The Harbour Expressway is a four-lane highway with signalized intersections running the Intercity business district of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Harbour Expressway
Maintained byCity of Thunder Bay - Department of Roads
Length3.5 km (2.2 mi)
West end Highway 11 / Highway 17 / TCH (Shabaqua Highway)
Major
junctions
Highway 11 / Highway 17 / TCH (Thunder Bay Expressway)
Memorial Avenue
East endMain Street
Construction
InaugurationAugust 27, 1979[1]

Thunder Bay City Council looked at renaming the road since it doesn not fit the general definition of an expressway but has decided that it would be unnecessary.[2]

Route description

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The entire route of the Harbour Expressway is four lanes and undivided. All intersections are at-grade. Plans to divide the expressway and build interchanges are on hold, and the city of Thunder Bay maintains a right of way for these expansion plans in its official plan. In some places, there is evidence of those plans.

The highway bisects the Intercity area, which is primarily composed of big box retail stores and office parks. The road is one of the busiest in Thunder Bay.

Construction of the project was part of the provincial government's 1977 construction program.[3] The completed expressway was opened by Transportation Minister James Snow at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 27, 1979. It cost C$3.5 million to construct.[1]

Major intersections

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The following table lists the major junctions along Harbour Expressway. The entire route is located in Thunder Bay District. The intersections on the expressway are unnumbered

LocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Thunder Bay0.00.0Thunder Bay ExpresswayContinues west as Highway 11 / Highway 17.
1.00.62Golf Links Road
2.21.4Balmoral Street
2.81.7Carrick Street
3.11.9Memorial Avenue
3.32.1CN Rail mainline crossing
3.52.2Fort William RoadContinues east as Main Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b "Official Opening of the Harbour Expressway" (Press release). Ministry of Transportation and Communications. August 27, 1979.
  2. ^ TBSource Short meeting at Council[permanent dead link], 20 November 2007.
  3. ^ "$404 million road program proposed". The Kingston Whig-Standard. April 28, 1977. p. 28. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.