Ontario Highway 60
East end | Highway 17 – Renfrew | ||||||
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King's Highway 60, commonly referred to as Highway 60, is a
Highway 60 was designated in 1937 between Huntsville and
Route description
Highway 60 begins at an interchange with Highway 11 in Huntsville. It crosses through central Ontario in a generally east–west orientation. The triangle-shaped area bounded by Highways 11, 17 and 60 is largely uninhabited wilderness dotted with lakes and muskeg.[3]
East of Huntsville, Highway 60 meanders east then south through the northeastern corner of
Highway 60 exits the park in the
Continuing around
History
Highway 60 was established in 1937, when the Department of Northern Development was amalgamated by the Department of Highways (DHO). The section of the route through Nipissing District (through Algonquin Park) was assumed by the DHO on September 22, followed by the section through Renfrew County on September 29, and finally the section through Muskoka District on October 6.
On April 11, 1957, the Eganville–Pembroke Road was assumed as an extension of Highway 41, with the former portion of the route between Eganville and Golden Lake being renumbered as part of Highway 60.[10] Highway 60 was extended to Highway 17 near
With the construction of the Renfrew Bypass, which began in June 1974,[13] and was completed in 1977,[14] the section of Highway 17 between O'Brien Road east of Renfrew and Haley Road north ofIn 1976, the section through Algonquin Park was dedicated in honour of the 35 years of service by Frank Archibald MacDougall: ten years as park superintendent and 25 as Deputy Minister of Lands and Forests. It is signed as the Frank MacDougall Parkway.[16]
Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 60, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1]
Division | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Toronto, North Bay | Highway 11 exit 223 | |||||||
2.5 | 1.6 | District Road 3 (Main Street) | ||||||
6.7 | 4.2 | District Road 23 (Canal Road) | ||||||
Lake of Bays | 12.7 | 7.9 | District Road 8 east (Limberlost Road) | |||||
18.4 | 11.4 | District Road 9 south (South Portage Road) | ||||||
23.6 | 14.7 | Dwight | ||||||
Haliburton |
No major junctions | |||||||
Nipissing | Algonquin Provincial Park | 43.6 | 27.1 | Algonquin Park West Gate[17] | ||||
58.4 | 36.3 | Smoke Lake Road | ||||||
91.7 | 57.0 | Opeongo Lake Road | ||||||
99.4 | 61.8 | Algonquin Park East Gate[18] | ||||||
Whitney | ||||||||
128.5 | 79.8 | Madawaska | ||||||
Madawaska Valley | 156.3 | 97.1 | Beginning of Barry's Bay Connecting Link Agreement | |||||
156.8 | 97.4 | Maynooth | Formerly Highway 62 south; former western end of Highway 62 concurrency | |||||
157.6 | 97.9 | Old Barry's Bay Road | End of Barry's Bay Connecting Link Agreement | |||||
Madawaska Valley – Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards boundary | 166.9 | 103.7 | County Road 66 south (Wilno Road South) | Wilno | ||||
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 173.0 | 107.5 | County Road 67 north (Simpson Pit Road) | |||||
180.9 | 112.4 | Highway 512 south; former eastern end of Highway 62 concurrency | ||||||
Golden Lake | ||||||||
209.7 | 130.3 | Highway 41 north – Pembroke | Western end of Highway 41 concurrency | |||||
Bonnechere Valley | 212.8 | 132.2 | Beginning of Eganville Connecting Link Agreement | |||||
213.6 | 132.7 | Kaladar | Eastern end of Highway 41 concurrency | |||||
214.9 | 133.5 | End of Eganville Connecting Link Agreement | ||||||
Kellys Corner | ||||||||
Douglas | ||||||||
242.6 | 150.7 | County Road 61 south (Haley Road) | Rosebank; former Highway 17 alignment | |||||
Renfrew | 250.0 | 155.3 | Beginning of Renfrew Connecting Link Agreement | |||||
250.8 | 155.8 | County Road 20 east (Bruce Street) | ||||||
251.8 | 156.5 | Highway 132 west (Munroe Avenue) | ||||||
252.6 | 157.0 | County Road 52 south (Raglan Street) | ||||||
254.2 | 158.0 | County Road 6 east (Gillan Road) | ||||||
255.1 | 158.5 | End of Renfrew Connecting Link Agreement | ||||||
Ottawa, Pembroke | ||||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b 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, 1938". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. pp. 80–81. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d Google (June 12, 2015). "Route of Highway 60" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ "Highway 60 Corridor Map" (PDF). The Friends of Algonquin Park. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ "Highway 60 Corridor | Algonquin Provincial Park". The Friends of Algonquin Park. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ "Cultural History | Algonquin Provincial Park". The Friends of Algonquin Park. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Highways. 1938–39. § M4–Q5.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Highways. 1942. § Mileage Tables.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C. P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1949. § Mileage Tables.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C. P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1958. § O38–P40.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C. P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1961. § O38–P40.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C. P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1962. § O38–P40.
- ^ "Motorists May Have Long Wait For Proposed Renfrew Bypass". The Mercury. Vol. 102, no. 45. Renfrew, Ontario. June 5, 1974. p. 1.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 1977. § C28–D29.
- ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 1978–79. § C28–D29.
- ^ Shaw, S. Bernard. "The Flying Superintendent's Fairchild". The Country Connection. No. 32 - Winter/Spring 1999. Pinecone Publishing. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ "East Gate | Algonquin Provincial Park". The Friends of Algonquin Park. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ "East Gate | Algonquin Provincial Park". The Friends of Algonquin Park. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
External links
Media related to Ontario Highway 60 at Wikimedia Commons