Ontario Highway 49

{{Infobox road

|province = ON

|type = Hwy

|route = 49

|alternate_name =

|map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Ontario Highway 49}}}}

|map_custom = yes

|map_notes = A map of Highway{{nbsp}}49
{{Legend inline|#FF0000|Highway 49}} {{Legend inline|#AAAA00|Downloaded segments}}
{{Legend inline|#AAAA7F|Bypassed pre-1965 route}}

|maint = the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario

|length_km = 5.8

|length_ref = {{cite web

| title = Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts

| author = Ministry of Transportation of Ontario

| author-link = Ministry of Transportation of Ontario

| year = 2016

| url = https://www.library.mto.gov.on.ca/SydneyPLUS/TechPubs/Portal/tp/tvSplash.aspx

| access-date = January 1, 2021}}

|history = 1936–1961
(York County)
February 1965{{cite book

| title = A.A.D.T. Traffic Volumes 1955–1969 And Traffic Collision Data 1967–1969

| publisher = Ontario Department of Highways

| year = 1970

| page = 118}}–present
(Picton–Marysville)

|direction_a = South

|terminus_a = Quinte Skyway to Prince Edward County

|junction =

|direction_b = North

|terminus_b = Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory north limits

|previous_type = ON

|previous_route = 48

|next_type = ON

|next_route = 58

|browse = {{ON former|next=50}}

}}

King's Highway 49, commonly referred to as Highway 49, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The {{convert|5.8|km|adj=on}} highway travels across the Quinte Skyway and through the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory south of Marysville.

A previous iteration of Highway{{nbsp}}49 existed between 1936 and 1961 from Kleinburg west to the York County boundary south of Bolton, which is today known as York Regional Road 49 (Nashville Road). The current Highway{{nbsp}}49 was created in 1965 as an internal designation for the proposed route connecting the newly-opened Highway 401 with the skyway over the Bay of Quinte. By 1966, the route was signed south to Picton along what was Highway 41. The skyway opened in 1967, replacing a ferry crossing and completing Highway{{nbsp}}49.

The route remained unchanged until the late 1990s, when more than half of the highway was transferred to the jurisdiction of local governments. The Quinte Skyway, as well as the portion through the Mohawk territory were retained in the provincial highway system, resulting in Highway{{nbsp}}49 not connecting with any other provincial highway.

Route description

File:49 in Tyendinaga.png

Highway 49 is a short highway that connects the county maintained roads that once formed a part of it. The province transferred the majority of the route to Prince Edward County and Hastings County in 1998. However, the Quinte Skyway (constructed in 1967){{cite web

| title = Study Overview

| website = Hwy 49 Bay of Quinte Skyway Bridge Rehabilitation

| url = http://www.hwy49quinteskyway.ca/SO.html

| access-date = January 28, 2021

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180714021815/http://www.hwy49quinteskyway.ca/SO.html

| archive-date = July 14, 2018}} and the section lying within the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory remain under provincial jurisdiction. At the southern end of the skyway, the route connects with Prince Edward County Road 49, which continues south to Picton, as well as County Road 15 and County Road 35. At the northern end of the skyway, the highway intersects the former Highway 2, which travels east to the town of Deseronto. From there it travels north to the northern edge of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory,{{cite map

| title = Ontario Back Road Atlas

| year = 2010

| publisher = Peter Heiler

| cartography = MapArt

| pages = 14, 20–21, 27

| sections = D–E51

| isbn = 978-1-55198-226-7}}{{Google maps

| title = Highway 49 - Length and Route

| url = https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/44.1673716,-77.0863893/44.2200265,-77.1052131/@44.1960374,-77.1171961,8690m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en

| access-date = January 28, 2021}}

after which it becomes Tyendinaga Township Road{{nbsp}}2 for approximately {{convert|2.1|km}} to the Highway 401 interchange.

History

Two roads have borne the designation of Highway{{nbsp}}49 within Ontario. The first existed between 1936 and 1972 in York County. The second was designated in 1965, and exists to this day.

