This article lists all of the numbered municipal roads in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. Municipal roads in Greater Sudbury are generally numbered with odd numbers for east-west routes and even numbers for north-south routes.

The city of Greater Sudbury is the only census division in Northern Ontario that maintains a system of numbered municipal roads. County or municipal road systems otherwise exist only in Southern Ontario; in the rest of the Northern region, provincially maintained secondary highways serve a similar function. Several of the city's municipal roads were also numbered as secondary highways prior to the creation of the current municipal road system in 1973.

Prior to the amalgamation of the current city of Greater Sudbury, the numbered road system was maintained by the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, and the roads were designated as regional, rather than municipal, roads.

Number Names Western/Southern Terminus Eastern/Northern Terminus Major Communities Comments
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 3
Bay Street MR 4 MR 55 Whitefish Crosses over but does not interchange with Highway 17, just east of the Highway 17/MR 55 intersection.
Fairbank Lake Road Highway 17 Intersection of Wickie Road and Park Road Worthington Travels through the ghost town of Victoria Mines; formerly Highway 658.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 5
Spanish River Road municipal boundary with township of Nairn and Hyman MR 4 in Worthington Turbine An alternate route to MR 55 and Highway 17, also links MR 4 and MR 3 to Highway 17. At the western city limits, the roadway continues as McIntyre Street in Nairn Centre.
Nickel Street, Third Avenue, Mine Road Highway 144 Mine Road Onaping, Levack Main road into Onaping and Levack. Formerly Highway 544 and Highway 544A.[1][2]
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 10
Panache Lake Road Panache North Shore Road MR 55 Whitefish Formerly Highway 549
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 12
Gordon Lake Road MR 13 Highway 144 Larchwood Gordon Lake Road (MR 12) ends at Vermilion Lake Road (MR 13) near the Vermilion River bridge and continues south as a private road known as the Lockerby Mine Access Road to MR 3 near Whitefish.[3]
 
Vermilion Lake Road, Joseph Street Mina Street Highway 144 Larchwood, Hull Listed as Ontario's Worst Road in October 2007.[4]
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 14
Errington Avenue, Main Street Highway 144 MR 15 Chelmsford
Municipal Road 15, Main Street Intersection of Highway 144 and MR 35 MR 80 Chelmsford, Boninville, Blezard Valley, Val Caron Formerly Highway 634
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 18
Montée Rouleau, Gagnon Street MR 35 MR 15 Azilda
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 21
Notre-Dame Street MR 35 MR 35 Azilda Travels through the community of Azilda
Municipal Road 24, Main Street MR 55 Highway 144 Lively Passes by the ghost town of Creighton Mine; formerly Highway 536.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 30
Power Street, Godfrey Drive MR 55 MR 32 Copper Cliff The route formerly followed Clarabelle Mine Rd., which is owned and maintained by Vale Inco. The road was closed to the public in the spring of 2007.[5]
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 32
Balsam Street MR 55 MR 30 Copper Cliff
Big Nickel Mine Road Interchange with MR 55 MR 35 Gatchell/Little Britain Big Nickel is located on this road; effectively a two-lane freeway as it has no intersections except its termini and the entrance to Dynamic Earth. Listed on new eastbound signage on MR 55 as Big Nickel Road, it was previously known as LaSalle Boulevard in the late 70s and well into the 1980s. On May 7, 2004 the Big Nickel Mine Rd. bridge collapsed on a roadway below known as Lorne Street during the reconstruction of the bridge. No one was hurt in the incident.
 
