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This page contains historical and present day photos of Ontario's King's Highway 11B (Huntsville Business Route). All
photographs displayed on this page were taken by the Webmaster (Cameron Bevers), unless specifically noted otherwise. Historical photographs are arranged in
approximate chronological order, while present day photographs (Year 2000 to date) are arranged by location from south to north. Click on any thumbnail to see a
larger image!
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Historical King's Highway 11B (Huntsville) Photographs
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Above - Postcard view of Hwy 11 in Downtown Huntsville (ca. 1940). See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Annabelle Studio) ![]()
Above - Department of Highways' Truck Weigh Scale at the Hwy 60 Junction on Hwy 11 (later Hwy 11B) in Huntsville (1941) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1941) ![]()
Above - Circa 1945 postcard view of the Huntsville Welcome Arch on Hwy 11. Like many towns in Northern Ontario, Huntsville constructed a welcome arch during
the 1930s to greet tourists arriving on the highway by automobile. For over 25 years after the arch's completion in 1932, all Hwy 11 traffic passed through the
Huntsville Welcome Arch. The arch was designed based on the dimensions of vehicles commonly using the Ferguson Highway (Hwy 11) in the early 1930s. However, vehicles
continued to get larger over the next two decades. By the 1950s, the vertical clearance below the arch was insufficient for many trucks. About 18 months
before the Huntsville Bypass was scheduled to be opened to traffic, the inevitable happened: The Huntsville Welcome Arch was destroyed when a transport truck hit the
overhead sign in May 1958. Sadly, the arch was never rebuilt. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Annabelle Studio) ![]()
Above - Postcard view of Hwy 11 in Downtown Huntsville (ca. 1948). See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Annabelle Studio) ![]()
Above - Circa 1950 postcard view of the Hwy 35 & Hwy 60 Junction on Hwy 11 at the northern entrance to Huntsville, facing north towards North Bay. As
originally constructed in the 1930s, this highway junction was in a directional "Y" intersection configuration. At one time, Hwy 35 and Hwy 60 both reached their
western terminus in Huntsville. The overlapped route of Hwy 35 & Hwy 60 between Huntsville and Dwight was discontinued in 1966, after which time the route became
known as Hwy 60 only. Until the 1970s, it wasn't possible to reach Hwy 60 directly from the Huntsville Bypass (the new route of Hwy 11). This highway junction was
extensively reconfigured in 1973, when Hwy 60 was extended west from Old Hwy 11 to the Huntsville Bypass. Both highways were realigned approaching this junction so
that the two roads intersected at right angles. Significant re-grading also took place to improve the vertical grades approaching the intersection. Click here to see a
Present Day View of the Hwy 60 Junction on Old Hwy 11 (now known as Muskoka Road 3) in
Huntsville. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken circa 1950. (Photo courtesy of Newt Winger) ![]() ![]() (Photo courtesy of Newt Winger) |
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Present Day King's Highway 11B (Huntsville) Photographs
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Left - Facing west along Hwy 60 from the Old Hwy 11 (Muskoka Road 3) Junction in Huntsville. This section of Hwy 60 is comparatively new. It was built in
1972-1973 as a westerly extension of the original route of Hwy 60, which had previously ended at Old Hwy 11. Prior to 1973, traffic wishing to access Hwy 60 from
northbound Hwy 11 had to pass through Downtown Huntsville. This new bypass around the northern side of Huntsville greatly improved access to Hwy 60 and Algonquin
Provincial Park from Hwy 11. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on October 8, 2021 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Distance guide sign on westbound Hwy 60 in Huntsville. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on October 8, 2021 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]()
Left - Approaching the Old Hwy 11 Junction (now Muskoka Road 3) on Hwy 60 in Huntsville, facing east. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on October 8, 2021 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing north along Muskoka Road 3 (Old Hwy 11) towards the Hwy 60 Junction in Huntsville. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 6, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]()
Left - Muskoka Road 3 (Old Hwy 11) and Hwy 60 Junction in Huntsville, facing north. Compare this 2006 photo of this highway junction to this
Circa 1950 Postcard View of the Hwy 11 & Hwy 60 Junction as it appeared many decades ago. See
an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 6, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing north along Old Hwy 11 (now Muskoka Road 3) from the Hwy 60 Junction in Huntsville. Old Hwy 11 connects back to the current route of Hwy 11 (the Huntsville Bypass) about 5 km ahead. About 10 km of the original route of Hwy 11 was left behind once the Huntsville Bypass was completed and opened to traffic in 1959. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on October 8, 2021 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]() ![]()
Left - Junction signs at the intersection of Muskoka Road 3 (Old Hwy 11) and Hwy 60 in Huntsville. During reconstruction of this highway junction many years
ago, Hwy 11 was realigned so that it intersected Hwy 60 at a right angle. Originally, this intersection was a directional "Y" Junction. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on October 8, 2021 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing west towards the Hwy 60 and Muskoka Road 3 (Old Hwy 11) Junction in Huntsville. With dual left-turn lanes, two through lanes in each direction and channelized right-turn lanes in all four quadrants, this enormous intersection looks like it would be more at home on the suburban fringes of the Greater Toronto Area rather than Muskoka. That said, this intersection is actually quite heavily-trafficked, particularly in the summer months. This intersection also marked the northern terminus of Hwy 35 up until 1966, as Hwy 35 & Hwy 60 once shared an overlapped concurrent route between Dwight and Huntsville. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 6, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]()
Above - View of Hwy 60 facing east from the Muskoka Road 3 (Old Hwy 11) Junction in Huntsville. The highway seen here is actually a diversion of the original
1937 route of Hwy 60. Numerous sections of the old highway were bypassed between Huntsville and Dwight during various highway improvement projects carried out during
the 1960s. Reconstruction of Hwy 60 began at Huntsville during 1962 and progressed easterly towards Dwight over the next couple of years. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on October 8, 2021 - © Cameron Bevers) ![]()
Above - An older King's Highway 60 Junction signpost with "JCT" tab near Huntsville. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 5, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
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