Ontario Highway 72
 Highway 72 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | ||||
| Length | 68.5 km[1] (42.6 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Highway 17 – Dinorwic | |||
| North end |  Highway 642 – Sioux Lookout | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Ontario | |||
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King's Highway 72, also known as Highway 72, is a provincially maintained highway in the northern half of the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway travels between Highway 17 in Dinorwic and the town of Sioux Lookout where there are connections with Highway 516 towards Savant Lake and Highway 642 towards Silver Dollar.[2]
Highway 72 was built as a trunk route in the 1930s, and became a provincial highway in 1937. It has remained largely unchanged since then, aside from the reconstruction and realignment of the Frog Rapids bridge. The total length of the highway is 68.4 km (42.5 mi).
Highway 72 is entirely situated in Kenora District. There are no significant settlements between its endpoints, although there is a junction with Highway 664 connecting Hudson.
Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 72. The entirety of the highway is located within Kenora District.[2]
| Location[2] | km[1] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Dinorwic | 0.0 | Highway 17 – Kenora, Thunder Bay
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| Patricia Corners | 60.5 |  Highway 664
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| Sioux Lookout | 67.2 | El Ariano Bypass | |
| 68.5 | Highway 642 east Highway 516 north
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References
- ^ a b Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2004). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Government of Ontario. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. Peter Heiler. 2010. p. 106. § F5–G6. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
