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{{short description|Former Ontario provincial highway}}
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|decommissioned = 1998
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|towns = [[Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario|Stouffville]]<br />[[Uxbridge, Ontario|Uxbridge]]<br />[[Scugog, Ontario|Scugog]]
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'''King's Highway 47''', also known as '''Highway 47''' and locally as '''Stouffville Road''', '''Toronto Street''' and '''Brock Street''' was a [[Provincial highways in Ontario|provincial highway]] in the Canadian province of [[Ontario]]. The mostly rural route travelled through the towns of [[Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario|Whitchurch-Stouffville]], [[Goodwood, Ontario|Goodwood]], and [[Uxbridge, Ontario|Uxbridge]] on its east&ndash;west path between [[Ontario Highway 48|Highway 48]] and [[Ontario Highway 12|Highway 12]].
'''King's Highway 47''', commonly referred to as '''Highway 47''' and locally as '''Stouffville Road''', '''Toronto Street''' and '''Brock Street''', was a [[Ontario Provincial Highway Network|provincially maintained highway]] in the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Ontario]]. The mostly rural route travelled through the towns of [[Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario|Whitchurch-Stouffville]], [[Goodwood, Ontario|Goodwood]], and [[Uxbridge, Ontario|Uxbridge]] on its east&ndash;west path between [[Ontario Highway 48|Highway 48]] and [[Ontario Highway 12|Highway 12]]. The route was established in 1937, existing until it was transferred to the [[Regional Municipality of Durham]] and the [[Regional Municipality of York]] at the beginning of 1998.


== Route description ==
== Route description ==
[[File:Highway_47.png|thumb|left|alt="A rural paved highway running alongside forests and fields. The road is moderately busy. A storm is approaching in the distance."|Durham Regional Highway 47 east of Highway 12]]
[[File:Highway 47.png|thumb|left|alt="A rural paved highway running alongside forests and fields. The road is moderately busy. A storm is approaching in the distance."|Durham Regional Highway 47 east of Highway 12]]


The highway began at Highway 48, and travelled east through the town of [[Whitchurch-Stouffville]]. It then turned north along the Tenth line, following it to Bloomington Road and [[York Regional Road 30|York - Durham Line]]. It turned east into the [[Regional Municipality of Durham]] and passed through Goodwood. The highway then zig-zagged northeast to the town of Uxbridge. From there, the highway continued east past [[Durham Regional Road 23]] (Lakeridge Road), ending at [[Ontario Highway 12|Highway 12]] south of [[Scugog|Greenbank]].
At the time of its decommissioning, Highway&nbsp;47 began at Highway&nbsp;48, and travelled east through a rural portion of [[Whitchurch-Stouffville]] along what is now [[York Regional Road&nbsp;40]] (Bloomington Road), passing through rolling farmland. Only a decade prior, the highway travelled through the town of [[Stouffville, Ontario|Stouffville]] along Main Street, then turned north along the Tenth line, following it to Bloomington Road and [[York Regional Road 30|York - Durham Line]], where it curved gently into the 1997 routing of the highway. The re-routing served to bypass this urban section.<ref name="2010 mapart" /><ref name="stouffville">{{cite news

{{clear}}
| title = Don't limit trucks York region is told
| first = Brian
| last = Dexter
| work = The [[Toronto Star]]
| date = April 12, 1990
| page = N15}}</ref>

Within the Regional Municipality of Durham, the route passed through Goodwood, where it curved northeast through forests. The highway then zig-zagged northeast to the town of Uxbridge. East of there, the highway continued through [[marshes]], past [[Durham Regional Road&nbsp;23]] (Lakeridge Road), and into flat farmland. The route ended at Highway&nbsp;12 south of [[Scugog|Greenbank]].<ref name="2010 mapart" />

