Ontario Highway 101
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King's Highway 101, commonly referred to as Highway 101, is a
Highway 101 was first assumed in 1940, though it was not given a numerical designations until 1944. The route initially connected Timmins with Highway 11. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was extended east to the Quebec border and west to the newly opened Highway 17 over Lake Superior. The highway reached its maximum length in 1967, and remained unchanged until 1997, when a section through Timmins was transferred to the responsibility of that city.
Route description
Highway 101 begins in the west at Highway 17 near the town of Wawa and the village of
Approaching Chapleau, Highway 101 encounters Highway 129, onto which it turns northward and becomes
East of Gervais Street North, Highway 101 travels northeast to
History
Highway 67 was the first provincial highway to provide access to Timmins from the Ferguson Highway (Highway 11). When it was designated in mid-1937,[6] shortly after the merging of the
During World War II, plans arose to connect Timmins with the Quebec border, and the route via Matheson was chosen as the most direct path. By the end of the war, the road between Hoyle and Matheson had been numbered as Highway 101 and extended eastward to Abitibi, ending at Garrison Creek.[10] The route remained this way for several years.
The Trans-Canada Highway Act was passed in 1950 and provided the impetus to construct Highway 17 around Lake Superior, which was carried out over the course of the decade.[11] This resulted in the planning of a new road to connect Highway 11 with Highway 17; it was decided that Highway 101 would be extended west as the new connector highway. In order to accommodate this future extension, the section of Highway 67 between Timmins and Hoyle was renumbered as Highway 101 in mid-1955.[12][13] On September 1, 1955, the route was extended west of Timmins to Warren Lake.[14] West of Warren Lake,
In 1963, several new sections of Highway 101 were opened. On May 16, the majority of the new Chapleau–Foleyet road was designated as Highway 101, with the exception of a 13.4 km (8.3 mi) bypass of Foleyet and the old route of Highway 624 that opened on December 19.[19] In addition, a new 40.2 km (25.0 mi) road west of Chapleau was assumed in December, terminating at the Grazing River near the present entrance to The Shoals Provincial Park.[3]
Work also progressed from the west, near Wawa. Prior to the opening of Highway 17 and Highway 101, a road connected the port at Michipicoten with Wawa. Highway 101 follows a portion of this route, but south of the Highway 17 junction the old road is now known as Pinewood Drive. In October 1965, a 31.5 km (19.6 mi) road was designated as Highway 101, travelling as far east as the Michipicoten River,[3] The final section, a gap between the Michipicoten River bridge and the Grazing River, opened to traffic on January 1, 1967, completing the link between Wawa and Timmins.[3]
A 21.3-kilometre (13.2 mi) segment of Highway 101 was transferred to the City of Timmins on April 1, 1997 as part of a province-wide downloading program.[20] This portion is now locally maintained and is known as Riverside Drive in the
Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 101, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1]
Division | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Algoma | Wawa | 0.0 | 0.0 | Highway 17 / TCH – Sault Ste. Marie, White River | |
2.0 | 1.2 | Chris Simon Drive | Beginning of Wawa Connecting Link agreement | ||
3.3 | 2.1 | Gladstone Avenue | End of Wawa Connecting Link agreement | ||
Highway 547 – Hawk Junction | |||||
64.6 | 40.1 | Missanabie | |||
Thessalon | West end of Highway 129 concurrency | ||||
135.4 | 84.1 | Highway 129 north – Chapleau | East end of Highway 129 concurrency | ||
229.3 | 142.5 | Highway 7072 (Young Street) – Foleyet | |||
Sudbury | |||||
323.0 | 200.7 | Kamiskotia Road | Formerly Highway 576 | ||
323.2 | 200.8 | Beginning of decommissioned segment through Timmins | |||
Highway 101 is discontinuous for 21.3 km (13.2 mi) through downtown Timmins | |||||
344.5 | 214.1 | Gervais Street North | End of decommissioned segment through Timmins | ||
354.5 | 220.3 | Frederick House Lake Road | Formerly Highway 610 | ||
Highway 577 north | |||||
392.4 | 243.8 | Highway 11 north / TCH – Cochrane | West end of Highway 11 concurrency | ||
398.8 | 247.8 | Highway 11 south / TCH – North Bay | East end of Highway 11 concurrency; beginning of Matheson Connecting Link agreement | ||
399.5 | 248.2 | Abitibi River crossing | End of Matheson Connecting Link agreement | ||
414.3 | 257.4 | Ramore | |||
450.6 | 280.0 | Kirkland Lake | |||
473.3 | 294.1 | La Sarre | Ontario–Quebec border; continues east | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Appendix No. 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Year Ending March 31, 1941". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1941. pp. 14, 92. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d A.A.D.T. Traffic Volumes 1955–1969 And Traffic Collision Data 1967–1969. Ontario Department of Highways. 1970. p. 107.
- ^ a b c d Google (June 5, 2015). "Route of Highway 101" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-897225-40-0.
- ^ "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 80.
- ISBN 0-7743-9388-2.
- ^ Smith, R. M (March 31, 1938). "Ontario and its Highways". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. p. 8.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Highways. 1942. Northern portion inset. § E29–30.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1947. Northern portion inset. § H30–33.
- ISBN 0-7743-9388-2.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1955. Northern portion inset. § J28–30.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1956. Northern portion inset. § J28–30.
- ^ "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1956. p. 203.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1959. Northern portion inset. § H28–J30.
- ^ "Chronology". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1959. p. 267.
- ^ Information Section (November 9, 1959). "[No Title]" (Press release). Department of Highways.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1960. Northern portion inset. § H28–J33.
- ^ "Appendix 3A - Schedule of Designations and Re-Designations of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1964. p. 269.
- ^ Highway Transfers List (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. April 1, 1997. p. 8.