Highway 142
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length	6.1 km[1] (3.8 mi)
Existed	1970–present
Major junctions
South end	Trunk 2 in Springhill
North end	Hwy 104 (TCH) near Springhill
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia 100-series
← Hwy 125 → Hwy 162

Highway 142 is a 2-lane limited-access road in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It links Highway 104 at Exit 5 in Salt Springs Station to the town of Springhill. The 6-kilometre (4 mi) highway crosses the Canadian National Railway main line about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) outside Springhill. There are several logging roads that have access onto the highway.^[1]

History

The highway was built in the late 1960s as part of a political promise to Springhill residents who were upset that their town was bypassed by the new Trans-Canada Highway alignment on Highway 104; this being less than a decade after the town's economy had been hit by the Springhill Mining Disaster of 1958 which resulted in the closure of local coal mining.^{[citation needed]}

Major intersections

The entire route is in Cumberland County.

Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Springhill	0.0	0.0	Trunk 2 to Route 321 – Springhill, Parrsboro, Springhill Junction, Amherst
​	6.1	3.8	Hwy 104 (TCH) – Truro, Halifax, Amherst, New Brunswick	Exit 5 on Hwy 104
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi