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Highway 62

Madoc–Pembroke Road
Map
A map of Highway62
Highway 62Connecting Links
Former section
Route information
Maintained by theMinistry of Transportation of Ontario
Length165.8 km[2](103.0 mi)
ExistedAugust 11, 1937[1]–present
Major junctions
South endHighway 33inBloomfield
Major intersectionsHighway 401inBelleville
Highway 7inMadoc
Highway 28inBancroft
North endHighway 127atMaynooth
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Highway system
←Highway 61→Highway 63

King's Highway 62,commonly referred to asHighway 62,is aprovincially maintained highwayin theCanadianprovince ofOntario.The highway travels south–north fromHighway 33atBloomfieldinPrince Edward County,throughBelleville,MadocandBancroft,toMaynooth,where it ends at a junction withHighway 127.Prior to 1997, the route continued north and east of Maynooth throughCombermere,Barry's Bay,Killaloe,Round LakeandBonnecheretoHighway 17inPembroke.This section of highway was redesignated Hastings Highlands Municipal Road62,Renfrew CountyRoad62, and Renfrew County Road58.

Highway62 was designated by theDepartment of Highways(DHO), predecessor to the modernMinistry of Transportation,in 1937 along the Madoc–Pembroke Road between those two communities. A gap existed along the route between Barry's Bay and Round Lake for several decades pending construction of a new road which never took place. The highway was extended south from Madoc toHighway 14atFoxboroin 1966. Two years later,Highway 521was renumbered as part of Highway62, and aconcurrencyestablished withHighway 60between Barry's Bay and Killaloe, uniting the discontinuous sections. In the 1980s, it assumed the route of Highway14 from Foxboro toBloomfield,establishing the peak length of the highway at 294.7 km (183.1 mi). The northernmost portion of the route was renumberedHighway 148in 1982.

Route description

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Highway62 at Bridge Street in Belleville

Highway62 begins in the community of Bloomfield at a junction with Highway33, theLoyalist Parkway,with which it shares a common terminus at Wellington Street. The first 650 metres (2,130 ft) of the road north of that intersection is maintained under aConnecting Linkagreement.[3] Exiting Bloomfield, the highway winds north through several communities inPrince Edward County,includingHuffs Cornerswhere theHuff Estates Wineryis located,Crofton,Mountain ViewandFenwood Gardensbefore crossing theNorris Whitney Bridgeover theBay of QuinteintoBelleville.It skirts theCFD Mountain Viewmilitary base between Crofton and Mountain View.[4]

Within urbanized Belleville, Highway62 serves as the primary north–south route. It is maintained under a Connecting Link agreement from the northern end of the Norris Whitney Bridge to the southern end of theHighway 401interchange.The Connecting Link follows Bay Bridge Road, Dundas Street, Pinnacle Street, and Front Street North.[3][5] Prior to crossing theMoira Riverin downtown Belleville, Highway62 encounters what was, until 1997, the southern terminus ofHighway 37at Station Street.[6]

After crossing over Highway401 at the Exit543 interchange, Highway62 exits the urban portion of Belleville. It travels straight north until its path is interrupted by theMoira Riverapproaching Foxboro; the highway bypasses to the west of that community along the boundary between Belleville andQuite West,meeting the southern terminus of former Highway14 at Doucette Road. The former route through Foxboro is known as Ashley Street. Continuing along the bypass, the highway merges onto the Madoc Road atHalloway.Entering the municipality ofCentre Hastingsapproximately 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Halloway, it follows the route of the historic settlement road north to Highway7 at Madoc, passing through a mixture of farm fields andgrasslands;the occasional forest interrupts the shorter vegetation, as well as the communities ofWest HuntingdonandCrookston.[4][5]

