Ontario Highway 537
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| Length: | 15.4 km (9.6 mi) | |||
| Existed: | 1956 – present | |||
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 Highway 69 in Wanup
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| North end: | Finni Road/Hill Street intersection near Wahnapitae (continues as Municipal Road 537) |
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| Major cities: | Greater Sudbury | |||
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Secondary Highway 537, commonly referred to as Highway 537, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway is 16.1 kilometres (10.0 mi) in length, connecting Highway 69 near Wanup with Finni Road. It once continued 3.6 km (2.2 mi) further to intersect Highway 17 in Wahnapitae, but was truncated in 1998; this portion of the route is now designated as Municipal Road 537. Highway 537 remains the only secondary highway in the province within a jurisdiction that also maintains a county/regional road network.
Highway 537 acts as a connector route between Highway 17 and Highway 69. It is also the main access road to the communities of Wanup and St. Cloud. The highway is paved for its entire length, as well as for the 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) that continues as Municipal Road 537.
Today, the route begins at Estaire Road within Greater Sudbury near an interchange with Highway 69 (slated to become a northerly extension of Highway 400 by 2021) and travels 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) east, past the interchange and through forest, to the community of Wanup, where it intersects the Old Wanup Road. Prior to 2009, the highway began at Highway 69, which at that time followed Estaire Road, immediately north of the Wanapitei River. It then proceeded north for 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) alongside the river to the intersection with the current route in Wanup.
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