Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | ||||
Length | 122.8 km[1] (76.3 mi) | |||
Existed | August 25, 1937[2]–January 1, 1998[3] | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | Long Point Provincial Park | |||
North end | Shakespeare | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Ontario | |||
Counties | Norfolk, Oxford, Perth | |||
Major cities | Woodstock | |||
Towns | Norwich, Tavistock, Delhi | |||
Villages | Long Point, Courtland, Strathallan, Hickson, Sebastopol, Shakespeare | |||
Highway system | ||||
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King's Highway 59, commonly referred to as Highway 59, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It connected Long Point Provincial Park in Norfolk County to the town of Shakespeare in Perth County, passing through the city of Woodstock in Oxford County en route. Several smaller towns also lined the highway, notably Courtland, Delhi, Norwich and Tavistock. Highway 59 featured junctions with Highway 3, Highway 2, Norfolk County Highway 24 and the concurrent routes of Highway 7 and Highway 8. Highway 59 also had an interchange with Highway 401.
Highway 59 was established in 1937 between Highway 3 and Highway 2. In 1961, several highways were renumbered, establishing the final alignment of the route and tripling its length. As part of the mass highway transfers performed during the late 1990s, Highway 59 was decommissioned entirely in 1998.
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