Ontario Highway 23
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| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 97.7 km[2] (60.7 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Existed: | June 22, 1927[1] – present | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  Highway 7 near Elginfield |
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 Highway 8 in Mitchell |
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| North end: |  Highway 9 in Harriston(continues as  Highway 89) |
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| Major cities: | Harriston, Listowel, Mitchell, St. Mary's | ||||||||||||
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King's Highway 23, commonly referred to as Highway 23, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The route travels from Highway 7 east of Elginfield north to Highway 9 in Harriston. The total length of Highway 23 is 97.7 kilometres (60.7 mi).
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[edit] Route description
Highway 23 begins at Highway 7, east of Elginfield and travels north to Highway 9 in Harriston. It passes through the municipalities of Whalen Corners, Woodham, Kirkton, Mitchell, Bornholm, Monkton, Newry, Atwood, Listowel and Gowanstown.
Highway 23 proceeds through the counties of Middlesex, Perth and Wellington. North of Middlesex County, from Whalen Corners, Highway 23 coincides with the border between Huron and Perth counties until a point north of Kirkton.[3]
[edit] History
Highway 23 was first established on June 22, 1927, when the Department of Highways assumed the road from Mitchell to Teviotdale through Perth and Wellington counties, via Monkton, Listowel and Palmerston, connecting Highway 8 and Highway 9.[1] As part of depression relief work undertaken by the department during the early 1930s, Highway 23 was extended from Highway 8 to Highway 7 east of Elginfield on July 11, 1934.[4]
Highway 23 remained unaltered between 1934 and 1998. On January 1, 1998, the section from the Highway 89 junction west of Palmerston to Highway 9 in Teviotdale was decommissioned, resulting in the northern terminus of Highway 23 becoming the western terminus of Highway 89.[5] During the spring of 2003, the segment of Highway 89 between this junction and Harriston was renumbered as Highway 23,[6] resulting in the current routing.
[edit] Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 23, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[2]
| Division | Location | km[2] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Middlesex |
Lucan Biddulph | 0.0 | Highway 7 – London, Elginfield, Stratford |
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| Perth |
Russeldale | 26.4 | County Road 20 – Fullarton | |
| Mitchell | 36.0 | Frank Street | Beginning of Mitchell Connecting Link agreement | |
| 37.0 | Highway 8 west – Clinton, Goderich |
Beginning of concurrency with Highway 8 | ||
| 37.2 | Highway 8 east – Stratford, Kitchener |
End of concurrency with Highway 8 | ||
| 38.4 | Frances Street | End of Mitchell Connecting Link agreement | ||
| Bornholm | 45.6 | County Road 44 | ||
| Monkton | 54.3 | County Road 55 (Maddison Street East) | ||
| Newry | 63.4 | County Road 72 – Brussels | ||
| Listowel | 73.6 | County Road 86 – Wingham | Formerly Highway 86; beginning of Listowel Connecting Link agreement | |
| 76.0 | David Street | End of Listowel Connecting Link agreement | ||
| Gowanstown | 80.1 | County Road 88 | ||
| Palmerston | 88.0 | County Road 93 / County Road 123 | ||
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| Minto | 96.1 | County Road 87 (Harriston Road) | ||
| Harriston | 97.7 | Highway 9 (Elora Street North) – Clifford County Road 109 (Elora Street South) – Teviotdale |
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former • Unopened |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1928. p. 60.
- ^ a b Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2007). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb?OpenForm&Seq=5. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ Peter Heiler (2010). Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. pp. 14, 20–21, 27, section H16–R20. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
- ^ Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1935. p. 95–96, 119.
- ^ Highway Transfers List - “Who Does What” (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. p. 11, 15.
- ^ Ministry of Transportation (February 11, 2002). "Ontario government improves provincial highway numbering". Newswire. Archived from the original on August 4, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020804040711/http://www.newswire.ca/government/ontario/english/releases/February2002/11/c0640.html. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
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