The King 93 Highway , commonly referred to as Highways 93 , is a provincial-maintained highway in the province of Ontario, Canada. Located entirely inside Simcoe County, the highway extends 23.9 kilometers (14.9 mi) from the intersection with Highway 400 at Springwater, just south of Hillsdale, to the intersection with Highway 12 at the border of Midland. This route follows the historic Penetanguishene road, an early colonizing road that serves to connect Lake Simcoe with the Georgian Bay, thus providing a land route from Lake Huron to Lake Ontario via Yonge Street.
Prior to 1997, the highway was almost twice as long, extending 15 kilometers farther south to meet Highway 11 and Highway 400A at Crown Hill, and seven kilometers further north to Penetanguishene. Since the southern legs are parallel to Highway 400 just two kilometers to the east, and the northern segment carried mainly urban traffic in Penetanguishene and Midland, both segments were transferred to Simcoe County that year. They were then appointed Simcoe County Road 93. On March 26, 2014, it was announced that the route would be renamed the Sarah Burke Memorial Highway to commemorate the Sarah Burke freestyle skier.
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Route description
In its current form, Highway 93 begins at an intersection with Highway 400; Exit 121. The previous highway continues south from there to downtown Barrie, but now Simcoe County Highway 93. From Highway 400, the route winds north along the old Penetanguishene Road through Simcoe County. It splits the Hillsdale community and the eastern shoreline of Orr Lake. In the Waverley community, the route meets the north end of former Highway 27, now Simcoe County Road 27.
North of Waverley, the highway continues north to the Georgian Bay, leaving from the old Penetanguishene Road at Mertz's Corner. The route curves around the western side of a large swamp before entering the Wyebridge community, where it crosses the Wye River. A few kilometers north of Wyebridge, Highway 93 ends in southwest Midland on Highway 12; both divide the northern termini. It once continues north to Penetanguishene, ending at the Penetanguishene Harbor coastline.
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History
Highway, 93, as well as a former southern extension to Barrie, following Penetanguishene Road. The road was built between 1814-15, from the northern side of Kempenfelt Bay (east of Barrie), to the townsite and the establishment of the Navy in Penetanguishene; it was the first road built in the area now called Simcoe County.
For several years the River Holland and Lake Simcoe provide the only means of transportation; Holland Landing is north end of Yonge Street. The military route to Georgian Bay before, and during the War of 1812, crossed Lake Simcoe to the head of Kempenfelt Bay, then by Nine Mile Portage to Willow Creek and the Nottawasaga River. The Penetanguishene Military Post begun before the war, however, did not have an appropriate ground transportation route, the journey from York to Lake Huron continued through Nottawasaga. Penetanguishene Street replaced this route when the Navy Establishment opened in 1817.
The route for the road was surveyed in 1808 by Samuel Wilmot. After the British captured Fort Michilimackinac in the War of 1812, the need to supply the seized fortress created the need for a vessel to be built on Lake Huron, which in turn meant that an effective supply route needed to be cut. The decision was made to cut the road in November 1814 by General Gordon Drummond. Finish before next spring. After the war, the surrounding land was purchased from the Chippeway and the road opened to settlements. It was treated specifically by the crown office of the land where the strategic value of the route to the naval base led to a preferred path for military settlers. A large number of soldiers who had served in Canada or elsewhere throughout the British Empire settled on the streets and around Penetanguishene. Retired from Chelsea Hospital can be sent here. Many of the reduced pensioners are reduced to extreme poverty.
In 1824, construction began on a new road connecting Yonge Street in Holland Landing with Pentanguishene Road. Done in 1827 to Kempenfelt Bay, it was also called Penetanguishene Road, but later renamed Yonge Street. This section of Penetanguishene Street became part of Highway 11 in 1920.
The province dedicates the entire length of highway 93 as the Sarah Burke Memorial Toll Road on March 26, 2014. Burke was born in Barrie and grew up in Midland; the freestyle skier died in a training accident in January 2012.
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The following table lists key intersections along Highway 93, as noted by the Ontario Ministry of Transport. The entire route is located in Simcoe County
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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