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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 141. Not illustrated. Chapters: Defunct Ontario Provincial Highways, List of Former Provincial Highways in Ontario, Bank Street, Highway 2, Highway 18, Highway 17b, Highway 98, Highway 88, Highway 3b, Highway 14, Highway 807, Highway 135, Highway 52, Highway 68, Highway 2a, Highway 53, Highway 400a, Highway 114, Highway 131, Highway 39, Highway 107, Highway 11b, Highway 169, Highway 55, Highway 18a, Highway 77 (Ontario, 1936 1957), Highway 51, Highway 7051, Highway 103, Highway 117, Highway 121, Highway 578, Highway 808, Highway 800, Highway 2a (Essex County, Ontario), Highway 401a, Highway 131 (Ontario, 1976-1981), Highway 18b, Highway 3a (Essex County, Ontario), Highway 3b (Maidstone, Ontario), Highway 100, Highway 102 (Ontario, 1947-1964), Highway 136, Highway 50, Highway 98a, Highway 31, Highway 126, Highway 102 (Dundas, Ontario), Highway 8d. Excerpt: The Canadian province of Ontario has an extensive network of Primary (King's), Secondary, and Tertiary Highways, with county-level and city-level roads linking between them. Over the years, however, Ontario has turned back numerous highways to municipal government bodies, renumbered them, or upgraded them to 400-series highways. In 1997 and 1998, many sections of the provincial highway network were downloaded to local municipalities (such as cities, counties or regional municipalities) by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation as a cost-saving measure. While highways were occasionally transferred to local governments in the past, the 1997-1998 downloads represented the most significant changes to Ontario's highway network. Many highways were completely devolved, while of others only short sections remain under provincial jurisdiction (Highway 2, once stretching across Southern Ontario, now is only a few kilometres long). Below is a partial list of partially or wholly devolved hi...
