The numbered roads in Bruce County account for approximately 660km (410miles) of roads in the Canadian province of Ontario.[1] [2] These roads include King's Highways that are signed and maintained by the province, as well as county roads under the jurisdiction of the Bruce County Transportation and Environmental Services Department. The third type of existing roadway in the county is locally maintained municipal roads, many of which are concession roads and sidelines; these are beyond the scope of this article.
The 29 numbered routes provide year-round access to the mostly rural municipality. The longest of these roads is Highway 6, which stretches 87.9km (54.6miles) across the Bruce Peninsula—a long and narrow strip of land separating Lake Huron from Georgian Bay—between Hepworth and Tobermory. The shortest numbered road is Bruce Road25, which travels from Highway 21 to the Lake Huron shoreline.
There are 226km (140miles) of provincially-maintained highways, termed "provincial highways" or "King's Highways" (a term adopted in 1930).[3] [4] As in the rest of Ontario, the provincially maintained highways in Bruce are designated with a shield-shaped sign topped with a crown. The highway number is in the centre, with the word ONTARIO below. These signs are known as shields, but may be referred to as reassurance markers.Provincially maintained highways generally have greater construction standards than municipally or locally maintained roads.[5] Although they are usually one lane in either direction, several short sections with two lanes in one direction as a passing lane exist along the highways.
There are 27 numbered county roads in Bruce County. County roads are signed with a flowerpot-shaped sign, as are most regional and county roads in Ontario. The road number appears in the centre of the sign, with the word BRUCE above and the word COUNTY below. Like King's Highways, these signs are known as shields.[6] The total length of Bruce County roads is 657.8km (408.7miles), including concurrencies.
| Western/Southern Terminus | Eastern/Northern Terminus | Length | Communities | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km | mi | |||||
| Big Tub Road / Front Street in Tobermory | NaNurl=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Hepworth,+Ontario+N0H+1P0/45.2565851,-81.66812/@44.9727644,-81.7439391,112098m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x4d2cb9456c568bcd:0xad40f209ec24295!2m2!1d-81.133302!2d44.633772!1m0!3e0 | Hepworth, Wiarton, Tobermory | ||||
| in Kincardine | Huron–Bruce Road near Clifford | NaNurl=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/44.1750954,-81.6147609/43.9842067,-81.0074165/@44.0615075,-81.6107514,56932m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-81.2621545!2d44.0995833!3s0x8829a72217b47c33:0xeef858d24381de03!1m0!3e0 | Kincardine, Walkerton, Mildmay | |||
| at Amberley | at Alvanley | NaNurl=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/44.5411894,-81.1263664/44.0429037,-81.7170319/@44.2886618,-81.7981263,80205m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-81.3704352!2d44.4740844!3s0x8829cf0fe2d4a083:0x2f9eab0bd752663e!1m0!3e0 | Kincardine, Tiverton, Port Elgin, Southampton | |||
County roads are referred to on signage as Bruce Road X. The following table lists existing numbered roads maintained by the County of Bruce. The county also maintains Grey–Bruce Line between Scone and Highway21 as an unnumbered county road.[7]
| Name(s) | Western/Southern Terminus | Eastern/Northern Terminus | Length | Communities | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km | mi | |||||||
| Bruce Road1 Ross Street, Staufer Street (Lucknow) Mill Drive (Paisley) | 700m (2,300feet) south of | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.9562509,-81.5214976/44.3063633,-81.2728629/@44.2924938,-81.7349383,10z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 | Lucknow, Paisley | |||||
| Durham Street | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.12724,-81.2038/44.1334,-81.15008/@44.1352014,-81.2083831,7672m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en | Walkerton | Short spur road, connecting Bruce Road4 just north of Walkerton, to Bruce Road3. | |||||
