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Quick Facts
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Huntsville-North Bay Corridor (# of vehicles)
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Average Daily Traffic Volume 9,300
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Summer Average Volume 11,400
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Average Daily Truck Volume 1,367
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Daily value of goods carried: $44 million
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Distance from Huntsville to Powassan
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93 km
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56 km-Twinning (build 2 new lanes parallel to existing highway and convert to 4 lanes)
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37 km-New Alignment (build all new 4 lanes, by-passing existing highway)
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New by-passes to be constructed around communities of Trout Creek, South River, Sundridge, and Emsdale
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Over 350 properties will be acquired
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16 new interchanges
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54 new bridges
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1.7 million cubic metres of rock excavation
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10.5 million cubic metres of earth excavation
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4.6 million tonnes of granular material
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500,000 tonnes of asphalt
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Planning and environment approvals initiated in 1988 and completed in 1995.