Ontario Highway 51

Highway 51
Kent Bridge Road, Wildwood Line Chatham–Kent Road 15
Route information
Maintained by the City of Chatham–Kent
Length:	5.8 km[1] (3.6 mi)
Existed:	April 9, 1970[2] – April 1, 1997[3]
Major junctions
South end:	Rondeau Provincial Park (Evangeline Street)
North end:	County Road 3 (Talbot Road)
Location
Divisions:	Chatham–Kent
Towns:	New Scotland, Rondeau Park
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways List 400-series Former <td width="100%" align=center" colspan="3" style="padding:0;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center">Current highways ←  Highway 49   Highway 58  → Former highways ←  Highway 50   Highway 52  →

King's Highway 51, commonly referred to as Highway 51, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that connected Highway 3 in Eatonville with Rondeau Provincial Park. An earlier designation existed south of Orangeville, connecting Highway 24 with Highway 10. This iteration was assumed in 1938, but later renumbered as Highway 24 In 1961. The more recent incarnation of the route number was assumed in 1970, but then 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.^[4] Trees continue to line both sides of this section of the highway, with farmland sprawling out beyond that.^[5]

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.^[2] This iteration of the route remained unaltered until April 1, 1997, when it was transferred to Kent County, now the City of Chatham–Kent.^[3] It was subsequently designated as Chatham–Kent Road 15.^[4]

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 51, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.^[5] The entire route is located in Chatham–Kent. 

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