Ontario Highway 102
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East end | Highway 11 / Highway 17 / TCH in Thunder Bay | ||||||
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King's Highway 102, commonly referred to as Highway 102, formerly as Highway 11A and
Although the road Highway 102 now follows dates to the 1850s, it did not become a provincial highway until 1937, when it was designated as Highway 17A. Between 1960 and 1971, following the extension of Highway 11 to Rainy River, it was also designated as Highway 11A. By 1972, the route had been renumbered as Highway 102.
Route description
Highway 102 passes through terrain typical of northern Ontario highways, including thick
Highway 102 begins at Sistonens Corners, immediately south of a Canadian National Railway (CN) overpass, along Highway 11 and Highway 17. A truck stop sits to the west of the intersection. From there, the two-lane road travels east through rolling hills, with muskeg dotting the valleys between the hills. It parallels roughly 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the south of the Shebandowan River for 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) before crossing both the CN and Canadian Pacific Railway tracks as well as the Kaministiquia River. The highway meets Silver Falls Road, which proceeds north to Silver Falls Provincial Park. The terrain becomes gentler as the route passes several houses while travelling alongside a creek. The highway curves as it meets a power transmission line, which it then parallels. It zig-zags southeast, passing alongside Mud Lake and briefly curving back to the east. Curving back to the southeast, the highway serves several houses before crossing into Thunder Bay at Townline Road and curving to the east.[4]
Within the city limits, the density of residences surrounding the highway rapidly increases as the terrain flattens. The highway intersects Mapleward Road, then diverges from the power transmission lines and curves southeast into suburban Thunder Bay. It meets
History
Highway 102 was designated by the beginning of 1972, following the route of the former Highway 11A and Highway 17A. Prior to that, the Dawson Road generally followed the present route of the highway.
The history of the Dawson Road began in 1857 when Henry Hind and Simon Dawson were commissioned to survey the territorial claims of the
In 1935, the
In 1959,Between January 1971 and 1972, Highway 11A and Highway 17A were redesignated as Highway 102.[2][3] Work began shortly thereafter to realign several sections of the highway with dangerous curves and steep grades approaching the Kaministiquia River; the highway opened in 1975, featuring a new bridge over the river.[citation needed]
Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 102, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1] The entire route is located in Thunder Bay District.[4][10]
Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Sistonens Corners | 0.0 | 0.0 | Shabaqua Corners | Trans-Canada Highway | |
Highway 591 | |||||
Thunder Bay | 22.6 | 14.0 | Mapleward Road | ||
26.0 | 16.2 | End of Thunder Bay jurisdiction over highway[1] | |||
26.2 | 16.3 | Highway 589 (Dog Lake Road) – Lappe | |||
32.7 | 20.3 | Beginning of Thunder Bay jurisdiction over highway[1] | |||
32.8 | 20.4 | Nipigon | Trans-Canada Highway; continues towards Lake Superior as Red River Road | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- Sources
- ^ a b c d Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Photogrammetry Office. Ontario Department of Highways. 1971. § L6.
- ^ a b Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Photogrammetry Office. Department of Transportation and Communications. 1972. § L6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
- ^ Bolz 1999, pp. 8–10.
- ^ Wilkins 1998, p. 69.
- ^ Shragge & Bagnato 1984, p. 71.
- ^ Ontario Official Government Road Map (Map). Department of Highways. 1938–39. § E12–F13.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1960. § H13–G14.
- ISBN 978-1-897225-05-9.
- Bibliography
- Bolz, J. Arnold (1999). Portage into the Past. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-0919-5. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- Shragge, John; Bagnato, Sharon, eds. (1984). From Footpaths to Freeways. Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Historical Committee. ISBN 0-7743-9388-2.
- Wilkins, Charles Everett (1998). The Circus at the Edge of the Earth. McClelland and Stewart. p. 69. ISBN 0-7710-8847-7. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
...we were headed out Highway 102, which meets the Trans-Canada thirty kilometres to the west. For a stretch outside of Thunder Bay, the 102 parallels the mosquito-ridden, swamp-sodden mudway known as the Old Dawson Road, blazed by surveyors and axemen in 1871 when the new Dominion of Canada commissioned a road to link Prince Arthur's Landing (now part of Thunder Bay) in the east with Manitoba's Red River Settlement (now Winnipeg) in the west.
External links
- Media related to Ontario Highway 102 at Wikimedia Commons
- Ontario Ministry of Transportation: Northern Ontario Road Maps