Highway 518 condition?

[wib]

Has anybody ridden on Highway 518 this year? I was on it about 3 years ago and it was extremly bumpy, and I was wondering if any construction had been recently done on it. I will be in the area on the long weekend, and was wondering about riding it again, probably from Swords road to Hwy 2 to Huntsville.

[tat2]

I rode 518 from Tallyo-Sword Rd to the 400 lasy year & it was under construction.

According to MTO still under construction for part of it
http://www.roadinfo.mto.gov.on.ca/en...s/Map.asp?No=4
http://www.roadinfo.mto.gov.on.ca/en...95%20530700310

[Brian P]

It's under construction, in the process of being "neutered".

I like the old 518 ... the one that kept you on your toes, and followed the profile of every hill and around every lake rather than cutting through the landscape.

[RichinOville]

It is a f'ing mess. I was on it yesterday and today.
One section of thick loose gravel is 10kms long and the other, a few kms later, is about the same. The road is great east of Bear Lake to Hwy 11.

[wib]

Thanks for the update. It sounds like it should be avoided for a while.