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== History ==
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The portion of Highway&nbsp;9 between Kincardine and the junction with Yonge Street in Walkerton was built originally as the Durham Settlement Road or Durham Road for short. The Durham Road was surveyed and constructed between 1849 and 1851. It extended from the border between present-day [[Grey Highlands, Ontario|Grey Highlands]], [[Grey County, Ontario|Grey County]] and [[Clearview, Ontario|Clearview]], [[Simcoe County]], south of Singhampton, through [[Flesherton, Ontario|Flesherton]] (on the then Toronto–Sydenham Settlement Road, today [[Ontario Highway 10|Highway&nbsp;10]]), [[Durham, Ontario|Durham]] (on the Garafraxa Settlement Road, today [[Ontario Highway 6|Highway&nbsp;6]], and one reason the road took its name), [[Hanover, Ontario|Hanover]] and Walkerton to Kincardine.<ref>{{cite book
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|terminus_a1 = {{jcon|Hwy|21|town=Kincardine}}
|terminus_b1 = {{jcon|Hwy|23|con=89|town=Harriston}}
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|terminus_a2 = {{jcon|Hwy|10|town=Orangeville}}
|terminus_b2 = {{jcon|Hwy|400|near [[Newmarket, ON|Newmarket]]}}
|towns = [[Kincardine, Ontario|Kincardine]], [[Walkerton, Ontario|Walkerton]], [[Mildmay, Ontario|Mildmay]], [[Clifford, Ontario|Clifford]], [[Harriston, Ontario|Harriston]], [[Orangeville, Ontario|Orangeville]]
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'''King's Highway 9''', also known as '''Highway 9''', is a [[List of Ontario provincial highways|provincially maintained highway]] in the Canadian province of [[Ontario]]. Often cited as an example of poor planning, Highway 9 has been divided into two segments since January 1, 1998, when the segment between [[Harriston, Ontario|Harriston]] and [[Orangeville, Ontario|Orangeville]] was downloaded to the various [[Census divisions in Ontario|counties]] in which it resided. The western segment of the highway begins at [[Ontario Highway 21|Highway 21]] in [[Kincardine, Ontario|Kincardine]], near the shores of Lake Huron. It travels {{convert|73|km|abbr=on}} to the junction of [[Highway 23]] and [[Ontario Highway 89|Highway 89]] in Harriston. The central segment is now known as [[Wellington County Road 109]] and [[Dufferin County Road 109]]. At [[Ontario Highway 10|Highway 10]] in Orangeville, Highway 9 resumes and travels east to [[Ontario Highway 400|Highway 400]]. The highway once continued east to Yonge Street in [[Newmarket, Ontario|Newmarket]], but is now known as [[York Regional Road 31]].


| title = The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, Province of Ontario, Canada
Highway 9 was first assumed into the provincial highway system on February 26, 1920 as the ''Arthur&ndash;Kincardine Road''. It was extended to [[Cookstown, Ontario|Cookstown]] in the early 1930s via Orangeville and [[Shelburne, Ontario|Shelburne]], creating a short lived concurrency with Highway 10. In 1937, the road between Orangville and [[Schomberg, Ontario|Schomberg]] was designated part of Highway 9. The concurrency was discontinued, and the remainder became [[Ontario Highway 89|Highway 89]]. In 1965, Highway 9 was extended to Newmarket along Davis Drive.
| first = Norman
| last = Robertson
| year = 1906
| location = Toronto
| publisher = Briggs
| pages = 436–437
| oclc = 16836409
| ol = 14002209M
| lccn = 09010340
| url = http://www.archive.org/stream/countybruce00robeuoft#page/n473/mode/2up
| accessdate = September 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>For a 19th&nbsp;century historic map showing the route through Kincardine Township (the present day municipality of Kincardine), see {{Cite web


