List of roads in Essex County, Ontario

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This page lists all of the numbered county roads in Essex County, Ontario.

Note 1: In Essex County, odd-numbered roads are North-South, increasing in number to the east. Even-numbered roads are GENERALLY east-west roads, increasing in number to the south, but there are exceptions to the rules. County Roads are also no longer signed within the City Limits of Windsor.
Note 2: In Essex County, there are several roads named "Malden Road", and are not related or connected directly to each other.
Note 3: The Essex By-Pass (Current Highway 3) was built in stages, from 1977 to 1981. The first stage was to just south of Essex, where it was routed along Malden Road to its former alignment (Now CR 34). It was extended to Ruthven in 1981, and then routed around Leamington in 1997.
Note 4: In 2002, the City of Windsor annexed a large portion of the Town of Tecumseh. Portions of several county roads lost their status as county roads and only exist in name. It is expected that the roads will be renamed in the future.

Contents

[edit] Current County Roads

The official maps of Essex County, Ontario can be found here: [1].

Number Names Western/Southern Terminus Eastern/Northern Terminus Major Communities Comments
1 Wheatley Road, Queen Street, Baptiste Road Dead end at a factory plant parking lot just south of Wheatley, Ontario CR 2 Wheatley, Tilbury Dual designation of Essex County Road 1, and Chatham-Kent Road 1.
2 Tecumseh Road, Notre Dame Street, 2nd Concession Road Brighton Road (CR 21) Essex-Kent County border (with CR 1) Techumseh, St. Clair Beach, Puce, Ontario, Emeryville, Ontario, Belle River, Ontario, Deerbrook, Ontario, Pointe-Aux-Roches, Ontario (All now a part of Lakeshore, Ontario). Is split in two parts: From CR 21 to County Road 22 in Puce, Ontario, and then from County Road 22 in Belle River to Essex-Kent County border (with CR 1). Formerly Kings Highway 39 until 1961, when the Pike Creek Bypass/E.C. Row Expressway bypass of Pike Creek, Ontario was finished, from Banwell Road to CR 2/22 Intersection. Former bridge approach is now used as a driveway/boat launch for the bordering house, next to the current roadway. Continues as Chatham-Kent Road 36.
3 Malden Road River Canard, Ontario at CR 20 Windsor City limit Lasalle, Ontario, Windsor, Ontario
5 Thomas Road, Meloche Road CR 18 CR 10 Amherstburg, Ontario Is currently discontinuous due to expansion of the Amherstburg quarry.
6 Todd Lane CR 3 Kings Highway 3 Lasalle, Ontario Can be thought of as a continuation of County Road 40 and County Road 42
7 Huron Church Line Kings Highway 3 Lasalle, Ontario CR 9 (Howard Avenue)
8 Townline Road CR 3 CR 1 Lasalle, Ontario, Amherstburg, Ontario, Techumseh, Ontario, Essex, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario, Kingsville, Ontario, Leamington, Ontario Cuts across the mid-line of Essex County, almost directly half-way.
9 Howard Avenue (7th Concession Road) Windsor City limit CR 20 Lasalle, Ontario, Techumseh, Ontario acts as a townline between Lasalle and Techumseh, Ontario.
10 Middle Side Road CR 20 (Front Road) CR 11 (Walker Road) / Essex, Ontario town limit Amherstburg, Ontario, McGregor, Ontario.
11 Walker Road Windsor City limit CR 20 Tecumseh, Ontario, Essex, Ontario, Amherstburg, Ontario, McGregor, Ontario, Harrow, Ontario Close to the Chrysler Canada Greenway, acts as a townline between Amherstburg and Essex. Has a brief concurrency with CR 18.
12 Malden Road (unrelated to CR 3) CR 11 (Walker Road) CR 23 (Arner Townline) Gesto, Ontario, Essex, Ontario
13 Erie Street CR 20 in Harrow CR 50 in Colchester, Ontario Harrow, Colchester, Essex Can be thought of as an extension of CR 11
14 Mersea Road CR 27, just north of Cottam, Ontario CR 1 Kingsville, Ontario, Cottam, Ontario, Albuna, Ontario, Leamington, Ontario
15 Edgars Sideroad, Campbell Sideroad, South Malden Road, Marsh Road CR 8 CR 11, just north of Harrow Essex, Ontario, Harrow, Ontario, Gesto, Ontario
16 Alma Street CR 20 CR 5 Amherstburg, Ontario One of Essex County's shortest county roads
17 10th Concession Windsor, Ontario, Techumseh, Ontario Windsor city limit at Highway 401 CR 46 Used to continue to CR 42, however, annexation by the City of Windsor, moved the terminus south to the new Windsor city limit on the north side of Highway 401.
18 Pike Road, 7th Concession Road, Road 4, Mersea Road 4 20 Kings Highway 77 Amherstburg, Ontario, Essex, Ontario, Kingsville, Ontario, Leamington, Ontario
19 Manning Road Riverside Drive CR 8 Techumseh, Ontario, St. Clair Beach, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario, Maidstone, Ontario, Essex, Ontario One of the busiest roads in any category in Essex County.
20 Front Road, Highway 18, Main Street, Seacliff Drive Morton Drive / Windsor city limit CR 37, east of Leamington, Ontario Windsor, Ontario, Lasalle, Ontario, River Canard, Ontario, Amherstburg, Ontario, Essex, Ontario, Harrow, Ontario, Kingsville, Ontario, Ruthven, Ontario, Leamington, Ontario Formerly Kings Highway 18, continues as Ojibway Parkway in Windsor. It is also the Detroit River Heritage Parkway from intersection with E.C. Row Expressway to just south of Amherstburg. Former alignment for the River Canard bridge is now known as Sari Lane.
21 Brighton Road CR 2 CR 42 St. Clair Beach, Ontario, Techumseh, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario
