 Highway 88 | ||||
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 Highway 88 (highlighted in red) | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | ||||
| Length | 9.7 km[1] (6.0 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1938–1998 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Highway 27 (now Simcoe County Road 27) in Bond Head | |||
| East end |  Highway 11 (now Simcoe County Road 4) in Bradford | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Ontario | |||
| Counties | Simcoe County | |||
| Towns | Bond Head, Bradford | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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King's Highway 88, commonly referred to as Highway 88, was a provincially-maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in what is now the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, that connected former Highway 27, in the village of Bond Head, with former Highway 11 in the town of Bradford. The short 9.7-kilometre (6.0 mi) route was established in 1938, though the road it followed had existed for over a century at that time.
A toll road was created between Bond Head and Holland Landing in 1836, known as the West Gwillimbury Road. Through the 1850s it was planked, and served as a major route for wheat and other agricultural goods headed for Toronto markets. The upkeep undid the profits, and the planks were removed by the end of the decade, reverting the road to dirt. Nonetheless, it was the first road in Simcoe County with a "paved" surface.
As a provincial highway it remained generally unchanged except for the construction of Highway 400 that resulted in the construction of an interchange with the route in the early 1950s, and the paving of the gravel highway in 1956. The route was decommissioned in 1998 and transferred to Simcoe County. Since then it has been known as Simcoe County Road 88.