Highway62 passing throughBannockburn

Within the village of Madoc, Highway62 is maintained under a Connecting Link agreement as it passes through the centre of town. The Connecting Link begins just north of Charles Street and extends to south of Highway7.[2][3] Now following theHastings Colonization Road,an early pioneer settlement road,[7] the highway travels straight north intoMadoc Township,passing throughEldorado,site of the firstgold rushin Ontario.[8] At Keller Bridge, the highway enters theCanadian Shield,with farmland giving way to thick forests and frequent rock outcroppings for the remainder of its length. The next 50 km (30 mi) of Highway62 bypasses the Hastings Colonization Road through the particularly barren townships ofTudor and CashelandLimerick,with a combined population of under 1,000.[9][10] Only the communities ofBannockburnandMillbridgebreak the endless forests.[5]

Highway 62 north of Bancroft

Entering the larger rural Town of Bancroft, Highway62 travels through the community ofL'Amableand around the lake of the same name.[4]It enters the village of Bancroft, where it is maintained as a Connecting Link as it meanders alongside theYork River.The Connecting Link begins south of Bay Lake Road and stretches 7.7 km (4.8 mi) through the village to Victoria Drive.[2][3] Within the centre of the village, Highway62 intersects and is briefly concurrent withHighway 28along Bridge Street, crossing the York River. South of this concurrency, it is known as Mill Street, while north of the concurrency it is known as Hastings Street.[5]

Parting ways with the York River, Highway62 entersHastings Highlandsand passes through the communities ofYork RiverandBirds Creek,which form a continuous stretch of urban development along with the village of Bancroft. The highway then returns to thick forests, although the occasional farm dots the journey north, mostly surrounding theHickey Settlement.At thePeterson Colonization Road,the highway makes a sharp curve east and enters Maynooth. It ends at the junction with Highway127, with which it shares a terminus.[2][5]Prior to 1997, Highway62 continued east and north along what is now known as Hastings Highlands Municipal Road62, Renfrew County Road 62 and Renfrew County Road58 via Cobermere, Barry's Bay, Killaloe, Round Lake Centre and Bonnechere to Highway17 in Pembroke.[11][12]

History

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1937–38 Ontario road map, showing the section of Highway 62 between Barry's Bay and Bonnechere that was never built

Highway62 was first assumed by the DHO in 1937. On April1 of that year, the DHO merged with the Department of Northern Development.[13] Following the merger, many new trunk roads through central and northern Ontario were designated as provincial highways. One of these was the Madoc–Pembroke Road, which became Highway62 on August11, 1937.[1] Originally, the route followed the Hastings Colonization Road, which was quickly determined to be too rough to upgrade. A new alignment was constructed to the east between Millbridge and L'Amable in the late 1930s. This bypass was opened to traffic on March22, 1939.[14] Subsequently, the bypassed portion of the highway was decommissioned on April 11.[15]

At the time of its assumption, Highway62 was split into two segments. The first section travelled from Madoc to Barry's Bay, the second from Pembroke to the community of Bonnechere, on the northwestern shore of Round Lake. It was originally planned to unite these segments by building a new highway mostly following the route of Paugh Lake Road.[note 1][16] This section was never built, and so the two sections of Highway62 remained separated for a quarter century.[17]

Several changes occurred in the Round Lake area through the 1950s and 1960s. In 1956, Highway521 was designated by the DHO betweenBrudenelland the northern segment of Highway62 at Bonnechere Provincial Park.[18][19][20] Four years later, Highway62 was extended concurrently along Highway60 between Barry's Bay and Killaloe and north along Highway 521 to Tramore on the southeast side of Round Lake.[21][22] The remainder of Highway521, between Tramore and Bonnechere Provincial Park, was renumbered Highway62 in 1967, reuniting the two sections of the route.[23][24]

Animation of highway routes near Pembroke, from 1936 to now

Within Pembroke, Highway62 initially ended at the intersection of Trafalgar Road and Pembroke Street West.[25] The completion of theDes Allumettes Bridgesoutheast of Pembroke, in 1957, resulted in the extension of Highway62 to the Quebec boundary in 1960, almost entirely a concurrency with Highway17.[26][27][28] In 1966, Highway62 was extended south of Madoc to Highway14 at Foxboro when several Hastings County roads were taken over by the DHO on April1 of that year.[29]

