List of numbered roads in Bruce County
The numbered roads in Bruce County account for approximately of roads in the Canadian province of Ontario.
These roads include King's Highways that are signed and maintained by the province, as well as county roads under the jurisdiction of the Bruce County Transportation and Environmental Services Department. The third type of existing roadway in the county is locally maintained municipal roads, many of which are concession roads and sidelines; these are beyond the scope of this article.
The 29 numbered routes provide year-round access to the mostly rural municipality. The longest of these roads is Highway 6, which stretches across the Bruce Peninsula—a long and narrow strip of land separating Lake Huron from Georgian Bay—between Hepworth and Tobermory. The shortest numbered road is Bruce Road25, which travels from Highway 21 to the Lake Huron shoreline.
Types of roads
King's Highways
There are of provincially-maintained highways, termed "provincial highways" or "King's Highways".As in the rest of Ontario, the provincially maintained highways in Bruce are designated with a shield-shaped sign topped with a crown. The highway number is in the centre, with the word ONTARIO below. These signs are known as shields, but may be referred to as reassurance markers.
Provincially maintained highways generally have greater construction standards than municipally or locally maintained roads.
Although they are usually one lane in either direction, several short sections with two lanes in one direction as a passing lane exist along the highways.
County roads
There are 27 numbered county roads in Bruce County. County roads are signed with a flowerpot-shaped sign, as are most regional and county roads in Ontario. The road number appears in the centre of the sign, with the word BRUCE above and the word COUNTY below. Like King's Highways, these signs are known as shields.The total length of Bruce County roads is, including concurrencies.