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UPDATE: Highway 11 reopens after weather closure

Winter weather conditions close approximately 300-kilometre stretch of highway between Hearst and Greenstone
Nagagami River Bridge Hwy 11 weather
An image from a camera at the Nagagami River Bridge shows conditions on Highway 11 Sunday morning. (Screen capture, courtesy Ontario 511)

GREENSTONE, Ont. – Unfavourable weather conditions caused the closure of a large stretch of Highway 11, from Greenstone to Hearst, for several hours Sunday morning and afternoon. 

The closure was announced around 10 a.m. by Ontario 511, an information service operated by the Ministry of Transportation.

The highway reopened around 3 p.m., according to an update from the service.

The closure impacted about a 300 kilometre stretch of highway, with live cameras in the area showing winter weather conditions including blowing snow.




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