{"id":80380,"date":"2026-01-23T11:29:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=80380"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:30:01","slug":"hwy-17-wawa-to-heyden-closed-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/hwy-17-wawa-to-heyden-closed-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwy 17 (Wawa to Batchawana) OPEN – Jan 23 at 11:29"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan 23, 2026 at 11:29<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Highway 17 has been opened from Wawa to Batchawana.<\/p>\n

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Jan 23, 2026 at 07:48<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hwy 17 Closed from Wawa to Batchawana due to weather conditions.<\/p>\n

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Jan 22, 2026 at 23:26<\/strong><\/p>\n

The OPP have moved the barricade at Heyden, Hwy 17 is now closed from Wawa to Batchawana due to weather conditions.<\/p>\n

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Jan 22, 2026 at 07:46<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Hwy 17 remains closed between Wawa and Heyden due to poor weather and road conditions.<\/p>\n

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Jan 22, 2026 at 02:05<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

At 1:30 a.m. the southern closure barricade was moved to Heyden.<\/p>\n

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Jan 21, 2026 at 22:36<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Highway 17 was only open for a few short hours… At 22:12, 7ish hours later, poor weather and most assuredly road conditions have meant that OPP have once again closed Highway 17 from Wawa to Batchawana. Although it isn’t snowing at this time in Wawa, Windy’s weather radar shows significant weather to the south.<\/p>\n

During the time that the highway was open, there were a couple of incidents:<\/p>\n