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 , which was completed during the summer of 1981. In 1982, contracts were awarded for grading a road north from north of Highway 622. By 1984, the remaining between the southern and middle sections were graded, and structures completed over the Seine River and Little Turtle River. The Bending Lake Road had also been designated as Highway 807. Contracts were awarded that year for construction of a structure over the Turtle River and for a further of grading from north of Highway 622 northerly. By the summer of 1985, of the road was graded and all three major river crossings completed. Contracts were awarded to begin grading the route 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 southward. This was followed in 1987 with a contract for an additional of the northern section. Finally, in 1988, three contracts were tendered to complete the highway: the first was to grade the remaining of the route; the remaining two were to pave the entire route. The Bending Lake Road was opened in 1989 and renumbered as Highway 622. The route has remained unchanged since then. For several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the highway became used by trucking traffic as an alternative to Ontario Highway 71, after load restrictions were placed on the Sioux Narrows Bridge. 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" |- !Division !Location !km !Destinations !Notes |- |rowspan="4"|Rainy River |Atikokan |0.0 | | |- |rowspan="3"|Unorganized Rainy River District |4.0 |Hardydam Road / Rawn Reservoir Road | |- |7.5 | | |- |30.5 |Gravel Road (west)Dashwa Lake Road (east) | |- |rowspan="3"|Kenora |rowspan="3"|Unorganized Kenora District |68.2 |Sedgewick Lake Road | |- |84.8 |colspan=2 align=center|Big Turtle River bridge |- |129.1 | |Trans-Canada Highway References External links Highway 622 - Length and Route Roads in Kenora District 652 Roads in Rainy River District