Ontario Highway 34

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Highway 34 marker

Highway 34

Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length17.8 km[2] (11.1 mi)
ExistedNovember 26, 1930[1]–present
Major junctions
South end Highway 417 near Vankleek Hill
East endJohn Street / Main Street East in Hawkesbury
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Highway system
← Highway 33→ Highway 35

King's Highway 34, commonly referred to as Highway 34, is a

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
County Road 34.

Route description

Highway 417 exit to Highway 34

Highway 34 is short highway which today serves to connect the town of Hawkesbury with Highway 417. The 16.9-kilometre (11 mi) route ends at Main Street, near the Ottawa River in downtown Hawkesbury. Between these two points, with the exception of the town of Vankleek Hill, the highway traverses the rural Ottawa Valley, remaining straight in a southwest–northeast orientation except through Hawkesbury.[3] The majority of the land use surrounding the highway is composed of commercial shops in urban areas and agricultural in rural areas, though some small woodlots exist alongside the route. Two interchanges exist along the route: at the southern terminus with Highway 417 and with Prescott and Russell County Road 17 (former Highway 17).[4]

Like other provincial routes in Ontario, Highway 17 was maintained by the

average, 5,050 vehicles used the highway daily along the section between Highway 417 and Vankleek Hill while 16,400 vehicles did so each day along the section between Prescott and Russell County Road 17 and Hawkesbury, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.[2]

History

Highway 34 has a very tame history, having been assumed in 1930 and remaining unchanged between then and the

highway downloads
of the late 1990s, with the exception of an interchange with Highway 417 opened in late 1974.

On November 26, 1930, the

Department of Highways assumed the road between Lancaster and Hawkesbury as King's Highway 34, providing a connection between Highway 2 and Highway 17 immediately west of the Ontario–Quebec border. The route was 55.7 kilometres (34.6 mi) long at the time of its assumption.[1]
On November 8, 1974, Highway 417 opened between Prescott and Russell County Road 9 (Highland Road) and the existing Highway 17 near from the Quebec border, with an interchange located at Highway 34.[5] Highway 34 otherwise remained unchanged for over 60 years.

However, budget constraints brought on by a recession in the 1990s resulted in the Mike Harris provincial government forming the Who Does What? committee to determine cost-cutting measures in order to balance the budget after a deficit incurred by former premier Bob Rae.[6] It was determined that many Ontario highways no longer serve long-distance traffic movement and should, therefore, be maintained by local or regional levels of government. The MTO consequently

transferred many highways to lower levels of government in 1997 and 1998, removing a significant percentage of the provincial highway network.[7]
It was determined that the portion of Highway 34 south of Highway 417 had largely been supplanted by the nearby
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry was decommissioned as a provincial highway and transferred to that jurisdiction on January 1, 1998.[8]
It has since been redesignated as Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Road 34.[3]

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 34, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[2] 

DivisionLocationkm[2]miDestinationsNotes
Lancaster; former Highway 34 southern terminus; Highway 401 exit 814; formerly Highway 2
; Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Road 34 southern terminus
Alexandria; formerly Highway 43
west
−6.8−4.2 County Road 23A north
McCrimmon; alternate connection to Highway 417
(exit 35)
County Road 34
ends		Highway 34 southern terminus; Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Road 34 northern terminus; Highway 417 exit 27
Prescott and RussellChamplain
(Vankleek Hill)		5.33.3Beginning of Vankleek Hill Connecting Link agreement
6.23.9 County Road 10 (Main Street)
6.74.2End of Vankleek Hill Connecting Link agreement
Ottawa, Montreal
Formerly Highway 17; grade-separated interchange
Hawkesbury15.59.6Hawkesbury town limits; beginning of Hawkesbury Connecting Link agreement
17.811.1 Highway 34 ends
 County Road 4 (Main Street)		End of Hawkesbury Connecting Link agreement; original alignment of Highway 17 prior to construction of
Carillon Generating Station
in 1964.
Ottawa River19.2–
19.8		11.9–
12.3		Long-Sault Bridge
R-344 north – GrenvilleContinuation into Quebec
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former
  •       Route transition

References

  1. ^ a b "Appendix No. 5 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Years 1930 and 1931". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1932. p. 76. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7
    .
  4. ^ Google (June 8, 2015). "Route of Highway 34" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Public and Safety Information Branch (November 4, 1974). "[No Title]" (Press release). Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
  6. ^ "The Age of Non-Planning". The Neptis Foundation. 28 June 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  7. ISBN 0-7778-9068-2
    . Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  8. ^ Highway Transfers List - "Who Does What" (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. p. 14.

External links

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