Ontario Highway 14

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Stirling
North end Highway 7 in Marmora
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Stirling, Marmora
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Former provincial highways
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King's Highway 14, commonly referred to as Highway 14, was a

Stirling
.

What became Highway 14 was designated as part of the original Ontario Highway System in 1920. The route, connecting Picton,

Norris Whitney Bridge was opened over the Bay of Quinte. Consequently, the section of Highway 14 south of Foxboro was renumbered as Highway 62. The remainder of the highway was decommissioned
on June 5, 1996, the only of the original fifteen 1925 highways to have its number completely removed from the provincial highway system.

Route description

Prior to being decommissioned in the 1990s, Highway 14 connected the towns of Foxboro, Stirling and Marmora, entirely within Hastings County.[4] As the route existed in the early 1990s, it begins in the south at an intersection with Highway 62, the Foxboro Bypass, and proceeds west as the Foxboro–Stirling Road through the municipality of

Oak Lake. As it enters the town of Stirling, the road curves west and crosses Rawdon Creek as Front Street East. At the five-way intersection of North Street and Mill Street, former Highway 14 turns north and follows the Stirling–Marmora Road, which carries the route northward into the farmed countryside.[5][6]

After travelling through the community of

History

Highway 14 was one of the original provincial highways created by the Department of Public Highways (DPHO), predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO), in order to qualify for funding under the Canada Highways Act. Two roads in Eastern Ontario, the BellevillePicton road, and the Foxboro-Belleville Road, were assumed by the DPHO on May 18, 1921.[2] Its routing led from the town of Picton, to the town of Foxboro, via Bloomfield. At first, the road was not given a route number, and was simply referred to as the Foxboro-Picton Highway.[7] It was designated as Highway 14 during the summer of 1925.[8] Most of the road was paved by 1925; the last gravel sections – south of Belleville between Bloomfield and Prince Edward County Road 4, and between Mountainview and Rossmore[9] – were paved in 1926.[10] At this point, the road was 46.7 km (29.0 mi) in length.[11]

The Department of Highways took control of several roads though the townships of Thurlow, Sidney, Rawdon and Marmora on April 18, 1928, extending Highway 14 north to Highway 7 in the village of Marmora.[12] This brought the length of the route to 82.7 km (51.4 mi). The new portion of the highway was entirely unpaved when it was assumed.[13] Paving began in 1937 through and northwards from Stirling,[14] with the first 11.3 km (7 mi) to the hamlet of Harold being completed that year.[15] The remainder, between Harold and Marmora, was paved the following year.[16] The final unpaved section, between Foxboro and Stirling, was completed in 1940.[17]

A bypass was opened around Foxboro in late 1963.[18][19] The

Norris Whitney Bridge over the Bay of Quinte, south of Belleville, was opened in December 1982, replacing the original 1891 swing bridge. Portions of the original causeway can still be seen alongside the current structure.[20]
Shortly thereafter, by 1984, the section of Highway 14 south of Foxboro to Highway 33 at Bloomfield was renumbered as part of Highway 62.[21] The length of the highway was now 36.1 km (22.4 mi).[1]

Highway 14 was eliminated, or downloaded, from the provincial highway network to the County of Hastings on June 5, 1996,[3] alongside the

downloading of Highway 33 and the portion of Highway 2 within Hastings County.[22]
The road became Hastings County Road 14, but the County of Hastings then downloaded the county road (and the responsibilities of its maintenance) to its constituent towns and townships on January 1, 1998.[22][23][24] Since 1998 the road has been known as Stirling-Rawdon Road 14, and Marmora & Lake Road 14.[6]

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 14.[1] The entire route was located in Hastings County

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Foxboro0.00.0 Highway 62Belleville, Picton
County Road 1
(Wallbridge Loyalist Road)
Stirling
10.96.8Beginning of former Stirling Connecting Link agreement
11.97.4 County Road 8 (Front Street / Mill Street)Former northern terminus of Highway 33[4]
12.77.9End of former Stirling Connecting Link agreement
Wellman
24.815.4 County Road 38 (Spring Brook Road) –
Crookston
Marmora35.321.9Former Marmora Connecting Link agreement
36.122.4 
Havelock, Madoc
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  2. ^ a b "Report on Provincial Highways". Annual Report (Report). Department of Public Highways. January 30, 1922. p. 23. Retrieved January 9, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b Order in Council 1004-1996 (Report). Ontario Executive Council. June 5, 1996.
  4. ^ a b Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartographic Mapping Unit, Surveys and Design Office. Ministry of Transportation. 1996. § G12–H13. Retrieved November 29, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.
  5. ^ a b Google (January 16, 2013). "Highway 14 – length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
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  7. ^ Annual Report (Report) (1925 ed.). Department of Public Highways. April 26, 1926. p. 68. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ "Provincial Highways Now Being Numbered". The Canadian Engineer. 49 (8). Monetary Times Print: 246. August 25, 1925. Numbering of the various provincial highways in Ontario has been commenced by the Department of Public Highways. Resident engineers are now receiving metal numbers to be placed on poles along the provincial highways. These numbers will also be placed on poles throughout cities, towns and villages, and motorists should then have no trouble in finding their way in and out of urban municipalities. Road designations from "2" to "17" have already been allotted...
  9. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Ontario Department of Public Highways. 1925. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Archives of Ontario.
  10. ^ "Provincial Highway Construction, 1926". Annual Report (Report) (1926 ed.). Department of Public Highways. February 12, 1929. p. 23. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Public Highways. 1927. Mileage Tables inset. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Archives of Ontario.
  12. ^ "Appendix No. 5 – Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Years 1928 and 1929". Annual Report (Report) (1928 and 1929 ed.). Department of Highways. March 2, 1931. p. 51. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Public Highways. 1929. Mileage Tables inset. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Archives of Ontario.
  14. ^ "Ontario Highway Official Bulletin". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Vol. 11, no. 167. June 17, 1937. p. 16. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Division No. 7 — Port Hope". Annual Report (Report) (1938 ed.). Department of Highways. April 20, 1939. p. 26. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ "Division No. 7 — Port Hope". Annual Report (Report) (1939 ed.). Department of Highways. October 26, 1939. p. 28. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  17. ^ "Division No. 7 — Port Hope". Annual Report (Report) (1941 ed.). Department of Highways. December 31, 1942. p. 20. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  18. ^ "Appendix No. 5 – Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Years 1928 and 1929". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1963. p. 51. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  19. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Public Highways. 1964. § R38. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Archives of Ontario.
  20. ^ "Bay of Quinte Bridges". Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County. Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  21. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section, Surveys and Plans Office. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 1984–85. §§ G–H27. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.
  22. ^ a b "By-law 1997-0062" (PDF). Hastings By-laws. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  23. ^ "Hastings By-law 1997-0065" (PDF). Hastings By-laws. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  24. ^ "Hastings By-law 1997-0063" (PDF). Hastings By-laws. Retrieved September 7, 2013.

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