Ontario Highway 22

King's Highway 22 marker

King's Highway 22

Egremont Drive
Map
A map of Highway 22
  Highway 22   Previous route (1927–1947)
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation
Length46.0 km[1] (28.6 mi)
ExistedJuly 2, 1927[2]–January 1, 1998[3]
Major junctions
West end  Highway 7 / Highway 79 near Wisbeach
Major intersections Highway 81 near Strathroy
East end Highway 4 in London
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Highway system
Highway 21 Highway 23

King's Highway 22, commonly referred to as Highway 22, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located between Sarnia and London. Since 1998, the majority of the former route has been known as Middlesex County Road 22 and Lambton County Road 22. It began at Highway 7 and Highway 79 north of Watford and proceeded 46.0 kilometres (28.6 mi) east to Highway 4 in the north end of London. Between those two points, it passed through the small communities of Wisbeach, Dejong, Adelaide, Wrightmans Corners, Hickory Corner, Poplar Hill, Lobo, and Melrose. The highway was located within Lambton County, Middlesex County, and the city of London, and it followed the historic Egremont Road

Highway 22 was designated in 1927 to provide a route between Sarnia and London; until then, the only provincial highway connection between the two cities was a circuitous route via Highway 7 and Highway 4 through Parkhill and Elginfield. The original routing of Highway 22 passed through Watford and Strathroy until a more direct route was established in 1947. The function of Highway 22 was largely supplanted by the completion of Highway 402 throughout the 1970s. Accordingly, it was decommissioned and turned over to local jurisdiction in 1997 and 1998.

  1. ^ Ministry of Transportation (April 1, 1997). "Provincial Highways Distance Table" (PDF). Provincial Highways Distance Table: King's Secondary Highways and Tertiary Roads. Government of Ontario: 47. ISSN 0825-5350. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
  2. ^ "Appendix No. 6 – Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the Provincial Highway System for the Years 1926 and 1927". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1928. p. 60. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
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