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King's Highway 6, commonly referred to as Highway 6, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.It crosses a distance of 480 km (300 mi) between Port Dover, on the northern shore of Lake Erie, and Espanola, on the northern shore of Lake Huron, before ending at the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 17) in McKerrow.
At approximately its midpoint, the route meets the Cygnet Lake road, which provides access to a remote camp. The highway continues north, curving west immediately before ending at the entrance to the Wabaseemoong (Islington) reserve. [1] The road continues into the reserve to provide access to Caribou Falls and Whitedog. [4]
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The route jogs back to the east along a second S-curve and passes through an aesthetically designed bridge while traveling alongside the Stony Swamp. [4] The final section of Highway 416 travels parallel to Cedarview Road, which was relocated for the freeway. [10] The Stony Swamp lies west of the route while farmland lies to the east.
The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario was once responsible for the length of the route, when it ran from Long Branch to Highway 93 in Waverley. Highway 27 followed a mostly straight route throughout its length, as it passed through the suburbs of Toronto, then north of Kleinburg the vast majority of the highway was surrounded by rural farmland.
That same year, the new Peterborough By-pass opened, providing a route for Highway 7 around the south side of the city via Monaghan Parkway. [9] Highway 115 was later extended east to connect with the bypass, and the northern terminus became the intersection of Erskine Avenue and Lansdowne Street (the former Highway 7A).
Highway 405 was part of a network of divided highways envisioned by Thomas McQuesten in the mid-1930s to connect New York with Ontario. [3] Though the Queen Elizabeth Way would cross the Niagara River by 1942 in Niagara Falls , Highway 405 and the Lewiston–Queenston Bridge would form the first direct freeway link between the neighbouring ...