Following are all highways for which the province is responsible from 70 through 150.
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 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 11/TCH, 6km west of Emo |
| Northern Terminus: | Hwy 17/TCH, 21km east of central Kenora | |
| Length: | 157 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 71 is the main north-south highway in the extreme western portion of the province, connecting the major east-west routes Hwy 11 and Hwy 17. | |
| Hwy 71 seems to have been designated as such in an attempt to meet up with US-71 in Minnesota, which ends at the International Bridge linking International Falls MN with Fort Frances ON. When what was then Hwy 70 was redesignated Hwy 71 in 1959, the Hwy 71 designation actually ran east from its current southern terminus into Fort Frances, where it met with US-71 on the International Falls MN side. Today, the termini of Hwy 71 and US-71 are only separated by 41 km. A precedence for such numbering practices already exists with Hwy 61 & MN SR-61 to the east, and Hwy 11 and MN SR-11 to the west. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
| Trans-Canada: | entire route | |
| Tourist Route: | Great River Road: entire route | |
 | SW Terminus: | Hwy 17/TCH at Dinorwic, 28km southeast of Dryden |
| NE Terminus: | Sioux Lookout, at connections with SH-516 and SH-642 | |
| Length: | 67 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 72 trends in an almost-perfect southwest-northeast direction. However, if forced to choose only between "north-south" and "east-west," the former would be the best choice of the two. | |
| Hwy 72 exists to connect Sioux Lookout and surrounding communities to Hwy 17/TCH, the major east-west route in the area. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Jct Hwy 3 & Co Rd 34 (Former Hwy 3) in downtown Leamington |
| Northern Terminus: | Hwy 401 at EXIT 48 at Comber | |
| Length: | 24.3 km | |
| Notes: | Other than Hwy 401, Hwy 77 is one of only two or three total provincial routes to be retained, in part, in Essex Co following the downloading in January 1998. | |
| Hwy 77 serves as a connector for through traffic from Hwy 401 heading for Leamington from the east. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Jct Hwy 7 at the Victoria St interchange on the Conestoga Pkwy in the City of Kitchener |
| Northern Terminus: | Jct Regional Rd 85 (Formerly Hwy 86) & Regional Rd 15/King St at the northern limit of the City of Waterloo | |
| Length: | 8.9 km | |
| Notes: | The downloading activities of 1998 hit Hwy 86 hard--almost 93% of the highway was given back to local authorities. The only portion retained in the provincial highway system was the almost 9km portion in the cities of Waterloo and Kitchener running along the Conestoga Pkwy. | |
| Since less than 9 km of Hwy 86 still exists, and since the highway only connects to the rest of the provincial highway system at one end, speculation exists in which the final segment of Hwy 86 could be downloaded onto the cities of Waterloo and Kitchener in the future. | ||
| Freeway: | Entire length (8.9km). | |
 | Western Terminus: | Jct Hwy 23 & Co Rd 93/123 (Former Hwy 23) just west of Palmerston |
| Eastern Terminus: | Hwy 400 at EXIT 75 in Innisfil, 4km east of Cookstown | |
| Length: | 116.5 km | |
| Notes: | Almost suprisingly, only the easternmost 5.5km of Hwy 89 were lost during the highway downloading of 1998, being turned back to Simcoe Co as Co Rd 3. | |
| Since Hwy 89 and Hwy 23 now share a common terminus west of Palmerston, one might wonder if the two highways may, someday, be merged into one route with a single number, whether it ends up being 23, 89 or another designation altogether. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 400 at EXIT 121 south of Hillsdale in central Simcoe Co. |
| Northern Terminus: | Jct Hwy 12 & Co Rd 93 (Former Hwy 93) at Midland | |
| Length: | 23.9 km | |
| Notes: | Prior to downloading at each end of Hwy 93, the route used to be a total of 46.5 km long. Almost half its length was lost on January 1, 1998. | |
