commonly referred maintained highway canadian province ontario provided shorter route highway highway highway route forms highway kilometres long travelled southeast northwest direction west route followed early trail deputy surveyor upgraded modern road 1920s highway designated renumbered highway highway existed near renumbered highway designation applied newly opened highway shortly began numbering routes northern ontario series led entire length highway route description short highway travelled northeast southwest direction communities near route highway passes equal mixture farmland forests aside community shallow lake located approximately route southern terminus wrong way concurrency ontario highway highway road continues south intersection highways road serves bypass northern terminus route curves west enters highway ended intersection bruce street highway continued north history highway designation highway connecting region provide canadian road link area previously accessible united_states approached government lobby construction road northernmost point accessible road area minister lands forests cabinet provided impetus construction begin unlike previously built roads area highway known prior opening constructed rugged terrain canadian shield rocks forests lakes insects served major obstacles construction kilometre highway progressed ends late remaining gap road construction bridge underway march rapidly assembled douglas fir british_columbia main structural members bridge completed june completing link july premier attended ceremony rainy lake hotel rainy afternoon handed hepburn pair cut ribbon crossing road declare highway open hepburn addressing crowd gathered asked think crowd hepburn cut ribbon assumed shortly merger following merger begin assigning trunk roads northern ontario provincial highway network portion lying designated september portion designated september original route highway split south finland highway turned east south highway turned west south northern end highway concurrent highway kilometres southern end concurrent highway kilometres highway extended south split midway new road opened informally designated new route highway old routes decommissioned february new route designated march mid late 1950s new highway constructed west initially road designated highway instead decided new link westward extension highway major renumbering took place april highway established highway truncated west highway junction entirety highway renumbered highway april recycled highway designation providing shorter route traffic new highway followed existing road shallow lake southwest diagonal surveyed ontario deputy surveyor provide short route undeveloped route passed large swamp result remained lane trail 1920s time road designated provincial highway paved lane route april highway decommissioned south highway entire length highway subsequently renumbered highway major intersections following table lists major junctions highway noted table covers routing highway iteration near highway
Ontario Highway 70