Ontario Highway 30

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Havelock
Location
Country
Havelock
Highway system
← Highway 28→ Highway 33
Former provincial highways
←  Highway 29 Highway 31  →

King's Highway 30, commonly referred to as Highway 30, was a

Havelock via Campbellford. Established in 1930, the highway initially travelled only as far north as Campbellford. Alongside the construction of Highway 7 between Peterborough and Perth, Highway 30 was extended north to Havelock in 1934. The route remained generally consistent until 1998, when it was decommissioned and transferred to Northumberland County and Peterborough County
. Both counties redesignated their portion of the former highway as County Road 30.

Route description

Highway 30 began at former Highway 2 (Main Street) in downtown Brighton, following Young Street northward and meandering out of town towards an

Peterborough County Road 46, as it is still known.[5][6]

History

On July 9, 1930, the Department of Highways, predecessor to the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, assumed the 32 km (20 mi),[2] gravel-surfaced Brighton–Campbellford Road.[7] Unemployment relief measures carried out in 1931 and 1932 resulted in the construction of Highway 7 between Peterborough and Ottawa.[8] As a result, Highway 30 was extended north from Campbellford to Havelock in 1934 along existing roads.[7] The section within Peterborough County was assumed on March 28, while the section within Northumberland County was assumed on April 11.[3]

"A sepia monochrome image of a one-lane girder truss bridge over a river. On the opposite shore is a residential community."
Highway 30 originally crossed the Trent River on this bridge, which still remains, to connect with Church Street on the northern shore. A replacement was opened in 1968, bypassing the old route.

In 1936 work began to

Northumberland County Road 29. A gravel base was laid from there to south of Orland. The remainder of the road was gravelled.[7] A diversion was also constructed at Meyersburg, bypassing the junction with Percy Boom Road.[9]
Between 1942 and 1949, paving was completed on the gravel section between Brighton and Campbellford.[10][11] The remaining gravel section, between Campbellford and Havelock, was paved in 1951.[12][13]

Highway 401 opened between Brighton and Trenton on November 25, 1958. Traffic could only proceed east to Trenton until the gap between Port Hope and Trenton was opened on July 20, 1961.[14] A new bridge was built over the

Trent Canal in 1968, bypassing the route along Church Street.[15][16]
Highway 30 remained generally unchanged over the next 30 years, until January 1, 1998, when the entire route was decommissioned and transferred to Northumberland and Peterborough counties.[4] It was subsequently designated as Northumberland County Road 30 and Peterborough County Road 30.[5]

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 30, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1] 

DivisionLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Cobourg, Port Hope
Formerly Highway 2
2.31.4 
County Road 26
north
5.03.1 
Toronto, Kingston
Exit 509
7.14.4 
Hilton
11.47.1 
Orland
15.39.5 
Codrington
21.913.6 
County Road 29 (Percy Boom Road) – Warkworth
Trent Hills
25.916.1Percy Boom Road
County Road 50
north (Queen Street)
Trent Hills35.822.2 
County Road 35
west
47.029.2 
County Road 36
Havelock
50.131.1Old Norwood RoadOld crossroads before Highway 7 was constructed
51.131.8 Highway 7 (Ottawa Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^
    ISSN 0825-5350
    .
  2. ^ a b "Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1932. p. 77.
  3. ^ a b "Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1935. p. 119.
  4. ^ a b Highway Transfers List - "Who Does What" (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. pp. 10, 12.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7
    .
  6. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Ministry of Transportation. 1990–91. § G–J12.
  7. ^ a b c Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1927. § H4.
  8. ^ "Unemployment Relief Work". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1933. pp. 15–16.
  9. ^ "Improvements in Ontario for 1937". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. pp. 26–27.
  10. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1942. § P7.
  11. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1949. § R37.
  12. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1951. § R37.
  13. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1952. § R37.
  14. ^ '401' The Macdonald–Cartier Freeway. Toronto: Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 1972. p. 9.
  15. ^ "Operations - Central Area". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1969. p. 36.
  16. ^ "Ontario aerial photographs - Shot 444774". Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. 1954–1955. Retrieved October 14, 2013.

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