Walker Road
 |
| Essex County Road 11 | |
| Length | 40 km (25 mi) The southernmost 28 km (16 mi) are designated as County Road 11, the rest are unsigned, in the City of Windsor |
|---|---|
| Location | Essex County Road 20 |
Walker Road is one of the busiest roads in
CP Rail crossing[citation needed
].
History
The road is named after
Tornado of 1946 cut through and reached its peak intensity (F4
).
Today, the road is very busy, servicing mainly industries and businesses along the road, with an
Windsor Airport
.
Outside the City of Windsor, Walker Road was designated as a "
Windsor Suburban Road
", with its shield remaining the same, but with Windsor Suburban replacing "Essex County". In 1998, the Windsor Suburban Roads Commission was disbanded and the road reverted to Essex County.
In the field
At the
city limits
for Windsor), the road gains the designation of Essex County Road 11. It does not have direct access to Highway 401, but it does intersect with Provincial Road (County Road 46) which has an interchange with Highway 401 approximately 500 metres southeast of Walker Road.
The road is dead straight for 17 km, before swinging southeast (concurrent with County Road 18) towards Harrow, Ontario, its final terminus.
See also
- List of Essex County Roads
- County Road 20
Former Provincial Highways
- Highway 2
- Highway 18
- Highway 18A
- Highway 98
- Highway 107
- Highway 114