King's Highway 64, commonly referred to as Highway 64, is a
provincially maintained highway in the
Canadian province of
Ontario
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, connecting
Highway 69 north of the
French River with
Highway 11 at
Marten River
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, via
Highway 17 west of
Sturgeon Falls. The route serves several communities along the north shore of the French River and west shore of
Lake Nipissing as it travels from Highway 69 to Highway 17. North of Sturgeon Falls, the highway provides a shortcut between Highway 17 and Highway 11 northwest of
North Bay.
Highway 64 was first assumed in 1937, the year that the Ontario
Department of Highways (DHO) merged with the Department of Northern Development (DND) and began assigning route numbers in northern Ontario. It initially connected only Highway 17 and Highway 11, as Highway 69 was not completed through French River until after
World War II
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. In 1956, the route was extended southwest to
Rutter via
Noëlville to meet Highway 69, establishing the route as it exists today.
Route description
The southern terminus of Highway 64 is an interchange with Highway 69 in
Sudbury District
The Sudbury District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1894 from townships of eastern Algoma District and west Nipissing District.
The overwhelming majority of the district (about 92%) ...
at Rutter. Formerly a grade-level intersection, this terminus was upgraded to a full interchange which officially opened in 2016, as part of the ongoing
freeway
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conversion of Highway 69.
West of the interchange, the roadway continues as Daoust Lake Road.
The highway travels east for approximately , where it intersects with
Highway 528. At that intersection, Highway 528 continues east, while Highway 64 turns north for four kilometres to Noëlville, where it intersects with
Highway 535. Highway 535 continues north, while Highway 64 heads east again for six kilometres to the community of
Chartrand Corner.
Highway64 continues, alternating in northward and eastward segments around the west arm of
Lake Nipissing, crossing into
Nipissing District
Nipissing District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.
In 2016, the population was 83,150. The land area is ; the population density was , making it o ...
just north of
Mashkinonje Provincial Park, and eventually intersecting with Highway 17 at
Verner. It then shares the routing of Highway 17 eastward for , to Sturgeon Falls, where it again heads northward for 57 kilometres to its northern terminus, intersecting Highway 11 at Marten River.
The
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is the provincial ministry of the Government of Ontario that is responsible for transport infrastructure and related law in Ontario. The ministry traces its roots back over a century to the 1890s, when the ...
routinely performs traffic analysis on provincial highways, generating an average vehicle count per day over the course of a year at various sections along the routes. In 2016, the busiest section of Highway 64 was between Highway 69 and
Highway 607, carrying an average of 2,200vehicles per day. Likewise, the least busy section is at the opposite end of the highway, between Highway 539 and Highway 11, carrying an average of 810vehicles per day.
File:Hwy 64 ON.JPG, Highway 64 at Field
File:Noëlville ON.JPG, Highway 64 at Noëlville
History
The Sturgeon Falls Road was first assumed by the DHO as Highway 64 on August 25, 1937, shortly after the merger with the DND. The route was long when it was first established, connecting Highway 11 and Highway 17.
As Highway 69 did not exist between Parry Sound and Sudbury until the 1950s, there was no need for a second highway connection through the French River area.
However, on January 25, 1956 the highway was extended south through Nipissing District, followed on February 8, 1956 with an extension through Sudbury District to the now-completed Highway 69.
This brought Highway 64 to its current length. Since then, aside from paving and minor realignments, Highway 64 has remained unchanged apart from the conversion of its junction with Highway 69 from a regular intersection to a freeway interchange. As part of the ongoing expansion of Highway69 to a freeway, an interchange was constructed immediately south of the intersection between the two highways. It was completed on July15, 2016, and opened to traffic shortly thereafter.
Major intersections
References
External links
Route of Highway 64on
Google Maps
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Highway 64 pictures and information
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