History
Highway 130 was first designated in late 1955 and early 1956. At that time the route ended in the midst of McIntyre Township; it began at Algoma Road (now Water Street), then the route of Highway 17, and followed John Street and Oliver Road. The Department of Highways assumed the portion within McIntyre Township on December 7, 1955. Three months later, the route was extended south to Highway 61 when the department assumed the section in Paipoonge Township on March 7, 1956.
This route remained in place until the mid-1970s, when Highway 130 was decommissioned north of Arthur Street; the section within the newly formed City of Thunder Bay was transferred to the city on October 1, 1970, while the section within McIntyre Township remained until at least 1973. On August 17, 2007, the highway was extended by 2 km (1.2 mi) when Highway 11 and Highway 17, which until then travelled along Arthur Street, were transferred onto the Shabaqua Bypass to the north. As a result, Highway 130 was extended west along Arthur Street to its current terminus at the bypass.
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