Ontario Highway 34

Highway 34
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length:	16.9 km[2] (10.5 mi)
Existed:	November 26, 1930[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	Highway 417 near Vankleek Hill
East end:	Route 344 in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, QC
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways 400-series • Former ← Highway 33 Highway 35 →

Highway 417 exit to Highway 34

King's Highway 34, commonly referred to as Highway 34, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The route connects Hawkesbury with Highway 417 south of Vankleek Hill. It is 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) long.

The highway formerly continued 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Highway 417 to Highway 2 in Lancaster. This section was since been redesignated as SD&G County Road 34.

Route description

Highway 34 is short highway which today serves to connect the town of Hawkesbury with Highway 417. The 16.9-kilometre (10.5 mi) route ends near the Ottawa River in downtown Hawkesbury. Between these two points, with the exception of the town of Vankleek Hill, the highway traverses the rural Ottawa Valley.^[3] The majority of the land use surrounding the highway are commercial shops in urban areas and agricultural in rural areas, though some small woodlots exist alongside the route.

History

Highway 34 has a very tame history, having been assumed in 1930 and remaining unchanged between then and the highway downloads of the late 1990s.

On November 26, 1930, the Department of Highways assumed the road between Lancaster and Hawkesbury as King's Highway 34, providing a connection between Highway 2 and Highway 17 immediately west of the Ontario–Quebec border. The route was 55.7 kilometres (34.6 mi) long at the time of its assumption.^[1] Highway 34 remained unchanged for over 60 years, before the portion south of Highway 417 was decommissioned. On January 1, 1998, the section of Highway 34 within the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry was transferred to that jurisdiction.^[4] It has since been redesignated as County Road 34.^[3]

Major intersections

The following table lists major intersections located along Highway 34. The entirety of the route is located within Prescott and Russell United Counties.^[3]

Location	km[2]	Destinations	Notes
Champlain	0.0	Highway 417 – Ottawa, Casselman, Montreal	Exit 27
Vankleek Hill	5.3		Vankleek Hill town limits; beginning of Vankleek Hill Connecting Link agreement
	6.7		Vankleek Hill town limits; end of Vankleek Hill Connecting Link agreement
Hawkesbury	15.4	County Road 17	Formerly  Highway 17
	15.6		Hawkesbury town limits; beginning of Hawkesbury Connecting Link agreement
	16.9	Main Street	End of Hawkesbury Connecting Link agreement

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1932. p. 76. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2007). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb?OpenForm&Seq=5. Retrieved July 8, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Peter Heiler Ltd (2010). Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). pp. 68, section N–Q71. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7. 
4. ^ Highway Transfers List - “Who Does What” (Report). Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. June 20, 2001. p. 14. 

External links

• Google Maps: Highway 34 route
• Highway 34 pictures and information