| At present, Hwy 93 and Hwy 12 share a northern terminus at Midland. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
| Circle Tour: | Lake Huron Circle Tour: From Co Rd 27 (Former Hwy 27) at Waverly to Hwy 12 near Midland. | |
 | Southern Terminus: | SH-654 immediately west of the Hwy 11 & SH-654 interchange south of Callander |
| Northern Terminus: | Hwy 17/TCH near Corbeil, 11km east of North Bay | |
| Length: | 10.9 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 94 seems only to serve as access to the tiny Corbeil Conservation Area and as a "cut-off" between Hwy 17/TCH (to and from the east) and Hwy 11 (to and from the south) | |
| Since it is such a short provincial highway within a short distance of other provincial highways, it could be assumed that had Hwy 94 not been in the Districts of Parry Sound and Nipissing, it would have been downloaded onto a local jurisdiction. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Western Terminus: | Hwy 17/TCH southwest of the centre of Wawa |
| Eastern Terminus: | Quebec provincial boundary (connection w/QC-388) 76km east of Matheson | |
| Length: | 471 km | |
| Notes: | One of Northern Ontario's most famous tourist landmarks, the Wawa Goose, is located right at the western terminus of Hwy 101 at Hwy 17 near Wawa. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
| Continue on: | QC-388 in Quebec - in French (courtesy of Martin Trepanier). | |
 | Western Terminus: | Hwy 11/Hwy 17/TCH , 18km north of Kakabeka Falls |
| Eastern Terminus: | Hwy 11/Hwy 17/TCH in Thunder Bay, northwest of the centre of Fort William (cnr Dawson Rd & Thunder Bay Expwy) | |
| Length: | 35 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 102 serves mainly as a "cut-off" route, with both termini at Hwy 11/Hwy 17/TCH. In fact, following Hwy 102 west of Thunder Bay saves the through traveller more than 12km as opposed to staying on Hwy 11/Hwy 17/TCH. When using this route, however, tourists would miss Kakabeka Provincial Park and the spectacular Kakabeka Falls, well worth the extra 12km. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 17/TCH in Vermillion Bay |
| Northern Terminus: | Connection with SH-618 in Red Lake | |
| Length: | 172 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 105, linking communities like Red Lake, Balmertown and Ear Lake with the outside world via paved highway, is also the second-most northerly Pirmary Provinical Highway in the province; only Hwy 125 runs further north, and only by approximately 10km! As an aside, the only other provincially-maintained highway to run farther north is SH-599 to the east. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 17/TCH at Serpent River |
| Northern Terminus: |  Centre of Elliot Lake | |
| Length: | 25.6 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 108 is a spur-route, serving mainly to bring through-traffic from nearby Hwy 17 into Elliot Lake. | |
| While the majority of the highway downloading took place in the southern part of the province, Hwy 108 was one of the few northern highways to be affected by downloading. On January 1, 1998, the northernmost __ km of the route, the portion from the centre of Elliot Lake to that municipality's northern limits, was turned back to local control. Formerly, Hwy 108 had connected with SH-639 just south of Elliot Lake's northern limit, but that route was scaled back to end at the municipal boundary. The portion of Hwy 108 downloaded to the local authorities will receive a local street name, as there are no county or regional roads in Northern Ontairo. | ||
| Prior to downloading, Hwy 108 was 41.6km in length. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
| Tourist Route: | Deer Trail Route: entire route | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 17/TCH, 5km south of Tarzwell |
| Northern Terminus: | Hwy 66 in Kirkland Lake, 5km west of the city centre | |
| Length: | 19 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 112 serves primarily as a connector for traffic between Hwy 11/TCH (to and from the south) and Hwy 66 (to and from the east). Basically, an 11km shortcut into Kirkland Lake from the south. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 401 at EXIT 436 in Clairington east of Bowmanville |