== History ==
The Stouffville to Greenbank Road was first assumed by the [[Department of Highways, Ontario|Department of Highways]] as Highway&nbsp;47 on October&nbsp;20, 1937, connecting Stouffville and Uxbridge with Highway&nbsp;12, south of Greenbank.<ref name="assumed">{{cite report

| title = Annual Report
| publisher = Department of Highways
| date = March 31, 1938
| section = Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions
| page = 81}}</ref><ref>{{cite map

| title = Official Road Map
| cartography = D. Barclay
| publisher = Department of Highways
| year = 1937–38
| section = L7–8}}</ref>
The highway generally remained unchanged for over half a century, with the exception of a short westward extension on February&nbsp;10, 1954. On that day, the route was extended to meet Highway&nbsp;48, which was itself extended south to [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]].<ref>{{cite report

| title = Annual Report
| publisher = Department of Highways
| date = March 31, 1954
| section = Appendix 3
| page = 155}}</ref>
Plans arose in 1990 for the province to take over a section of Bloomington Road being reconstructed by York Region, in order to bypass the urban section of Highway&nbsp;47 through Stouffville.<ref name="stouffville" /> By 1993, the highway had been shifted north of the town along Bloomington Road instead of Tenth Line and Main Street.<ref>{{cite news

| title = Spectre of Stouffville Dump 'Unbelievable,' Mayor Says
| first = Brian
| last = Dexter
| work = The Toronto Star
| date = December 16, 1993
| page = NY4}}</ref>
The gentle curve at the York&ndash;Durham boundary was removed and a signalized intersection created in its place.<ref name="decommissioned" />

Budget constraints brought on by a recession in the 1990s resulted in the [[Mike Harris]] provincial government forming the ''Who Does What?'' committee to determine cost-cutting measures in order to balance the budget after a deficit incurred by former premier [[Bob Rae]].<ref>{{cite web

| title = The Age of Non-Planning
| date = 28 June 2013
| publisher = The Neptis Foundation
| url = http://www.neptis.org/publications/growth-plan-greater-golden-horseshoe-historical-perspective/chapters/age-non-planning
| access-date = May 26, 2015}}</ref>
It was determined that many Ontario highways no longer served long-distance traffic movement and should therefore be maintained by local or regional levels of government. The MTO consequently [[Ontario highway transfers|transferred many highways]] to lower levels of government in 1997 and 1998, removing a significant percentage of the provincial highway network.<ref>{{cite report
|title = Local Services Realignment: A User's Guide
|author = Association of Municipalities of ontario
|publisher = Government of Ontario
|date = Autumn 1999
|section = 5.5 Highway Transfers
|page = 5.13
|isbn = 0-7778-9068-2
|url = http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=4997
|access-date = May 26, 2015
|archive-date = June 11, 2014
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140611073049/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=4997
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
As Highway&nbsp;47 generally only served local traffic heading between Uxbridge and the [[Greater Toronto Area]], and not province-wide movement, the route was transferred to the Regional Municipality of York and the Regional Municipality of Durham on January&nbsp;1, 1998.<ref name="decommissioned">{{cite report

| title = Highway Transfers List "Who Does What"
| publisher = Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
| date = June 20, 2001
| page = 2}}</ref>
It was subsequently redesignated as [[Durham Regional Highway&nbsp;47]] and an eastward extension of York Regional Road&nbsp;40.<ref name="2010 mapart">{{cite map

| title = Ontario Back Road Atlas
| cartography = [[MapArt]]
| publisher = Peter Heiler
| year = 2010
| isbn = 978-1-55198-226-7
| page = 31
| section = E33&ndash;G25}}</ref>


