- Ontario Highway 131
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For the original designation of Highway 131, see Thunder Bay Expressway.
Highway 131
Townline Road, Simcoe County Road 27 Route information Maintained by County of Simcoe, City of Barrie Length: 6.7 km[2] (4.2 mi) Existed: 1984 – January 1, 1998[1] Major junctions South end: 
Highway 27 (Essa Road)North end: Highway 90 (Tiffin Street) Location Counties: Simcoe Major cities: Barrie Highway system Ontario provincial highways
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Highway 130Highway 132 
→Highway 131 was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Simcoe County and the city of Barrie. The route, which connected Highway 27 with Highway 90, existed from 1984 through 1997, after which it was transferred to the responsibility of Simcoe County.
Highway 131 was a straight rural highway, located west of Barrie's suburban fringe, though since then those suburbs have grown out to reach the former highway. Otherwise, the highway is abutted by the occasional farm and surrounded by several forests.
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Route description
Highway 131 began at an intersection with Highway 27 (Essa Road), travelling north through the outskirts of Barrie. Although the city of 125,000 residents lay immediately east of the highway, Highway 131 was a two lane road throughout its length. North of Highway 27, the route travelled north through farmland, then west of the suburb of Holly. North of Mapleview Drive, the route entered a forested area. After travelling through a valley, the highway met Ardagh Road. It crossed the newly commissioned Barrie Collingwood Railway and shortly thereafter ended at Highway 90 (Dunlop Street), which travelled east to Barrie and west to Angus and CFB Borden.[3]
History
In 1984, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) assumed ownership of Simcoe County Road 31.[4] The purpose was to divert Georgian Bay and Wasaga Beach -bound traffic from Highway 26 in Downtown Barrie.
On January 1, 1998, as part of the second round of Mass downloading, the MTO transferred responsibility for the maintenance and signing of the route to the County of Simcoe and City of Barrie.[1] The route was quickly redesignated as Simcoe County Road 27; the former route of Highway 27 into Barrie is now known as Essa Street.[5]
Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 55. In addition, it includes some minor junctions that were noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[2]
Division Location km[2] Destinations Notes Simcoe County Innisfil 0.0 Highway 27 – TorontoNow Simcoe County Road 27 Barrie 6.7 Highway 90 – Barrie, Angus Now Simcoe County Road 90 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi See also
References
- ^ a b Highway Transfers List - “Who Does What” (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. p. 14.
- ^ a b c Provincial Highways Distance Table. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1989. p. 86. ISSN 0825-5350.
- ^ Peter Heiler Ltd (2010). Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
- ^ Ministry of Transportation and Communications (1978/79). Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Section N–Q11.
- ^ http://partners.simcoe.ca/ws_par/groups/public/@pub/@newtec/documents/web_content/wspar_011591.pdf
County Roads in Simcoe County, Ontario North-South routes 
East-West routes Highways and expressways Former Provincial Highways Categories:- Roads in Simcoe County
- Ontario county roads
- Defunct Ontario provincial highways
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