TheNorris Whitney Bridgeover the Bay of Quinte was opened in December 1982, replacing the original 1891swing bridge.Portions of the original causeway can still be seen alongside the current structure.[30] Shortly thereafter, by 1984, the section of Highway14 south of Foxboro to Highway33 at Bloomfield was renumbered as part of Highway62.[31] Discussions have been underway since 2017 to build a second bridge, widening the highway from two to four lanes.[32]

As part of a series of budget cuts initiated by premierMike Harrisunder hisCommon Sense Revolutionplatform in 1995, numerous highways deemed to no longer be of significance to the provincial network were decommissioned and responsibility for the routes transferred to a lower level of government, a process referred to as downloading. Portions of Highway62 were consequently transferred to local jurisdictions in 1997 and 1998. On April1, 1997, the section from theLaurentian Valley–Killaloe, Hagarty and Richardsboundary east to Highway17 was transferred toRenfrew County.[11] Renfrew quickly redesignated it as County Road58.[33] On January1, 1998, the section northeast of Highway127 in Maynooth was transferred to Hastings and Renfrew counties. The concurrency with Highway60 was discontinued as a result of this transfer.[12] Hastings County subsequently transferred its portion of the road to the townships ofMonteagleandBangor, Wicklow and McClureon April15, 1998.[34][35]

Major intersections

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The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 62, as noted by theMinistry of Transportation of Ontario.[2]

