. This is a 4-lane section at this point in the highway's 903-kilometre length. The following description details the highway from its eastern terminus to its western terminus. Route 1's official eastern terminus is at the interchange with Logy Bay Road in the northeastern part of St. John's, marking the eastern end of the Trans-Canada Highway. The highway begins as a freeway, proceeding west on the Outer Ring Road. Route 1 maintains the name Outer Ring Road, intersecting with
St. John's roads such as Aberdeen Avenue,Torbay Road, Portugal Cove Road, Allandale Road, Team Gushue Highway, Thorburn Road, Topsail Road and Kenmount Road until the interchange with Pitts Memorial Drive, 20 km to the west. Route 1 proceeds in a generally southwestern direction for another 25 km as it follows the southern shore of
Conception Bay (several kilometres inland) until it reaches the interchange with
Route 13 where it turns west and then northwest, continuing for another 29 km on a 4-lane expressway to
Whitbourne where the freeway ends at the interchange with Route 80/81. Route 1 transitions to a 2-lane, controlled access highway and continues northwest from Whitbourne along the isthmus of the
Avalon Peninsula and 188 km north to
Glovertown, bypassing
Clarenville, small communities like
Arnold's Cove,
Goobies and passing through
Terra Nova National Park; park admission is not required to use Route 1. The
Bonavista Peninsula and
Burin Peninsula can be accessed via interchanges near
Clarenville and
Goobies, respectively. From Glovertown, the highway proceeds northwest 182 km to
Badger, bypassing
Gander,
Glenwood.
Lewisporte (about 11 km north on
Route 340),
Norris Arm Bishop's Falls and
Grand Falls-Windsor; Route 1 has a 6 km 4-lane section through Grand Falls-Windsor. As of August 2008, there are no gas stations along the highway between the towns of
Gander and
Bishop's Falls.
The Isles of Notre Dame region of the province, which includes
Fogo, the
Twillingate Islands,
New World Island and surrounding areas, can be accessed via
Route 340 at the interchange near
Lewisporte. The
Bay d'Espoir region can be accessed via the Bay D'Espoir Highway near
Botwood.
Botwood,
Point Leamington and
Leading Tickles can be accessed via the
Botwood Highway, officially
Route 350 at an interchange in the
Bishop's Falls-
Grand Falls-Windsor area. From Badger, Route 1 heads due north for 64 km to
Springdale where the highway swings southwest for 137 km to
Pasadena, passing through
Deer Lake. At Pasadena, the highway transitions to a 4-lane
expressway and continues southwest along the south shore of
Deer Lake before following the
Humber River through the narrow
Humber Valley. The 4-lane section proceeds for 38 km in a southwest direction, where it transitions back to a 2-lane controlled access highway west of the interchange with
Route 450 (Lewin Parkway), southwest of
Corner Brook. From the Confederation Drive interchange, Route 1 proceeds for 213 km in a southwest direction, bypassing
Stephenville (accessible via
Route 460 and
Route 490) and passing through the
Codroy Valley (where it is a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway) to
Port aux Basques. It terminates southeast of the town at the
Marine Atlantic ferry terminal, where travelers can continue to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and the rest of Canada. ==Outer Ring Road==