Ontario Highway 48
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King's Highway 48, also known as Highway 48, is a
Highway 48 was first designated in 1937 to connect
Route description
Highway 48 is an L-shaped route, travelling north through York Region to the southern shores of Lake Simcoe before turning east towards Highway 12. The route is 65.2 kilometres (40.5 mi) long and travels through the municipalities of Markham, Whitchurch-Stouffville, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, and Brock.[3][4]
Beginning at Major Mackenzie Drive (
North of Ravenshoe Road, the highway diverts onto the boundary between York and Durham through the community of Baldwin before jogging east at York Regional Road 79 (Old Homestead Road). Just south of Sutton, the route curves east, meeting York Regional Road 9 (High Street), which travels into the town. Despite that the highway is now travelling directly east, directional signs still reference the direction of this highway as north. Passing through Virginia and approximately a kilometre inland from Lake Simcoe, the highway passes through a moderately developed area, with frequent businesses lining the route. It passes south of Duclos Point Provincial Nature Reserve prior to meeting Durham Regional Road 23 (Lake Ridge Road) south of Port Bolster, where it crosses from the Regional Municipality of York to the Regional Municipality of Durham. The highway jogs northeastward several kilometres to align with the former Brock–Thorah township line, crossing alongside a power transmission corridor several times along this segment. The final section travels eastward to Highway 12, south of Beaverton and west of Cannington and Woodville.[3][4]
The route is mostly rural, passing around the urban areas of
History
Highway 48 incorporates a significant portion of the former Scarborough and Markham Plank Road, now known as
Markham Road began as the eighth concession east of
On March 24, 1937, the 9.6 km (6.0 mi)
On June 28, 1967, the routing of Highway 46 was shifted in the vicinity of Balsam Lake on to a new inland bypass; the old route became known as West Bay Drive.[11] On 1975, Highway 46 was truncated at Bolsover; the severed section was renumbered as an extension of Highway 48, bringing it to its peak length of 129.2 km (80.3 mi).[13] The new section of highway between Highway 12 and Bolsover was reconstructed over the following year, opening to traffic on August 19, 1976.[14]
The section between Highway 401 and the then-unopened Highway 407 interchange was turned over to the Region of York and the City of Toronto on April 1, 1995, and is known as Markham Road south of Highway 407, and Main Street thereafter to Sixteenth Avenue, where the name Markham Road resumes for 2 km (1.2 mi) until Major Mackenzie Drive. The section within York Region is also designated as York Regional Road 68.[3]
On January 1, 1998, the section of Highway 48 between its southern junction with Highway 12 and Coboconk was transferred to the Regional Municipality of Durham and Victoria County (now Kawartha Lakes), removing the concurrency with Highway 12 in the process.[15] The section from Highway 12 to Highway 35 is now known as Portage Road and signed as Durham Regional Highway 48 and Kawartha Lakes Road 48.[3]
Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 48, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1]
Division | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Toronto | −14.1 | −8.8 | Markham Road Highway 401 | Former Highway 48 southern terminus (pre-1998); Highway 401 exit 383 | |
Regional Road 68 begins | York Regional Road 68 southern terminus; unsigned York Regional Road 95 | ||||
York | Markham | −5.3 | −3.3 | 407 ETR | Highway 407 exit 92 |
−4.0 | −2.5 | Regional Road 7 | Formerly Highway 7 | ||
0.0 | 0.0 | Regional Road 68 ends | Highway 48 southern terminus; York Regional Road 68 northern terminus | ||
1.0 | 0.62 | Regional Road 48 (Donald Cousens Parkway) | Proposed Donald Cousens Parkway extension[16] | ||
Regional Road 14 west (Stouffville Road) Main Street – Stouffville | Formerly Highway 47 (1954-1992) | ||||
10.1 | 6.3 | (1993-1998) | |||
14.3 | 8.9 | Regional Road 15 (Aurora Road) – Ballantrae | |||
18.5 | 11.5 | Regional Road 74 (Vivian Road) – Vivian | |||
Regional Road 31 (Davis Drive) | |||||
Regional Road 13 (Mount Albert Road) – Mount Albert | |||||
Regional Road 32 (Ravenshoe Road) – Brown Hill | |||||
Georgina | 40.6 | 25.2 | Regional Road 79 (Old Homestead Road) | ||
43.4 | 27.0 | Regional Road 9 north (High Street) – Sutton | |||
46.0 | 28.6 | Regional Road 18 (Park Road) – Sibbald Point Provincial Park | |||
51.2 | 31.8 | Duclos Point Road | Virginia ; access to Duclos Point Nature Reserve | ||
54.4 | 33.8 | Regional Road 21 south (Pefferlaw Road) – Pefferlaw | |||
Port Bolster, Beaverton | |||||
Durham | Brock | 65.2 | 40.5 | Highway 12 / TCH south – Whitby | Highway 48 northern terminus; former southern end of Highway 12 concurrency |
77.9 | 48.4 | Regional Highway 48 begins | Former northern end of Highway 12 concurrency; Durham Regional Highway 48 western terminus | ||
Road 48 begins | Durham Regional Highway 48 eastern terminus; Kawartha Lakes Road 48 western terminus | ||||
Road 46 south – Woodville | Formerly Highway 46 south | ||||
113.8 | 70.7 | Minden | Former Highway 48 northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Footnotes
- ^ a b c Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Appendix No. 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Year Ending March 31, 1938". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. pp. 80–81. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
- ^ a b c d Google (June 20, 2015). "Route of Highway 48" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of York County". 1880 Map of Ontario Counties. The Canadian County Digital Atlas Project at McGill University. 2001. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55198-213-7.
- OCLC 80487704
- ^ a b c "Cap. XCII - An Act to incorporate the Scarborough and Markham Plank-road Company". The provincial statutes of Canada - Vol II 3rd session 2nd parliament. Printed by Stewart Derbishire and George Desbarats. Montreal. 1847. p. 1823. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Appendix 3". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1954. p. 155.
- ^ Department of Highways p. 49
- ^ a b Department of Highways p. 85
- ^ "Appendix No. 3B – Schedule of Reversions and Transfers of Sections of the King's Highway and Secondary Highway Systems". Annual Report (Report) (1963 ed.). Department of Highways. March 31, 1964. p. 271.
- ISSN 0825-5350.
- ^ Public and Safety Information Branch (August 19, 1976). "More Direct Route For Haliburton Resort Area Traffic" (Press release). Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
- ^ Highway Transfers List "Who Does What" (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. p. 2.
- ^ Donald Cousens Parkway - Phase 4 (PDF) (Report). Regional Municipality of York. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
- ^ Martin, Simon (5 December 2018). "Region's biggest roundabout gets rave reviews in Stouffville". YorkRegion.com. Metroland Media. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- Bibliography
- AADT Traffic Volumes 1955–1969 And Traffic Collision Data 1967–1969. Department of Highways. 1969.