History of King's Highway 39:
King's Highway 39 served as an alternate route to Highway 2 in Southwestern Ontario between Windsor and Belle River. The history of Highway 39 dates back
to 1934, when the Department of Highways assumed the Windsor-Belle River Road as a new provincial highway on July 11, 1934. The new highway was 35 km in
length and was completely paved when it was first commissioned. A section of Highway 39 was relocated near Pike Creek in the early 1960s. The new highway
bypassed Pike Creek on a limited-access highway alignment to the south of town. The Pike Creek Bypass was completed and opened to traffic from Banwell Road
to Puce River in November, 1961. In 1970, the route of Highway 2 was changed between Windsor and St. Joachim. When the old route of Highway 2 from Windsor
to the Highway 39 Junction near St. Joachim was transferred to Essex County on June 1, 1970, Highway 2 was rerouted through Belle River. The entire route
of Highway 39 was redesignated as Highway 2. The Highway 39 designation was retired and has not been in used ever since.
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