| Northern Terminus: | Jct Hwy 7/TCH, Co Rd 15/TCH (Former Hwy 7) & Former Hwy 28 in Peterborough | |
| Length: | 53.3 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 115 is a diagonal-route, mostly intended to bring Peterborough-bound travellers from Oshawa and Toronto on Hwy 401. | |
| Before the highway downloading of early 1998, only 21.9 of Hwy 115's 53.3km were not concurrently designated with another route. Even after the removal of the former Hwy 28 from Hwy 115 southwest of Peterborough, 20.5 km of Hwy 115 are still designated with other routes. | ||
| The southern portion of this route (south of the Hwy 35 jct) had formerly been a mixed freeway/expressway with some crossroad intersections, but all latest sources show the route as a completely controlled-access freeway. | ||
| Freeway: | Entire route (see note above) (20.5 km) | |
| Tourist Route: | Algonquin Trail: Concurrent segment with Hwy 35 in Clarington. | |
 | Western Terminus: | Hwy 11 at Muskoka Falls on the limits of the towns of Bracebridge and Gravenhurst |
| Eastern Terminus: | Jct Hwy 121 & Co Rd 121 (Former Hwy 121) in Haliburton | |
| Length: | 83.6 km | |
| Notes: | Prior to downloading, Hwy 118 stretched for 122 km from Glen Orchard on the west to Haliburton on the east. | |
| Since Hwy 118 and Hwy 121 now share termini in Haliburton, it could be speculated that these two formerly separate routes could be joined under one route designation, with the Hwy 118 designation replacing Hwy 121's since Hwy 118 is the longer of the two highways by 33km. This is, however, pure speculation. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Western Terminus: | Jct Hwy 118 & Co Rd 121 (Former Hwy 121) in Haliburton |
| Eastern Terminus: | Hwy 28 at Paudash in western Hastings Co. | |
| Length: | 49.9 km | |
| Notes: | Since Hwy 118 and Hwy 121 now share termini in Haliburton, it could be speculated that these two formerly separate routes could be joined under one route designation, with the Hwy 118 designation replacing Hwy 121's since Hwy 118 is the longer of the two highways by 33km. This is, however, pure speculation. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Western Terminus: | Hwy 69/TCH just north of Parry Sound |
| Eastern Terminus: | Hwy 11 south of Sundridge | |
| Length: | 75.1 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 124 was shortened by approximately one kilometre several years ago when Hwy 69/TCH was realigned to bypass Parry Sound. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 105 just east of Red Lake |
| Northern Terminus: | Cochenour, near Balmertown | |
| Length: | 13 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 125 has the distinction of being Ontario's northernmost "King's Highway" (those numbered from 3 to 148), and one of the province's northernmost numbered highways as well! The only other provincially-maintained highway to run farther north is SH-599 to the east. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Jct Hwy 62 & Co Rd 62 (Former Hwy 62) in Maynooth |
| Northern Terminus: | Hwy 60 east of Whitney in extreme southern Nipissing Dist. | |
| Length: | 38.0 km | |
| Notes: | Now that all of Hwy 62 north of Hwy 127 has been downloaded to the local authorities, Hwy 127 and Hwy 62 share termini at Maynooth. In fact, presently Hwy 62 actually "turns into" Hwy 127, since, prior to downloading, Hwy 62 made a 90 degree turn in Maynooth. Because of this, one could speculate that the Hwy 62 designation could supplant the Hwy 127 routing all the way up to Hwy 60 if any of the much-needed renumbering takes place in the future. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Jct Hwy 17/TCH & Hwy 17B on the northeast side of Thessalon |
| Northern Terminus: | Chapleau | |
