Ontario Highway 104 Photographs - History of Ontario's Kings Highways

Left - Facing east along Hwy 9 & Hwy 25 from the Hwy 25 North Junction to Grand Valley. The routes of Hwy 9 & Hwy 25 were overlapped for about 3 km between this junction and the Hwy 25 South Junction at Waldemar. After these two King's Highways were downloaded to the County of Dufferin in the late 1990s, each leg of Hwy 25 was assigned a different county road number. The Grand Valley leg (Hwy 25 North) became Dufferin County Road 25, while the Waldemar leg (Hwy 25 South) became Dufferin County Road 24. There is no longer any overlapped route between Grand Valley and Waldemar, with Former Hwy 9 being signed as Dufferin County Road 109 only. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 10, 2024 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Close-up of the distance guide sign on eastbound Hwy 9 & Hwy 25 located just east of the Hwy 25 North Junction to Grand Valley. Although this is a replacement sign installed in recent years by the County of Dufferin, it is interesting to note that Acton is still listed as a control city on this sign. This is a vestige of the past, when MTO owned both Hwy 9 and Hwy 25 and Acton was the signed control city for Hwy 25 South. Until the downloading of the late 1990s, the other destinations (Orangeville & Newmarket) were both accessible via Hwy 9. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 10, 2024 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing west towards the Hwy 9 & Hwy 25 North Junction near Grand Valley. Up until the highway's downloading through Dufferin County in 1997, Hwy 25 turned right at this junction and resumed its route north towards Grand Valley and the Hwy 89 Junction. Historically, the highway from this point northerly into Grand Valley was known as Hwy 104, but it was renumbered as part of the Hwy 25 Extension during 1974. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 10, 2024 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Former southern terminus of Hwy 104 (later known as Hwy 25) at the Hwy 9 Junction south of Grand Valley. After the Hwy 104 designation was retired in 1974 and replaced by the Hwy 25 designation, the route of Hwy 25 was overlapped with Hwy 9 from this highway junction easterly to Waldemar. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 10, 2024 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Dufferin County Road 109 route marker and destination guide signs at the Hwy 9 & Hwy 25 Junction south of Grand Valley. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 10, 2024 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing north along Hwy 25 towards Grand Valley from the Hwy 9 Junction. Before this highway was renumbered as part of the Hwy 25 Extension in 1974, Hwy 104 was among the shortest King's Highway routes in the provincial highway system with a total length of only 1.8 miles (2.9 km). The route of Hwy 104 reached its northern terminus in Downtown Grand Valley at the intersection of Main Street and Amaranth Street. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 10, 2024 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing east along Hwy 9 towards Orangeville approaching the Hwy 25 North Junction to Grand Valley. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 10, 2024 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Green guide sign on eastbound Hwy 9 marking the upcoming Dufferin Road 25 (Former Hwy 25) Junction south of Grand Valley. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 10, 2024 - © Cameron Bevers)

Above - Facing west along Hwy 9 towards Arthur from the Hwy 25 North Junction to Grand Valley. The section of Hwy 9 from the Grand Valley turn-off westerly was the final section of Hwy 9 paved between Arthur and Orangeville. Concrete pavement was constructed along Hwy 9 for a distance of about 6 miles from the Grand Valley turn-off westerly during 1934, which completed a paved highway link between Arthur and Orangeville. Within only 4 years of the Arthur-Orangeville Road's assumption as an easterly extension of Hwy 9 in 1930, the route was transformed from a narrow rural gravel road into a modern concrete-surfaced traffic artery. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 10, 2024 - © Cameron Bevers)