Construction and development Construction of the Circumferential Highway began in 1960. It originally ran from Pleasant Street in Woodside (its present-day terminus) to Woodland Avenue. The section from Woodland Avenue to the
MacKay Bridge was constructed at the same time as the bridge, opening in 1970. Exit 4 was completed in 1971 with the opening of
Highway 118. The grade-separated interchange with Portland Street (Exit 7) was completed during the 1977/78 fiscal year. The interchange with
Burnside Drive (Exit 3) was completed during the 1980/81 fiscal year. The Mount Hope Avenue interchange (Exit 8) was completed in 2006 at a cost of around $11.5 million.
Micmac Rotary The Micmac (or Mic Mac) Rotary was a
traffic circle located at the intersection of Hwy 111 with
Route 318 (Braemar Drive) and
Trunk 7 (Main Street/Prince Albert Road/Grahams Grove). It was named after nearby
Lake Micmac, which was partially in-filled to accommodate it. The Micmac Rotary was notorious for rush hour congestion, even resulting in the recording of a song entitled "Mic Mac Rotary Blues". The rotary was removed during a redesign of the intersection in the late 1980s which saw it replaced by the "Micmac
Parclo", which consists of a series of overpasses and controlled access lanes. The resulting roadway through the Parclo and across Lake Micmac to the interchange with
Highway 118 is the widest in Atlantic Canada at 10-12 lanes.
Highway of Heroes On May 22, 2013, Highway 111 was officially named "Highway of Heroes" by
Premier Darrell Dexter. ==Exit list==