Ontario Highway 43

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King's Highway 43

Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation
Length154.2 km [1]  (95.8 mi)
Existed1938–January 1, 1998 [2]
Major junctions
West endOntario 7 crown.svg  Highway 7Perth
Major intersectionsOntario 15 crown.svg  Highway 15Smiths Falls
Ontario 416 crown.svg  Highway 416Kemptville
Ontario 31 crown.svg  Highway 31Winchester
East endOntario 34 crown.svg  Highway 34Alexandria
Location
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Major cities Perth, Smiths Falls
Towns Merrickville, Kemptville, Winchester, Chesterville, Finch, Alexandria
Highway system
Ontario 42.svg Highway 42 Ontario 44.svg Highway 44

King's Highway 43, also known as Highway 43, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. On January 1, 1998, the entire route was transferred to the county that each section resided in, resulting in the current designations of Lanark County Road 43, Leeds and Grenville Road 43 and Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Road 43. Highway 43 ran somewhat parallel to and between Highway 401 and Highway 417 from Highway 7 in Perth to Highway 34 in Alexandria, passing through several small towns along the way. At 154.2 km (95.8 mi), [1] it is the longest highway in Ontario to be decommissioned entirely during the mass transfer of Highways in 1997 and 1998.

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Route description

Highway 43 began in the west at Highway 7 on the edge of Perth. It travelled eastward north of the Tay Canal and Lower Rideau Lake into Smiths Falls. After a brief concurrency with Highway 15 southwards, the route continued east nearby the Rideau Canal through Merrickville and Kemptville, meeting what was then a soon-to-open interchange with Highway 416 east of the latter. [3] [4] The highway continued east, bypassing the communities of Winchester and Chesterville, jogging southwards several times. After bisecting Finch and skirting south of Avonmore, the route encountered Ontario Highway 138 before entering Monkland. After passing north of Loch Garry, Highway 43 entered Alexandria, ending at an intersection with Highway 34 (Main Street) in the centre of the town. [3]

History

Highway 43 was established in 1934, travelling between Highway 31 near Winchester to Highway 34 in Alexandria. In 1961, the Department of Highways extended Highway 43 westward 39 mi (63 km) to Highway 7 in Perth. East of Smiths Falls, the new highway was created using existing county roads. [5] To the west, it assumed the previous route of Highway 15 to Perth. The route remained unchanged for the next 36 years until it was decommissioned entirely on January 1, 1998 as part of a series of budget cuts initiated by premier Mike Harris under his Common Sense Revolution platform. It was the longest King's Highway to be removed entirely from the system during these cuts, known as downloading (although Highway 2 lost significantly more of its length). Jurisdiction over the roadway was transferred to the counties and city that Highway 43 crossed: Lanark County, Smiths Falls, the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. [2] The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville is awaiting federal funding approval to begin an expansion of the roadway to four-lanes in Kemptville. A campaign was launched in November 2019 by the Municipality of North Grenville.

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 43, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. [1]  

DivisionLocationkm [1] miDestinationsNotes
Lanark Perth 0.00.0Ontario 7 crown.svg  TCH-blank.svg   Highway 7  / TCH
Port Elmsley 12.98.0RR 18 jct.svg County Road 18 (Port Elmsley)
Smiths Falls 21.613.4Ontario 15 crown.svg  Highway 15 north
22.013.7Ontario 15 crown.svg  Highway 15 south
Lanark Montague 30.418.9RR 23 jct.svg County Road 23 (Rosedale Road)
Leeds and Grenville Merrickville-Wolford 40.425.1RR 15 jct.svg  County Road 15 (St. Lawrence Street)
42.426.3RR 23 jct.svg County Road 23Western junction with County Road 23
North Grenville 48.230.0RR 23 jct.svg County Road 23Eastern junction with County Road 23
53.633.3RR 25 jct.svg County Road 25
Kemptville 59.737.1RR 44 jct.svg  County Road 44 (Prescott Highway)
North Grenville 61.438.2RR 19 jct.svg  County Road 19 (Rideau River Road)
62.338.7Ontario 416 crown.svg  Highway 416 (Veterans Memorial Highway) – Ottawa, Brockville Exit 34
62.939.1RR 24 jct.svg County Road 24
65.340.6RR 22 jct.svg  County Road 22 (South Gower Drive)
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry North Dundas 72.044.7RR 1 jct.svg  County Road 1 north (Reids Mills Road)
74.346.2RR 1 jct.svg  County Road 1 south (Mountain Road)
81.650.7RR 3 jct.svg County Road 3 (Inkerman Road)
85.453.1RR 31 jct.svg  County Road 31 north – Ottawa Formerly Highway 31; beginning of concurrency with County Road 31
89.055.3RR 38 jct.svg County Road 38 (St. Lawrence Street)
89.555.6RR 31 jct.svg  County Road 31 southEnd of concurrency with County Road 31
96.660.0RR 9 jct.svg County Road 9 (Loucks Road)
Chesterville 98.461.1RR 37 jct.svg County Road 37 (Queen Street)
100.462.4RR 7 jct.svg County Road 7
North Dundas – North Stormont boundary104.665.0RR 11 jct.svg County Road 11 (Boundary Road)
Finch 112.569.9RR 12 jct.svg County Road 12 north (Crysler Road) – Crysler
112.670.0RR 12 jct.svg County Road 12 south (Victoria Street)
North Stormont 119.974.5RR 14 jct.svg  County Road 14 (Finch – Roxborough Boundary Road)
Avonmore 122.976.4RR 15 jct.svg County Road 15
Monkland 130.280.9Ontario 138 crown.svg  Highway 138Cornwall
North Glengarry 137.685.5RR 20 jct.svg County Road 20 north (Highland Road) – Maxville
139.486.6RR 20 jct.svg County Road 20 south (Apple Hill Road) – Apple Hill
144.289.6RR 30 jct.svg County Road 30 (Greenfield Road)
151.794.3RR 45 jct.svg County Road 45 (Kenyon Dam Road)
Alexandria 154.295.8RR 34 jct.svg  County Road 34 Former Highway 34
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (April 1, 1989). "Provincial Highways Distance Table". Provincial Highways Distance Table: King's Secondary Highways and Tertiary Roads. Government of Ontario: 62–63. ISSN   0825-5350.
  2. 1 2 Highway Transfers List - "Who Does What" (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. pp. 8, 9, 14, 17.
  3. 1 2 Official Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Ministry of Transportation. 1990–91. § D16–F19.
  4. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (June 26, 1998). "New Section of Veterans Memorial Highway Opened Today" (Press release). Government of Ontario. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  5. Ontario Department of Highways (March 31, 1961). Annual Report for the Fiscal Year (Report). p. 117. Highway 43 was extended from Winchester to Smiths Falls, a distance of 39 miles, by assumption of the county road