List of former New Brunswick provincial highways
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Until 1965, New Brunswick highways were numbered consecutively from 1 to 42. A massive renumbering led to the current three-tier system. Some changes have taken place to highway numbering since then, and the following numbers are no longer used:
Route 2A—2 sections:
Fredericton-Saint John area—Fredericton to Saint John via Broad Road; Designated as Route 7.
Moncton area—Salisbury to Sackville, via Downtown Moncton, after Moncton Bypass was built in the early 1960s; Designated as Route 6 in 1965 (see below), then Route 106 in 1984.
Route 2B
Route 5 (1927–1981)—Original route now designated as Route 555; Route 5 realigned and renumbered as Route 95.
Route 6 (1927–1965)—Renumbered Route 555; now Route 110
Route 6 (1965–1984)—Designated as Route 106 in 1984.
Route 7 (1927–1965)—renumbered Route 19, now Route 190
Route 9 (1927–1965)—Fredericton to Sussex, later part of Route 2; now part of Route 105 and Route 10.
Route 9 (1965-197?)—Route 1 to Quispamsis; now part of Route 100.
Route 9A
Route 12 (1927–1965)—Newcastle to Chatham (Miramichi region); this section was absorbed as part of route 126 in 1965.
Route 12 (1965–1976)—Fredericton – Lincoln; now designated as part of route 102.
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