Secondary Highway 526, commonly referred to as Highway 526, is a
provincially maintained secondary highway in the
Canadian
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province of
Ontario
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. It is a short and lightly travelled route that connects
Highway 69
Route 69, or Highway 69, may refer to:
International
* European route E69
Australia
* Appin Road
Canada
* Alberta Highway 69
* Ontario Highway 69
China
* G69 Expressway
Finland
* Finnish national road 69
India
* National Highway 69 (In ...
with the community of
Britt.
Route description
Highway 526 is a short route which provides access from the community of Britt to Highway 69. West of the community, the road is known as Riverside Drive.
The route is lightly travelled, used by an average of 580 vehicles per day in 2007. It intersects Highway 69 three-fifths of the distance between
Parry Sound
Parry Sound is a sound or bay of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. It is highly irregularly shaped with many deep bays and islands. Killbear Provincial Park is located on the large peninsula that separates the sound from Georgian B ...
and
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
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* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
.
The highway begins in the community of Britt, which was established at the head of
Byng Inlet, the delta of the
Magnetawan River
The Magnetawan River is a long river in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. The river flows 175 km from its source of Magnetawan Lake inside Algonquin Provincial Park to empty into Georgian Bay at the community of Britt on Byng Inlet.
...
as it flows into
Georgian Bay
Georgian Bay (french: Baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron, in the Laurentia bioregion. It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario, Canada. The main body of the bay lies east of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. To ...
. From the post office in the centre of the community, overlooking the inlet, the highway veers inland and travels northeast, paralleling the
Still River. The river flows along the south side of the highway for most of its length; the occasional residence breaks the forests on the north side of the road. At Highway 69, the route passes beneath a concrete
arch bridge
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and curves north. It intersects Highway 69 shortly thereafter.
History
Highway 526 was first assumed by the
Department of Highways in early 1956, along with several dozen other secondary highways, but was likely maintained as a development road prior to that.
The route has not changed since that time.
Future
The eastern terminus of Highway 526 is slated to be
bypassed as
Highway 400 is extended northwards from
Nobel to Sudbury. The new freeway will lie nearly a kilometre east of the current alignment of Highway 69, and will feature interchanges to the north near
Still River, and 6 kilometres to the south at
Highway 529.
North of Magnetawan River to Key River
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Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 526. The entirety of the route is located within Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its boundaries are District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing Distri ...
.
References
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Roads in Parry Sound District