:Ontario Highway 98
{{good article}}
{{short description|Former Ontario provincial highway}}
{{Infobox road
|province = ON
|type = ON 1960
|route = 98
|alternate_name = Provincial Road, Middle Road, Essex County Road{{nbsp}}46, Chatham-Kent Municipal Road{{nbsp}}8
|map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Ontario Highway 98}}}}
|map_custom = yes
|map_notes = Highway{{nbsp}}98 highlighted in red, pre-1966 routing into Windsor in blue
|length_km = 96.3
|length_ref = {{cite map
| title = Ontario Road Map
| cartography = C.P. Robins
| publisher = Ontario Department of Highways
| year = 1962
| section = Mileage Tables - The King's Highways}}
|length_notes =
|direction_a = West
|direction_b = East
|terminus_a = {{jcon|Hwy|2}} in Windsor
|terminus_b = {{jcon|Hwy|3}} in Blenheim
|cities = Windsor, Maidstone, Woodslee, Comber, Tilbury, Merlin, Blenheim
|counties = Essex, Chatham-Kent
|established = March{{nbsp}}18, 1939{{cite news
| title = Changes Made on Highways: Get New Numbers - No. 2-A Becomes 98 Under New System
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = March 18, 1939
| page = 6
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40774513/on-2a-changes-march-18-1939/
| access-date = January 4, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
|decommissioned = April{{nbsp}}1, 1971.{{cite news
| title = DHO Turns Over Highway 98 - Essex County Road System Increased
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = April 7, 1971
| page = 3}}
|previous_type = ON
|previous_route = 94
|next_type = ON
|next_route = 101
|browse = {{ON former|previous=97|next=99}}
}}
King's Highway 98, commonly referred to as Highway 98, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, designated as part of the provincial highway system between 1939 and 1971. The route travelled through the northern part of Essex County and through south-central Chatham-Kent, extending {{convert|96.3|km}} from Windsor to Blenheim. Since 1998, it has been known as Essex County Road{{nbsp}}46 between Windsor and Tilbury, and Chatham-Kent Road{{nbsp}}8 between Tilbury and Blenheim.
Between Windsor and Tilbury, Highway{{nbsp}}98 followed what was the original route of Highway 2, and later Highway 2A. After being assigned a unique route number in 1939, it was extended east to Blenheim in 1941. The purpose of Highway{{nbsp}}98 within the provincial highway network was superseded by Highway 401, which was opened in sections between Windsor and London from 1957 to 1964. Consequently, it was transferred to Essex and Kent counties in 1970 and 1971.
Route description
Highway{{nbsp}}98 travelled from Windsor to Blenheim via Maidstone, Tilbury, Merlin and Charing Cross. The former route of Highway{{nbsp}}98 is entirely urbanised to approximately {{convert|2|km|1|abbr=on}} east of the Highway{{nbsp}}401 interchange. East of that point, the highway is almost exclusively surrounded by flat farmland outside of the communities that dot its length.{{Google maps
| title = Highway 98 - Length and Route
| url = https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Ouellette+Ave+%26+Riverside+Dr+W,+Windsor,+ON+N9A+6T3/42.3335502,-81.999143/@42.2679166,-82.9679719,143512m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m29!4m28!1m25!1m1!1s0x883b2d1f42e2973d:0xf6132a8ff2bb56bf!2m2!1d-83.0402941!2d42.3196083!3m4!1m2!1d-83.0233922!2d42.2967959!3s0x883b2c59b747ae49:0x89f6d01c57ea9802!3m4!1m2!1d-82.8945761!2d42.2222593!3s0x883ad62ffb80fdc5:0x21083196c566f13a!3m4!1m2!1d-82.5625939!2d42.2241446!3s0x883ac9fca5379689:0xfdecf338df8a7e2e!3m4!1m2!1d-82.2093657!2d42.2557267!3s0x8830007f562e55d5:0xd0b2ec20bd924948!1m0!3e0
| access-date = January 9, 2021}}
Two conservation areas are located along the highway, both of which are maintained by the Essex Region Conservation Authority: Maidstone Conservation Area and Big O Conservation Area. It is known by various names, including Howard Avenue, Provincial Road, Middle Road and Middle Line; as well as by various designations: Essex County Road{{nbsp}}46 and Chatham-Kent Road{{nbsp}}8.{{cite map
| title = Ontario Back Road Atlas
| year = 2010
| publisher = Peter Heiler
| cartography = MapArt
| pages = 4–7
| sections = B2–C10
| isbn = 978-1-55198-226-7}}
