Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Ontario Highway 71

Ontario Highway 71

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/September 1, 2017 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:38, 19 August 2017 (UTC)



King's Highway 71, commonly referred to as Highway 71, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 194 km route travels concurrently with Highway 11 for 40 km from the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge in Fort Frances, south of which the roadway continues as US Route 53 (US 53) and US Route 71 (US 71) in Minnesota. At Chapple, Highway 11 continues west while Highway 71 branches north to a junction with Highway 17 just east of Kenora. Highway 71 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway for its entire length.

Highway 71 was created on April 1, 1960, as part of a plan to extend Highway 11 from Thunder Bay to Rainy River. The portion of the highway that is concurrent with Highway 11 follows the Cloverleaf Trail, constructed by the end of 1880s and improved over the next several decades. The portion between Highway 11 and Highway 17 follows the Heenan Highway,constructed to connect the Rainy River region with Kenora and the remainder of Ontario's road network, and opened on September 1, 1937; before its opening the area was accessible only via the United States. Both highways were incorporated into the provincial highway system in 1937.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Sweet Track - June 15, 2017
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 * Promoted: March 3, 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: 80th anniversary opening of a significant link in the Canadian highway system. Highway 71 provided the first access to Kenora and between 1937 and 1960 it served as the only way to travel from Toronto to Winnipeg, as there was no all-Canadian connection ("Follow the only road!").
 * Support as nominator.  Floydian  τ ¢  00:04, 16 August 2017 (UTC)