Ontario Highway 49

Highway 49
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length:	5.8 km[2] (3.6 mi)
Existed:	February 1965[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	Quinte Skyway to Prince Edward County
North end:	North limit of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways 400-series • Former ← Highway 48 Highway 52 →

King's Highway 49, commonly referred to as Highway 49, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Highway 49 currently runs from the Quinte Skyway to the northern boundary of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory south of Marysville. Most of the highway is situated within the Tyendinaga reserve.

The total length of Highway 49 is 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi).

Route description

Highway 49 within the Tyendinaga Territory

Highway 49 is a short highway which connects the county maintained roads that once formed a part of it. The province transferred the majority of the route in 1998 to Prince Edward County and Hastings County. However, the section lying within the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory as well as the Quinte Skyway remain under provincial jurisdiction. At the southern end of the skyway, the route connects with Prince Edward County Road 49, which continues south to Picton, as well as County Road 15 and County Road 35. At the northern end of the skyway, the highway intersects the former Highway 2, which travels east to the town of Deseronto. From there it travels north to approximately 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) south of Highway 401, at the northern edge of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.^[3]

Highway 49 descending the Quinte Skyway

History

Prior to 1998, the road's southern terminus was at Highway 33 in Picton, while the northern terminus was at Highway 401 Marysville.^[4]

Old Highway 49

A road in York Region serving Kleinburg was designated as provincial Highway 49 from 1936 until 1961, after which York County assumed the highway. Today it is known as Nashville Road (York Regional Road 49).

Major intersections

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 49, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.^[2][3]

Division	Location	km[2]	Destinations	Notes
Picton		−20.2	Highway 33 (Loyalist Parkway)	Decommissioned January 1, 1998[4]
Prince Edward County		0.0	County Road 15	Southern end of Quinte Skyway
Hastings County	Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory	1.0	County Road 16 – Deseronto	Northern end of Quinte Skyway; southern end of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
		2.4	Dundas Street – Deseronto York Street	Southern end of former Highway 2 concurrency
		5.8	Tyendinaga Township Road L31	Northern end of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory; end of Highway 49
	Marysville	6.9	Old Highway 2	Northern end of former Highway 2 concurrency; section decommissioned January 1, 1998[4]
		7.9	Highway 401 – Toronto, Kingston	Section decommissioned January 1, 1998[4]
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ A.A.D.T. Traffic Volumes 1955–1969 And Traffic Collision Data 1967–1969. Ontario Department of Highways. 1970. p. 118. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2007). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb?OpenForm&Seq=5. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Peter Heiler (2010). Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. pp. 14, 20–21, 27, section D–E51. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Highway Transfers List - “Who Does What” (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. p. 6, 13. 

External links

• Highway 49 length and route
• Highway 49 @ AsphaltPlanet.ca