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This page contains historical and present day photos of Ontario's King's Highway 114, along with its predecessor routes, King's
Highway 3A (Maidstone) & King's Highway 98A. All photographs displayed on this page were taken by the Webmaster (Cameron Bevers), unless specifically noted
otherwise. Historical photographs are arranged in approximate chronological order, while present day photographs (Year 2000 to date) are arranged by location from
south to north. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!
Please note that all photographs displayed on this
website are protected by copyright. These photographs must not be reproduced, published,
electronically stored or copied, distributed, or posted onto other websites without
my written permission. If you want to use photos from this website, please
email me first for permission. Thank-you!
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Historical King's Highway 114 Photographs
Left - Northern terminus of Former Hwy 114 (Malden Road) at the Old Hwy 98 Junction north of Maidstone. Note the narrow lane widths on this highway. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on November 8, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Looking north along Former Hwy 114 (Malden Road) from the Old Hwy 3 Junction in Maidstone. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photograph taken on November 8, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers) |
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Present Day King's Highway 114 Photographs
Left - Approaching the Former Hwy 114 Junction at Malden Road on Old Hwy 3 in Maidstone, facing east. Although it might not look like a major highway junction
today, this intersection was once a key decision point in the provincial highway system. Until 1929, Hwy 2 & Hwy 3 both followed Huron Church Road concurrently
out of Windsor to Maidstone, where the two highways parted ways at this intersection. Traffic could either turn left onto Malden Road (Hwy 2) towards Tilbury,
Chatham and London or continue straight ahead via Talbot Road (Hwy 3) to Leamington, Blenheim and St. Thomas. Over the years, Malden Road has been known by several
different highway numbers, with the most recent designation being Hwy 114. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing west along Old Hwy 3 towards Windsor from Malden Road (Formerly Hwy 114) in Maidstone. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Southern terminus of Former Hwy 114 at the Old Hwy 3 Junction in Maidstone. Early motorists arriving in Maidstone on Hwy 2 in the 1920s could turn right
at this intersection and continue west towards Windsor via Hwy 2 & Hwy 3, or turn left and head east on Hwy 3 towards Leamington. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing north along Former Hwy 114 (Malden Road) from the Old Hwy 3 Junction in Maidstone. This highway has been renumbered several times over the years due to various changes in highway routings through Essex County. This highway was originally known as Hwy 2 (1925-1929), then Hwy 2A (1929-1931), then Hwy 3A (1931-1938), then Hwy 98A (1938-1953) and finally, Hwy 114 (1953-1970). Provincial jurisdiction over Hwy 114 ended in June 1970, when ownership of the highway was transferred over to municipalities. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Approaching the Former Hwy 114 Junction at Malden Road in Maidstone, facing west along Old Hwy 3. Back in the 1920s, Hwy 2 & Hwy 3 connected at this
junction and shared an overlapped concurrent route into Windsor from Maidstone. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east along Old Hwy 3 towards Leamington from the Former Hwy 114 Junction. While Old Hwy 3 may look very empty in this photo, it wasn't always this way. By the late 1960s, about 10,000 vehicles per day rumbled through Maidstone. Construction began on the Essex Bypass (Hwy 3 New) in 1969, under Contract #1969-145. This 6.7-mile diversion bypassed the Town of Essex (not to be confused with the County of Essex, in which the Town of Essex is situated). Final paving of the Essex Bypass was completed under Contract #1970-104, with the diversion being officially opened to traffic in 1971. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Facing west along Old Hwy 98 (Essex County Road 46) towards Windsor from the Former Hwy 114 Junction north of Maidstone. The intersection in the
background is Essex County Road 19 (Manning Road), which heads north towards Hwy 401 and Tecumseh. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - View of the Former Hwy 114 Junction on Old Hwy 98 (Essex County Road 46) near Maidstone, facing east towards Tilbury. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - Facing south along Old Hwy 114 towards Maidstone from Old Hwy 98 (Essex County Road 46). This short provincial highway once connected Hwy 98 to Hwy 3 at
Maidstone, although at one time, this was actually the route of the Trans-Provincial Highway (Hwy 2) leading into Windsor. A new cut-off highway to Windsor (which
ultimately became Hwy 98) was completed in 1929, which left this old section of the Trans-Provincial Highway behind. This highway connection to Maidstone has been
known by a series of different route numbers over the years, with the Hwy 114 designation being the most recent and final one assigned to this diminutive highway.
When jurisdiction over Hwy 98 was transferred from the province to the County of Essex in the early 1970s, Hwy 114 was no longer needed in the provincial highway
system either. Accordingly, Hwy 114 was also transferred over to municipal control in the early 1970s. Today, Old Hwy 114 is known as Malden Road. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Approaching the former northern terminus of Hwy 114 at Old Hwy 98. Motorists reaching the end of Hwy 114 at this junction could either turn left and head west along Hwy 98 towards Windsor, or turn right and head east along Hwy 98 towards Tilbury. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) 
Left - View of the Former Hwy 114 Junction on Old Hwy 98 north of Maidstone, facing west towards Windsor. Early motorists heading to Windsor along the
Trans-Provincial Highway (Hwy 2) would have curved to the left at this point up until the late 1920s. A new entrance highway into Windsor was constructed in 1929, in
order to provide improved highway connections to two proposed international links to the United States from Windsor - the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor
Tunnel, which were both under construction at that time. The New Windsor Entrance Highway began at this point and connected directly to Windsor's Howard Avenue about
8 miles ahead. Much of this route follows "Provincial Road" - an appropriate road name indeed, as this important new highway connection was built rapidly by the
Province of Ontario and opened to considerable fanfare in late 1929. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east along Old Hwy 98 towards Tilbury from the Former Hwy 114 Junction north of Maidstone. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photograph taken on August 1, 2019 - © Cameron Bevers)
More King's Highway 114 Photographs Coming Soon!
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