= 1936–1961 =

Prior to the present Highway{{nbsp}}49 being assumed by the Department of Highways (DHO), predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation (MTO), a previous route in York County, now the Regional Municipality of York, was designated as Highway{{nbsp}}49. The original Highway{{nbsp}}49 travelled along present-day York Regional Road{{nbsp}}49 (Nashville Road) between Highway 50 and Kleinburg. It was assumed by the DHO on August{{nbsp}}5, 1936, at a distance of {{convert|5.6|km|abbr=on}};{{cite report

| title = Annual Report

| publisher = Department of Highways

| date = March 31, 1937

| section = Appendix No. 4 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions

| pages = 51}}

it was already paved.{{cite map

| title = Ontario Road Map

| cartography = D. Barclay

| publisher = Department of Highways

| year = 1936–37

| section = L8}}

The route remained as-is for 25{{nbsp}}years before being transferred back to York County at some point in 1961.{{cite map

| title = Ontario Road Map

| cartography = C.P. Robins

| publisher = Department of Highways

| year = 1961

| section = R38}}{{cite map

| title = Ontario Road Map

| cartography = C.P. Robins

| publisher = Department of Highways

| year = 1962

| section = R38}}

= 1965–present =

The current iteration of Highway{{nbsp}}49 was created in February 1965, when the southern, discontinuous section of Highway{{nbsp}}41 north of Picton was renumbered. Prior to this, Highway{{nbsp}}41 had two separate sections: one which ran north from Highway{{nbsp}}2 at Napanee, and another that travelled north from Picton alongside the Bay of Quinte. The latter portion followed the present-day Prince Edward County Road{{nbsp}}49 as far as Roblin Mills, where it curved to follow County Road{{nbsp}}35. This road was known as the Lower High Shore Road; there was no road directly north from Roblin Mills until the 1960s. Highway{{nbsp}}41 passed through Mount Carmel before ending at Cole's Wharf, where a ferry crossed to Huff's Wharf. The length of this section was {{convert|17.6|km|abbr=on}}.{{cite map

| title = Glenora, Ontario. Map Sheet 031C03A, ed. 1

| cartography = Surveys and Mapping Branch

| publisher = Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

| year = 1963

| scale = 1:25,000

| url = http://geo.scholarsportal.info/#r/details/_uri@=HTDP25K031C03a_1963TIFF&_add:true_nozoom:true

| via = Scholars GeoPortal

| access-date = January 27, 2021}}{{cite map

| title = Ontario Road Map

| cartography = C.P. Robins

| publisher = Department of Highways

| year = 1959

| section = R38}}

File:49 Quinte Skyway.png

In preparation for the construction of the Quinte Skyway, the DHO took over {{convert|1.3|km|abbr=on}} of Marysville Road from the intersection of Highway{{nbsp}}2 and Highway 502 (Belleville Road) to the soon-to-be completed Highway{{nbsp}}401 interchange on June{{nbsp}}26, 1963.{{cite report

| title = Annual Report

| publisher = Department of Highways

| date = March 31, 1964

| section = Appendix No. 3A - Schedule of Assumptions of Sections

| page = 271}}

Construction of the Quinte Skyway began with the awarding of a contract in November 1964.{{Cite web

| title = Annual Report

| author = Department of Highways

| date = January 28, 1965

| page = 128

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eWYPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Quinte+skyway%22

| access-date = January 28, 2021}}

The DHO had planned to begin work in September 1962, but funding was unavailable.{{Cite news

| title = Here in Ontario

| work = The Windsor Star

| date = January 30, 1962

| page = 6

| via = Newspapers.com

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68719484/here-in-ontario/

| access-date = January 28, 2021}}{{cite news

| title = New Projects

| work = National Post

| date = February 17, 1962

| page = 35

| via = Newspapers.com

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68719567/new-projects/

| access-date = January 28, 2021}}

Severe winter weather prevented work from proceeding until the spring of 1965.{{cite news

| title = Quinte Skyway to Shorten Route

| work = The Ottawa Citizen

| date = April 13, 1965

| page = 18

| via = Newspapers.com

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68755556/quinte-skyway-to-shorten-route/

| access-date = January 28, 2021}}

Construction proceeded simultaneously on realigning the highway south to Picton, bypassing several portions and building a new road north from Roblin Mills in the process.

