Episode 119
Ontario Highway 71
Fri, 2017-Sep-01 01:10 UTC
Length - 2:35
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The featured article for Friday, 01 September 2017 is Ontario Highway 71.
King's Highway 71, commonly referred to as Highway 71, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 194-kilometre-long (121 mi) route travels concurrently with Highway 11 for 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge in Fort Frances, south of which the roadway continues as US Route 53 (US 53) and US Route 71 (US 71) in Minnesota. At Chapple, Highway 11 continues west while Highway 71 branches north and travels 154 kilometres (96 mi) to a junction with Highway 17 just east of Kenora. Highway 71 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway for its entire length.
The current routing of Highway 71 was created out of a route renumbering that took place on April 1, 1960, to extend Highway 11 from Thunder Bay to Rainy River. The portion of the highway that is concurrent with Highway 11 follows the Cloverleaf Trail, constructed by the end of 1880s and improved over the next several decades. The portion between Highway 11 and Highway 17 follows the Heenan Highway, constructed to connect the Rainy River region with Kenora and the remainder of Ontario's road network; before its opening the area was accessible only via the United States. Both highways were incorporated into the provincial highway system in 1937 following the merger of the Department of Highways (DHO) and the Department of Northern Development.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:10 UTC on Friday, 01 September 2017.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_71.
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