Secondary Highway 520, commonly referred to as Highway 520, is a
provincially maintained highway in the
Canadian province of
Ontario. The highway is in length, connecting several small communities in
Parry Sound District with
Highway 124 and
Highway 11.
The highway links several remote
First Nation hamlets to the major highway routes of the region. However, the only places of noteworthy size are the village of
Magnetawan and the town of
Burk's Falls
Burk's Falls is an incorporated village in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada, located north of Toronto and south of North Bay, Ontario. The village, and the waterfall on the site, were named (for himself) by ...
. It is
concurrent with
Highway 124 for .
Route description
Highway520 begins in
Ardbeg as a continuation of the local Clear Lake Road, and travels south then east about to reach a level crossing of the
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN i ...
(CN) line at Ardbeg
flag stop.
It continues east, then south through a sparsely populated region of the
Canadian Shield
The Canadian Shield (french: Bouclier canadien ), also called the Laurentian Plateau, is a geologic shield, a large area of exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. It forms the North American Craton (or Laurentia), the anc ...
, though providing access to several First Nation villages. Upon reaching Highway124 at
Dunchurch, the two routes travel east, concurrently, for .
Highway520 then branches to the south, meets
Highway 510 and passes through the village of
Magnetawan.
Southeast of Magnetawan, the highway winds along the northern shore of
Cecebe Lake, bisecting several small communities en route. It enters the town of Burk's Falls, where it is known as Ryerson Centre Road. Passing beneath the Burk's Falls Bypass of Highway11, Highway520 parallels the
Magnetawan River briefly then turns south onto Ontario Street, the former alignment of Highway11. It crosses the river and travels through the centre of the town, meeting the bypass south of it. Highway520 ends at an
interchange with Highway11, at
Exit257, south of Burk's Falls.
The portion of Highway520 from the intersection of Ontario Street south to the Burk's Falls town limits is maintained under a
Connecting Link
The Connecting Link program is a provincial subsidy provided to municipalities to assist with road construction, maintenance and repairs in the Canadian province of Ontario. Roads which are designated as ''connecting links'' form the portions of ...
agreement.
History
Highway 520 is one of many Secondary Highways assigned a route number in 1956.
Prior to this time, the route was a numbered, but unposted Development Road maintained by the
Department of Highways.
Major intersections
References
{{Ontario Secondary Highways
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Roads in Parry Sound District