We finished riding the Trans-Labrador Highway and Quebec Highway 389 yesterday.  The total distance from the ferry terminal in Blanc-Sablon, Quebec to Baie-Comeau, Quebec was 1,190 miles.  The first 50 miles along the coast are paved, but the pavement is in very poor shape.  People who live along the coastal section of the highway are currently protesting the condition of the highway by staging protests at the ferry to slow traffic arriving from and departing to Newfoundland.

The next 90 miles are hard packed dirt that is very rough.  In some parts of this section the road has rock or gravel, but it is in poor condition.  The next 200 miles is unpaved, but in better shape.  The rest of the Trans-Labrador Highway is paved, but the condition varies from good to poor.

Quebec Highway 389 is 355 miles long including over 100 miles of dirt road.  The dirt portion of the road is the worst road I have ever been on (including the roads in Southeast Asia where I once spent an eleven-month vacation).  Trucks servicing iron ore mining operations in Labrador City and Fermont, Quebec use the road.  The trucks have ground the dirt into a fine powder, and in many places, it is several inches thick.  When trucks passed us going in the opposite direction, they kicked up so much dust, that we could not see for several seconds.

The total length of the Trans-Labrador Highway and Quebec 389 is about 1,200 miles and approximately one-third is unpaved.  Although it was hard riding, we enjoyed it, and I recommend it to any motorcycle rider looking for an adventure.  I do not think there is a more remote road or a road in worse condition in North America.  However, an adventure bike is more appropriate than a Goldwing pulling a trailer.