Ojibway Parkway

Infobox road
highway_name = Ojibway Parkway
alternate_name = Sandwich Parkway (for 1 km / 0.62 miles)
marker_

length_km = 4
length_notes =
direction_a = North
direction_b = South
direction = North/South
starting_terminus = Intersection with Sandwich Street
ending_terminus = Windsor City Limits (Continues as Esssex County Road 20)
cities = Windsor, LaSalle
counties = Essex County, Ontario


established =

Ojibway Parkway is a very busy arterial road on the far west side of Windsor, Ontario. The road travels by the Windsor Raceway, and by the Ojibway Park and Black Oak Heritage Park areas, giving it a unique rural-industrial look. The divided highway is named after the Ojibwa people.

The road is a dual-carriageway expressway, but has intersections with cross streets.

History

:"Main Article: Highway 18."From 1930 to 1998, much of the road was Highway 18, but was turned back on April 1, 1998.

While Highway 18 was under provincial control, the road was simply known as Ojibway Parkway, and continued north along E.C. Row Expressway to Highway 3 (Huron Church Road), while some maps erroneously posted Highway 18 as following Sandwich Street, and Riverside Drive. When the road was deleted as a Provincial highway, the designation of CR 20 was extended on the entire path of Highway 18, but was not extended into Windsor, as it is a Separated Municipality.

Since the road has only cross-streets with intersections, it was planned as an extension of E.C. Row, to head south towards LaSalle and Amherstburg. This plan was never realised, however.

Today

The road is heavily travelled, particularly around the Windsor Raceway and Windsor Salt Mine. The road also provides access to the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry.

See also

* List of Essex County Roads
* County Road 20

Former Provincial Highways

* Highway 2
* Highway 18
* Highway 18A
* Highway 98
* Highway 107
* Highway 114

External links

* [http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway18.htm Highway 18 at TheKingsHighway.ca]