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Highway 811
Route information Length: 59.0 km[1] (36.7 mi) Existed: 1976 – present Major junctions West end: Highway 527 East end: Weaver River Bridge, near Kashishibog Lake Location Counties: Thunder Bay District Highway system Tertiary Highway 811, commonly referred to as Highway 811, is the longest of Ontario's tertiary highways, and the highest posted route number in the province. The route encounters no named roads along its route, aside from its eastern terminus at Secondary Highway 527. It extends 59 kilometres (37 mi) westward into the wilderness, ending at a bridge over the Weaver River. The route was designated in 1976 with the intention of extending it further west, but this extension has yet to be constructed.
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Route description
Branching off from Secondary Highway 527, roughly halfway between Thunder Bay and Armstrong, Highway 811 is Ontario's highest numbered route, but also one of its most remote. Aside from its beginning, the highway connects with no named roads along its length.[2] The route begins approximately midway along Highway 527, 114 kilometres (71 mi) north of Ontario Highway 17 and 122.2 kilometres (75.9 mi) south of Armstrong,[1] It zig-zags northwestward for 59 kilometres (37 mi) towards Savant Lake, although as of 2011 the road reaches less than halfway there. It crosses several small rivers as it travels through the Boreal Forest before ending at a bridge over the Weaver River, south of Obonga-Ottertooth Provincial Park.[3] The road is gravel for its entire length.[2] There are no communities along Highway 811; it is almost exclusively used for wilderness travel or forest operations.
History
As part of the 1974 Ontario Highway Capital Construction Program, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications studied the potential benefit of a road connecting Highway 527 southwest of Lake Nipigon with Highway 599 near Savant Lake. A forest road that branched off from Highway 527 was assumed as Highway 811 in 1976.[citation needed] However, the planned connection to Highway 599 has yet to occur, and an 83 kilometres (52 mi) gap separates Savant Lake from the Weaver River.[4] Despite no connection materializing over the past 35 years, and no plans to construct that connection presently, Highway 811 remains a signed and maintained provincial highway.[2]
Major intersections
Highway 811 does not cross or meet with any named routes, aside from Highway 527, along its route. However, the Ministry of Transportation references the distances along the remote highway using bridges and culverts.[5] The highway is located entirely within Thunder Bay District.[3]
Location km[5] Feature(s) Notes Unorganized Thunder Bay 0.0 
Highway 527 – Thunder Bay, Armstrong16.8 Gull River culvert 30.9 Mooseland River Bridge 43.6 Grew River culvert 59.0 Weaver River Bridge Listed as a "temporary bridge", as it has been since at least 1989.[1][5] References
- ^ a b c Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2006). "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 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c Ministry of Transportation (February 1, 2010). Official Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Simmons, Bryan; Martin, Lori-Anne. Section G6, Northern Ontario inset. ISBN 978-14435-2043-0. http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/northindexpdf.shtml. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Peter Heiler (2010). Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. p. 107, section G8. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Distance between Savant Lake and Weaver River as the crow flies (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.ca/maps?ll=49.979488,-90.288391&spn=0.810684,2.469177&t=h&z=9. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (April 1, 1989). Provincial Highways Distance Table. Government of Ontario. p. 125. ISSN 0825-5350.
External links
Tertiary and 7000-series Highways of Ontario Tertiary Highways 
7000-series Highways Other See also: County roads in Ontario · Ontario numbered highways · Expressways and 400-series highways · King's Highways · Secondary highways · Tertiary and 7000-series highways · List of Ontario provincial highways · List of former provincial highways in Ontario · Highways in Ontario · List of Ontario expressways · Trans-Canada Highway · Connecting Link · Emergency Detour RouteCategories:- Roads in Thunder Bay District
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