Secondary Highway 622, commonly referred to as Highway 622, is a long connecting route between Highways 11

Highway 11 (Ontario)

King's Highway 11 is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. At , it is the second longest highway in the province after Highway 17. Highway 11 begins at Highway 400 in Barrie, and arches through northern Ontario, around Lake Superior, to the Ontario–Minnesota border...

 and Highway 17

Highway 17 (Ontario)

King's Highway 17, more commonly known as Highway 17, is a provincially maintained highway and the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Canadian province of Ontario. It begins at the Manitoba border west of Kenora and ends south of Arnprior at the western terminus of Highway 417, ...

 in Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the Canadian province of Manitoba, which disputed Ontario's claim to the...

. The road is connected to Highway 11 by the 3 km-long spur road Highway 11B in Atikokan

Atikokan, Ontario

Atikokan is a township in the District of Rainy River in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. In 2006, the population was 3,293. The town is one of the main entry points into Quetico Provincial Park and promotes itself as the "Canoeing Capital of Canada"...

.

The road was built through the 1980s, with crews working from Highway 11 and Highway 17, meeting in the middle in 1988. It was opened to traffic in September of 1989 and renumbered as Highway 622. During its construction, it was known as Bending Lake Road and was designated as Highway 807.

History

In 1979, construction began on Bending Lake Road under the Northern Economic Development Program. Contracts were tendered for clearing the route from Highway 17 southerly and the existing Highway 622 northerly, as well as for the grading of 17.5 km (10.9 mi) of the route midway between the two. The southern end of this work was 43 km (26.7 mi) north of Highway 622. The latter job was completed by the following year. In 1980, work began on grading a new route from the end of an existing development road which branched off of Highway 622 north for 17 km (10.6 mi), which was completed during the summer of 1981. In 1982, contracts were awarded for grading a 13.1 km (8.1 mi) road north from 60.5 km (37.6 mi) north of Highway 622.

By 1984, the remaining 18 km (11.2 mi) between the southern and middle sections were graded, and structures completed over the Seine River and Little Turtle River.
Contracts were awarded that year for construction of a structure over the Turtle River and for a further 5.5 km (3.4 mi) of grading from 73.6 km (45.7 mi) north of Highway 622 northerly. By the summer of 1985, 77 km (47.8 mi) of the road was graded and all three major river crossings completed.
Contracts were awarded to begin grading the route 9 km (5.6 mi) southerly from Highway 17, and for the installation of guide rails along the completed sections. The former of these two contracts was completed by the following summer, at which point another contract was tendered for grading another 10.6 km (6.6 mi) southward.
This was followed in 1987 with a contract for an additional 11.3 km (7 mi) of the northern section. Finally, in 1988, three contracts were tendered to complete the highway: the first was to grade the remaining 11.7 km (7.3 mi) of the route; the remaining two were to pave the entire route.
The highway was opened in September 1989.

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 622. In addition, it includes some minor junctions that are noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.

{| class="wikitable"
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!Division
!Location
!km
!Destinations
!Notes
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|rowspan="4"|Rainy River
|Atikokan
|0.0
|
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|Unorganized Rainy River District
|4.1
|Hardydam Road / Rawn Reservoir Road
|
|-
|8.6
|
|
|-
|31.6
|Gravel Road (west)
Dashwa Lake Road (east)
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|Kenora
|rowspan="3"|Unorganized Kenora District
|69.3
|Sedgewick Lake Road
|
|-
|86.0
|
|Big Turtle River bridge
|-
|130.3
|
|