Talk:Highway 137 (Ontario)

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Don't let the freeway style of this road fool you... the speed limit is 60 km/h, as I discovered when I got a ticket. --70.82.50.67 17:16, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

The original signage has since changed twice in less than as many years. (2004 photo) These now indicate 137 - Hill Island, Ontario and the I-81 directional indicator has moved to other, less prominent signs
The original signage has since changed twice in less than as many years. (2004 photo) These now indicate 137 - Hill Island, Ontario and the I-81 directional indicator has moved to other, less prominent signs

The changes in the Highway 401 signage for this are odd - the signs originally indicated "Interstate 81, Hill Island, Bridge to USA" - these signs were replaced with "Interstate 81, Hill Island USA" then a few months later were taken down and replaced with "Highway 137, Hill Island, Ontario" and a second set of signs 1km back saying "Interstate 81 USA follow 137". An extra (smaller) "I-81" directional marker was added on the offramp. It looks like someone made one big mistake and had to make some corrections; it's not the place of individual provinces to cede British Commonwealth territory (even if it's only Hill Island) to the USA or any other foreign power.

Unfortunately I don't have a photo of the "Hill Island USA" version - which had to be an error. --carlb 02:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I never saw this version - undoubtedly "Hill Island" and "USA" were intended to be separate destinations, but the sign didn't "read" properly, hence the quick change. The highway should have been renumbered as ON-81 though when the decision was made to finally sign its route number. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.207.214.134 (talk • contribs)


Road stub mini pictogram.png  This Canadian road or highway is a pointless stub. You can help Wikipedia by forgetting about it, putting the maps away and simply getting back onto Interstate 81.