DivisionLocationkm[2]miDestinationsNotes
Prince EdwardBloomfield0.00.0Highway 33east (Loyalist Parkway) –Picton
County Road 33west (Loyalist Parkway) –Wellington		Highway 62 southern terminus
5.33.3County Road 1 (Scoharie Road)
8.45.2County Road 4 east – Gilbert Mills
12.47.7County Road 14 (Burr Road) –Demorestville
Rossmore24.815.4County Road 28
25.816.0County Road 3 west
Bay of Quinte25.9–
26.9		16.1–
16.7		Norris Whitney Bridge
Belleville26.916.7Beginning of BellevilleConnecting Linkagreement
27.517.1Dundas StreetFormerlyHighway 2west; former southern end of Highway 2 concurrency
28.517.7Pinnacle Street / Dundas StreetFormerlyHighway 2east; former northern end of Highway 2 concurrency; Highway 62 follows Pinnacle Street
29.518.3Station Street / Front StreetFormerlyHighway 37north
32.220.0Highway 401–Toronto,KingstonHighway 401 exit 453; end of Belleville Connecting Link agreement
36.722.8Ashley StreetOriginal route ofHighway 14
Belleville–Quinte Westboundary38.824.1Municipal Road 5 (Frankford Road) –Frankford,Foxboro
40.124.9County Road 14(Foxboro–Stirling Road) –Stirling,FoxboroFormerlyHighway 14
HastingsCentre Hastings50.931.6County Road 8 (Stirling Road / Moira Road) –MoiraWest Huntingdon Station
61.338.1County Road 38 (Crookston Road) –Campbellford,TweedCrookston
Centre Hastings
(Madoc)		68.542.6Shoreline RoadBeginning of Madoc Connecting Link agreement
70.2–
70.3		43.6–
43.7		County Road 23 (St. Lawrence Street)Highway 62 follows St. Lawrence Street for 1 block
71.244.2Highway 7/TCH–Peterborough,PerthEnd of Madoc Connecting Link agreement
Madoc (township)82.251.1County Road 11 west (Deloro Road)
87.254.2Bannockburn Road –CooperBannockburn
Tudor and Cashel91.156.6Old Hastings Road –MillbridgeOriginal route of Highway 62;Hastings Colonization Road
Limerick119.374.1County Road 620 west (Coe Hill Road) –OrmsbyFormerly Highway 620 west
Bancroft139.686.7Beginning of Bancroft Connecting Link agreement
142.588.5Highway 28west (Sherbourne Street) –LakefieldSouthern end of Highway 28 concurrency
142.788.7Highway 28east (Bridge Street) –DenbighNorthern end of Highway 28 concurrency
147.491.6End of Bancroft Connecting Link agreement
Hastings Highlands165.8103.0Highway 127north –Whitney
Highway 62 ends
County Road 62begins		Maynooth;Highway 62 northern terminus; Hastings County Road 62 western terminus
Hastings–RenfrewboundaryHastings Highlands–Madawaska Valleyboundary195.0121.2County Road 62ends
County Road 62begins		Hastings County Road 62 western terminus; Renfrew County Road 62 southern terminus
RenfrewMadawaska Valley197.5122.7County Road 517 south (Dafoe Road)FormerlyHighway 517south
198.2123.2County Road 515 south (Palmer Road)Combermere;formerlyHighway 515south
215.0133.6Highway 60west –Huntsville
County Road 62ends		Barry's Bay;Renfrew County Road 62 northern terminus; former southern end of Highway 60 concurrency
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards238.1147.9Highway 60east –Eganville
County Road 58begins
County Road 512 south (Queen Street)		Killaloe;Renfrew County Road 58 southern terminus; former northern end of Highway 60 concurrency; formerlyHighway 512south
Laurentian Valley284.7176.9Highway 17/TCH–North Bay,OttawaFormer Highway 62 northern terminus (1982-1997); formerHighway 148western terminus (1982-1997)
Pembroke289.9180.1County Road 19 (Boundary Road)
County Road 58ends		Pembroke city limits; Renfrew County Road 58 northern terminus
290.7180.6Pembroke StreetFormerlyHighway 17(pre-1982); former Highway 62 northern terminus (1937-1960); former southern end of Highway 17 concurrency (1960-1982); toCounty Road 42west
292.2181.6Highway 41south (Mackay Street)
Highway 148begins		Present-day Highway 148 western terminus; former Highway 62 follows present-day Highway 148
RenfrewLaurentian Valley297.4184.8County Road 40east (Greenwood Road)Former southern end of Highway 17 concurrency (1960-1982)
Ottawa River299.2185.9Allumettes Bridge
R-148east –GatineauContinuation intoQuebec;former Highway 62 northern terminus (1960-1982); formerlyQuebec Route 8(pre-1972)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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Notes
  1. ^Some maps mistakenly show the route as complete between Barry's Bay and Pembroke. The official Ontario road map for 1937–1938 lists a distance of 50.2 km (31.2 mi) between Barry's Bay and Alice, while the 1940–1941 map divides the highway into two parts.
Sources
  1. ^ab"Appendix No. 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections of the King's Highway System for the Year Ending March 31, 1938".Annual Report(Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. pp. 80–81.RetrievedFebruary 3,2021– via Internet Archive.
  2. ^abcdeMinistry of Transportation of Ontario(2008)."Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts".Archived fromthe originalon July 6, 2011.RetrievedFebruary 16,2012.
  3. ^abcdConnecting Links Program 2021–22(PDF)(Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. August 2020.RetrievedMay 23,2021.
