Ontario Highway 80

King's Highway 80 marker
King's Highway 80
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation
Length69.6 km[1] (43.2 mi)
ExistedAugust 11, 1937[2]–April 1, 1997[3]
Major junctions
West endSt. Clair Parkway (old Highway 40) in Courtright
Major intersections Highway 40Sarnia
 Highway 21Petrolia, Oil Springs
 Highway 79Alvinston
East end Highway 2 in Strathburn
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
TownsCourtright, Brigden, Glencoe, Strathburn
Highway system
Highway 77 Highway 85
Former provincial highways
←  Highway 79 Highway 81  →

King's Highway 80, commonly referred to as Highway 80, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It travelled in an east–west direction south of Sarnia from Courtright to Strathburn. Beginning at the St. Clair Parkway near the shores of the St. Clair River, the route travelled 69.6 kilometres (43.2 mi), intersecting Highway 40, Highway 21 and Highway 79 before ending at Highway 2. In addition to the towns at either terminus, Highway 80 serviced the communities of Brigden, Glencoe and Alvinston. The entire route was and remains two lanes wide.

Highway 80 was first designated in 1937, travelling east from Highway 79 in Alvinston to Highway 2 in Strathburn. Most of the original winding highway was bypassed in 1962, and the route was extended west in 1963 to what was then Highway 40, now the St. Clair Parkway. It remained this way for over 30 years before being decommissioned as a provincial highway entirely in the mass downloading of highways in 1997. Today the route is known as County Road 80.

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