King's Highway 14, commonly referred to as Highway 14, was a
provincially maintained highway in the
Canadian
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province of
Ontario
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. At its peak length, the route connected
Highway 33 in
Bloomfield, near
Picton, with
Highway 7 in
Marmora. Portions of this longer route are now designated as
Highway 62. Prior to being decommissioned, the route connected Highway62 in
Foxboro with Highway7 in Marmora, via
Stirling
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.
What became Highway14 was designated as part of the original Ontario Highway System in 1920. The route, connecting Picton,
Belleville and Foxboro, was officially established in May 1921 and numbered in mid-1925. It was extended north to Marmora in 1928, and remained generally unchanged over the next fifty years. In 1982, the
Norris Whitney Bridge was opened over the
Bay of Quinte
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. Consequently, the section of Highway14 south of Foxboro was renumbered as Highway62. The remainder of the highway was
decommissioned on June5, 1996, the only of the original fifteen 1925 highways to have its number completely removed from the provincial highway system.
Route description
Prior to being decommissioned in the 1990s, Highway14 connected the towns of Foxboro, Stirling and Marmora, entirely within
Hastings County
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.
As the route existed in the early 1990s, it begins in the south at an intersection with Highway62, the Foxboro Bypass, and proceeds west as the Foxboro–Stirling Road through the municipality of
Quinte West
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. It travels through a highly populated rural region, passing through the community of
Chatterton, where it turns north. It meanders north and northeast through a mix of farmland and forests, passing the community of
Oak Lake. As it enters the town of Stirling, the road curves west and crosses Rawdon Creek as Front Street East. At the five-way intersection of North Street and Mill Street, former Highway14 turns north and follows the Stirling–Marmora Road, which carries the route northward into the farmed countryside.
After travelling through the community of
Sine
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, the road runs parallel to Hoards Creek. The creek remains on the west side of the route north to its
headwaters
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Definition
The ...
as the road passes through
Harold
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* András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold"
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,
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** Springbrook National Park, Queensland
** Springbrook State School, a heritage-listed building in the park
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and
Bonarlaw. From there, the former highway curves northeast until it enters the town of Marmora, where it is known as Forsyth Street. It ends at Highway7 (Matthew Street); beyond there, the roadway becomes Hastings County Road48, which continues north to
Cordova Mines.
History
Highway14 was one of the original provincial highways created by the Department of Public Highways (DPHO), predecessor to the modern
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
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(MTO), in order to qualify for funding under the Canada Highways Act. Two roads in
Eastern Ontario
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, the
Belleville–
Picton road, and the Foxboro-Belleville Road, were assumed by the DPHO on May18, 1921.
Its routing led from the town of Picton, to the town of Foxboro, via Bloomfield. At first, the road was not given a route number, and was simply referred to as the Foxboro-Picton Highway.
It was designated as Highway14 during the summer of 1925.
Most of the road was paved by 1925; the last gravel sections – south of Belleville between Bloomfield and Prince Edward County Road4, and between Mountainview and Rossmore
– were paved in 1926.
At this point, the road was in length.
The Department of Highways took control of several roads though the townships of Thurlow, Sidney, Rawdon and Marmora on April18, 1928, extending Highway14 north to Highway7 in the village of Marmora.
This brought the length of the route to . The new portion of the highway was entirely unpaved when it was assumed.
Paving began in 1937 through and northwards from Stirling,
with the first to the hamlet of Harold being completed that year.
The remainder, between Harold and Marmora, was paved the following year.
The final unpaved section, between Foxboro and Stirling, was completed in 1940.
A bypass was opened around Foxboro in late 1963.
The
Norris Whitney Bridge over the Bay of Quinte, south of Belleville, was opened in December 1982, replacing the original 1891
swing bridge
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. Portions of the original causeway can still be seen alongside the current structure.
Shortly thereafter, by 1984, the section of Highway14 south of Foxboro to Highway33 at Bloomfield was renumbered as part of Highway62.
The length of the highway was now .
Highway14 was eliminated, or downloaded, from the provincial highway network to the County of Hastings on June5, 1996,
alongside the
downloading
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of
Highway 33 and the portion of
Highway 2 within Hastings County.
The road became Hastings County Road14, but the County of Hastings then downloaded the county road (and the responsibilities of its maintenance) to its constituent
town
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Origin and use
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s and
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
on January1, 1998.
Since 1998 the road has been known as Stirling-Rawdon Road14, and Marmora & Lake Road14.
Major intersections
References
External links
Highway 14 – Length and route
{{Ontario King's Highways
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Transport in Quinte West