Ontario Highway 24

Highway 24 marker
Highway 24
Map
A map of Highway 24
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Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length64.1 km[1] (39.8 mi)
ExistedJuly 2, 1927[2]–present
Major junctions
South end Highway 3 in Simcoe
Major intersections Highway 403 in Brantford
North endCambridge south limits
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Major citiesSimcoe, Paris, Brantford, Cambridge
Highway system
Highway 23 Highway 26
Former provincial highways
Highway 25  →

King's Highway 24, commonly referred to as Highway 24, is a highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that currently begins at Highway 3 in Simcoe, and ends at the southern city limits of Cambridge. The south–north route travels through Brantford, as well as the community of Scotland. Outside of those communities, Highway 24 travels through a predominantly agricultural area.

Highway 24 was established in 1927 between Simcoe and Guelph. Between 1936 and 1938, it was extended northeast to Collingwood, as well as south from Simcoe to Port Dover. Much of the section of highway between Caledon Village and Collingwood followed Hurontario Street (partially as a concurrency with Highway 10), with the section of that historic route from Orangeville and Glen Huron being bypassed. Construction of a new route between Simcoe and Brantford took place in the mid-1960s, bypassing the town of Waterford.

In 1997 and 1998, the majority of Highway 24 – both south of Simcoe, as well as north of and through Cambridge – was transferred to the responsibility of the various counties and regions through which it travelled. The former sections of the route are now known as Norfolk County Highway 24, Waterloo Regional Road 24, Peel Regional Road 24, and County Road 124 in Wellington, Dufferin, Grey and Simcoe Counties.

  1. ^ Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference assumed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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