History of King's Highway 131 (#2):
King's Highway 131 was a short provincial highway which connected Highway 27 to Highway 90 near Barrie in the 1980s and 1990s. Highway 131 first came into
existence on March 29, 1984, when the existing route of Simcoe County Road 31 was assumed by the province as a new King's Highway. Highway 131 was 6.7 km
in length. It formed a portion of a signed alternate route from Highway 400 near Thornton to Highway 26 near Minesing. This signed alternate route
was established in an attempt to alleviate traffic congestion through Barrie on Bayfield Street (Highway 26), by encouraging some Wasaga Beach-bound
traffic to exit Highway 400 before reaching Barrie. Highway 131 was retained in the King's Highway system until January 1, 1998, when it was downloaded to
the County of Simcoe. The route is now known as Simcoe County Road 27. A different, unrelated Highway 131 existed in Thunder Bay in the 1970s.
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