The King's Highway 5B


Ontario Highway 5B Quick Facts:
  • Years in Existence: 1938-1940
  • Current Status: Renumbered as Hwy 99 in 1940, which was decommissioned in 1997
  • Current Name: Brant Highway 99
  • Location: Southern Ontario
  • Counties Served: Brant & Wentworth (Hamilton)
  • Towns Served: Copetown & Dundas
  • Western Terminus: Hwy 5 & Hwy 24 - Osborne Corners
  • Eastern Terminus: Hwy 8 - Dundas
  • Length in 1940: 26.6 km / 16.5 miles
HWY 5B - © Jamie Malecki
King's Highway 5B Sign
Image courtesy of Jamie Malecki


History of King's Highway 5B:

King's Highway 5B ran from Dundas to the Highway 5 and Highway 24 Junction at Osborne Corners, north of Brantford. The highway was first established in 1938 when the Governor's Road was assumed as a new provincial highway. The road was already paved between Copetown and Dundas when the highway was first assumed, but the balance of the highway was gravel-surfaced. The Highway 5B designation was very short lived; the route was renumbered as Highway 99 in 1940.





Photographic History of King's Highway 5B

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