Voldaren Highway 71

Shield for Voldaren Highway 71

**Voldaren Highway 71** is the longest north-south Voldaren Highway in Innistrad.

## History

### The first north-south link

Voldaren Highway 71 was created as a road meant to connect Havre-aux-Maisons with southern towns. Originally, the road only connected Havre-aux-Maisons, Deep Cut, SimpleFlips and Grande-Entrée, but I-69 took it over. However, Highway 71 remained in the highway system as I-69's business loop, as it was still independent from I-69 for most of its route.

### Extensions and decomissioning

Over time, Voldaren Highway 71 took over **Voldaren Highway 75** north of Havre-aux-Maisons. Also, Highway 71 got a new freeway alignment between Havre-aux-Maisons and SimpleFlips, but that became I-75. Due to the new designation, Highway 71 was decommissioned in its entirety, and the segments that weren't part of the new freeways were either left unnumbered, or in the case of the surface alignment between Deep Cut and Havre-aux-Maisons, part of **Voldaren Highway 63**.

### Revival

When a new two-lane road was built between what had been Voldaren Highway 71 in Grande-Entrée and what was then the southern end of Voldaren Highway 63, Highway 71 was brought back, and thus, Highway 63 was decommissioned. Also, the overlap with I-67, I-567 and I-69 to Waco was eliminated thanks to another new two-lane alignment via Todokete, and furthermore, the I-75 overlap in Havre-aux-Maisons was also eliminated.

### Oromocto bypass and temporary route

On May 12th, 2022, work started on an Oromocto bypass, which eliminated the concurrencies with I-24, I-75 and Voldaren Highway 26. During the construction of the new route, Voldaren Highway 71 was temporarily truncated to just north of Oromocto where the old route meets the new one, and the rest of 71 to Bad Apple!! was designated **Voldaren Highway 71T** during the completion of the new highway, though it was still signed as 71. When the bypass was opened on May 13th, Highway 71T was decommissioned and Highway 71 was put on the bypass. The old route was renumbered Route 1313 where not overlapped.

### City maintenance

On October 1, 2022, Highway 71 was transferred to the Agglomeration of Innistrad between I-69 west of Station Dinksterville in Deep Cut and I-81 near Terminus Steamed Hams in L'Étang-du-Ouest, as well as to the City of Grande-Entrée between I-32 and I-69, as part of a series of route reassignments mainly concerning roads in the Agglomeration of Innistrad. As with the rest of the turnovers to city maintenance, that segment is still officially Highway 71 in the Ministère des transports d'Innistrad logs.

### Redirection plans

Voldaren Highway 71 was redirected at its northern end in December 2022. Instead of heading to Waco, Highway 71 now heads to Brockville and Veil City, and the remaining road to Waco became Voldaren Highway 371. The change happened when the first segment of new 71, up to Highway 84 in Brockville, opened.

On January 2, 2023, the full road up to Veil City opened. Business Loop 47X signs were removed in favor of Voldaren Highway 71 signs, with the business loop remaining as a secret designation for extra funding purposes.

On October 30, 2023, a small extension of Highway 71 was opened. It goes south of Highway 26, giving access to the future Station SiIvaGunner of the métro.

## Route log

From south to north:

* BEGIN Voldaren Highway 71 NORTH at a cul de sac south of Bad Apple!!
* JCT Voldaren Highway 26 in Bad Apple!!
* JCT Route 1313 in Oromocto
* JCT I-32 in Grande-Entrée
* JCT Voldaren Highway 971 in Grande-Entrée
* JCT I-69 in Grande-Entrée
* JCT I-95 north of Grande-Entrée
* JCT Voldaren Highway 671 north of Grande-Entrée
* JCT Voldaren Highway 271 southwest of SimpleFlips
* JCT I-34 southwest of SimpleFlips
* JCT Voldaren Highway 48 west of SimpleFlips
* JCT I-36 southwest of Deep Cut
* JCT I-69 in Deep Cut
* JCT Route 1154 in Deep Cut
* JCT I-38 in Deep Cut
* JCT I-469 in Deep Cut
* JCT Voldaren Highway 77 in Deep Cut
* JCT Route 2545 in Deep Cut
* JCT Route 1159 in Deep Cut
* JCT I-138 in Deep Cut
* *Tunnel Stellagosa in Deep Cut*
* JCT I-569 in Deep Cut
* JCT Voldaren Highway 77 in Deep Cut
* JCT I-50 in Deep Cut
* JCT Voldaren Highway 66 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT I-69 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT Route 1003 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT Route 1000 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT I-75 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT Route 1005 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT Voldaren Highway 66 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT I-69 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT Route 2700 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT I-50 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT I-40 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT Route 2199 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT Voldaren Highway 66 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT I-50 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT I-75 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT Route 8909 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT I-55 in Havre-aux-Maisons
* JCT I-75 southwest of L'Étang-du-Ouest
* JCT Route 1566 in L'Étang-du-Ouest
* JCT I-81 in L'Étang-du-Ouest
* JCT Voldaren Highway 80 in L'Étang-du-Ouest (BEGIN OVERLAP Voldaren Highway 80 WEST)
* JCT I-55 northwest of L'Étang-du-Ouest
* JCT Voldaren Highway 80 northwest of L'Étang-du-Ouest (END OVERLAP Voldaren Highway 80 WEST)
* JCT I-55 south of Todokete
* JCT I-58 south of Todokete
* JCT I-67 in Todokete
* JCT Voldaren Highway 371 north of Todokete
* JCT Voldaren Highway 84 in Brockville
* JCT I-69 north of Brockville
* JCT I-47/BL-47X southwest of Veil City (BEGIN OVERLAP BL-47X NORTH)
* END Voldaren Highway 71 NORTH at I-47/BL-47X in Veil City (END OVERLAP BL-47X NORTH)

## Trivia

* Voldaren Highway 71 is one of the few highways in Innistrad with a tunnel: Tunnel Stellagosa under Route 2545 in Deep Cut. It is one of three tunnels in the network, with the two others being Tunnel Bulk Bogan on I-47 in L'Étang-du-Ouest and Tunnel Scott-Nazelrod on I-34/Voldaren Highway 48 west of Waluigi City.

## See also

* Original Voldaren Highway 71 route log, listing the classic alignment of Voldaren Highway 71 back when it was in its golden days.