| title = Township of Kincardine
== Route description ==
| work = Canadian County Atlas Project
[[File:Hwy 9 at Hwy 400.png|thumb|left|Highway 9 looking west from Highway 400 over the Holland Marsh]]
| publisher = [[McGill University]]
Highway 9 begins at the edge of Kincardine near the eastern shoreline of Lake Huron. The roadway continues west past Highway 21 to the lake as Broadway Street. To the east of Highway 21, the highway travels along a [[concession road]] for {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}}, through the [[Saugeen Conservation Lands]] to the town of [[Walkerton, Ontario|Walkerton]]. Within Walkerton, Highway 9 turns south at a junction with [[Bruce County Road 4]]. It travels south to the village of [[Mildmay, Ontario|Mildmay]], where it curves to the south-east. The highway continues in this direction through the villages of [[Clifford, Ontario|Clifford]] and Harriston, forming the centre of a thin band of farmland oriented at a 45 degree angle to the surrounding land. In the centre of Harriston, Highway 9 ends at a four way junction. Highway 89 travels north-east from this location, while Highway 23 travels south-west. Highway 9 formerly continued south-west, but is now known as Wellington County Road 109 past this junction.
| year = 2001
| url = http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/showtownship2.php?townshipid=Kincardine
| accessdate = September 8, 2011}} Other historic township maps showing the route are available at the same site.</ref>
The western section from Kincardine to Walkerton is today Highway&nbsp;9, and the other sections to the east were at one point part of [[Ontario Highway 4|Highway&nbsp;4]], and today [[Bruce County Road&nbsp;4]] and [[Grey County Road&nbsp;4]].<ref name="OntRoadMap2010">{{cite map


| title = Map 4
At [[Ontario Highway 10|Highway 10]] in Orangeville, Highway 9 resumes and travels east to [[Ontario Highway 400|Highway 400]], crossing the [[Niagara Escarpment]] along the way. The highway once continued east to Yonge Street in [[Newmarket, Ontario|Newmarket]], but this section is known as [[York Regional Road 31]]. Highway 9 ends at an interchange with Highway 400. A commuter parking lot is provided for carpooling.
| series = Official road map of Ontario

| publisher = [[Ministry of Transportation of Ontario]]
== History ==
| date = January 1, 2010
The portion of Highway 9 between Kincardine and the junction with Yonge Street in Walkerton was built originally as the Durham Settlement Road or Durham Road for short. The Durham Road was surveyed and constructed between 1849 and 1851. It extended from the border between present-day [[Grey Highlands, Ontario|Grey Highlands]], [[Grey County, Ontario|Grey County]] and [[Clearview, Ontario|Clearview]], [[Simcoe County]], south of Singhampton, through [[Flesherton, Ontario|Flesherton]] (on the then Toronto–Sydenham Settlement Road, today [[Ontario Highway 10]]), [[Durham, Ontario|Durham]] (on the Garafraxa Settlement Road, today [[Ontario Highway 6]], and one reason the road took its name), [[Hanover, Ontario|Hanover]] and Walkerton to Kincardine.<ref>{{cite book|last= Robertson|first= Norman|title= The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, Province of Ontario, Canada|year= 1906|location= Toronto|publisher= Briggs|pages= 436–437|oclc= 16836409|ol= 14002209M|lccn= 09010340|url= http://www.archive.org/stream/countybruce00robeuoft#page/n473/mode/2up|accessdate= 2011-09-08}}</ref><ref>For a 19th century historic map showing the route through Kincardine Township (the present day municipality of Kincardine), see {{Cite web|url= http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/showtownship2.php?townshipid=Kincardine |title= Township of Kincardine|work= Canadian County Atlas Project|publisher= [[McGill University]]|year= 2001|accessdate= 2011-09-06}} Other historic township maps showing the route are available at the same site.</ref> The western section from Kincardine to Walkerton is today Highway 9, and the other sections to the east were at one point part of [[Ontario Highway 4]], and today [[Bruce County Road 4]] and [[Grey County Road 4]].<ref name="OntRoadMap2010">{{cite map|url= http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/images/pdf/southont/sheets/Map4.pdf |format= PDF|title= Map 4|series= Official road map of Ontario|publisher= [[Ministry of Transportation of Ontario]]|scale= 1 : 700,000|date= 2010-01-01|accessdate= 2011-09-08}}</ref>
| scale = 1 : 700,000
| url = http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/images/pdf/southont/sheets/Map4.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate = September 8, 2011}}</ref>


