Ontario Highway 44

Highway 44 shield

Highway 44
Lanark County Road 49
Ottawa Road 49
Route information
Length: 15.9 km[1] (9.9 mi)
Existed: April 13, 1938[2] – March 31, 1997[3]
Major junctions
West end:  Highway 15 in Almonte
East end:  Highway 17 near Carp
Location
Regions: Ottawa–Carleton
Counties: Lanark County
Towns: Almonte, Carp
Highway system
<td width="100%" align=center" colspan="3" style="padding:0;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center">Current highways
←  Highway 41 Highway 48  →
Former highways
←  Highway 43 Highway 45  →

King's Highway 44, commonly referred to as Highway 44, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 15.9-kilometre (9.9 mi)-long route began at Highway 15 in the town of Almonte and travelled eastward through Lanark County towards Ottawa, ending at Highway 17. Highway 44 was assumed by the province in 1938. A significant portion of the highway was incorporated into a new routing of Highway 17 in 1966. The highway remained generally unchanged for the next three decades until it was decommissioned in 1997 and transferred to Lanark County and what is now the City of Ottawa. The road has since been redesignated as Lanark County Road 49 and Ottawa Road 49.

Route description

Highway 44 began at Highway 15 in Almonte and proceeded east for 15.9 km (9.9 mi) to Highway 17 southwest of Carp.[1] Within Almonte, the road was known as Ottawa Street; east of there it became March Road[4] Today, the route is known as Lanark County Road 49 and Ottawa Road 49.[5]

History

Highway 44 was assumed by the Department of Highways, predecessor to the Ministry of Transportation, on April  13, 1938,[2] following the existing road between Almonte and Carp. When Highway 44 was assumed, the highway between Carleton Place and Arnprior was known as Highway 29. From the junction of these two highways, the route was paved eastward into Almonte already, but remained a gravel road elsewhere.[6] On November 9, 1965, the new Carp Bypass – a portion of Highway 17 designed to replace the old meandering route (now known as Donald B. Munro Drive) through Carp, Marathon and Antrim  – opened.[7] As a result, the eastern end of Highway 44 was truncated by approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) to the new bypass Highway 44 remained generally unchanged until March 31, 1997, when the entire route was decommissioned and transferred to Lanark County and the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton, which later became the City of Ottawa.[3] It has since been known as Lanark County Road 49 and Ottawa Road 49.[5]

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 44, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1] 

DivisionLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
LanarkAlmonte0.00.0 Highway 15 (Christian Street) – Carleton Place, ArnpriorNow Lanark County Road 29
1.40.9 Road 17 (Martin Street North)
Road 16A south (Queen Street)
2.81.7 Road 17 south (Appleton Side Road)
Ottawa8.25.1Regional Road 3 (Upper Dwyer Hill Road)
15.99.9 Highway 17 – Ottawa, North Bay, ArnpriorNow Highway 417
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (April 1, 1989). Provincial Highways Distance Table. Government of Ontario. p. 63. ISSN 0825-5350.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The King's Highways Assumed in 1938". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1939. p. 84.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Highway Transfers List (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. April 1, 1997. pp. 3, 6.
  4. ↑ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Ministry of Transportation. 1990/91. § A. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. Peter Heiler Ltd. 2010. p. 65. § S59–R61. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
  6. ↑ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Department of Highways. 1938. § R5.
  7. ↑ "Summary of the Report". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1966. pp. xv–xvi.