== Major intersections ==
== Major intersections ==
{{ONinttop|maint=MTO|append=This table details the route as it was in 1989, prior to the shifting of the route north of Stouffville.<ref name="km" />}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
{{ONint
|-
| division = York
!Division
| dspan = 4
!Location
| location_special = [[Whitchurch–Stouffville]]
!km<ref name="km" />
| lspan = 3
!Destinations
| km = 0.0
!Notes
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|48}}
|-
| notes = Continues west as Stouffville Road
|rowspan="4"|[[Regional Municipality of York|York]]
}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Whitchurch–Stouffville]]
{{ONint
|0.0
| km = 2.1
|{{jcon|Hwy|48}}
| road = {{jcon|York|69|Ninth Line}}
|Continues west as Stouffville Road
| notes =
|-
}}
|2.1
{{ONint
|{{jcon|York|69|Ninth Line}}
| km = 4.2
|
| road = {{jcon|York|14}}
|-
| notes =
|4.2
}}
|{{jcon|York|14}}
{{ONint
|
| location_special = &nbsp;
|-
| km = 8.6
|rowspan="2"|
| road = {{jcon|York|40|Bloomington Road}}<br />{{jcon|York|30|York&ndash;Durham Line}}
|rowspan="2"|8.6
|rowspan="2"|{{jcon|York|40|Bloomington Road}}<br />{{jcon|York|30|York&ndash;Durham Line}}
| notes = Bloomington Road travels west while York&ndash;Durham Line travels north&ndash;south
| jspan = 2
|rowspan="2"|Bloomington Road travels west while York&ndash;Durham Line travels north&ndash;south
}}
|-
{{ONintfiller
|rowspan="7"|[[Regional Municipality of Durham|Durham]]
| division = Durham
|-
| dspan = 7
|[[Goodwood, Ontario|Goodwood]]
}}
|12.2
{{ONint
|{{jcon|Durham|21}}
| location = Goodwood
|
| km = 12.2
|-
| road = {{jcon|Durham|21}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Uxbridge, Ontario|Uxbridge]]
| notes =
|17.1
}}
|{{jcon|Durham|1|dir=south|Brock Road}}
{{ONint
|
| location = Uxbridge
|-
| lspan = 4
|24.5
| km = 17.1
|{{jcon|Durham|8|Brock Street}}
| road = {{jcon|Durham|1|dir=south|Brock Road}}
|Western junction with Durham Regional Road 8
| notes =
|-
}}
|24.7
{{ONint
|{{jcon|Durham|8|Main Street}}
| km = 24.5
|Eastern junction with Durham Regional Road 8
| road = {{jcon|Durham|8|Brock Street}}
|-
| notes = Western junction with Durham Regional Road 8
|27.0
}}
|{{jcon|Durham|23|Lakeridge Road}}
{{ONint
|
| km = 24.7
|-
| road = {{jcon|Durham|8|Main Street}}
|[[Scugog]]
| notes = Eastern junction with Durham Regional Road 8
|34.3
}}
|{{jcon|Hwy|7|con=12}}
{{ONint
|
| km = 27.0
{{LegendRJL|col=5}}
| road = {{jcon|Durham|23|Lakeridge Road}}
| notes =
}}
{{ONint
| location_special = [[Scugog]]
| km = 34.3
| road = {{jcon|Hwy|7|con=12}}
| notes =
}}
{{jctbtm}}

== See also ==
*[[List of numbered roads in Durham Region]]
*[[List of numbered roads in York Region]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
*[[List of Durham Regional Roads]]
*[[List of York Regional Roads]]


{{York Regional Roads}}
{{York Regional Roads}}

[[Category:Defunct Ontario provincial highways|047]]
[[Category:Former Ontario provincial highways|047]]

Latest revision as of 15:12, 25 August 2024

King's Highway 47 marker
King's Highway 47
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length34.3 km[1] (21.3 mi)
ExistedOctober 20, 1937[2]–January 1, 1998[3]
Major junctions
West end Highway 48
East end Highway 12
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionsYork
Durham
TownsStouffville
Uxbridge
Scugog
Highway system
← Highway 40→ Highway 48
Former provincial highways
←  Highway 46

King's Highway 47, commonly referred to as Highway 47 and locally as Stouffville Road, Toronto Street and Brock Street, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The mostly rural route travelled through the towns of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Goodwood, and Uxbridge on its east–west path between Highway 48 and Highway 12. The route was established in 1937, existing until it was transferred to the Regional Municipality of Durham and the Regional Municipality of York at the beginning of 1998.

