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===Roads and bridges=== *Fox Creek Bridge — Inaugurated in 1982, the current bridge replaced the low-rise structure which was built in 1924. Some facts regarding the Fox Creek bridge from the June 8, 1982, edition of ''L'Evangeline'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=UY3hNwcQ290C&dat=19820608&printsec=frontpage&hl=fr|title=L'Evangéline - Recherche d'archives de Google Actualités|access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref> The present site of the Fox Creek bridge holds historical facts which dates back to the 1800s. A geographical map of the region made by the English forces shows families with the Amirault surnames living in the area. Later, Acadians built earthen dykes (aboiteau) at Pointe des renards to prevent flooding, which also served as "bridges" for both banks of the river. In 1924, a low-rise bridge was constructed that flooded every two to three years. *Hall's Creek Bridge — The first Hall's Creek bridge in Moncton was built in 1867, which link the city with Leger's Corner via the Westmorland Road (Main Street). The current structure at the Wheeler Boulevard intersection opened in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/X14048|title=X14048 - Fox Creek Bridge, Moncton, New Brunswick|access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref><ref>[[:File:Tidal bore.jpg]]</ref> *In the archives at the McCord Museum of Canadian History in Montreal, there is a postcard with the inscription of "Fox Creek Bridge". This postcard was mailed from Montreal, Quebec, on 23 September 1913 to a Miss Breau at 28 rue Victoria Street Moncton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/large.php|title=Musée McCord Museum -|access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref> A closer look seemingly reveals it to be the Halls Creek Bridge. It is unknown when the picture was taken; however, a small portion of downtown Moncton of the time is visible on the postcard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/large.php?Lang=1&accessnumber=CP216&imageID=147900|title=Musée McCord Museum - Fox Creek Bridge, Moncton, N.B.|access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref> Both bridges are on [[New Brunswick Route 106|Route 106]], which follows the original provincial [[New Brunswick Route 2|Route 2]] from Quebec to Nova Scotia. Through the late 1950s and 1960s, a number of bypasses and realignments, mostly two-lane, were built to improve Route 2 with federal Trans-Canada Highway funds. The first, built in the 1950s, was around Moncton. The old road became [[New Brunswick Route 2A|Route 2A]], but it was renumbered [[New Brunswick Route 6 (1965–1984)|Route 6]] in 1965 and 106 in 1984 during a reclassification of provincial highways. It is still signed as Route 6 at the corner of Cameron St. and Main St. (the current Route 106) in downtown Moncton.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://the506.com/roads/NB/106.html |title=New Brunswick Roads - Route 106 |publisher=J.P. Kirby|website=the506.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527111352/http://www.the506.com/roads/NB/106.html |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At Moncton, Route 106 runs through Main Street and passes Hall's Creek bridge up to the intersection in centre-ville Dieppe connecting Amirault Street, which leaves the city to the southeast en route to Memramcook. The aforementioned route had a significant impact for the future community of Dieppe has it linked southeast New Brunswick to Nova Scotia prior to the completion of the new [[Trans-Canada Highway]]. In addition, it attracted new residents to cultivate the land and build dwellings throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
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