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List of secondary highways in Cochrane District

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 11, 2022
Entity authorityQ6638059 ↗
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This is a list of secondary highways in Cochrane District, most of which serve as logging roads, mine and dam access roads, or provide access to isolated and sparsely populated areas in the Cochrane District of northeastern Ontario.

Highway 572

Secondary Highway 572, commonly referred to as Highway 572, is a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario which acts as a convenient short-cut for drivers travelling from Highway 11/Trans Canada Highway-northbound to Highway 101-eastbound, and vice versa. By taking this road, one reduces the length of their trip by 14 kilometres (8.7 mi).

Highway 574

Secondary Highway 574, commonly referred to as Highway 574, is a short connecting road from the community of Norembega to the intersection of Highway 652 near Brower, all in Unorganized Cochrane North Part Territory, Ontario, Canada.

Highway 577

Secondary Highway 577, commonly referred to as Highway 577, is a secondary highway in Northern Ontario connecting Iroquois Falls, Ontario to Highway 11/Trans Canada Highway, and to Highway 101. This provides a very direct route for Timmins-Iroquois Falls traffic.

The road is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) in length, but before the large 1998 highway downloading spree by the province, the road continued an additional 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) into Iroquois Falls, terminating at an intersection with Highway 67 (which was concurrent with Highway 578, another downloaded highway).

Highway 578

Highway 578 was a short spur road in Iroquois Falls that was transferred to that municipality on January 1, 1998.

The road served to connect Iroquois Falls to Highway 11, the Trans Canada Highway, much like its sibling road, Highway 577 does. The road travelled along Victoria Road in Iroquois Falls, before terminating at Anson Drive.

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