 Highway 526 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byMinistry of Transportation of Ontario | ||||
| Length | 3.9 km[1] (2.4 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1956[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Britt post office | |||
| East end |  Highway 69 nearBritt Station | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Ontario | |||
| Divisions | Parry Sound District | |||
| Villages | Britt | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Secondary Highway 526, commonly referred to asHighway 526, is aprovincially maintained secondary highway in theCanadian province ofOntario. It is a short and lightly travelled route that connectsHighway 69 with the community ofBritt.
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.[3] 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 betweenParry Sound andSudbury.[1]
The highway begins in the community of Britt, which was established at the head ofByng Inlet, the delta of theMagnetawan River as it flows intoGeorgian Bay. From the post office in the centre of the community, overlooking the inlet, the highway veers inland and travels northeast, paralleling theStill 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 concretearch bridge and curves north. It intersects Highway 69 shortly thereafter.[3]
Highway 526 was first assumed by theDepartment of Highways in early 1956, along with several dozen other secondary highways, but was likely maintained as a development road prior to that.[2][4]The route has not changed since that time.[3]
The eastern terminus of Highway 526 is slated to bebypassed asHighway 400 is extended northwards fromNobel to Sudbury. The new freeway will lie nearly a kilometre east of the current alignment of Highway 69, and will feature interchanges 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north nearStill River, and 6 kilometres to the south atHighway 529.[5][6]
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 526. The entirety of the route is located withinParry Sound District.[3]
| Location | km[1] | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britt | 0.0 | Highway terminates at post office | |
| Henvey Township | 3.9 | Highway 69 –Sudbury | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||
Two new Ontario road numbers appear on the province's 1956 official road map which will be ready for distribution next week. The new numbers are the 500 and 600 series and designate hundreds of miles of secondary roads which are wholly maintained by the Highways Department. More than 100 secondary roads will have their own numbers and signs this year. All of these secondary roads were taken into the province's main highways system because they form important connecting links with the King's Highways
