Ontario Highway 51

King's Highway 51, commonly referred to as Highway 51, was a designation applied to two separate provincially maintained highways in the Canadian province of Ontario. The first instance of this route number was south of Orangeville, connecting Highway 24 with Highway 10, which was assumed in 1938. This route was renumbered as Highway 24 In 1961. In 1970 a new Highway 51 was assumed, connecting Highway 3 in Eatonville with Rondeau Provincial Park. This iteration was decommissioned in 1997 and transferred to what is now the city of Chatham–Kent.

Route description

Highway 51 is a short connector road that served to link Highway 3 to Rondeau Provincial Park. At its southern terminus, the highway began at the entrance gates to the provincial park, proceeding northeast through a small community of recreational cottages. The highway exited the park and turned north onto what is now Chatham–Kent Road 15. From here the highway progressed straight north to Highway 3, passing through the community of New Scotland along the way.^[2] Trees continue to line both sides of this section of the highway, with farmland sprawling out beyond that.^[3]

History

In 1961, the section of Highway 24 between Highway 51 and Orangeville was renumbered as Highway 136; Highway 51 was renumbered as Highway 24 and the latter signed concurrently with Highway 10 north to Orangeville. On April 9, 1970, the road from Eatonville to Rondeau Provincial Park was designated as Highway 51. This route remained unaltered until April 1, 1997, when it was transferred to Kent County, now the City of Chatham–Kent. It was subsequently designated as Chatham–Kent Road 15.

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along the most recent iteration of Highway 51. The entirety of the route is located within Chatham–Kent.^[2]

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