Elm Street MR 55 Intersection of Highway 144 and MR 15 Chelmsford, Azilda, Downtown Former routing of Highway 144, until opening of the city's Northwest Bypass in 1986. Historic Murray Mine site located on this road. A section of Municipal Road 35 between the eastern intersection of Notre-Dame Street (Municipal Road 21) in Azilda to Highway 144 in Chelmsford is currently a two-lane highway. There are plans to widen that section of highway, although no date has been announced.[6] Construction to widen Municipal Rd. 35 is set to begin in the fall of 2018.[7]
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 37
Kelly Lake Road Southview Drive MR 55 Robinson
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 38
Regent Street, Beatty Street Intersection with MR 55 and MR 46 Intersection with MR 42 and MR 58 Little Britain Basically an extension of MR 46 and MR 58
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 39
Ramsey Lake Road MR 80 Kirkwood Drive south shore of Ramsey Lake Science North is located near this road's western terminus at MR 80, while Laurentian University is located near the eastern terminus.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 40
Martindale Road Intersection of MR 40, MR 46 and MR 47 MR 55 Robinson Basically an extension of MR 47
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 42
Frood Road, Elm Street MR 71 MR 67 Downtown/Donovan/Northern Heights Has a brief concurrency with MR 55; access road to Frood Mine. Briefly was the first original route of Highway 547 from 1956 to 1960.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 43
Ontario Street, McLeod Street, Hyland Drive MR 40 MR 46 Gatchell
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 45
York Street MR 46 MR 80 near downtown
Regent Street Interchange with Highway 69 (future Highway 400) and Highway 17 Intersection with MR 55 and MR 38 Lo-Ellen/Four Corners/Lockerby Basically an extension of MR 38
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 47
Walford Road Intersection of MR 40 and MR 46 MR 80 Lockerby Basically an extension of MR 40
Lorne Street MR 55 MR 35 Downtown Former route of MR 55
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 51
Larch Street MR 67 MR 49 Downtown
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 53
Cedar Street MR 67 MR 49 Downtown
 
Old Highway 17, Lorne Street, Douglas Street, Brady Street, Lloyd Street,The Kingsway Highway 17, west of Whitefish Highway 17, 3 km west of Coniston Whitefish, Naughton, Lively, Copper Cliff, Gatchell, Downtown, Minnow Lake, Coniston Former alignment of Highway 17. Surrendered this designation in Walden with the construction of freeway alignment in the early 1980s, and in the old city of Sudbury when the Southeast Bypass was constructed in 1995. Is a dual carriageway for part of its length.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 57
Van Horne Street MR 80 MR 67 Downtown
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 58
Kathleen Street Intersection of MR 42 and MR 38 MR 80 Donovan/Flour Mill Basically an extension of MR 38
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 61
Ste-Anne Road Intersection of Mackenzie Street and MR 67 MR 80 Downtown
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 63
College Street Intersection of 35/55 MR 58 Downtown
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 66
Barry Downe Road MR 55 MR 73 New Sudbury
Elgin Street, Morris Street, Howey Drive, Bellevue Avenue, Bancroft Drive, Allan Street, Government Road, East Street, Birch Street Intersection with MR 55 and MR 61 Highway 17 Downtown, Brodie, Minnow Lake, Adamsdale, Coniston
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 68
Auger Avenue MR 86 MR 71 New Sudbury
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 70
Bancroft Drive MR 67 MR 55 Minnow Lake Bancroft Drive continues as MR 67 from Bellevue Avenue to Allan Street in Coniston.
LaSalle Boulevard Interchange with MR 35 MR 86 New Sudbury West of Lorraine Avenue, westbound traffic continues at a loop ramp interchange where MR 73, Maley Drive transitions to LaSalle Boulevard while eastbound traffic splits where MR 86 Maley Drive begins near Collège Boréal. Phase 2 construction of Maley Drive will see LaSalle Boulevard as a 4 laned undivided expressway from west of a roundabout at the entrance to Collège Boréal to the interchange with MR 35 Elm Street. Big Nickel Mine Road was previously a western extension of LaSalle Boulevard in the late 70s well into the 1980s.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 72
Second Avenue MR 67 Intersection of MR 55 and MR 86 Minnow Lake Continues as MR 86
Maley Drive Interchange with MR 71 MR 86 New Sudbury Turns into MR 71 east of Collège Boréal where westbound LaSalle Boulevard traffic enters at an interchange in a loop ramp and eastbound traffic splits where Maley Drive begins. Maley Drive is a 4 lane divided freeway at the LaSalle Boulevard split interchange to a roundabout with MR 66 and continues as a 4 lane divided expressway to a roundabout with Lansing Avenue.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 74
Moonlight Beach Road MR 67 MR 55 Adamsdale
Long Lake Road, Paris Street, Notre-Dame Avenue (Sudbury), Old Highway 69, Notre-Dame Avenue (Hanmer), Côté Boulevard Intersection of Dew Drop Road and Tilton Lake Road MR 85 Four Corners, Downtown, Val Caron, Val Thérèse, Hanmer Route from intersection with MR 46 north to Capreol Road was formerly part of Ontario Highway 69. It was downloaded to the Region in the early 1980s. The Long Lake Road portion (from Four Corners to Dew Drop Road) was once Highway 543.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 84
Capreol Road, Sellwood Avenue, Milnet Road MR 80 Dead-end in the woods at the Greater Sudbury/Sudbury District border Hanmer, Capreol, Sellwood The ghost town of Milnet can easily be reached by turning onto a sideroad and driving for roughly 1 km. Part from Milnet to Sellwood Mine was part of Highway 806, and the rest of the road was part of former Highway 543.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 85
Radar Road MR 86 MR 80 Hanmer
Falconbridge Highway, Skead Road Intersection of MR 55 and 72 Skead New Sudbury, Garson, Skead Has an old diversion (Old Skead Road). Continues as MR 72. Sudbury Airport is located on this road. Formerly Highway 541.
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 88
Elmview Drive MR 80 Dominion Drive Hanmer
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 89
Longyear Drive MR 86 Edison Road Falconbridge Formerly Highway 541A
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 90
Garson-Coniston Road Highway 17 MR 86 Garson, Coniston
Second Avenue MR 67 Highway 17 Coniston
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 96
Desmarais Road MR 80 Intersection with Nelson Lake Road and Frenchman Lake Road Val Thérèse
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 97
Capreol Lake Road MR 84 Intersection of 4th Fire Road, 5th Fire Road, and 6th Fire Road, half-way between Capreol and the Wahnapitae 11 Indian Reserve Capreol
 
