Ontario Highway 50

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Alliston
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Highway system
← Highway 49→ Highway 58
Former provincial highways
Highway 51  →

King's Highway 50, commonly referred to as Highway 50, was a

Loretto. The road south of Bolton has become more suburban as development has encroached from the east and west; but despite this increased urbanization, the removal of highway status, and the fact that it runs through the former Albion Township
, the Albion Road name has not been extended to follow it outside Toronto.

Highway 50 was designated in 1936, connecting the western terminus of Highway 49 with Bolton. One year later, it was extended both north and south to Highway 9 and Highway 7, respectively. In 1962, the route was extended south to Highway 27 in Toronto. A final extension was designated in 1976, extending the highway north to Highway 89. In 1997 and 1998, the entire route was transferred to regional governments, decommissioning the designation.

Route description

Highway 50 began at Highway 27 in Etobicoke, following Albion Road in a northwesterly direction. As far as

connecting link with Metropolitan Toronto
, bearing little resemblance to the rural highway north of the city.

The former route of Highway 50 begins as an urban

Intermodal Facility, a large rail yard. At Mayfield Road (Peel Regional Road 14), which serves as the Brampton and Caledon boundary, the route curves northwest to align to the Peel regional road grid as it turns to run entirely within that region, and enters the village of Bolton, where it is named Queen Street.[4]

Highway 50 between Bolton and Alliston

North of Bolton, the road enters a rural stretch, where it divides two golf courses and provides access to

Loretto on its final leg northward. The former highway ends at Highway 89, west of Alliston, the location of a Honda Manufacturing plant.[4]

History

Highway 50 between Steeles Avenue and Bolton was originally part of a historic road named

Department of Highways as part of the King's Highway network in 1936, connecting Highway 49 with Bolton. On August 12, 1936, the 5.4-kilometre (3.4 mi) route was designated.[7]
One year later, on August 11, 1937, the route was extended north to Highway 9. On October 6, it was extended south to Highway 7 along the York–Peel boundary.[2]

Highway 50 was

downloaded, a process that transfers responsibility for funding and maintenance of a highway to the various jurisdictions it resided within, beginning on April 1, 1997. On that day, the section between Steeles Avenue and Highway 7 was transferred to the joint jurisdiction of the Regional Municipalities of York and Peel, and the connecting link agreement with the Town of Caledon through downtown Bolton repealed. The road was designated Regional Road 24 on July 10, 1997,[8]
but renumbered as Regional Road 50 on March 26, 1998.[9] York Region did not follow suit with this change, and so the road is still designated as Regional Road 24 by their Public Works Department.[10] The remaining section of Highway 50 north of Highway 7 was transferred to the regions of York and Peel and the County of Simcoe on January 1, 1998,[3] decommissioning the designation entirely. A final transfer took place on August 13, 1998 between the Town of Caledon and Region of Peel, when the former connecting link through Bolton was assumed by Peel Region.[11] Simcoe County has since designated its portion of the former highway as County Road 50.[12]

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 50, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1] 

DivisionLocation[4]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Toronto
2.71.7 
Regional Road 15 (Steeles Avenue
)		Steeles Avenue is designated as Regional Road 15 west of Highway 50/Albion Road
YorkBrampton–Vaughan
3.72.3 
Regional Road 8
(Gore Road)
4.72.9 
Vaughan
13.08.1 
Regional Road 49
(Nashville Road)
14.48.9 
Regional Road 14
(Mayfield Road)
Caledon
19.312.0 Regional Road 9 (King Street)
26.816.7 Regional Road 22 (Old Church Road)
33.921.1 Highway 9
New Tecumseth
40.325.0 
County Road 14
43.226.8 
County Road 1
Alliston53.533.2 Highway 89
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former

References

  1. ^
    ISSN 0825-5350
    .
  2. ^ a b "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 81.
  3. ^ a b "Council Agenda". tay.ca. 4 February 1998. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7
    .
  5. ^ "Map of County of Peel, Ontario, Canada. (1937) Later Hwy. 50 shown as Indian Line". Perkins Bull Foundation. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Aerial photo of Claireville area in 1960". City of Toronto Archives (via Eloquent Systems Inc.). Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  7. ^ "Appendix 4 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1937. p. 51.
  8. ^ PW-A3
  9. ^ "By-law Number 26-1998 - March 26, 1998 - Region of Peel".
  10. ^ "Highway 50 Class Environmental Assessment". peelregion.ca. Regional Municipality of Peel. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  11. ^ "By-law Number 47-1998 - August 13, 1998 - Region of Peel".
  12. ^ Simcoe County Road Map
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