ECHO BAY, ONT. — The Ontario government is rehabilitating a key section of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Crews have started resurfacing a 16.8-kilometre section of Highway 17 from south of Echo Bay to Highway 548. The project also includes rehabilitating the eastbound Bar River Bridge and replacing the westbound Bar River Bridge.
As part of a separate contract, crews will replace the Stobie Creek Bridge and rehabilitate the Walker Creek Culvert on Highway 17, as well as replace the Richardson Creek Bridge on Highway 548, a release reads.
Highway 17 is a strategic link in the Trans-Canada Highway corridor, moving goods valued at more than $18.6 billion every year.
Ontario is twinning the Trans-Canada Highway from Thunder Bay to Nipigon. The province completed the first phase of twinning Highway 17 from Kenora to the Manitoba border in October 2024. The second phase of twinning Highway 17 between Highway 673 and Rush Bay Road is currently in preliminary design.
