Ontario Highway 89
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| Maintained by Ministry of Transportation | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 107.0 km[1] (66.5 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Existed: | 1937–1938 – present | ||||||||||||
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| West end: |  Highway 9 in Harriston(continues as  Highway 23 – London) |
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 Highway 6 – Mount Forest Highway 10 – Shelburne |
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| East end: |  Highway 400 near Cookstown |
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| Counties: | Dufferin, Grey, Simcoe, Wellington | ||||||||||||
| Towns: | Alliston, Cookstown, Harriston, Mount Forest, Shelburne | ||||||||||||
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Ontario provincial highways
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King's Highway 89, commonly referred to as Highway 89, is an east–west provincially maintained highway in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of Ontario. The route stretches 107 kilometres (66 mi) from Highway 400 just east of Cookstown in the east to the junction Highway 9 and Highway 23 in Harriston. The principal urban centres along the highway include Alliston, Shelburne and Mount Forest.
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[edit] Route description
The route forms the main streets of several of the small towns that dot the highway east to west, namely Cookstown, Alliston and Shelburne. The highway also forms the backbone of many small villages and hamlets between the larger centres, such as Conn, Keldon, Primrose, Violet Hill, Rosemont and Nicolston.
The highway formerly continued past its current eastern terminus at Highway 400 to Yonge Street, formerly Highway 11, in the hamlet of Fennell. This section is now numbered as Simcoe County Route 3, Shore Acres Drive. The highway also continued past its current western terminus in Harriston, taking the route to Palmerston that is now numbered as Highway 23.
The highway mostly runs through farmland and small communities, although the route does pass by Earl Rowe Provincial Park and the Honda car manufacturing plant in the Alliston area. Other parks and natural areas that are close to the route are Boyne Valley Provincial Park and Mono Cliffs Provincial Park, both of which are located on the Niagara Escarpment. Further west is the Luther Marsh Conservation Area, a vast wilderness area that surrounds Luther Lake.
[edit] History
Highway 89 was created out of a highway rerouting in the late 1930s. Originally, it formed the routing of Highway 9, which until then turned north at Orangeville, travelling concurrently with Highway 10, then turning east to Cookstown. On February 10, 1937, Highway 9 was rerouted along its present course east of Orangeville.[2] By 1938, Highway 89 was designated along the former route of Highway 9.[3]
Highway 89 remained as-is until the early 1960s, when it was extended west to Palmerston and east to Highway 400. On April 1 and 2, 1963, the highway was assumed through the counties of Dufferin, Grey and Wellington.[4]
During the mid-1970s, Highway 89 was extended east to Highway 11 at Fennell. This section was eventually returned to the jurisdiction of Simcoe County on April 1, 1997. During the spring of 2003, the MTO renumbered several highways to improve route continuity. Among these was the renumbering of a section of Highway 89 between Harriston and Palmerston.[5] The result of this renumbering was a shared terminus between Highway 89 and Highway 23 at an intersection with Highway 9.
[edit] Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 89, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1]
| Division | Location | km[1] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Wellington |
Harriston | 0.0 | Highway 9 west – Walkerton, Kincardine / County Road 109 east – Teviotdale, Orangeville |
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| Minto | 5.3 | County Road 2 – Clifford | ||
| Wellington–Grey |
Mount Forest | 15.0 | Beginning of Mount Forest Connecting Link agreement | |
| 16.9 | Highway 6 – Guelph |
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| 18.2 | End of Mount Forest Connecting Link agreement | |||
| Conn | 30.2 | County Road 14 south – Arthur / County Road 14 north – Flesherton | ||
| Dufferin |
East Luther-Grand Valley | 47.9 | County Road 25 south – Grand Valley | |
| Shelburne | 59.7 | Beginning of Shelburne Connecting Link agreement | ||
| 61.3 | Highway 10 north – Owen Sound |
Beginning of Highway 10 concurrency | ||
| County Road 124 – Collingwood | ||||
| 66.2 | Highway 10 south – Orangeville |
End of Highway 10 concurrency; end of Shelburne Connecting Link agreement | ||
| Simcoe |
Alliston | 84.5 | County Road 50 south – Bolton | |
| Cookstown | 107.0 | Highway 400 – Toronto, Barrie |
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| Fennell | 112.4 |  Highway 11 (Yonge Street) |
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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 Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2008). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb?OpenForm&Seq=5. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ^ Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1937. p. 51.
- ^ Ontario Department of Highways (1938–39). Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Section J7–K8.
- ^ Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1937. pp. 271–272.
- ^ 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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