22 E.C. Row Expressway, Kings Highway 2, County Road 22, Tecumseh Road, Notre Dame Street Windsor city limit (just east of CR 43 (Banwell Road) CR 42 (just south of Belle River, Ontario Windsor, Ontario, Techumseh, Ontario, St. Clair Beach, Ontario, Puce, Ontario, Emeryville, Ontario, Belle River, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario Formerly Kings Highway 39 from July 11, 1934 until 1970, when Highway 2 absorbed it entirely. Was re-routed along the Pike Creek Bypass portion of E.C. Row Expressway (section from Manning Road to CR 2/22 intersection) in 1961. One of the busiest roads in any category in Essex County. Was Highway 2 from 1970 until decommissioned in 1998.
23 Arner Townline, Gosfield Townline, Fairfield Avenue, Naylor Sideroad CR 50 CR 46 Arner, Ontario, Essex, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario Acts as a townline between Essex, Ontario and Kingsville, Ontario
25 Puce Road, 12-13 Sideroad CR 22 CR 46 Puce, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario
27 Belle River Road, Cottam Sideroad CR 2 (Belle River) CR 23 Belle River, Ontario, Woodslee, Ontario, Cottam, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario, Kingsville, Ontario, Essex, Ontario.
29 Division Road, South Talbot Road CR 34, south of Cottam CR 20 Kingsville, Ontario, Cottam, Ontario Main road leading from Highway 3 into downtown Kingsville.
31 Albuna Townline, French Line Road, St. Joachim Road, West Ruscom River Road CR 2 in Deerbrook CR 20 in Ruthven Kingsville, Ontario, Leamington, Ontario, Ruthven, Ontario, St. Joachim, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario, Deerbrook, Ontario The only county road to touch both lakes (Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair) under a single designation.
33 Leamington By-Pass, Bevel Line, Point Pelee Road Intersection with Highways 3 and 77 in Leamington Point Pelee National Park entrance Leamington, Ontario, Point Pelee currently in two parts, from Highway 3/77 intersection, to CR 34, and again from CR 20 to Point Pelee Nat. Park. Leamington intends to connect the two via an "East End Arterial Road" to alieviate growth on the east side of town.
34 Talbot Road, Highway 3, County Road 34 Kings Highway 3, Maidstone, Ontario CR 1, in Wheatley, Ontario Techumseh, Ontario, Maidstone, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario, Essex, Ontario, Kingsville, Ontario, Cottam, Ontario, Ruthven, Ontario, Leamington, Ontario, Wheatley, Ontario. Former alignment of Highway 3, until the Essex By-Pass (current Highway 3) was completed, in 1981. The Leamington By-Pass was completed in 1997, and Highway 3 was routed along that road, being truncated at Highway 77.
35 Comber Sideroad Kings Highway 77-Kings Highway 401 interchange, just north of Comber, Ontario CR 2 Pointe-Aux-Roches, Ontario/Stoney Point, Ontario, Comber, Ontario
37 Gracie Sideroad, Simpson Sideroad, Manery Road CR 20 CR 2 No towns of major significance
39 Lighthouse Sideroad, 1st Concession, Tisdelle Drive CR 2 Lighthouse Cove, Ontario Lighthouse Cove, Ontario
40 Sprucewood Avenue Windsor city limit CR 3 Windsor, Ontario, Lasalle, Ontario Can be thought of as a continuation of CR 6 and CR 42
41 Meadows Road CR 20 CR 50 Amherstburg, Ontario, Essex, Ontario Can be thought of as a continuation of CR 9 (Howard Avenue)
42 Division Road, County Road 42, Old Highway 2 Windsor city limit Tilbury, Ontario Windsor, Ontario, Techumseh, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario, Belle River, Ontario, St. Joachim, Ontario, Tilbury, Ontario Formerly Kings Highway 18 from June 11, 1930 until re-numbered Highway 2 on December 16th, 1931, when it gained its current routing. CR 42 became Kings Highway 2, until 1970 before being re-routed via CR 22 in Belle River. Fully decommissioned in 1998. Continues as Chatham-Kent Road 2.
43 Banwell Road, 11th Concession Road E.C. Row Expressway CR 46 Windsor, Ontario, Techumseh, Ontario Acts as the border between Windsor and Techumseh
45 Union Avenue CR 20 CR 34 Kingsville, Ontario, Ruthven, Ontario, Union, Ontario Formerly Kings Highway 18B (1937-1953), then Kings Highway 107 from 1953 onward, before being decommissioned in 1970. Temporarily re-uploaded to provincial control as Kings Highway 18 for a few months during a re-routing to bring people towards the newly-opened Leamington By-Pass (Kings Highway 3), before being decommissioned in its entirety in 1998, being reverted back to CR 45.
46 Provincial Road, Middle Road, County Road 46 Windsor city limit CR 1 Windsor, Ontario, Techumseh, Ontario, Maidstone, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario, Woodslee, Ontario, Ruscom Station, Ontario, Comber, Ontario Formerly Kings Highway 2A (1929-1938, then Kings Highway 98 until 1970. Was the longest provincial highway lost to downloading until 1997.
48 Oak Street Intersection with CR 34 and Fraser Road Erie Street (Formerly part of Kings Highway 77) Leamington, Ontario Somewhat busy, travels through downtown Leamington, by the Heinz Canada Ketchup Factory. Has a 5-way traffic signal at its western terminus.
50 Heritage Road CR 20 CR 20 Amherstburg, Ontario, Colchester, Ontario, Kingsville, Ontario Formerly Highway 18A from April 13, 1938 until being decommissioned in 1979, southern-most highway in Canada. Acts as a loop to CR 20, former Highway 18. Hwy 18A was decommissioned in 1983. Was fully paved by 1952. One Rand McNally map lists CR 50 as continuing north past CR 20 and CR 18, ending at Alma Street.
Former Kings Highway 114 Old Hwy 114, Malden Road, Malden Sideroad CR 34 CR 46 Maidstone, Ontario, Tecumseh, Ontario, Lakeshore, Ontario Originally Kings Highway 3B from 1931-1938. Became Kings Highway 98A in 1938, and then finally, Kings Highway 114 in 1954. Decommissioned in 1970. Still signed as "Old HWY 114" and "Malden Road"

