List of numbered roads in Greater Sudbury explained

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.

NumberNamesWestern/Southern TerminusEastern/Northern TerminusMajor CommunitiesComments
Bay StreetMR 4MR 55WhitefishCrosses over but does not interchange with Highway 17, just east of the Highway 17/MR 55 intersection.
Fairbank Lake RoadHighway 17Intersection of Wickie Road and Park RoadWorthingtonTravels through the ghost town of Victoria Mines; formerly .
Spanish River Roadmunicipal boundary with township of Nairn and HymanMR 4 in WorthingtonTurbineAn 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 RoadHighway 144Mine RoadOnaping, LevackMain road into Onaping and Levack. Formerly and .[1] [2]
Panache Lake RoadPanache North Shore RoadMR 55WhitefishFormerly
Gordon Lake RoadMR 13Highway 144LarchwoodGordon 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 StreetMina StreetHighway 144Larchwood, HullListed as Ontario's Worst Road in October 2007.[4]
Errington Avenue, Main StreetHighway 144MR 15Chelmsford
Municipal Road 15, Main StreetIntersection of Highway 144 and MR 35MR 80Formerly
Montée Rouleau, Gagnon StreetMR 35MR 15Azilda
Notre-Dame Street MR 35MR 35AzildaTravels through the community of Azilda
Municipal Road 24, Main StreetMR 55Highway 144LivelyPasses by the ghost town of Creighton Mine; formerly .
Power Street, Godfrey DriveMR 55MR 32Copper CliffThe 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]
Balsam StreetMR 55MR 30Copper Cliff
Big Nickel Mine RoadInterchange with MR 55MR 35Gatchell/Little BritainBig 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 StreetMR 55Intersection of Highway 144 and MR 15Chelmsford, Azilda, DowntownFormer 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]
Kelly Lake RoadSouthview DriveMR 55Robinson
Regent Street, Beatty StreetIntersection with MR 55 and MR 46Intersection with MR 42 and MR 58Little BritainBasically an extension of MR 46 and MR 58
Ramsey Lake RoadMR 80Kirkwood Drivesouth shore of Ramsey LakeScience North is located near this road's western terminus at MR 80, while Laurentian University is located near the eastern terminus.
Martindale RoadIntersection of MR 40, MR 46 and MR 47MR 55RobinsonBasically an extension of MR 47
Frood Road, Elm StreetMR 71MR 67Downtown/Donovan/Northern HeightsHas a brief concurrency with MR 55; access road to Frood Mine. Briefly was the first original route of Highway 547 from 1956 to 1960.
Ontario Street, McLeod Street, Hyland DriveMR 40MR 46Gatchell
York StreetMR 46MR 80near downtown
Regent StreetInterchange with Highway 69 (future Highway 400) and Highway 17Intersection with MR 55 and MR 38Lo-Ellen/Four Corners/LockerbyBasically an extension of MR 38
Walford RoadIntersection of MR 40 and MR 46MR 80LockerbyBasically an extension of MR 40
Lorne StreetMR 55MR 35DowntownFormer route of MR 55
Larch StreetMR 67MR 49Downtown
Cedar StreetMR 67MR 49Downtown
Old Highway 17, Lorne Street, Douglas Street, Brady Street, Lloyd Street,The KingswayHighway 17, west of WhitefishHighway 17, 3 km west of ConistonWhitefish, Naughton, Lively, Copper Cliff, Gatchell, Downtown, Minnow Lake, ConistonFormer 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.
Van Horne StreetMR 80MR 67Downtown
Kathleen StreetIntersection of MR 42 and MR 38MR 80Donovan/Flour MillBasically an extension of MR 38
Ste-Anne RoadIntersection of Mackenzie Street and MR 67MR 80Downtown
College StreetIntersection of 35/55MR 58Downtown
Barry Downe RoadMR 55MR 73New Sudbury
Elgin Street, Morris Street, Howey Drive, Bellevue Avenue, Bancroft Drive, Allan Street, Government Road, East Street, Birch StreetIntersection with MR 55 and MR 61Highway 17Downtown, Brodie, Minnow Lake, Adamsdale, Coniston
Auger AvenueMR 86MR 71New Sudbury
Bancroft DriveMR 67MR 55Minnow LakeBancroft Drive continues as MR 67 from Bellevue Avenue to Allan Street in Coniston.
LaSalle BoulevardInterchange with MR 35MR 86New SudburyWest 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.
Second AvenueMR 67Intersection of MR 55 and MR 86Minnow LakeContinues as MR 86
Maley DriveInterchange with MR 71MR 86New SudburyTurns 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.
Moonlight Beach RoadMR 67MR 55Adamsdale
Long Lake Road, Paris Street, Notre-Dame Avenue (Sudbury), Old Highway 69, Notre-Dame Avenue (Hanmer), Côté BoulevardIntersection of Dew Drop Road and Tilton Lake RoadMR 85Four Corners, Downtown, Val Caron, Val Thérèse, HanmerRoute 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 .
Capreol Road, Sellwood Avenue, Milnet RoadMR 80Dead-end in the woods at the Greater Sudbury/Sudbury District borderHanmer, Capreol, SellwoodThe 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, and the rest of the road was part of former .
Radar RoadMR 86MR 80Hanmer
Falconbridge Highway, Skead RoadIntersection of MR 55 and 72SkeadNew Sudbury, Garson, SkeadHas an old diversion (Old Skead Road). Continues as MR 72. Sudbury Airport is located on this road. Formerly .
Elmview DriveMR 80Dominion DriveHanmer
Longyear DriveMR 86Edison RoadFalconbridgeFormerly
Garson-Coniston RoadHighway 17MR 86Garson, Coniston
Second AvenueMR 67Highway 17Coniston
Desmarais RoadMR 80Intersection with Nelson Lake Road and Frenchman Lake RoadVal Thérèse
Capreol Lake RoadMR 84Intersection of 4th Fire Road, 5th Fire Road, and 6th Fire Road, half-way between Capreol and the Wahnapitae 11 Indian ReserveCapreol
Greater Sudbury Road 537Highway 537 at Finni RoadHighway 17WahnapitaeFormerly part of .

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway544.htm Highway 544
  2. http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway544A.htm Highway 544A
  3. Web site: Google Maps.
  4. Web site: Ontario's Worst Roads Results . 2007-10-04 . 2007-10-06 . Canadian Automobile Association . Canadian Automobile Association . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080103163633/http://www.worstroads.ca/rankings/roadfinal.asp . 2008-01-03 .
  5. http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2006/12-08-06-private_roadTOP.aspx Clarabelle Mill Rd. now closed to public
  6. Web site: City of Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 35 Widening from Notre Dame Street to Chelmsford . 2009-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071110011528/http://www.greatersudbury.ca/pubapps/publicnotices/index.cfm?lang=en&pg=dtl&id=95 . 2007-11-10 . dead .
  7. https://www.greatersudbury.ca/city-hall/news-and-public-notices/2018/public-information-sessions-for-mr35-improvements/ Public Information Sessions for MR35 Improvements