Highway 664 (Ontario)

Infobox road
state=ON
type=secondary
route=664
length_km = 17
alternate_name=Kenora By-Pass, Trans-Canada Highway


maint=Ministry of Transportation
counties=Kenora District
direction_a = East
direction_b = West
terminus_a=Hudson
terminus_b=jct|state=ON|Hwy|72 near Patricia


established = 1934 (as part of Highway 72)
1954 (as Highway 116)
1975 (as Highway 664)
previous_type=Hwy
previous_route=663
next_type=Hwy
next_route=665

Highway 664 is a relatively short Secondary Highway with a fairly colourful past. It began as a part of Highway 72 in 1934, linking the remote community of Hudson to the rest of the provincial highway network. In 1954, the road was renumbered as Kings Highway 116, but may have been briefly designated as "Highway 72A" in 1954 before becoming Highway 116. By 1975, the Ministry of Transportation had decided to demote three very lightly-travelled Kings Highways in Northwestern Ontario to Secondary Highway status. Those roadways were Highway 116 (which became Highway 664), Highway 119 (which became Highway 665), and Highway 128 (which became the infamous Highway 666, and was renumbered as Highway 658 in 1985.)

The road today is a typical secondary highway: lightly travelled, connecting a town to a main Kings Highway (Highway 72), and has slightly narrower and coarser pavement than Kings Highways.

Communities

* Hudson
* Patricia
* Sam Lake

See also

* Highway 72, this road's former parent

External links

* [http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway116.htm Highway 116 on The Kings Highway]
* [http://members.aol.com/Hwys/OntHwys/OntHwys636-673.html Highways 636-673]