The numbered roads in Bruce County account for approximately of roads in the Canadian province of Ontario.The total length only counts concurrent sections of roadways once. 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" (a term adopted in 1930). 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.

Roads King's Highways +King's Highways Route Western/Southern Terminus Eastern/Northern Terminus Length Communities Comments km mi Big Tub Road / Front Street in Tobermory Hepworth, Wiarton, Tobermory in Kincardine Huron–Bruce Road near Clifford Kincardine, Walkerton, Mildmay at Amberley at Alvanley Kincardine, Tiverton, Port Elgin, Southampton

County roads County roads are referred to on signage as Bruce Road X. The following table lists existing numbered roads maintained by the County of Bruce. The county also maintains Grey–Bruce Line between Scone and Highway21 as an unnumbered county road. +Bruce County Roads Route Name(s) Western/Southern Terminus Eastern/Northern Terminus LengthCommunitiesComments km mi Bruce Road1Ross Street, Staufer Street (Lucknow)Mill Drive (Paisley) south of Lucknow, Paisley Durham Street Walkerton Short spur road, connecting Bruce Road4 just north of Walkerton, to Bruce Road3. Bruce Road3Queen Street (Paisley) in Mildmay between Southampton and Port Elgin Mildmay, Paisley London RoadClinton Street (Teeswater)Young Street, Jackson Street, Durham Street (Walkerton)10th Street (Hanover) Huron–Bruce Road (boundary with Huron County) Saugeen River in Hanover (boundary with Grey County) Teeswater, Walkerton, Hanover Former Highway 4. Along its concurrency with Highway 9, maps show the road as Highway9/County Road4. Brook Street East in Tara Grey–Bruce Road (continues as Grey County Road5) Tara Bruce Road6/6EHillcrest Street (Teeswater)Absalom Street (Mildmay) south of Neustadt Ripley, Teeswater, Mildmay Bruce Road6 ends at intersection with Bruce Road12. Bruce Road6 East continues until Bruce Road10 Bruce Road7 , the Bruce County - Huron County Townline Ripley Main Street, Tolmie Road, Queen Street in Sauble Beach in Hepworth Sauble Beach, Tolmie, Hepworth Burma Road, Ferndale Road, Evergreen Road , north of Wiarton east of Parker Landing, at the interserction of Stokes Bay Road/West Road Ferndale Bruce Road10, Bruce Street, Yonge Street, 1st Avenue, 4th Street Grey–Bruce Line (boundary with Grey County) at Scone in Hepworth Hepworth, Tara, Chesley, Hanover, Neustadt Section from Hepworth to Highway 21 was former route of Highway 6 before it was rerouted along Highway 70, when the latter was decommissioned in 1998. The route of Highway6 prior to 1998 became an extension of Bruce Road10 Bruce Road11 in North Bruce north of Chesley Paisley Bruce Road12 Huron–Bruce Road (boundary with Huron County) at Belmore /Bruce Road4 west of Walkerton. Formosa Turner Street, Bruce Road, Southampton Parkway, Sauble Falls Parkway, Oliphant Road, Jenny Street in Southampton in Wiarton Southampton, Sauble Beach, Sauble Falls, Wiarton Bruce Road14 in Tolmie Tolmie Bruce Road15 Lake Street in Inverhuron in Eden Grove Inverhuron, TivertonClose to Inverhuron Provincial Park and the Bruce Nuclear Plant Bruce Road16 north of Mildmay Boundary with Grey County east of Neustadt (Continues as Grey County Road 9) Mildmay, Neustadt Former county road, now downgraded to concession 10 as concession road 8 became County Road 6. Gustavus Street, Union Street in Port Elgin south of Tara Port Elgin, Tara Sideroad15 east of Walkerton Walkerton, Vesta Bruce Road20, Concession4 /Bruce Road4 at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station Portal Bruce Road22 just west of Hanover north of Hanover HanoverNorth-West portion of Hanover by-pass Bruce Road23, E/F Sideroad Parker Street in Kincardine Kincardine Concession 8 south of Mildmay MildmayFormer County Road. Road was downgraded to Conession Road 8 after Conession Road 6 was upgraded to County Road 6. C.A.W. Road Saugeen Beach Road (Lake Huron shoreline) , Saugeen Township Concession 6 Port Elgin Frank Street Highway 6 / Berford Street in Wiarton Grey Road 1 Wiarton Bruce Road 28, McIntosh Line, Absalom Street Huron–Bruce Road in McIntosh in Mildmay Mildmay Main Street Everatt Sideroad Lion's Head 1st Avenue in Chesley Chesley Concession 6, Concession 4 WestSideroad 5 in Chepstow in Dunkeldkm|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}} Concession 10Greenock - Brant Townline Road in Cargill km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}} Former County Road that was only 2 km in length; now Cargill Road Bruce Road33, Tie Road, B & C Side Road, Bruce-Saugeen Townline, Lake Range Road Bruce Road 40 Grey–Bruce Line (continues south as Grey County Road40) Williscroft Amberley Road, Campbell Street in AmberleyBruce/Huron County Boundary, continues as Huron County Road 86 Lucknow

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