Prior to 1966, the route began in downtown Windsor at the intersection of Ouellette Avenue and Riverside Drive. That intersection also served as the terminus for Highway 3B, Highway 18, and Highway 39; Highway{{nbsp}}2 continued through the intersection to meet Highway{{nbsp}}3 at the Detroit–Windsor tunnel. Highway{{nbsp}}2, Highway{{nbsp}}3B, Highway{{nbsp}}39 and Highway{{nbsp}}98 travelled southeast concurrently along Ouellette Avenue to Tecumseh Road, at which point Highway{{nbsp}}3B branched west along that road while the others turned east. At Howard Avenue, Highway{{nbsp}}39 continued east while Highway{{nbsp}}2 and Highway{{nbsp}}98 turned south. They then travelled concurrently to Cabana Road / Division Road, where Highway{{nbsp}}2 split onto Division Road and Highway{{nbsp}}98 onto Provincial Road.{{cite map
| title = Ontario Road Map
| cartography = Photogrammetry Office
| publisher = Ontario Department of Highways
| year = 1970
| sections = Y16–Z18}}
Highway{{nbsp}}98 left Windsor as it encountered an interchange with Highway{{nbsp}}401 (Exit{{nbsp}}14). It travelled southeast, parallel to and north of Highway{{nbsp}}3, to Maidstone. There, the highway curved and became Middle Road. It followed this road east, travelling through the communities of Pleasant Park, North Woodslee and Ruscom Station before curving northeast and through Comber. It curved east briefly before turning back northeast and skirting the southern edge of Tilbury. At the intersection of Queen Street South and Wheatley Road it left Essex County and entered what is now the municipality of Chatham-Kent. Continuing east, now as Middle Line, the route encountered the communities of Valetta, Stewart and Merlin before curving northeast. It bisected South Buxton before encountering Charing Cross and turning east. It continued for a short distance into Blenheim, where it ended at Highway{{nbsp}}3 (Talbot Street).
History
= Predecessor =
Highway{{nbsp}}98 was first assigned in 1939 out of a route renumbering scheme.{{cite news
| title = Changes Made on Highways: Get New Numbers - No. 2-A Becomes 98 Under New System
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = March 18, 1939
| page = 6
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40774513/on-2a-changes-march-18-1939/
| access-date = January 4, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
However, the route it would follow was already maintained by the Department of Public Highway (DPHO), predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, as early as 1920. Although the rest of the route which later became Highway{{nbsp}}2, from London to the Quebec boundary, was easily decided upon, the section west of London became a contentious local issue. Cities including Sarnia, St. Thomas, Leamington, Chatham, Tilbury, Windsor, and even London itself, as well as numerous road and business associations, lobbied the provincial government to take over certain roads that provided the greatest benefit to them. London and St. Thomas in particular insisted that "the Provincial Highway" follow the Longwood Road or the Talbot Road, respectively.{{cite news
| title = Talbot Road Now Probable Choice for the Highway
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = February 28, 1920
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66979367/more-initial-ontario-highways-assumed/
| access-date = January 5, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
In the end, the province chose to utilise both the Longwood and Talbot roads, creating an entire network of highways in the process.{{cite book
| title = From Footpaths to Freeways
| first1 = John | last1 = Shragge
| first2 = Sharon | last2 = Bagnato
| publisher = Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Historical Committee
| year = 1984
| isbn = 0-7743-9388-2
| pages = 74–75}}
In April 1920, the DPHO assumed control of several roads connecting Windsor with London via Maidstone, Tilbury and Chatham as part of "the Provincial Highway".{{cite news
| title = July Tour is Planned for Motor Party
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = April 30, 1920
| page = 3
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66999501/ontario-highway-2-assumed-london-to/
| access-date = January 5, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
The Provincial Highway was assigned a number — Highway{{nbsp}}2 — during the summer of 1925.{{Cite journal