  4. ^abcOntario Back Road Atlas(Map). Cartography byMapArt.Peter Heiler. 2010. pp. 34–35, 46, 62. §§ S45–G50.ISBN978-1-55198-226-7.
  5. ^abcdeGoogle(January 10, 2021)."Highway 62 - Length and Route"(Map).Google Maps.Google.RetrievedJanuary 10,2021.
  6. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 1974. Belleville inset.
  7. ^Young, Peter (Autumn 2004)."The Old Hastings Colonization Road".The Country Connection.No. 47. Pinecone Publishing.RetrievedDecember 30,2015.
  8. ^O'Connor, Joe (October 16, 2019)."An Historic Gold Mine in a Tiny Ontario Town Could be the Epicentre of Canada's Next Great Gold Rush".The Financial Post.RetrievedJanuary 12,2021.
  9. ^"Census Profile, 2016 Census: Tudor and Cashel, Township".Statistics Canada.8 February 2017.RetrievedJune 15,2019.
  10. ^"Census Profile, 2016 Census: Limerick, Township".Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017.RetrievedJune 15,2019.
  11. ^abHighway Transfers List (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. April 1, 1997. p. 7.
  12. ^abHighway Transfers List - "Who Does What" (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. pp. 6, 13.
  13. ^Shragge, John; Bagnato, Sharon (1984).From Footpaths to Freeways.Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Historical Committee. p. 71.ISBN0-7743-9388-2.
  14. ^"Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1939. p. 84.
  15. ^"Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1940. p. 93.
  16. ^Staff Reporter (August 24, 1933)."Program of Road Work in the Ottawa Valley is Announced by Dunlop".Ottawa Citizen.Vol. 48, no. 216.RetrievedJanuary 10,2021– via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Highways. 1938–39. §§ O3–P5.RetrievedNovember 11,2021– via Archives of Ontario.
  18. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1956. §§ O37–P38.RetrievedNovember 11,2021– via Archives of Ontario.
  19. ^"Ontario Secondary Roads Now Designated 500, 600". Vol. 112, no. 33, 119. The Globe and Mail. February 4, 1956. p. 4.Two new Ontario road numbers appear on the province's 1956 official road map which will be ready for distribution next week. The new numbers are the 500 and 600 series and designate hundreds of miles of secondary roads which are wholly maintained by the Highways Department. More than 100 secondary roads will have their own numbers and signs this year. All of these secondary roads were taken into the province's main highways system because they form important connecting links with the King's Highways
  20. ^Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1957. p. 87.
  21. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1960. §§ O37–38.RetrievedNovember 28,2021– via Archives of Ontario.
  22. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1961. §§ O37–38.RetrievedNovember 28,2021– via Archives of Ontario.
  23. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by K.G. Gould. Ontario Department of Highways. 1967. §§ O37–38.RetrievedNovember 28,2021– via Archives of Ontario.
  24. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by Photogrammetry Division. Ontario Department of Highways. 1968. §§ P26–27.RetrievedNovember 28,2021– via Archives of Ontario.
  25. ^MacGregor Bay, Ontario. Map Sheet 31 F/14b(Map) (1 ed.). 1:25,000. Cartography by Surveys and Mapping Branch. Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. 1974.RetrievedMay 23,2021– via Scholars GeoPortal.
  26. ^Adam, Mohammed (January 16, 2012)."Bridge Work for the Capital".Ottawa Citizen.RetrievedMay 23,2021.
  27. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1960. Pembroke; Mileage Tables inset.RetrievedNovember 28,2021– via Archives of Ontario.
  28. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1961. Pembroke; Mileage Tables inset.RetrievedNovember 28,2021– via Archives of Ontario.
  29. ^"Chronology".Annual Report for the Fiscal Year.Department of Highways. March 31, 1967. p. 315.April 1—Hastings County Road between Madoc and Foxboro was assumed as part of King's Highway 62.
  30. ^"Bay of Quinte Bridges".Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County.Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  31. ^Ontario Road Map(Map). Cartography by Cartography Section, Surveys and Plans Office. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 1984–85. §§ G–H27.RetrievedNovember 28,2021– via Archives of Ontario.
  32. ^Thomas, Mary (December 11, 2017)."Second Norris Whitney Bridge Coming".Quinte News.Quinte Broadcasting Company.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  33. ^Boswell, Randy (July 21, 1997)."On A (Back) Road to Ruin?".City.The Ottawa Citizen.p. B3.RetrievedMarch 13,2021.
  34. ^"By-law 98-21"(PDF).The Corporation of the County of Hastings. March 26, 1998. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on July 14, 2018.RetrievedJuly 15,2021.
  35. ^"By-law 98-24"(PDF).The Corporation of the County of Hastings. March 26, 1998. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on July 14, 2018.RetrievedJuly 15,2021.
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