Ontario Highway 46
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King's Highway 46, commonly referred to as Highway 46, was a
Route description
Prior to its downloading to the municipal level on April 1, 1997, Highway 46 was a fairly straight highway following the north-south lot boundaries of Victoria County, between the fifth and sixth lots of
Progressing north, the highway traveled straight for approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) until it entered the village of Woodville, where it encountered Victoria County Road 9 (King Street), onto which it turned westward. After a brief
History
Highway 46 was incorporated into the Ontario provincial
In the early 1960s, Balsam Lake Provincial Park was announced and located on the northwest shores of the lake. Highway 46 ran along the shore of Balsam Lake on what is now Balsam Lake Drive and North Bay Drive at the time of the announcement, and so it was decided that a new alignment would be built further from the lake to pass the front of the new park. The 10.3 km (6.4 mi) bypass was opened and signed as Highway 46 on June 28, 1967.[10] The designation would last just under a decade. In 1975, the province of Ontario performed a systematic renumbering of its highways, and Highway 46 between Bolsover and Coboconk became a part of Highway 48,[10][11] truncating Highway 46 to its final length of 25.7 km (16.0 mi).[1]
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.[12] It was determined that many Ontario highways no longer served long-distance traffic movement and should therefore be maintained by local or regional levels of government. The MTO consequently
Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 46, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1] The entire route was located in Kawartha Lakes.[14]
Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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0.0 | 0.0 | Highway 7 – Lindsay | Trans-Canada Highway | ||
Woodville | 9.5 | 5.9 | Road 9 east (King Street) | ||
9.8 | 6.1 | Road 9 west | |||
Argyle | 16.0 | 9.9 | Fenelon Falls | ||
Coboconk | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
Sources
- ^ a b c Highway Planning Office (1989). Provincial Highways Distance Table. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. p. 64.
- ^ a b "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 81.
- ^ a b Highway Transfers List (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. April 1, 1997. p. 8.
- ^ "Map of Eldon Township concessions and lots". Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ "Map of Eldon Township concessions and lots". Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ a b Google (June 17, 2015). "Route of Highway 46 (1964–1997)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ Kirkconnell, Watson (1921). "History of Victoria County - The Beginnings of Bexley". Lindsay: Watchman Warder. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ Google (June 17, 2015). "Route of Highway 46 (1937–1964)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ Kirkconnell, Watson (1967), County of Victoria, Centennial History, Victoria County Council, pp. 79–80, retrieved June 17, 2015
- ^ a b Department of Highways pp. 65, 85
- ^ Public and Safety Information Branch (August 19, 1976). "More Direct Route For Haliburton Resort Area Traffic" (Press release). Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
- ^ "The Age of Non-Planning". The Neptis Foundation. 28 June 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ISBN 0-7778-9068-2. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
Bibliography
- AADT Traffic Volumes 1955–1969 And Traffic Collision Data 1967–1969. Department of Highways. 1969.