| title = Provincial Highways Now Being Numbered
| publisher = Monetary Times Print
| journal = The Canadian Engineer
| date = August 25, 1925
| volume = 49
| issue = 8
| page = 246
| quote = Numbering of the various provincial highways in Ontario has been commenced by the Department of Public Highways. Resident engineers are now receiving metal numbers to be placed on poles along the provincial highways. These numbers will also be placed on poles throughout cities, towns, and villages, and motorists should then have no trouble in finding their way in and out of urban municipalities. Road designations from "2" to "17" have already been allotted...}}
It travelled concurrently with the International Highway — Highway{{nbsp}}3 — from the former ferry docks at Riverside Drive and Ouellette Avenue. It then followed Ouellette Avenue south to Tecumseh Road, where it jogged west and turned south onto Dougall Avenue, then onto Howard Avenue, and east along Talbot Road. At Maidstone, the concurrency ended, with Highway{{nbsp}}2 branching northeast along Malden Road and east on Middle Road.{{cite journal
| title = Tourist Guidebook of Ontario
| first = J. D. | last = McAlpine
| publisher = Essex County Automobile Club
| year = 1928
| page = 31
| journal = SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications
| url = http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/swoda-windsor-region/26
| access-date = January 6, 2021}}
This arrangement remained in place until the opening of the Ambassador Bridge on November{{nbsp}}15, 1929, which resulted in several modifications to the highway network within Essex County.{{cite web
| title = Finding aid for Ambassador Bridge Records, 1927–1930
| first1 = Adriane | last1 = Hanson
| first2 = Kathleen | last2 = Dow
| work = Special Collections Library
| publisher = University of Michigan
| year = 2005–2007
| url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sclead/umich-scl-ambbridge?rgn=main;view=text
| access-date = June 3, 2014}}
= Renumberings =
In anticipation of the opening of the Ambassador Bridge, as well as the nearby Detroit–Windsor tunnel, Windsor and the surrounding townships sought road improvements between Windsor and Maidstone to alleviate traffic along Talbot Road and bypass or separate several level crossings of the Michigan Central Railway (MCR) beginning in early 1929.{{cite news
| title = Sandwich South Asks For Paving
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = February 12, 1929
| page = 3}}{{cite news
| title = New Through Roads Talked
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = November 30, 1927
| pages = 3, 7}}{{cite news
| title = Still No Word About Subway
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = October 16, 1929
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67024242/ontario-highway-2-howard-avenue/
| access-date = January 6, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
The province chose to designate a new right-of-way adjacent to and north of the MCR in July of that year,{{cite news
| title = Department Adds to Paved Roads
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = July 11, 1929
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67024242/ontario-highway-2-howard-avenue/
| access-date = January 6, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
and spent the next several months constructing the cut-off (now known as Provincial Road) from Howard Avenue to north of Maidstone.{{cite news
| title = Phone Poles Delay Work
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = October 28, 1929
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67085481/ontario-highway-2-howard-to-maidstone/
| access-date = January 6, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
By 1930, Highway{{nbsp}}2 had been rerouted to begin at the ferry docks, following Ouellette Avenue to Tecumseh Road, then east to and south along Howard Avenue; the short segment near Maidstone became Highway{{nbsp}}2A.{{cite map
| title = Ontario Road Map
| cartography = D. Barclay
| publisher = Ontario Department of Public Highways
| year = 1930–31
| inset = Windsor}}
File:Ouellette Avenue 1951, Windsor, Ontario.pngs for Highway{{nbsp}}2, Highway{{nbsp}}3B, Highway{{nbsp}}39, and Highway{{nbsp}}98.]]
