Ontario Highway 6

Ontario Highway 6 is a provincial highway in Ontario, Canada. It is 472.4 kilometers (293.5 miles) long. It starts in the community of Port Dover and ends at the Trans-Canada Highway (Ontario Highway 17) in Baldwin, Ontario. The highway is divided into two parts. A ferry runs between one end in Tobermory, on the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula, and the other in Tehkummah, on Manitoulin Island.

Highway 6 marker

Highway 6

Garafraxa Road
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length472.4 km[1] (293.5 mi)
ExistedJune 1920–present
Major junctions
South endSt. Patrick Street - Port Dover
Major intersections Highway 3  Jarvis
 Highway 403  Ancaster
 Highway 401  Morriston
 Highway 7  Guelph
 Highway 89  Mount Forest
 Highway 10  Chatsworth
  Highway 21 / Highway 26  Owen Sound
North end Highway 17  McKerrow
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Major citiesHamilton, Guelph, Owen Sound
TownsPort Dover, Jarvis, Hagersville, Caledonia, Ancaster, Aberfoyle, Fergus, Arthur, Mount Forest, Durham, Chatsworth, Shallow Lake, Wiarton, Tobermory, Little Current, Espanola
Highway system
  • Ontario provincial highways
Highway 5Highway 7

Work on the highway started in 1919 and was finished in 1923.

References

  1. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2010). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
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