Ontario Highway 666 Quick Facts:
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 Secondary Highway 666 Sign © Cameron Bevers |
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History of Secondary Highway 666:
Secondary Highway 666 was a short-lived route in the Kenora area in the 1970s and early 1980s which was soon renumbered as Highway 658. In November 1973,
the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) decided to redesignate three minor King's Highways in Northern Ontario as Secondary Highways by the
end of 1975. The three affected highways were Highway 116 near Sioux Lookout, Highway 119 near Dryden and Highway 128 near Kenora. The common practice at
the time was to number Secondary Highways in consecutive order, and the MTC simply picked the next three route numbers that were available for assignment.
Those three numbers were Highway 664 (assigned to former King's Highway 116), Highway 665 (assigned to former King's Highway 119) and Highway 666 (assigned
to former King's Highway 128). In 1975, route markers along King's Highway 128 were changed over to Secondary Highway 666, as planned out two years earlier. At the time, little thought had been given to the significance of the highway's new route number. However, the notoriety of this route number quickly began to be noticed. Facing mounting public pressure, compounded by the predictable problem of route marker thefts, the Ministry of Transportation decided to change the highway's number to Highway 658 in 1985. Highway 666 was mostly paved when it was created in 1975, except for a gravel section from Highway 598 to Highway 659. This gravel section was paved in 1981. The highway was 29 km long, and ran from Kenora to Redditt. Photographic History of Secondary Highway 666 Learn More About Secondary Highway 666 |
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