Ontario Highway 72

Highway 72
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length:	68.5 km[1] (42.6 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Highway 17 – Dinorwic
North end:	Highway 642 – Sioux Lookout
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways 400-series • Former ← Highway 71 Highway 77 →

King's Highway 72, also known as Highway 72, is a provincially maintained highway in the northern half of the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway travels between Highway 17 in Dinorwic and the town of Sioux Lookout where there are connections with Highway 516 towards Savant Lake and Highway 642 towards Silver Dollar.^[2]

Highway 72 was built as a trunk route in the 1930s, and became a provincial highway in 1937. It has remained largely unchanged since then, aside from the reconstruction and realignment of the Frog Rapids bridge. The total length of the highway is 68.4 km (42.5 mi).

Highway 72 is entirely situated in Kenora District. There are no significant settlements between its endpoints, although there is a junction with Highway 664 connecting Hudson.

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 72. The entirety of the highway is located within Kenora District.^[2]

Location[2]	km[1]	Destinations	Notes
Dinorwic	0.0	Highway 17 – Kenora, Thunder Bay
Patricia Corners	60.5	Highway 664
Sioux Lookout	67.2	El Ariano Bypass
	68.5	Highway 642 east  Highway 516 north

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2004). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Government of Ontario. http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb?OpenForm&Seq=5. Retrieved February 26, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Peter Heiler (2010). Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. p. 106, section F5–G6. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.