Ontario Highway 44
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| Lanark County Road 49 Ottawa Road 49 |
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| Length: | 15.9 km (9.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Existed: | April 13, 1938 – March 31, 1997 | ||||||||||||
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 Highway 15 in Almonte
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| East end: |
 Highway 17 near Carp
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| Regions: | Ottawa–Carleton | ||||||||||||
| Counties: | Lanark County | ||||||||||||
| Towns: | Almonte, Carp | ||||||||||||
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King's Highway 44, commonly referred to as Highway 44, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 15.9-kilometre (9.9 mi)-long route began at Highway 15 in the town of Almonte and travelled eastward through Lanark County towards Ottawa, ending at Highway 17. Highway 44 was assumed by the province in 1938. A significant portion of the highway was incorporated into a new routing of Highway 17 in 1966. The highway remained generally unchanged for the next three decades until it was decommissioned in 1997 and transferred to Lanark County and what is now the City of Ottawa. The road has since been redesignated as Lanark County Road 49 and Ottawa Road 49.
Highway 44 began at Highway 15 in Almonte and proceeded east for 15.9 km (9.9 mi) to Highway 17 southwest of Carp. Within Almonte, the road was known as Ottawa Street and Main Street; east of there it became March Road. Today, the route is known as Lanark County Road 49 and Ottawa Road 49.
At the time of its decommissioning, Highway 44 began at a junction with Highway 15 (Christian Street) on the west side of Almonte. It crossed the Mississippi River, where it became Main Street and passed through the central portion of the town. In the eastern edge of Almonte, it was known Ottawa Street until Appleton Sideroad, where it became March Road and continued eastward in a straight line through farmland in the Ottawa Valley. It also passed through several forests as well as south of Greensmere Golf and Country Club before meeting what was then Highway 17 at an intersection but is now an interchange with Highway 417 (Exit 155).
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