| Length: | 217.4 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 129 is quite a desolate stretch of highway. While not the most desolate in the entire province, for approx. 150km beginning in the Wharncliffe/Tunnel Lake area, Hwy 129 only meets two other minor numbered routes (SH-556 and SH-667), and very few other roads. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 61, 18km southwest of Thunder Bay |
| Northern Terminus: | Hwy 11/Hwy 17/TCH, 15km west of central Thunder Bay | |
| Length: | 13 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 130 is a short (less than 15 km long) highway connecting two roughly-parallel east-west trending segments of Hwy 61 and Hwy 11/Hwy 17/TCH to the west of Thunder Bay. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Western Terminus: | Hwy 41, 2.5km west of Dacre |
| Eastern Terminus: | Hwy 60 in Renfrew (cnr Munroe Ave & Raglan St) | |
| Length: | 29.9 km | |
| Notes: | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 7/TCH 11km east of Peterborough |
| Northern Terminus: | Jct Hwy 28 & Co Rd 29 (Former Hwy 28) 4.1km northeast of downtown Lakefield | |
| Length: | 15.0 km | |
| Notes: | Prior to the highway downloading of January 1998, Hwy 134 mainly served as a connector route between Hwy 7/TCH and Hwy 28 near Lakefield. Since all of Hwy 28 south of Lakefield (and through Peterborough) has been turned back to local control, Hwy 28's southern terminus is now shared with Hwy 134's northern terminus. When (and if) all the dust from the downloading settles, Hwy 134 could possibly be redesignated as a logical continuation of Hwy 28 southward to Hwy 7/TCH, although this is pure speculation at this time. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | New York state line (connection w/I-81) in the Thousand Islands region |
| Northern Terminus: | Hwy 401 at EXIT 661 near Ivy Lea | |
| Length: | 4.6 km | |
| Notes: | Although Hwy 137 had not been marked on official Ontario sources for many years, the 1997 Official Ontario Highway map, drawn by a private firm in Quebec instead of the MTO as a cost-saving measure, actually shows Hwy 137 on the map. However, several personal accounts have verified that Hwy 137 is, indeed, an unmarked route as previously indicated. Guides signs on Hwy 401 read "Bridge to U.S.A." instead of "Hwy 137." This route is still listed here, however, because it is believed the Ministry of Transportation still maintains this route, even if it is not signed as a provincial highway. It may also still retain the official designation of "Hwy 137," but is just not signed as such. A greyed-out highway shield attempts to indicate this status. | |
| Hwy 137 is a very short connector route connecting the Thousand Islands bridges over the Saint Lawrence River to Hwy 401. | ||
| Freeway: | The entire route of Hwy 137 is limited-access, although most sources show that it is a two-lane undivided roadway from the Thousand Islands Pkwy, across the northern Thousand Islands bridge, across Hill Island to the New York state line. | |
| Continue on: | I-81 in New York (courtesy ZZYZX's website). | |
 | Southern Terminus: | New York state line on the Seaway International Bridge at Cornwall |
| Northern Terminus: | Hwy 417/TCH at EXIT 58, 8km east of Casselman | |
| Length: | 43.1 km | |
| Notes: | This route was left fully intact during the highway downloads of 1997 and 1998. | |
| At Hwy 138's southern end on the Seaway International Bridge, the route directly connects with NY SR-37 in New York. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
| Continue on: | SR-37 in New York (courtesy of Doug Kelly's website). | |
 | Southern Terminus: |
Jct Hwy 3 & Regional Rd 3 (a "Connecting Link" for Hwy 3) in Port Colborne, at the cnr of Main & Elizabeth Sts |
| Northern Terminus: | Jct Hwy 406 just west of the Main St Tunnel under the Welland Ship Canal, just east of downtown Welland | |
| Length: | 11.8 km | |
