Sultan Industrial Road

Infobox road
highway_name = Sultan Industrial Road
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length_km = 80
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direction_a = East
direction_b = West
direction = East/West
starting_terminus = jct|state=ON|Hwy|144 at jct|state=ON|Hwy|560
ending_terminus = jct|state=ON|Hwy|667 at Sultan
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The Sultan Industrial Road is a private road in the Canadian province of Ontario. Primarily a resource route for E. B. Eddy's logging and lumber operations in the northwestern Sudbury District, the road is also under a public access agreement with the provincial Ministry of Transportation.

The road. which has a gravel surface, extends from the intersection of Highways 144 and 560, convert|96|km|mi|0|lk=on north of Cartier and convert|32|km|mi|0 south of Gogama, westward to the terminus of Highway 667 at Sultan approximately convert|80|km|mi|0|lk=on west. With the two secondary highways, the road forms the only east-west cross route intersecting Highway 144 apart from its termini.

The route also provides the only terrestrial road access to the community of Biscotasing and the ghost towns of Jerome Mine and Ramsey.

The road has a speed limit of convert|70|km/h|mph|0|lk=on, as defined in Ontario's "Speed Limits in Territory without Municipal Organization Act" of 1990 [ [http://www.canlii.org/on/laws/regu/1990r.621/20030205/whole.html SPEED LIMITS IN TERRITORY WITHOUT MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 621] at the Canadian Legal Information Institute.] .

Many municipal politicians and media commentators in the area have also lobbied for the road to be upgraded to full provincial highway status [ [http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=820283&auth=Doug+Millroy%2FCOLUMN "Upgrade Sultan road as route to Wawa"] , Doug Millroy, "Sault Star".] , as the route would reduce the length of a trip from Sudbury to Wawa by fully convert|100|km|mi|0 compared to the current routing of Highway 17.

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* [http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=9816058479951430181,47.590399,-82.761232&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=HWY-667+%4047.590399,+-82.761232&daddr=47.472895,-81.847458&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=12&sll=47.484033,-81.892776&sspn=0.139905,0.376282&ie=UTF8&ll=47.527402,-82.268372&spn=0.559156,1.505127&z=10&om=1 Sultan Industrial Road] marked on Google Maps