Highway 39 (Ontario)
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| Kings Highway 39 |
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| Tecumseh Road, Route 2, Route 22 | |
| Length: | 33.8 km (21 mi) |
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| Formed: | 1934 |
| Decomd.: | 1970 (re-numbered as Highway 2) |
| Direction: | East/West |
| East end: | Former Highway 2 in Belle River, Ontario |
| West end: | Highway 3B in Windsor, Ontario |
| Counties: | Essex County, Ontario |
| Major cities: | Windsor, Tecumseh, St. Clair Beach, Puce, Belle River, Ontario |
Highway 39 is a well-known former Provincial Highway in the northern part of Essex County. The road was roughly 34 km in length and travelled from the current junction of Essex county roads 22 and 42, 2 km south of Belle River, west to Windsor.
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[edit] Reroutings
The road originally travelled along what is now Essex County Road 2 (Tecumseh Road), where it led straight into Windsor.
In 1961, the two-lane limited-access Pike Creek Bypass was created (and would eventually link up with the E.C. Row Expressway once it was built), that allowed traffic to avoid travelling down the busy, slow, and winding County Road 2 (Tecumseh Road) between Puce and Tecumseh. Highway 39 was then re-routed along the new Pike Creek Bypass, decommissioning the other roads as provincial highways.
The new routing of the road led it along its old path towards Puce, but then diverged along the Pike Creek Bypass towards Manning Road (Essex CR 19). It then turned right (north) for around 2 km, where it met up with Tecumseh Road (CR 2, its old alignment) in Tecumseh. It then turned left and travelled along Tecumseh Road, to its terminus with Highway 3B (Oullette Avenue).
[edit] End of the Road
In 1970, Highway 2 was re-routed along all of Highway 39's path, thus decommissioning it. The Pike Creek Bypass was still in provincial control (as Highway 2) until 1998, when it, too was decommissioned. It is now known as Essex County Road 22.