On February 26, 1920, the Arthur&ndash;Kincardine Road was designated as a provincial highway. It connected what would become Highway 6 with Kincardine, on the shores of Lake Huron. In August 1925, the road was numbered as Highway 9, alongside the other existing provincial highways. The route was extended to Cookstown in the early 1930s. The road between Arthur and Orangeville was assumed as part of Highway&nbsp;9 on March&nbsp;12, 1930; the road between Shelburne and Cookstown was assumed on May&nbsp;27, 1931.<ref>{{cite report
On February&nbsp;26, 1920, the Arthur&ndash;Kincardine Road was designated as a provincial highway. It connected what would become Highway 6 with Kincardine, on the shores of Lake Huron. In August 1925, the road was numbered as Highway 9, alongside the other existing provincial highways. The route was extended to Cookstown in the early 1930s. The road between Arthur and Orangeville was assumed as part of Highway&nbsp;9 on March&nbsp;12, 1930; the road between Shelburne and Cookstown was assumed on May&nbsp;27, 1931.<ref>{{cite report


| title = Annual Report
| title = Annual Report
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| accessdate = September 19, 2010}}</ref>
| accessdate = September 19, 2010}}</ref>


On January 1, 1998, the province transferred sections of Highway&nbsp;9 between Harriston and Orangeville to [[Dufferin County]] and [[Wellington County, Ontario|Wellington County]], creating a {{convert|67.7|km|abbr=on}} gap between sections of the highway. This transfer has been widely contested since it took place, often used as an example for the hastily executed highway transfers in Ontario.<ref>http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2011-09-22/Editorial/Real_related_local_issues_roads_and_property_taxes.html</ref>
On January 1, 1998, the province transferred sections of Highway&nbsp;9 between Harriston and Orangeville to [[Dufferin County]] and [[Wellington County, Ontario|Wellington County]], creating a {{convert|67.7|km|abbr=on}} gap between sections of the highway. This transfer has been widely contested since it took place, often used as an example for the hastily executed highway transfers in Ontario.<ref>{{cite news
On September&nbsp;1, 1999, the Regional Municipality of York assumed responsibility for the section of Highway&nbsp;9 between Highway&nbsp;400 and Yonge Street.<ref>Ontario Order in Council 1481/99</ref>


| title = Real, Related Local Issues: Roads and Property Taxes
== Major intersections ==
| first = Thomas
{{ONinttop|maint=MTO|length_ref=<ref name="km">{{cite web
| last = Claridge
| publisher = Alan Claridge
| work = Orangeville Citizen
| date = September 22, 2011
| url = http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2011-09-22/Editorial/Real_related_local_issues_roads_and_property_taxes.html
| accessdate = July 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news


