
}}
{{NSint
|location=Porters Lake
|lspan=2
|km=39.5
|road={{jct|state=NS|Hwy|107|to1=yes|road|William Porter Connector|city1=Musquodoboit Harbour|city2=Dartmouth}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|km=39.9
|road={{jct|state=NS|Route|207|dir1=west|city1=West Chezzetcook|city2=Lawrencetown|countydab2=Halifax}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|location=Musquodoboit Harbour
|lspan=2
|km=50.3
|road={{jct|state=NS|Hwy|107|dir1=west|city1=Dartmouth|city2=Halifax}}
|notes=At-grade; Hwy&nbsp;107 eastern terminus
}}
{{NSint
|km=52.9
|road={{jct|state=NS|Route|357|dir1=north|city1=Meaghers Grant|city2=Middle Musquodoboit}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|location=Sheet Harbour
|lspan=2
|km=123.4
|road={{jct|state=NS|Route|224|Route|336|dir1=north|to2=yes|city1=Marinette|location2=[[Musquodoboit Valley]]}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|km=126.9
|road={{jct|state=NS|Route|374|dir1=north|city1=Trafalgar|city2=Stellarton}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|county=Guysborough
|cspan=4
|location_special=[[Stillwater, Guysborough, Nova Scotia|Stillwater]]
|km=210.2
|road={{jct|state=NS|Route|211|dir1=east|city1=Port Bickerton|city2=Country Harbour Ferry|city3=Canso}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|location=Melrose
|km=222.1
|road={{jct|state=NS|Route|348|dir1=north|location1=[[Caledonia (St. Marys), Nova Scotia|Caledonia]]|city2=New Glasgow}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|location=Aspen
|km=238.9
|road={{jct|state=NS|Route|347|dir1=north|city1=Thorburn|city2=New Glasgow}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|location=Lochaber
|km=248.7
|road={{jct|state=NS|Route|276|Route|316|dir1=east|to2=yes|city1=Goshen|city2=Upper South River|city3=Lower South River}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSint
|county=Antigonish
|cspan=2
|location=Antigonish
|lspan=2
|km=277.9
|road={{jct|state=NS|TCH|104|city1=New Glasgow|city2=Cape Breton}}
|notes=Hwy&nbsp;104 exit&nbsp;32
}}
{{NSint
|km=278.2
|road={{jct|state=NS|Trunk|4|city1=New Glasgow|city2=Cape Breton}}<hr/>{{jct|state=NS|Route|245|Route|337|dir1=north|to2=yes|name1=Main Street|city1=Antigonish}}
|notes=Trunk&nbsp;7 eastern terminus; continues as Route&nbsp;245
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete}}

[[Image:Marine Drive trail sign.jpg|100px|right|thumb|Part of the [[Marine Drive (Nova Scotia)|Marine Drive]]]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Portal|Canada|Roads}}
{{Roads in the Halifax Regional Municipality}}
{{NS Roads and Highways}}

[[Category:Nova Scotia provincial highways|007]]
[[Category:Roads in Halifax, Nova Scotia|007]]
[[Category:Roads in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia|007]]
[[Category:Roads in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia|007]]
[[Category:Antigonish, Nova Scotia]]