| Notes: | Mr. Brian J.E. VanDommele spoke with Ron Davidson, the Manaher of Roads Operations in Niagara Region, and was able to obtain the following explanation regarding Hwy 140: "The MTO is keeping this road in the provincial highway system for a while, until it can figure out a new, final route for the extension of Hwy. 406. The current plans have only dealt with an extension of Hwy. 406 on the western side of the Welland Canal -- an extension that would bypass the City of Welland and connect with existing Hwy. 58 just south of the city (Hwy. 58 would be rebuilt to a controlled access design down to the urbanised area of Port Colborne). However, some pressure is now afoot to build Hwy. 406 across the Canal (by a bridge or a tunnel) and connect it with Hwy. 3 east of Port Colborne, along the Hwy. 140 route. To keep its options open, therefore, the MTO has decided -- for now -- to keep Hwy. 140 in the provincial highway system, until a firm decision has been made on the Hwy. 406 route." | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Western Terminus: | Hwy 69/TCH at Hayes Corners (in southern Parry Sound Dist), approximately 20 km southeast of Parry Sound |
| Eastern Terminus: | Hwy 11 near Utterson and Port Sydney in the southern portion of the Town of Huntsville | |
| Length: | 49.8 km | |
| Notes: | All but the easternmost 8km of Hwy 141 run along the route of the Parry Sound Historical Colonization Road. | |
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Southern Terminus: | Hwy 17/TCH, 3 km west of Lively in the Town of Walden (Sudbury RM) |
| Northern Terminus: | Hwy 101, 14km west of the centre of Timmins | |
| Length: | 264.8 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 144 runs for many desolate kilometres through the interior of the District of Sudbury. | |
| For its first 15km, Hwy 144 runs along Sudbury's "Northwest By-Pass." | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
 | Western Terminus: | Intersection of Co Rd 58 (Former Hwy 148) & Schawn Rd near the western limits of Pembroke. (See Note Below!) |
| Eastern Terminus: | Quebec provincial boundary (connection w/QC-148) at Cotnam Island east of Pembroke | |
| Length: | 13.9 km | |
| Notes: | Hwy 148 is designated as such because of its connection with Quebec's QC-148 across the Ottawa River from Pembroke. Before Hwy 62 was downloaded in the Pembroke area, Hwy 148 and Hwy 62 both shared a termini at Hwy 17/TCH west of Pembroke, and it seemed that Hwy 148 would have been a logical eastern extension of Hwy 62. In the wake of all the downloading, most of Hwy 148 has survived, although a few sources claim that it, too, has been completely downloaded to the local authorities. All trustworthy sources, however, still claim that Hwy 148 still exists, although the westernmost 3.1 km are shown to have been downloaded as Co Rd 58. It seems odd that Hwy 148 would end at a local road which connects to Hwy 17/TCH less than 1km south of that point. Either Hwy 148 will be extended south along Schawn Rd to Hwy 17/TCH, or the entire route will be downloaded in the near future. | |
| Brian J.E. VanDommele was kind enough to supply the following information regarding this highway: "Hwy. 148 is still signed as Hwy. 148 within the boundaries of the City of Pembroke, and up to the Quebec border. From the west limits of Pembroke westerly to Hwy. 17, the road has been downloaded, and is classified as Renfrew Road 58. Sadly, Hwy. 148 does not exist in its entirety any more. If you drive on this road from the Quebec border PAST the west limits of the City of Pembroke, you will see what I mean." | ||
| Mr. VanDommele also notes a future connection between Hwy 148 and Hwy 17 may occur in the long-term, which would serve to re-connect Hwy 148 back to the rest of the provincial highway system. While such a connection is only in the proposal stage at this time, according to Mr. VanDommele, the new routing would begin at Hwy 17 south of Pembroke, in the area of Sawmill Rd or Soors La, and proceed northeasterly to connect with Hwy 148 at the intersection with Co Rd 40. | ||
| QC-148, which Hwy 148 connects with via an Ottawa River crossing, becomes a rather major artery, running southeast through Gatineau and Hull, on its way into Montreal. | ||
| Freeway: | none | |
| Continue on: | QC-148 in Quebec - in French (courtesy of Martin Trepanier). | |
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