Worth stopping for
Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km
This is where the Trans-Canada Highway began on the island: a marker beside St. John's City Hall on New Gower Street. From here Route 1 crosses Newfoundland to Channel-Port aux Basques.
The highway's number started here until the Outer Ring Road was built around the city. It opened in stages, from Kenmount Road east to Logy Bay Road, between 1998 and 2003, and the Trans-Canada now officially ends at the Logy Bay Road interchange in the city's northeast. The marker stayed where the road used to begin, at City Hall, from where it ran west along Pitts Memorial Drive.
The old start gave the arena next door its name: the city called its hockey arena and convention centre, beside City Hall, Mile One Centre.
From Wikipedia, "Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1", and the sources it cites, read November 9, 2026.
Getting here
To Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km from every airport and ferry, measured by road.
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Sunrise and sunset at Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km, by month
| The 15th | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:09 am | 7:44 am | 4:35 pm | 5:09 pm |
| Feb | 6:35 am | 7:07 am | 5:22 pm | 5:54 pm |
| Mar | 6:44 am | 7:15 am | 7:05 pm | 7:36 pm |
| Apr | 5:40 am | 6:12 am | 7:48 pm | 8:21 pm |
| May | 4:47 am | 5:23 am | 8:29 pm | 9:06 pm |
| Jun | 4:21 am | 5:02 am | 8:59 pm | 9:40 pm |
| Jul | 4:39 am | 5:18 am | 8:55 pm | 9:33 pm |
| Aug | 5:22 am | 5:56 am | 8:14 pm | 8:48 pm |
| Sep | 6:06 am | 6:37 am | 7:14 pm | 7:45 pm |
| Oct | 6:47 am | 7:18 am | 6:14 pm | 6:45 pm |
| Nov | 6:32 am | 7:05 am | 4:25 pm | 4:59 pm |
| Dec | 7:06 am | 7:42 am | 4:10 pm | 4:46 pm |
Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon: light enough to see and shoot by. The weather line at the top has today's.
On the way to…
OpenStreetMap records a highway milestone here reading distance zero, named for the Trans-Canada Highway. This route turns south instead of taking the Trans-Canada, but the marker stands in downtown St. John's, on the way.
Stopping here adds about 0 km to that drive (46 km start to finish).
Mile Zero of the Trans-Canada, beside St. John's City Hall on New Gower Street, the old Trans-Canada. It is on the driven line out of the city, before the route turns south for the Irish Loop.
Stopping here adds about 0 km to that drive (86 km start to finish).
Stopping here adds about 0.7 km to that drive (136 km start to finish).
Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km: the roadside marker for kilometre zero, where the Trans-Canada is measured from. The route runs right past it on the way through town. A marker to photograph, not a place to linger.
Stopping here adds about 0 km to that drive (144 km start to finish).
Stopping here adds about 0.7 km to that drive (338 km start to finish).
Stopping here adds about 0.9 km to that drive (364 km start to finish).
Stopping here adds about 0.8 km to that drive (367 km start to finish).
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While you're stopped here: The Rooms (0.5 km away) · Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist (0.7 km away) · Railway Coastal Museum (0.8 km away)
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