Ontario Highway 50

Highway 50
Peel Regional Road 50 York Regional Road 24 Simcoe County Road 50
Route information
Maintained by the Regional Municipalities of Peel and York and the County of Simcoe
Length:	53.5 km (33.2 mi)
Existed:	August 12, 1936 – January 1, 1998
Major junctions
South end:	Highway 27 – Toronto
	Highway 7 – Vaughan  Highway 49  Highway 9 – Mono Mills
North end:	Highway 89 – Alliston
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways List 400-series Former Current highways ←  Highway 49   Highway 58  → Former highways     Highway 51  →

King's Highway 50, commonly referred to as Highway 50, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway, which was decommissioned in 1998, is still referred to as Highway 50, though it is now made up of several county roads: Peel Regional Road 50, York Regional Road 24 and Simcoe County Road 50. The route began in the northwest corner of Toronto at Highway 27 and travelled northwest to Highway 89 west of the town of Alliston. En route, it passed through the villages of Bolton, Palgrave and Loretto.

Highway 50 was designated in 1936, connecting the western terminus of Highway 49 with Bolton. One year later, it was extended both north and south to Highway 9 and Highway 7, respectively. In 1962, the route was extended south to Highway 27 in Toronto. A final extension was designated in 1976, extending the highway north to Highway 89. In 1997 and 1998, the entire route was transferred to regional governments, decommissioning the designation.

Highway 50 began at Highway 27 in the northwest corner of Toronto. Between there and Steeles, it was maintained as a connecting link with Metropolitan Toronto, bearing little resemblance to the rural highway north of the city.

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