[edit] Former County Roads

Number Names Western/Southern Terminus Eastern/Northern Terminus Major Communities Comments
43 (Original) Jefferson Road E.C. Row Expressway Division Road (CR 42) Windsor, Ontario, Techumseh, Ontario In the early 1970s, Windsor Airport was expanded, and Pilette Road and Jefferson Road were both closed off to traffic, permanently. Jefferson is used as an auxiliary parking lot for Chrysler Canada's excesse production at times, though.
117 Lauzon Parkway Windsor city limit CR 42-17 Intersection Windsor, Ontario, Tecumseh, Ontario Originally was a spur of CR 17 (Lauzon Road), now a separate county road in its own right.

[edit] Windsor Suburban Roads

Main article: Windsor Suburban Roads

Since Windsor, Ontario is a Separated Municipality, it no longer participates with the County of Essex in signing county roads within its City Limits, and the County no longer lists certain County Roads (6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 40, 42, and 46) as "Windsor Suburban" County Roads. There are no provincial or county roads on Pelee Island.

[edit] See also

Northwest: Wayne County, Michigan North: Detroit, Michigan Northeast: Lake St. Clair
West: Wayne County, Michigan
 List of roads in Essex County, Ontario East: Chatham-Kent roads
Southwest: Monroe County, Michigan South: Lake Erie/Ohio Southeast: Lake Erie
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