- Highway 10 (Ontario)
Infobox road
province=ON
type=Hwy
route=10
alternate_name=
maint=the Ministry of Transportation
length_km=
length_ref=Ministry of Transportation of Ontario , [http://www.raqsa.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb 2004 Annual Average Daily Traffic] ]
length_round=1
established=1920
direction_a=South
terminus_a=North limit of Brampton
junction=jct|state=ON|Hwy|9 in Orangeville
jct|state=ON|Hwy|89 in Shelburne
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=ON|Hwy|6|Hwy|21|Hwy|26 inOwen Sound
cities=Owen Sound, Markdale, Shelburne, Orangeville, Caledon, Brampton
previous_type=Hwy
previous_route=9
next_type=Hwy
next_route=11Highway 10 is a provincial highway in
Ontario ,Canada . This highway joins Brampton to Owen Sound. Prior to the 1998 downloadings, Highway 10's southern terminus was at Highway 2 atMississauga .Administration of portions of Highway 10 were downloaded to the City of Brampton in 1998 to facilitate the extension of Highway 410. This also included the entire routing in
Mississauga , better known asHurontario Street .Communities
* Brampton
* Caledon
* Orangeville
* Mono
* Amaranth
* Mulmur (southern boundary on shared portion with Highway 89)
* Shelburne
* Melancthon
* Grey Highlands including Flesherton and Markdale
* Owen SoundConcurrency
Highway 10 is concurrent with:
* Highway 7 through downtown Brampton. (prior to downloading, and Highway 410)
* Highway 9 through Orangeville, prior to by-pass.
* Highway 24 fromCaledon Village to Shelburne. (prior to downloading)
* Highway 89 from Primrose to Shelburne.
* Highway 6 from Chatsworth to Owen Sound.As of
2005 , planning is in place to eventually convert Highway 10 to Owen Sound to a full 400-Series HighwayFact|date=July 2007. The first phase of this project, currently underway, is to link Highway 410 north of Brampton to Highway 10 in Caledon.Classified as a "Key construction project" is the planned widening of Highway 10 from two to four lanes, in the section of road from Caledon Village to Highway 9. [ cite web|url=http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2007/08/10/c5561.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html |title=McGuinty Government Keeping Highway Infrastructure In Top Shape |accessdate=2007-08-18 |last=Nichols |first=Bob |date=2007-08-10 |work=Canada Newswire |publisher=Ministry of Transportation ]
References
External links
* [http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GONE/2006/04/11/c3760.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html Canada NewsWire Press Release]
* [http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2007/08/30/c3964.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html Canada NewsWire Press Release]
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