Greater Sudbury Road 537 Highway 537 at Finni Road Highway 17 Wahnapitae Formerly part of Highway 537.

References

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  1. ^ Highway 544 - thekingshighway.ca
  2. ^ Highway 544A - thekingshighway.ca
  3. ^ "Google Maps".
  4. ^ Canadian Automobile Association (2007-10-04). "Ontario's Worst Roads Results". Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  5. ^ Clarabelle Mill Rd. now closed to public, Northern Life, December 2006.
  6. ^ "City of Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 35 Widening from Notre Dame Street to Chelmsford". Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  7. ^ Public Information Sessions for MR35 Improvements


7 Avenue S

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Downtown Transit Mall

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As part of the construction of the original South leg, nine single-platform stations were built along the 7th Avenue South transit mall, which formed the 7th Avenue free fare zone. All nine stations opened May 25, 1981. The tracks run at grade in a semi-exclusive right of way, shared with buses, city and emergency vehicles. This is a free-fare zone intended to act as a downtown people mover. Fares are only required after trains exit the downtown core.

Westbound stations used to consist of Olympic Plaza (formerly 1 Street E, renamed in 1987), 1 Street W, 4 Street W, and 7 Street W. Eastbound stations consisted of 8 Street W, 6 Street W, 3 Street W, Centre Street and City Hall (formerly 2 Street E, renamed in 1987).

When the Northeast leg opened on April 27, 1985, two stations were added: 3 Street E serving Westbound Blue Line trains only and 10 Street W, a centre-loading platform, which served as the terminus of both Red and Blue lines, until the Northwest leg opened in 1987, after which it was the terminus for the Blue line only.

