NFLD BULLETIN ROAD WATCH

Feb 23, 2026 @ 5:30 AM

A difficult start to the morning across the Avalon and surrounding regions. NL 511 is reporting closures, travel advisories, and widespread snow-covered highways.

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🔴 FULL HIGHWAY CLOSURES

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HWY-13 Witless Bay Line

- TCH to Witless Bay

- Icy and slushy patches

- Heavy drifting

- Equipment unable to operate

- Visibility: Poor

- Updated 3:30 AM

HWY-10 Southern Shore Highway

- Chance Cove Park to Peter’s River

- Icy and slushy patches

- Heavy drifting

- Equipment unable to operate

- Visibility: Poor

- Updated 4:29 PM (Feb 22)

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🟠 TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED

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- HWY-3 Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive (Mt. Pearl - Goulds)

- HWY-60 Conception Bay Highway (Holyrood - Roaches Line)

- HWY-90 (Salmonier Line)

- HWY-91 (Old Placentia Bay Highway)

- HWY-81 (Markland Road)

- HWY-92 (North Harbour Road)

- HWY-100 (Argentia Access Road) (multiple sections)

- HWY-101 (Long Harbour Road)

- HWY-70 (Baccalieu Trail)

- HWY-80 (Trinity South Highway) (Brownsdale - Old Perlican)

- HWY-74 (Hearts Content Barrens)

Impeding Factors:

- Icy patches

- Slushy patches

- Drifting snow

- Poor visibility in most areas

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🟡 SNOW COVERED METRO & MAJOR ROUTES

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- HWY-1 (Trans-Canada Highway) (multiple sections)

- HWY-3A (Team Gushue Highway)

- HWY-2 (Pitts Memorial / CBS Bypass)

- HWY-40 (Portugal Cove Road)

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If travel is not essential this morning, consider delaying. Crews continue clearing, but drifting snow and narrowed lanes remain widespread.