Following the designation of Route 2, from Edmundston, the highway (again signed exclusively with the TCH shield) follows the Saint John River Valley, running south for to Woodstock (paralleling the Canada–US border) and then east for another to pass through Fredericton. east of Fredericton, the Saint John River turns south whereby the highway crosses the river at Jemseg and continues heading east to Moncton another later. On November 1, 2007, New Brunswick completed a 20-year effort to convert its section of the Trans-Canada Highway into a four-lane limited-access divided highway (freeway). The highway has a speed limit of on most of its sections in New Brunswick.