Ontario Highway 529A Explained

Province:	ON
Type:	Secondary
Route:	529A
Length Km:	4.5
Established:	1961
Counties:	Parry Sound District
Direction A:	West
Terminus A:	Bayfield Lodge in Bayfield Inlet
Direction B:	East
Terminus B:	at Manbert
Villages:	Bayfield Inlet, Manbert
Divisions:	Parry Sound District
Previous Type:	ON
Previous Route:	529
Next Type:	ON
Next Route:	531

Secondary Highway 529A, commonly referred to as Highway 529A, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located within Parry Sound District, the highway is a short spur of Highway 529, extending from Manbert to Bayfield Inlet.

Route description

Highway 529A is a short route with travels between Bayfield Inlet and Highway 529 at Manbert. The route begins at the entrance to Bayfield Lodge in the middle of Bayfield Inlet. It travels east along the north shore of the inlet before penetrating briefly into the forest, then emerging into a grassy knoll. Shortly thereafter it enters a shrubby grassland and zig-zags northeast and southeast, eventually transitioning into a thick forest. Occasionally, large granite outcroppings of the Canadian Shield create breaks in the growth.^[1] The route is in length and features a narrow cross-section. On an average day in 2016, 160 vehicles travelled the highway.^[2]

History

Highway 529A was the original route of Highway 529, which was designated in 1956.^{[3] [4]} At that time, the present-day route of Highway 529 was the alignment of Highway 69. When Highway 69 was realigned through the area in 1960, the Highway 529 designation was transferred to the bypassed former alignment of Highway 69, while the former Highway 529 was redesignated as 529A.^[5] The route has remained unchanged since then.

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 529. The entirety of the route is located within Parry Sound District.

Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Bayfield Inlet	0.0		Bayfield Lodge
Manbert	4.5		References

Notes and References

1. Ontario Back Road Atlas . 2010 . Peter Heiler . . 74 . N23 . 978-1-55198-226-7.
2. Web site: Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts . Ministry of Transportation of Ontario . Ministry of Transportation of Ontario . 2016 . February 1, 2021.
3. Ontario Road Map . C.P. Robins . Ontario Department of Highways . 1956 . O32.
4. News: Ontario Secondary Roads Now Designated 500, 600 . The Globe and Mail . February 4, 1956 . 4 . 112 . 33,119 . Two new Ontario road numbers appear on the province's 1956 official road map which will be ready for distribution next week. The new numbers are the 500 and 600 series and designate hundreds of miles of secondary roads which are wholly maintained by the Highways Department. More than 100 secondary roads will have their own numbers and signs this year. All of these secondary roads were taken into the province's main highways system because they form important connecting links with the King's Highways.
5. Ontario Road Map . C.P. Robins . Ontario Department of Highways . 1961 . O31–32.