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| Existed: | 1927 – present | ||||||||||||
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| Highway 403 in Brantford | |||||||||||||
| North end: | South limit of Cambridge | ||||||||||||
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| Major cities: | Simcoe, Paris, Brantford, Cambridge | ||||||||||||
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King's Highway 24, commonly known as Highway 24, is a highway in the Canadian province of Ontario which presently begins at Highway 3 in Simcoe, and ends at Highway 401, in Cambridge. Highway 24 runs in a north/south direction and has been in service since 1927. Before 1997, when many major highways were declassified, Highway 24 began south of Simcoe in Norfolk near Walshingham, and ended in Collingwood, as part of Hurontario Street.
The road has also seen key shifts, as communities have been by-passed over the years, including:
In Brantford and in Brant County, Highway 24 is interlined with Highway 403 for 9 km (5.6 mi).
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Highway 24 has several local street names in the various communities through which it passes.
The parts of Highway 24 that were decommissioned in 1997 remain part of the various county road systems.
On September 12, 2006, it was announced that the Ontario provincial government would be undertaking a study to determine what improvements would be necessary to bring the highway up to current standards and to handle future growth.
This study (which will be completed in 2009) will focus on the portion of the highway between Cambridge and Brantford, where connections to Highways 401 and 403 exist, but suffer from extreme congestion during peak periods.
Potential improvements/expansions include:
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