| title = Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts
| title = Sorry – Not Dufferin 109!
| first = Thomas
| author = Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
| year = 2008
| last = Claridge
| publisher = Alan Claridge
| url = http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb?OpenForm&Seq=5
| work = Orangeville Citizen
| accessdate = February 15, 2012}}</ref>}}
| date = July 4, 2013
{{ONint
| url = http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2013-07-04/Editorial/Sorry__not_Dufferin_109.html
| division = Bruce
| accessdate = July 8, 2013}}</ref>
| dspan = 7
On September&nbsp;1, 1999, the Regional Municipality of York assumed responsibility for the section of Highway&nbsp;9 between Highway&nbsp;400 and Yonge Street.<ref>Ontario Order in Council 1481/99</ref>
| location = Kincardine
| km = 0.0
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|21|city=Owen Sound|town=Goderich}}
| notes =
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{{ONint
| location = Kinloss
| km =
| road = {{jcon|Bruce|1}}
| notes =
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{{ONint
| location_special = &#32;
| lspan = 2
| km = 26.6
| road = {{jcon|Bruce|4|dir=south}}<br />{{jcon|Bruce|20|dir=north}}
| notes = Formerly [[Ontario Highway 4|Highway 4]]
}}
{{ONint
| km = 33.8
| road = {{jcon|Bruce|12}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location = Walkerton
| km = 40.0
| road = {{jcon|Bruce|4|dir=north|Yonge Street}}
| notes = Formerly Highway 4
}}
{{ONint
| location = Mildmay
| km = 48.7
| road = {{jcon|Bruce|28|Absalom Street}}
| notes =
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{{ONint
| location_special = &#32;
| lspan = 2
| km = 59.3
| road = Huron&ndash;Bruce Road
| notes =
| jspan = 2
}}
{{ONintfiller
| division = Huron
| dspan = 2
}}
{{ONint
| location = Clifford
| lspan = 3
| km = 61.3
| road = {{jcon|Wellington|1|West Heritage Street}}
| notes =
| jspan = 2
}}
{{ONintfiller
| division = Wellington
| dspan = 3
}}
{{ONint
| km = 62.8
| road = {{jcon|Wellington|2|Mill Street East}}
| notes =
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{{ONint
| location = Harriston
| km = 72.8
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|23|dir=south|town=Listowel}}<br />{{jcon|Hwy|89|dir=east|town=Mount Forest}}
| notes =
}}
{{jctgap
| col = 6
| text = <center>Highway 9 is discontinuous for {{convert|67.7|km|abbr=on}} between Harriston and Orangeville</center>
}}
{{ONint
| division_special = [[Dufferin County, Ontario|Dufferin]]&nbsp;/<br />[[Regional Municipality of Peel|Peel]]
| dspan = 3
| location = Orangeville
| km = 140.7
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|10|city=Brampton|town=Shelburne}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location = Mono Mills
| km = 149.8
| road = {{jcon|Peel|7|Airport Road|dir=south|city=Mississauga}}<br />{{jcon|Dufferin|18|dir=north}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location_special = &#32;
| lspan = 2
| km = 151.5
| road = Mono&ndash;Adjala Townline
| notes = Highway 9 crosses the [[Niagara Escarpment]]
| jspan = 2
}}
{{ONintfiller
| division_special = [[Simcoe County, Ontario|Simcoe]]&nbsp;/<br />[[Regional Municipality of Peel|Peel]]
| dspan = 3
}}
{{ONint
| location_special = &#32;
| lspan = 2
| km = 158.7
| road = {{jcon|Peel|50|town=Palgrave|town2=Bolton}}<br />{{jcon|Simcoe|50|town=Alliston}}
| notes = Formerly [[Ontario Highway 50|Highway 50]]
}}
{{ONint
| km = 164.4
| road = {{jcon|Simcoe|10|Tottenham Road|town=Tottenham}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| division_special = [[Simcoe County, Ontario|Simcoe]]&nbsp;/<br />[[Regional Municipality of York|York]]
| location = Schomberg
| km = 179.7
| road = {{jcon|York|27|town=Nobleton|town2=Cookstown}}
| notes = Formerly [[Ontario Highway 27|Highway 27]]
}}
{{ONint
| division = York
| location = King
| km = 186.7
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|400|city=Toronto|city2=Barrie}}
| notes = Exit 55
}}
{{LegendRJL/ON|col=6}}

== References ==
;Footnotes
{{Reflist}}
;Bibliography
*{{cite book

| title = From Footpaths to Freeways
| last1 = Shragge
| first1 = John
| last2 = Bagnato
| first2 = Sharon
| publisher = Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Historical Committee
| year = 1984
| isbn = 0-7743-9388-2}}

== External links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20050310144953/http://members.aol.com/Hwys/OntHwys/OntHwys1-20.html Ontario Highways 1&ndash;20]
*[http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/highway_9.htm Ontario Highway 9 Photos]
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=10392543107854785950,44.174970,-81.614770%3B3139574275380659127,44.097860,-81.144070%3B13598754179854336408,43.917810,-80.103950%3B18089120257683669868,44.054850,-79.480370&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=HWY-9+%4044.174970,+-81.614770&daddr=HWY-9+%4044.097860,+-81.144070+to:Broadway+%4043.917810,+-80.103950+to:HWY-9+%4044.054850,+-79.480370&sll=44.052557,-81.055756&sspn=0.190489,0.466919&ie=UTF8&z=8&om=1 Google Maps of Highway 9]

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Revision as of 11:07, 8 July 2013