Meanwhile, the province set out to build a third highway into Windsor. Essex County had designated County Road{{nbsp}}19 along Cabana Road (now Division Road) and Baseline Road to Tilbury on April{{nbsp}}19, 1928,{{cite news
| title = Route of Super-Highway from Bridgehead Indicated
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = April 19, 1928
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67108732/new-ontario-highway-2-east-from-windsor/
| access-date = January 6, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
and soon thereafter the DPHO promised to take over the route as a new provincial highway.{{cite news
| title = Road Plans Are Set Out
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = June 2, 1930
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67085481/ontario-highway-2-howard-to-maidstone/
| access-date = January 6, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
Highway{{nbsp}}18 was officially designated on June{{nbsp}}11, 1930 along the route,{{cite report
| title = Annual Report
| publisher = Department of Highways
| date = March 31, 1931
| section = Appendix No. 5 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections
| page = 76}}
while construction was already underway on a gentle curve between Provincial Road and the new highway, which was completed on July{{nbsp}}14, 1931.{{cite news
| title = Premier Will Visit Border During Week
| work = The Border Cities Star
| date = July 11, 1931
| page = 3
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70365288/premier-will-visit-border-during-week/
| access-date = February 13, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
Between then and early 1932, several more changes were made to the highway system. Since the route of Highway{{nbsp}}18 was shorter than the route of Highway{{nbsp}}2 between Windsor and Tilbury, the newly renamed Department of Highways (DHO) renumbered Highway{{nbsp}}18 as Highway{{nbsp}}2 in February 1932, while the old route of Highway{{nbsp}}2 became Highway{{nbsp}}2A.{{cite news
| title = It's Named
| work = The Border Cities Star
| date = February 5, 1932
| page = 3
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70413859/ontario-highway-18-swapped-to/
| access-date = February 13, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite report
| title = Annual Report
| publisher = Department of Highways
| date = March 31, 1932
| section = System of the King's Highways Province of Ontario Shewing (sic) Road Numbers
| page = 14
| url = https://archive.org/details/n06ontariosession64ontauoft/page/n681/mode/2up
| access-date = February 13, 2021}}
In 1939, the province instituted a change to its "numbering" policy in which lettered suffixes would only be used for short feeder routes and not for long distance routes. Consequently, Highway{{nbsp}}2A became Highway{{nbsp}}98 effective March{{nbsp}}18, 1939. Taking inspiration from a program first carried out in Welland County in the summer of 1931 by the Rose Highway Association,{{cite news
| title = Plan to Make Rose Highway of No. 3 Route
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = June 26, 1931
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67174689/rose-highway-plan/
| access-date = January 8, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news
| title = Rose-Decked Highways for Western Ontario
| author = Staff
| work = National Post
| date = August 29, 1931
| page = 16
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67175237/welland-rose-highway-3a/
| access-date = January 8, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
the Essex County Tourist Association and Essex County Automobile Club began providing rose bushes to property owners along the route at reduced costs, gaining Highway{{nbsp}}98 the nickname "The Rose Trail".{{cite news
| title = Name Given Essex Highway is "The Rose Trail of 98"
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = April 29, 1939
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67175743/the-rose-trail-ontario-highway-98/
| access-date = January 8, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
= Extension, improvements and replacement =
Highway{{nbsp}}98 was extended east through Kent County to Blenheim along Kent County Road{{nbsp}}8 on April{{nbsp}}30, 1941, increasing its length by {{convert|39.0|km|abbr=on}}.{{cite report
| title = Annual Report
| publisher = Department of Highways
| date = March 31, 1942
| section = Appendix No. 3a - Schedule of Assumptions of Sections
| page = 48}}
The short section of Highway{{nbsp}}98 along Queen Street through Tilbury was redesignated as Highway{{nbsp}}98B, but was never signed as such. Initially, the new section of Highway{{nbsp}}98 was paved through the village of Merlin as well as between Charing Cross and Blenheim, while the remainder was gravel-surfaced.{{cite map
| title = Ontario Road Map
| cartography = D. Barclay
| publisher = Ontario Department of Highways
| year = 1941
| sections = D–F11}}
Paving operations resumed following World War II, with the section between Merlin and Charing Cross being paved in 1946.{{cite report
| title = Annual Report
| publisher = Department of Highways
| date = March 31, 1947
| section = Bituminous Hot Mix Pavements
| page = 26}}
The last remaining gravel section, between Tilbury and Merlin, was paved in 1950.{{cite report
| title = Annual Report
| publisher = Department of Highways
| date = March 31, 1947
| section = Bituminous Hot Mix Pavements
| page = 34}}
File:Highway 401 at Highway 98 facing southwest towards Windsor.png with Highway{{nbsp}}98 is in the foreground, and the split at Dougall Parkway in the background.]]
