Ministry of Transportation / Ministère des Transports
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Quick Facts

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