An inland bypass was built around the Essroc cement plant, which opened in 1958.{{cite web

| title = Essroc – Picton, Ontario

| date = November 28, 2011

| website = Construction Today

| url = https://www.construction-today.com/sections/civil/389-essroc--picton-ontario

| access-date = January 28, 2021}}

Old sections of the highway are now known as White Chapel Road and Lower High Shore Road.

The Quinte Skyway and realigned Highway{{nbsp}}49 were both completed in September 1967, with premier John Robarts opening the bridge during a motorcade on September{{nbsp}}6.{{cite news

| title = Skyway Kickoff

| work = The Windsor Star

| date = September 8, 1967

| page = 4

| via = Newspapers.com

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68756091/quinte-skyway-opened-skyway-kickoff/

| access-date = January 28, 2021}}

Highway{{nbsp}}49 remained unchanged for 30{{nbsp}}years, until the late 1990s. As part of a series of budget cuts initiated by premier Mike Harris under his Common Sense Revolution platform in 1995, numerous highways deemed to no longer be of significance to the provincial network were decommissioned and responsibility for the routes transferred to a lower level of government, a process referred to as downloading. On January{{nbsp}}1, 1998, the entire route of Highway{{nbsp}}49 was downloaded to Hastings County and Prince Edward County.{{cite report

| title = Highway Transfers List - "Who Does What"

| publisher = Ministry of Transportation of Ontario

| date = June 20, 2001

| pages = 6, 13}}

Hastings County, which does not maintain roads or bridges, in turn transferred its section to Tyendinaga Township and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.{{cn|date=January 2021}} The territory was unable to afford maintenance of the highly-travelled route, forcing the MTO to retain ownership of the highway within the territory.

Major intersections

{{ONint|former

| municipality = Picton

| km = -20.2

| road = {{jcon|Hwy|33|Loyalist Parkway}}

| notes = Decommissioned January 1, 1998; now Prince Edward County Road 49

}}

{{ONint

| municipality = Prince Edward County

| km = 0.0

| road = {{jcon|PEC|15}}

| notes = Southern end of Quinte Skyway

}}

{{ONint

| division = Hastings

| dspan = 5

| location_special = Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

| lspan = 3

| km = 1.0

| road = {{jcon|Hastings|16|town=Deseronto}}

| notes = Northern end of Quinte Skyway; southern end of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

}}

{{ONint

| km = 2.4

| road = Dundas Street – Deseronto
York Street

| notes = Southern end of former Highway 2 concurrency

}}

{{ONint

| km = 5.8

| road = Tyendinaga Township Road L31

| notes = Northern end of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory; end of Highway 49

}}

{{ONint|former

| location = Tyendinaga

| lspan = 2

| km = 6.9

| road = Old Highway 2 (west)
Belleville Road (east)

| notes = Northern end of former Highway 2 concurrency; section decommissioned January 1, 1998; now Hastings County Road 15. Community of Marysville. Belleville Road is former Highway 502.

}}

{{ONint|former

| km = 7.9

| road = {{jcon|Hwy|401|city=Toronto|city2=Kingston}}

| notes = Section decommissioned January 1, 1998; now Hastings County Road 15

}}

References

External links

[https://hwy49quinteskyway.ca/ Bay of Quinte Skyway Bridge Rehabilitation]
[https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/44.1673716,-77.0863893/44.2200265,-77.1052131/@44.1960374,-77.1171961,8690m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en Highway 49 - Length and Route]
[http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/highway_49.htm Highway 49 Pictures and information at AsphaltPlanet.ca]

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