 Highway 522B | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by theMinistry of Transportation of Ontario | ||||
| Length | 1.9 km[1] (1.2 mi) | |||
| Existed | October 2002[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Highway 522 inTrout Creek | |||
| Major intersections |  Highway 11 –North Bay | |||
| North end | Hemlock Road (continues north as Hemlock Road) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Ontario | |||
| Districts | Parry Sound | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Secondary Highway 522B, commonly referred to asHighway 522B, is aprovincially maintained highway in theCanadian province ofOntario. The highway is 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length, connectingHighway 522 withinTrout Creek withHighway 11 to the north.The highway was created in late 2002 when the Trout Creek Bypass of Highway 11 opened; Highway 522B forms a portion of the former routing.
Highway 522B follows a portion of the old alignment of Highway 11 through the community of Trout Creek alongside aCanadian National Railway line. The highway begins at an intersection from which Highway 522 travels south and west. Highway 522B travels north on a slight angle to the grid layout of Trout Creek. After passing Morrison Street and Sweezey Street, it leaves the village and progresses towards the bypass alongside a swamp. After curving northwest, the highwayinterchanges with Highway 11. It ends shortly thereafter at Hemlock Road, onto which traffic is then directed north.[3]
Highway 522B was created as a result of a realignment of Highway 11, which has been upgraded into afreeway betweenHuntsville andNorth Bay. As part of this project, severalbypasses have been constructed to avoid established communities along the route. Construction on theTrout Creek Bypass, an 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) segment of the Highway 11 project, began in July 2000 byAecon.[4]When the bypass first opened on October 3, 2002, Highway 11 was diverted onto the new alignment.[2][4][5]The former route of Highway 11 through Trout Creek was renumbered by the end of the year; the section south of the junction with Highway 522 became an extension of that route, while the section north of the junction was designated Highway 522B.[6][7]It was Ontario's newest highway designation until the opening ofHighway 412 opened nearly 15 years later in theGreater Toronto Area.
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 522B, as noted by theMinistry of Transportation of Ontario.[1]> The entire route is located inParry Sound District.[3]
| Location | km[1]> | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Trout Creek | 0.0 | 0.0 | Highway 522 (Main Street) | Road continues south as Highway 522 | |
| Powassan | 1.4 | 0.87 | Highway 11 –North Bay | Exit 306 | |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | Hemlock Road | Road continues north as Hemlock Road | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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