The highway starts at the Windsor Street intersection on the Halifax Peninsula and passes by the communities of Fairview, Rockingham, and Bedford, where it becomes part of Trunk 1 to Highway 101 .

Historically the Bedford Highway was part of the route from Halifax to Windsor, but also formed the first stage of a journey to Truro, with Sackville's Twelve Mile House staging inn marking the start of the Truro road.

[3] In 1958, the original Section of Highway 1 was blocked and knocked off due to the opening of Nova Scotia Highway 102 from Range Park to Memory Lane from Bedford, Nova Scotia to Sackville, Nova Scotia.

The Concurrent Highway in Halifax ended Days Before the open of the new bridge.

The entire route is located in Halifax Regional Municipality.