Ontario Highway 49

Highway 49
A map of Highway 49   Highway 49   Downloaded segments   Bypassed pre-1965 route
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length	5.8 km[1] (3.6 mi)
History	1936–1961[2][3][4] (York County) February 1965[5]–present (Picton–Marysville)
Major junctions
South end	Quinte Skyway to Prince Edward County
North end	Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory north limits
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways Current Former 400-series
← Highway 48 → Highway 58
Former provincial highways Highway 50  →

King's Highway 49, commonly referred to as Highway 49, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 5.8-kilometre (3.6 mi) highway travels across the Quinte Skyway and through the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory south of Marysville.

A previous iteration of Highway 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 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 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 49 not connecting with any other provincial highway.