Construction of Highway{{nbsp}}401 in the Essex county began in the early 1950s, with the new "superhighway" opening in segments as it was completed. While the section from Highway{{nbsp}}98 to west of Tilbury was opened on August{{nbsp}}15, 1957,{{cite book
| title = '401' The Macdonald–Cartier Freeway
| publisher = Ministry of Transportation and Communications
| location = Toronto
| year = 1972
| page = 8
| url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_frontier/4747441634/in/dateposted-public/
| access-date = January 9, 2021}}
steel shortages would delay the completion of the entrances into Windsor until June{{nbsp}}9, 1958.{{cite news
| title = Steel Lack Confirmed by Minister
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = March 8, 1956
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67250492/401-steel-shortage-in-windsor/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news
| title = Cass Opens Entrances to Highway 401
| first = Jack | last = Kent
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = June 9, 1958
| page = 3
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67250492/401-steel-shortage-in-windsor/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
A bypass around Tilbury opened November 20, 1961.{{cite news
| title = Another Link for 401
| first = Jim | last = Wilson
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = November 21, 1961
| page = 3
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67253188/highway-401-tilbury-bypass-opened/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
East of Tilbury, the highway was opened one carriageway at a time; the westbound lanes opened to Highway{{nbsp}}21 on September{{nbsp}}20, 1963,{{cite news
| title = New Section of Hwy. 401 From Junction With Hwy. No 2 (Tilbury) to Hwy. No 21
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = September 20, 1963
| page = 15
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67252931/highway-401-tilbury-to-hwy-21-opened/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
while the eastbound lanes opened as far east as Bloomfield Road south of Chatham on September{{nbsp}}17, 1964,{{cite news
| title = Another 401 Stretch Opens Near Chatham
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = September 17, 1964
| page = 3
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67256535/highway-401-eb-opened-tilbury-bypass-to/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
and several months later to the Kent County boundary on December{{nbsp}}7.{{cite news
| title = Five More Highway 401 Miles Ready
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = December 2, 1964
| page = 7
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67259921/highway-401-eastbound-lanes-east-of/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
Following the completion of Highway{{nbsp}}401, the DHO commissioned the Southwestern Ontario Highway Planning Study, which was completed in July 1966. It examined traffic patterns and determined ideal travel lines and redundant routes. The new freeway had shifted the majority of long-distance traffic onto it, and severely reduced volume on parallel routes (Highways 2, 3, 39, 18, and 98). Accordingly, the DHO sought to divest itself of the costs of maintaining these roads.{{cite news
| title = In the Maple City
| first = Pete | last = Miller
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = July 9, 1966
| page = 7
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67266289/southwestern-ontario-area-planning/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news
| title = Tri-County Officialdom Lauds Highway Project
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = July 7, 1966
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67221565/1966-sw-ontario-highway-plan-page-5/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
The portion of Highway{{nbsp}}98 east of Tilbury was transferred to Kent County on May{{nbsp}}21, 1970, in exchange for the DHO assuming Highway 40 between Chatham and Blenheim.{{cite news
| title = Highway 98 Will Join Kent System
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = May 8, 1970
| location = Chatham
| page = 5
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67269829/ontario-highway-98-download-chatham/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news
| title = Did You Know the County Now Has 2 Highway 40s?