| Bruce Road3 Queen Street (Paisley) | in Mildmay | between Southampton and Port Elgin | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.04451,-81.12278/44.47033,-81.36514/@44.2561686,-81.5414251,61247m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1?hl=en | Mildmay, Paisley | ||||
| London Road Clinton Street (Teeswater) Young Street, Jackson Street, Durham Street (Walkerton) 10th Street (Hanover) | Huron–Bruce Road (boundary with Huron County) | Saugeen River in Hanover (boundary with Grey County) | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.94376,-81.27475/44.13021,-81.15109/44.1511626,-81.0417395/@44.040654,-81.3365072,36551m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Teeswater, Walkerton, Hanover | Former Highway 4. Along its concurrency with Highway 9, maps show the road as Highway9/County Road4. | |||
| Brook Street East | in Tara | Grey–Bruce Road (continues as Grey County Road5) | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.481978,-81.1467721/44.486733,-81.1136347/@44.4812578,-81.1476858,3497m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Tara | ||||
| Bruce Road6/6E Hillcrest Street (Teeswater) Absalom Street (Mildmay) | south of Neustadt | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.1070384,-81.6674145/44.0712669,-81.5783216/Teeswater,+ON,+Canada/Mildmay,+ON,+Canada/44.0590248,-81.0072355/@44.027854,-81.5448731,43476m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m17!4m16!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x88290931a6f9e9a1:0xc7859a56bc23901b!2m2!1d-81.2876878!2d44.0007085!1m5!1m1!1s0x882975a1b380625b:0x4f1a11a3db740a43!2m2!1d-81.1189795!2d44.0424018!1m0!3e0?hl=en | Ripley, Teeswater, Mildmay | Bruce Road6 ends at intersection with Bruce Road12. Bruce Road6 East continues until Bruce Road10 | ||||
| Bruce Road7 | , the Bruce County - Huron County Townline | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.00661,-81.62781/44.1397674,-81.5254621/@44.0526327,-81.7382198,30729m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Ripley | |||||
| Main Street, Tolmie Road, Queen Street | in Sauble Beach | in Hepworth | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.62963,-81.26466/44.6337243,-81.1333059/@44.6316336,-81.2815828,15214m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Sauble Beach, Tolmie, Hepworth | ||||
| Burma Road, Ferndale Road, Evergreen Road | , 3km (02miles) north of Wiarton | east of Parker Landing, at the interserction of Stokes Bay Road/West Road | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.7710448,-81.1438528/44.94525,-81.21929/44.96141,-81.23929/44.95921,-81.33652/@44.8644382,-81.4546209,42858m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Ferndale | ||||
| Bruce Road10, Bruce Street, Yonge Street, 1st Avenue, 4th Street | Grey–Bruce Line (boundary with Grey County) at Scone | in Hepworth | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.98657,-80.99049/44.6337495,-81.133307/@44.2866679,-81.511279,102952m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-81.1494053!2d44.4913272!3s0x8829e83dc19dc49d:0x15ec55baa026801!1m0!3e0?hl=en | Hepworth, Tara, Chesley, Hanover, Neustadt | Section from Hepworth to Highway 21 was former route of Highway 6 before it was rerouted along Highway 70, when the latter was decommissioned in 1998. The route of Highway6 prior to 1998 became an extension of Bruce Road10 | |||
| Bruce Road11 | in North Bruce | north of Chesley | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.3726763,-81.4375696/44.306154,-81.2727817/44.3204544,-81.1015802/@44.3399498,-81.3308264,12.25z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en&entry=ttu | Paisley | ||||
| Bruce Road12 | Huron–Bruce Road (boundary with Huron County) at Belmore | /Bruce Road4 west of Walkerton. | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.1055829,-81.2243952/43.9586998,-81.1864018/@44.030211,-81.3440159,30741m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Formosa | ||||
| Turner Street, Bruce Road, Southampton Parkway, Sauble Falls Parkway, Oliphant Road, Jenny Street | in Southampton | in Wiarton | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.5025283,-81.3643607/44.7510942,-81.1414297/@44.6233591,-81.4177903,36190m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-81.269845!2d44.6011795!3s0x8829d95cecaa8c25:0x7e5e30b1f3ff06d5!1m0!3e0?hl=en | Southampton, Sauble Beach, Sauble Falls, Wiarton | ||||