Route description

[edit]
"A rural paved highway running alongside forests and fields. The road is moderately busy. A storm is approaching in the distance."
Durham Regional Highway 47 east of Highway 12

At the time of its decommissioning, Highway 47 began at Highway 48, and travelled east through a rural portion of Whitchurch-Stouffville along what is now York Regional Road 40 (Bloomington Road), passing through rolling farmland. Only a decade prior, the highway travelled through the town of Stouffville along Main Street, then turned north along the Tenth line, following it to Bloomington Road and York - Durham Line, where it curved gently into the 1997 routing of the highway. The re-routing served to bypass this urban section.[4][5]

Within the Regional Municipality of Durham, the route passed through Goodwood, where it curved northeast through forests. The highway then zig-zagged northeast to the town of Uxbridge. East of there, the highway continued through marshes, past Durham Regional Road 23 (Lakeridge Road), and into flat farmland. The route ended at Highway 12 south of Greenbank.[4]

History

[edit]

The Stouffville to Greenbank Road was first assumed by the Department of Highways as Highway 47 on October 20, 1937, connecting Stouffville and Uxbridge with Highway 12, south of Greenbank.[2][6] The highway generally remained unchanged for over half a century, with the exception of a short westward extension on February 10, 1954. On that day, the route was extended to meet Highway 48, which was itself extended south to Scarborough.[7] Plans arose in 1990 for the province to take over a section of Bloomington Road being reconstructed by York Region, in order to bypass the urban section of Highway 47 through Stouffville.[5] By 1993, the highway had been shifted north of the town along Bloomington Road instead of Tenth Line and Main Street.[8] The gentle curve at the York–Durham boundary was removed and a signalized intersection created in its place.[3]

Budget constraints brought on by a recession in the 1990s resulted in the Mike Harris provincial government forming the Who Does What? committee to determine cost-cutting measures in order to balance the budget after a deficit incurred by former premier Bob Rae.[9] It was determined that many Ontario highways no longer served long-distance traffic movement and should therefore be maintained by local or regional levels of government. The MTO consequently transferred many highways to lower levels of government in 1997 and 1998, removing a significant percentage of the provincial highway network.[10] As Highway 47 generally only served local traffic heading between Uxbridge and the Greater Toronto Area, and not province-wide movement, the route was transferred to the Regional Municipality of York and the Regional Municipality of Durham on January 1, 1998.[3] It was subsequently redesignated as Durham Regional Highway 47 and an eastward extension of York Regional Road 40.[4]

Major intersections

[edit]

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 47, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. This table details the route as it was in 1989, prior to the shifting of the route north of Stouffville.[1] 

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
YorkWhitchurch–Stouffville0.00.0 Highway 48Continues west as Stouffville Road
2.11.3 Regional Road 69 (Ninth Line)
4.22.6 Regional Road 14
 8.65.3 Regional Road 40 (Bloomington Road)
 Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line)		Bloomington Road travels west while York–Durham Line travels north–south
Durham
Goodwood12.27.6 Regional Road 21
Uxbridge17.110.6 Regional Road 1 south (Brock Road)
24.515.2 Regional Road 8 (Brock Street)Western junction with Durham Regional Road 8
24.715.3 Regional Road 8 (Main Street)Eastern junction with Durham Regional Road 8
27.016.8 Regional Road 23 (Lakeridge Road)
Scugog34.321.3  Highway 7 / Highway 12
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Highway Planning Office (1989). Provincial Highways Distance Table. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. p. 64.
  2. ^ a b "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 81.
  3. ^ a b c Highway Transfers List "Who Does What" (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. p. 2.
  4. ^ a b c Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. Peter Heiler. 2010. p. 31. § E33–G25. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
  5. ^ a b Dexter, Brian (April 12, 1990). "Don't limit trucks York region is told". The Toronto Star. p. N15.
  6. ^ Official Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Department of Highways. 1937–38. § L7–8.
  7. ^ "Appendix 3". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1954. p. 155.
  8. ^ Dexter, Brian (December 16, 1993). "Spectre of Stouffville Dump 'Unbelievable,' Mayor Says". The Toronto Star. p. NY4.
  9. ^ "The Age of Non-Planning". The Neptis Foundation. 28 June 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  10. ^ Association of Municipalities of ontario (Autumn 1999). "5.5 Highway Transfers". Local Services Realignment: A User's Guide (Report). Government of Ontario. p. 5.13. ISBN 0-7778-9068-2. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
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