Southwest and Southeast Bypasses (Sudbury)
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Southwest Bypass / Southeast Bypass |
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| Part of Trans-Canada Highway | |
| Length | 24.3 km (15.1 mi) |
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Beltway around Greater Sudbury (Lively - Coniston) |
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Municipal Road 55 Municipal Road 80 (Long Lake Road)  Highway 69/Municipal Road 46 (Regent Street S.) |
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| Roads in Ontario | |
The Southwest Bypass and Southeast Bypass are two separately-constructed roads in the city of Greater Sudbury, in the Canadian province of Ontario, which form a loop around the southern end of the city's urban core for traffic travelling on Highway 17, a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway. Most of the route is a Super two road with at-grade intersections, with the exception of 1 km of divided freeway at an interchange with Highway 69, although the remainder of the road is expected to be converted to a freeway within the next decade.
With the Northwest Bypass from Lively to Chelmsford, the roads form a partial ring road around the city's urban core; for much of their length, in fact, the roads are themselves considered the southern boundary of the city's primary statistical urban area in Statistics Canada census data.
The Southwest Bypass's western terminus is at the Highway 17 freeway's interchange with Municipal Road 55. The first kilometre east of the interchange is a transition from the Highway 17 freeway back down to a two-lane highway. The bypass then runs to a folded diamond interchange at Long Lake Road, and then a further 1 km to a parclo interchange with Highway 69, widening to four lanes; at this point the Southwest Bypass ends and the Southeast Bypass begins. The southeast segment runs for approximately 10 km, passing between the Lake Laurentian Conservation Area and Daisy Lake Uplands Provincial Park. It meets no roads for its entire length (it crosses over but does not interchange with Bancroft Drive), before ending at a signalized intersection with Municipal Road 55 approximately 2 km west of Coniston. Traffic on Highway 17 must turn right to continue on the highway.
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