As part of Calgary's refurbishment project,[1] 3 Street E and Olympic Plaza stations have been decommissioned and replaced by the new gateway[2] City Hall station in 2011. 10 Street W was decommissioned and replaced with the Downtown West–Kerby (formerly called 11 Street W) station in 2012.[3]

Downtown station refurbishment

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In June 2007, the City of Calgary released information on the schedule for the refurbishment of the remaining original downtown stations.[4] The plan involved replacing and relocating most stations, and expanding Centre Street station which was relocated one block east (adjacent to the Telus Convention Centre) in 2000, to board four-car trains. The new stations have retained their existing names (with the exception of 10 Street W becoming Downtown West–Kerby in 2012); however, they may be shifted one block east or west, or to the opposite side of 7th Avenue. The refurbishment project was completed on December 8, 2012, when the Downtown West–Kerby station was opened to the public in conjunction with the West LRT opening event.[5]

  • 1 Street SW – new platform relocated one block east opened October 28, 2005.
  • 7 Street SW – new platform relocated one block east opened February 27, 2009.
  • 6 Street SW – reconstructed in original location. Original platform closed April 7, 2008 and new platform opened March 27, 2009.
  • 8 Street SW – new platform relocated one block east opened December 18, 2009.
  • 3 Street SW – reconstructed in original location. Original platform closed April 20, 2009 and new platform opened March 12, 2010.
  • 3 Street SE – permanently closed May 3, 2010. Replaced by new dual-platform City Hall Station opening July 6, 2011.
  • 4 Street SW – reconstructed in original location. Original platform closed January 7, 2010 and new platform opened January 21, 2011.
  • City Hall – original Eastbound platform rebuilt with new Westbound platform to replace 3 Street E and Olympic Plaza. Original platform closed May 3, 2010 and new dual-platform station opened July 6, 2011. Olympic Plaza was closed permanently at this time. Eastbound platform re-closed following the 2011 Stampede to finish construction and officially opened September 19, 2011.
  • Olympic Plaza – permanently closed July 6, 2011. Replaced by new dual-platform City Hall Station.
  • 10 Street SW – permanently closed and removed on September 15, 2012.[3][6] The new station replacing it, which opened on December 8, 2012, has dual side-loading platforms and is located one block west. This project was initially proposed to be undertaken in 2006, following the opening of the new 1 Street W station. However, the City of Calgary decided to defer the project to coincide with the opening of the West Line and continue on with refurbishment of the other stations. This new station was initially called "11 Street W" up until the Summer of 2012 when it was renamed to Downtown West–Kerby.[7]

This required that the stations be closed during demolition and reconstruction. The new stations feature longer platforms for longer trains, better integration of the platforms into the sidewalk system, better lighting, and more attractive landscaping and street furniture. This project was shortlisted[8] for the New/Old category in the 2012 World Architecture Festival in Singapore.[9]

Diagram

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7 Avenue S
 
  Blue Line continues west
 
11 Street SW
 
Downtown West–Kerby station
 
10 Street SW
 
 
9 Street SW
 
 
  Red Line
 
8 Street SW
 
8 Street SW station
 
7 Street SW
 
7 Street SW station
 
6 Street SW
 
6 Street SW station
 
5 Street SW
 
4 Street SW station
 
4 Street SW
 
 
3 Street SW
 
3 Street SW station
 
2 Street SW
 
 
1 Street SW
 
1 Street SW station
 
Centre Street S
 
Centre Street station
 
1 Street SE
 
 
Macleod Trail
 
City Hall station
 
3 Street SE
 
 
  Red Line
 
  Blue Line
 
4 Street SE
 
 
5 Street SE
 
 
6 Street SE

References

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  1. ^ 7 Avenue calary.ca Archived December 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ calgary.ca
  3. ^ a b "Closure of 10 Street west downtown station" (PDF). The City of Calgary (website). Retrieved 2012-08-28.
  4. ^ Calgary Transportation Infrastructure (2007). "7 Avenue Refurbishment". City of Calgary. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
  5. ^ West LRT Opening Event Archived November 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "10 Street CTrain Station Closure". Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  7. ^ "7 AVENUE REFURBISHMENT PROJECT UPDATE: DOWNTOWN WEST-KERBY STATION" (PDF). The City of Calgary (website). Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  8. ^ "Transit Corridor Renewal (World Buildings Directory)". Archived from the original on February 9, 2013.
  9. ^ World Architecture Festival Website