History

The portion of Highway 9 between Kincardine and the junction with Yonge Street in Walkerton was built originally as the Durham Settlement Road or Durham Road for short. The Durham Road was surveyed and constructed between 1849 and 1851. It extended from the border between present-day Grey Highlands, Grey County and Clearview, Simcoe County, south of Singhampton, through Flesherton (on the then Toronto–Sydenham Settlement Road, today Highway 10), Durham (on the Garafraxa Settlement Road, today Highway 6, and one reason the road took its name), Hanover and Walkerton to Kincardine.[1][2] The western section from Kincardine to Walkerton is today Highway 9, and the other sections to the east were at one point part of Highway 4, and today Bruce County Road 4 and Grey County Road 4.[3]

On February 26, 1920, the Arthur–Kincardine Road was designated as a provincial highway. It connected what would become Highway 6 with Kincardine, on the shores of Lake Huron. In August 1925, the road was numbered as Highway 9, alongside the other existing provincial highways. The route was extended to Cookstown in the early 1930s. The road between Arthur and Orangeville was assumed as part of Highway 9 on March 12, 1930; the road between Shelburne and Cookstown was assumed on May 27, 1931.[4] The two roads were connected by creating a concurrency along Highway 10. On February 10, 1937, the road between Orangville and Schomberg was designated part of Highway 9.[5] To alleviate the forked path of the highway, the concurrency with Highway 10 was discontinued and the road between Shelburne and Cookstown was renumbered as Highway 89. By October 1963, Davis Drive was built west of Newmarket, across the Holland Marsh to Schomberg. On July 23, 1965, Highway 9 was extended to Newmarket along Davis Drive, bringing its total length to 191.7 km (119.1 mi).[6]

A long-standing issue through most of the history of Highway 9 is the Orangeville Bypass. In the 1960s, the Highway 10 bypass was constructed. At the same time, Highway 9 was rerouted from its straight route to meet the new bypass, creating Buena Vista Drive as a result. Starting in 1978, numerous plans were formulated for a southern bypass of Broadway, none of which came to fruition.[7][8] Orangeville eventually resorted to constructing the road themselves, completing several kilometres before local Member of Provincial Parliament and premier Ernie Eves contributed C$7 million of provincial funding to the project.[9] The 6.8 km (4.2 mi) bypass was finally opened to traffic on August 3, 2005.[10]

On January 1, 1998, the province transferred sections of Highway 9 between Harriston and Orangeville to Dufferin County and Wellington County, creating a 67.7 km (42.1 mi) gap between sections of the highway. This transfer has been widely contested since it took place, often used as an example for the hastily executed highway transfers in Ontario.[11][12] On September 1, 1999, the Regional Municipality of York assumed responsibility for the section of Highway 9 between Highway 400 and Yonge Street.[13]

  1. ^ Robertson, Norman (1906). The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, Province of Ontario, Canada. Toronto: Briggs. pp. 436–437. LCCN 09010340. OCLC 16836409. OL 14002209M. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  2. ^ For a 19th century historic map showing the route through Kincardine Township (the present day municipality of Kincardine), see "Township of Kincardine". Canadian County Atlas Project. McGill University. 2001. Retrieved September 8, 2011. Other historic township maps showing the route are available at the same site.
  3. ^ Map 4 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. January 1, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  4. ^ "Appendix 5 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1932. p. 78.
  5. ^ "Appendix 4 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1937. p. 51.
  6. ^ Highway Planning Office (1989). Provincial Highways Distance Table. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. pp. 25–26.
  7. ^ "Maybe There's Hope Yet!". Orangeville Citizen. September 28, 2006. Retrieved September 13, 2010. {{cite news}}: |section= ignored (help)
  8. ^ Townsend, Wayne (2006). Orangeville: the heart of Dufferin County. Natural Heritage / Natural History. p. 114. ISBN 1-897045-18-2. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  9. ^ Edwards, John (2004). "Ground broken on bypass construction". Orangeville Banner.
  10. ^ "Certificate of Substantial Completion". Daily Commercial News. Reed Construction Data. September 2, 2005. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  11. ^ Claridge, Thomas (September 22, 2011). "Real, Related Local Issues: Roads and Property Taxes". Orangeville Citizen. Alan Claridge. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  12. ^ Claridge, Thomas (July 4, 2013). "Sorry – Not Dufferin 109!". Orangeville Citizen. Alan Claridge. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  13. ^ Ontario Order in Council 1481/99
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