The Harbour Expressway is a four-lane highway with
signalized intersections running the Intercity business district of
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population i ...
,
Ontario
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, Canada.
Thunder Bay City Council
The Thunder Bay City Council is the governing body of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It consists of a mayor and twelve councillors. The mayor and five of the councillors are elected at large, with one councillor being elected for each ...
looked at renaming the road since it doesn not fit the general definition of an expressway but has decided that it would be unnecessary.
Route description
The entire route of the Harbour Expressway is four lanes and undivided. All intersections are at-grade. Plans to divide the expressway and build interchanges are on hold, and the city of Thunder Bay maintains a right of way for these expansion plans in its official plan. In some places, there is evidence of those plans.
The highway bisects the Intercity area, which is primarily composed of
big box retail stores and office parks. The road is one of the busiest in Thunder Bay.
Construction of the project was part of the provincial government's 1977 construction program.
The completed expressway was opened by Transportation Minister
James Snow
James Wilfred Snow (July 12, 1929 – September 13, 2008) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985 who represented the GTA ridings of Halton ...
at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August27, 1979. It cost C$3.5million to construct.
Major intersections
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Roads in Thunder Bay