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = July 24, 1970
| page = 5}}
The portion between Windsor and Tilbury was supposed to be transferred to Essex County on June{{nbsp}}1, 1970,{{cite news
| title = Essex County Inherits 63 Miles
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = April 3, 1970
| page = 16}}
but was delayed until April{{nbsp}}1, 1971.{{cite news
| title = DHO Turns Over Highway 98 - Essex County Road System Increased
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = April 7, 1971
| page = 3
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67217467/1970-ontario-highway-downloads-to-essex/
| access-date = January 8, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
This removed Highway{{nbsp}}98 from the provincial highway system entirely. The former highway has since been known as Essex County Road{{nbsp}}46 west of Tilbury, and Kent County Road{{nbsp}}8 or Chatham-Kent Municipal Road{{nbsp}}8 east of Tilbury.{{cite news
| title = DHO Turns Over Highway 98 - Essex County Road System Increased
| author = Staff
| work = The Windsor Star
| date = April 3, 1970
| page = 3
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67274683/ontario-highway-98-downloaded-to-essex/
| access-date = January 9, 2021
| via = Newspapers.com}}
{{clear}}
Major intersections
{{ONinttop|maint=MTO|former=yes|append=Distances in this table were calculated using Google Earth}}
{{ONint
| division = Essex
| dspan = 11
| location = Windsor
| lspan = 6
| km = 0.0
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|2|con=18|Riverside Drive|dir=west}}
| notes = Beginning of concurrency with Highway 2, Highway 3B and Highway 39
}}
{{ONint
| km = 2.9
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|3B|dir=west|Tecumseh Road}}
| notes = End of Highway{{nbsp}}3B concurrency; Highway{{nbsp}}2, Highway{{nbsp}}39 and Highway{{nbsp}}98 turned east onto Tecumseh Road
}}
{{ONint
| km = 3.6
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|2|Howard Avenue|dir=south}}
{{jcon|Hwy|39|dir=east|Tecumseh Road}}
| notes = End of Highway{{nbsp}}39 concurrency; Highway{{nbsp}}2 and Highway{{nbsp}}98 turned south onto Howard Avenue
}}
{{ONint
| km = 6.6
| road = Howard Avenue / Division Street split
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| km = 8.0
| km2 = 8.9
| road = Division Street / Provincial Road Split
Cabana Road
| notes = End of Highway{{nbsp}}2 concurrency; Highway{{nbsp}}98 followed Provincial Road
}}
{{ONint
| km = 10.9
| road = Walker Road
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location = East Sandwich
| lspan = 2
| km = 11.4
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|401}}
| notes = Exit{{nbsp}}14
}}
{{ONint
| km = 14.7
| road = –
| notes = Highway{{nbsp}}98 became North Talbot Road
}}
{{ONint
| location = Maidstone
| km = 19.0
| road = {{jcon|Essex|19|Manning Road}}
| notes = Highway{{nbsp}}98 became Middle Road
}}
{{ONint
| location = Woodslee
| km = 32.2
| road = {{jcon|Essex|27|Belle River Road|town=Belle River}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location = Comber
| km = 46.0
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|77|city=Leamington}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| division = Chatham-Kent
| dspan = 6
| location = Tilbury
| km = 56.5
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|98B|Queen Street South}}
{{jcon|CK|1|Wheatley Road}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location = Stewart
| km = 68.0
| road = {{jcon|CK|14|Port Road}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location = Merlin
| km = 73.5
| road = {{jcon|CK|7|Merlin Road}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location = South Buxton
| km = 79.0
| road = {{jcon|CK|6|A.D. Shadd Road}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location = Charing Cross
| km = 88.5
| road = {{jcon|CK|10|Charing Cross Road|city=Chatham}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location = Blenheim
| km = 96.6
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|3|Talbot Street West}}
| notes =
}}
{{jctbtm}}
See also
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- [https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Ouellette+Ave+%26+Riverside+Dr+W,+Windsor,+ON+N9A+6T3/42.3335502,-81.999143/@42.2679166,-82.9679719,143512m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m29!4m28!1m25!1m1!1s0x883b2d1f42e2973d:0xf6132a8ff2bb56bf!2m2!1d-83.0402941!2d42.3196083!3m4!1m2!1d-83.0233922!2d42.2967959!3s0x883b2c59b747ae49:0x89f6d01c57ea9802!3m4!1m2!1d-82.8945761!2d42.2222593!3s0x883ad62ffb80fdc5:0x21083196c566f13a!3m4!1m2!1d-82.5625939!2d42.2241446!3s0x883ac9fca5379689:0xfdecf338df8a7e2e!3m4!1m2!1d-82.2093657!2d42.2557267!3s0x8830007f562e55d5:0xd0b2ec20bd924948!1m0!3e0 Highway 98 - Length and Route]