Secondary Highway 622, commonly referred to as Highway 622, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a long connecting route between Highways 11 and Highway 17 in Northwestern Ontario. The road is connected to Highway 11 by the 3 km-long spur road Highway 11B in Atikokan. 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 1989 and renumbered as Highway 622. During its construction, it was known as Bending Lake Road and was designated as Highway 807. Route description Highway 622 is a long and desolate highway in northwestern Ontario that connects Highway 11 and Highway 17 via Highway 11B. Aside from Atikokan, at the southern end of the route, there are no communities, residences or establishments along the entire route. A handful of logging roads branch off the highway, but otherwise no through routes intersect it between its two termini. At its southern end, the route begins by branching off east from Highway 11B as it enters into Atikokan from the south. Highway 622 curves around the east side of the town for then proceeds generally northwest into the wilderness. Between there and its northern terminus at Highway 17 between Dryden and Ignace, the route passes through a lake dotted region covered by rock and forest; the boreal forest and the Canadian Shield. According to the Ministry of Transportation (MTO), on an average day, approximately 600 vehicles travel Highway 622 within Atikokan, while approximately 100 travel the highway near its northern terminus. These represent the heaviest and least travelled sections of the route. History Highway 622 was first created in 1958 as an access road from Atikokan to the newly opened Caland Ore mine. It was assumed by the Department of Highways, predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation, on January 30, 1958 at a length of approximately . The gravel-surfaced highway was paved over the next two years, but otherwise remained the same until the late 1970s. In 1979, construction began on the 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 of the route midway between the two. The southern end of this work was north