Sultan Industrial Road

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Sultan Industrial Road
Length:	80 km (50 mi)
Direction:	East/West
East end:	Hwy 144 at Hwy 560
West end:	Hwy 667 at Sultan

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, 96 kilometres (60 mi) north of Cartier and 32 kilometres (20 mi) south of Gogama, westward to the terminus of Highway 667 at Sultan approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) 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 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph), as defined in Ontario's Speed Limits in Territory without Municipal Organization Act of 1990 ^[1].

Many municipal politicians and media commentators in the area have also lobbied for the road to be upgraded to full provincial highway status ^[2], as the route would reduce the length of a trip from Sudbury to Wawa by fully 100 kilometres (62 mi) compared to the current routing of Highway 17.