Route 310

Route 310 (also known as the Road to the Beaches) is a provincial road in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is one of only two provincial routes that contain a portion of Terra Nova National Park (the other being Route 301, the road leading to the town of Terra Nova). The Eastport Peninsula is known for its beautiful sandy beaches, hence why the route is called “Road to the Beaches.”

The road starts off from the Trans-Canada Highway, at a trumpet interchange, and just entering the town of Glovertown, a major community. The journey continues through Traytown, a popular sport for summer cottages, then entering Terra Nova National Park, and several kilometers after exiting the park, is the town of Sandringham, followed by the town of Eastport, and ending at the town of Salvage. The stretch of road between Eastport and Salvage was originally a dirt road, but was paved by 1988.

By 1997, the route’s speed limit was set to 80 km/h (30 km/h in Salvage, 50 km/h in other communities), but due to deteriorating road conditions afterwards, the speed limit was reduced to 60 km/h until arriving in Sandringham, and 70 km/h between the Shriners RV Park on the north end of Sandringham and the town of Eastport.

Route 310 is one of only seven three-digit route numbers ending with a zero that do not branch out into other provincial routes from the main route (the others are Route 301, Route 320, Route 440, Route 450, Route 470 and Route 480).

Communities along Route 310

 * Glovertown
 * Traytown
 * Sandringham
 * Eastport
 * Salvage

Side communities off Route 310

 * Happy Adventure
 * Sandy Cove, Bonavista Bay
 * Clay Cove
 * Burnside
 * St. Chad’s
 * St. Brendan’s (via ferry)