| Bruce Road14 | in Tolmie | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.6312419,-81.2102528/44.5310361,-81.2040813/@44.5782393,-81.3090272,21535m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Tolmie | |||||
| Bruce Road15 | Lake Street in Inverhuron | in Eden Grove | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.2870084,-81.5914686/44.217303,-81.228539/@44.2418519,-81.5722693,30631m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-81.4381591!2d44.2250849!3s0x8829adfc0d1b4233:0x849feb5f42765962!1m0!3e0?hl=en | Inverhuron, Tiverton | Close to Inverhuron Provincial Park and the Bruce Nuclear Plant | |||
| Bruce Road16 | north of Mildmay | Boundary with Grey County east of Neustadt (Continues as Grey County Road 9) | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.0586077,-81.1344606/44.0780305,-81.0030578/@44.0632668,-81.157998,15362m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Mildmay, Neustadt | Former county road, now downgraded to concession 10 as concession road 8 became County Road 6. | |||
| Gustavus Street, Union Street | in Port Elgin | south of Tara | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.4358865,-81.3891446/44.472639,-81.1441373/@44.4439766,-81.3849644,21546m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-81.2982287!2d44.4410712!3s0x8829c6798924b03d:0x3ac8ee9a7bb7fb40!1m0!3e0?hl=en | Port Elgin, Tara | ||||
| Sideroad15 | east of Walkerton | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.1373818,-81.1284865/44.288375,-81.069493/@44.2157957,-81.2057337,28925m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-81.152354!2d44.2247904!3s0x882997ef08dcfa8b:0x5f4def9255ca5c0d!1m0!3e0?hl=en | Walkerton, Vesta | |||||
| Bruce Road20, Concession4 | /Bruce Road4 | at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.0925173,-81.3114678/44.3197779,-81.5655829/@44.1957235,-81.6016941,40920m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Portal | ||||
| Bruce Road22 | just west of Hanover | north of Hanover | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.1483665,-81.0534114/44.1695604,-81.0359334/@44.1598571,-81.0761225,4972m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Hanover | North-West portion of Hanover by-pass | |||
| Bruce Road23, E/F Sideroad | Parker Street in Kincardine | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.1813454,-81.6320445/44.3086155,-81.5407863/@44.2490658,-81.7018333,26509m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-81.6023131!2d44.2329842!3s0x8828521d4ec46681:0x9bb79af39b6290d1!1m0!3e0?hl=en | Kincardine | |||||
| Concession 8 | south of Mildmay | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.0312428,-81.2045969/44.034917,-81.1265458/@44.0323832,-81.2007819,6462m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Mildmay | Former County Road. Road was downgraded to Conession Road 8 after Conession Road 6 was upgraded to County Road 6. | ||||
| C.A.W. Road | Saugeen Beach Road (Lake Huron shoreline) | , Saugeen Township Concession 6 | NaNurl=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/44.4214773,-81.4005605/44.4285944,-81.4178624/@44.4234059,-81.4212302,1909m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Port Elgin | ||||
| Bruce Road 28, McIntosh Line, Absalom Street | Huron–Bruce Road in McIntosh | in Mildmay | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.0423488,-81.1190516/43.9695063,-81.1101752/@43.999402,-81.1918765,15379m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Mildmay | ||||
| Main Street | Everatt Sideroad | NaNurl=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/44.9812371,-81.251426/44.9983493,-81.2603967/@44.9893401,-81.268394,3215m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3 | Lion's Head | |||||
| 1st Avenue | in Chesley | NaNurl=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.3027472,-81.0965978/44.2851646,-81.0914668/@44.295687,-81.1104343,4596m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en | Chesley | |||||
| Concession 6, Concession 4 West | Sideroad 5 in Chepstow | in Dunkeld | 1km (01miles) | km | mi | disp=table | sortable=on | |