The numbered roads in Bruce County account for approximately of roads in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario.The total length only counts concurrency (road), concurrent sections of roadways once. These roads include Ontario Provincial Highway Network#King.27s Highways, King's Highways that are signed and maintained by the province, as well as County highway#Canada, county roads under the jurisdiction of the Bruce County Transportation and Environmental Services Department. The third type of existing roadway in the county is locally maintained municipal roads, many of which are concession road, concession roads and sidelines; these are beyond the scope of this article. The 29 numbered routes provide year-round access to the mostly rural municipality. The longest of these roads is Ontario Highway 6, Highway 6, which stretches across the Bruce Peninsula—a long and narrow strip of land separating Lake Huron from Georgian Bay—between Hepworth, Ontario, Hepworth and Tobermory, Ontario, Tobermory. The shortest numbered road is Bruce Road25, which travels from Ontario Highway 21, Highway 21 to the Lake Huron shoreline.

Types of roads

King's Highways

There are of List of Ontario provincial highways, provincially-maintained highways, termed "provincial highways" or "Highways in Ontario#King's Highways, King's Highways" (a term adopted in 1930). As in the rest of Ontario, the provincially maintained highways in Bruce are designated with a shield-shaped sign topped with a crown. The highway number is in the centre, with the word ''ONTARIO'' below. These signs are known as ''highway shield, shields'', but may be referred to as ''reassurance markers''. Provincially maintained highways generally have greater construction standards than municipally or locally maintained roads. Although they are usually one lane in either direction, several short sections with two lanes in one direction as a passing lane exist along the highways.

County roads

There are 27 county road, numbered county roads in Bruce County. County roads are signed with a flowerpot-shaped sign, as are most List of county roads in Ontario, regional and county roads in Ontario. The road number appears in the centre of the sign, with the word ''BRUCE'' above and the word ''COUNTY'' below. Like King's Highways, these signs are known as ''shields''. The total length of Bruce County roads is , including concurrency (road), concurrencies.

Roads

King's Highways

County roads

County roads are referred to on signage as ''Bruce Road X''. The following table lists existing numbered roads maintained by the County of Bruce. The county also maintains Grey–Bruce Line between Scone, Ontario, Scone and Highway21 as an unnumbered county road. } , , , - ! scope="row" , , Concession 10 , Greenock - Brant Townline Road in Cargill, Ontario, Cargill , ,
, km, mi, disp=table, sortable=on , , Former County Road that was only 2 km in length; now Cargill Road , - --> ! scope="row" , , Bruce Road33, Tie Road, B & C Side Road, Bruce-Saugeen Townline, Lake Range Road , , , , , , - ! scope="row" , , Bruce Road 40 , , Grey–Bruce Line (continues south as Grey County Road40) , , Williscroft, Ontario, Williscroft , , - ! scope="row" , , Amberley Road, Campbell Street , in Amberley, Ontario, Amberley , Bruce/Huron County Boundary, continues as Huron County Road 86 , , Lucknow, Ontario, Lucknow ,

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References

Route maps

{{Ontario numbered highways Lists of Ontario county roads, Bruce Transport in Bruce County