Ontario Highway 103

Highway 103
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length:	46.3 km[1] (28.8 mi)
Existed:	1944 – 1976
Major junctions
South end:	Highway 69 in Foot's Bay
North end:	Highway 12 in Waubaushene
Location
Districts:	SimcoeMuskoka
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways 400-series • Former ← Highway 102 Highway 105 →

King's Highway 103, commonly referred to as Highway 103, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Muskoka District, the highway extended from Highway 12 at Waubaushene to Highway 69 at Foot's Bay. Opened in 1944, the highway existed until 1976, when a series of renumberings eliminated the designation, replacing it with Highway 69; Highway 400 has since been built over the majority of this former route.

History

Highway 103 was first designated during the Second World War, providing access from Highway 12 at Waubaushene to Port Severn. The highway was 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) in length for its first decade of existence. During the mid-1950s, the highway was extended north to Foot's Bay to connect with Highway 69. This 36.0-kilometre (22.4 mi) extension was open by 1959.^[2] Most of the former route has now been superseded by the northward extension of Highway 400; only the 6-kilometre (3.7 mi) segment from Exit 189 on Highway 400 north to Foot's Bay is still designated as a provincial highway.

References

1. ^ Ministry of Transportation and Communications (1974). Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Section F–G22. 
2. ^ Ontario Department of Highways (1959). Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Section P–Q33. 

External links

• Approximate former route of Highway 103 on Google Maps. Note that this routing is not exact; in several locations, the highway followed roads which are now residential or local in nature and cannot be directly accessed from the current Highway 400 route.