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This page contains historical photos of Ontario's King's Highway 89 dating from 1937 to 1999. All photographs displayed on this page were taken by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, unless specifically noted otherwise. Historical photographs are arranged in approximate chronological order. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!

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Page 1: Historical King's Highway 89 Photographs


HWY 89 #93

NEW Above - Circa 1938 postcard view of Victoria Street (Hwy 89) in Downtown Alliston. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photo courtesy of the Photogelatine Engraving Company Ltd, Ottawa)





HWY 89 #36

Above - Facing east along Hwy 89 at Violet Hill in 1957, about 3 miles east of the Hwy 10 & Hwy 24 Junction at Primrose. Under Contract #1956-14, Hwy 89 was reconstructed on an improved alignment from 1 mile east of Rosemount to the Hwy 10 & Hwy 24 Junction at Primrose. In the background, a new highway diversion carries Hwy 89 traffic around the small community of Violet Hill. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on July 18, 1957.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 1957)





HWY 89 #34             HWY 89 #35

Left - Grading on Development Road 384 (now Hwy 89) west of Shelburne in 1958. This road was designated as an extension of Hwy 89 in 1963. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1958.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 1958)

Right - Facing east along Hwy 89 between Violet Hill and Airport Road, 4 miles east of Primrose. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1958.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 1958)





HWY 89 #32             HWY 89 #33

Left - Swamp excavation on Development Road 384 (now Hwy 89) west of Shelburne. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1959.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 1959)

Right - Grading on Development Road 384 (now Hwy 89) on the Dufferin-Grey County Boundary west of Shelburne. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1959.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 1959)





HWY 400 #182             HWY 400 #181

Left - Facing west across the Cookstown Road (today's Hwy 89) Overpass in Innisfil Township. Photo taken in May 1962.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2010)

Right - Cookstown Road (today's Hwy 89) Overpass on Hwy 400 in Innisfil Township in 1962, facing northwest. The Cookstown Service Centre, with its original British-American (B-A) Station sign, is visible on the far side of the interchange. The Cookstown Service Centre sold B-A gasoline products from its opening in 1954 until 1968, when the station was taken over by Gulf Canada. The station was acquired by Petro-Canada in 1985 and has operated under that company's name ever since. As part of Ontario's recent Service Centre modernization program, the Cookstown Service Centre was closed permanently in February 2013. The historic Hwy 89 Overpass was demolished on October 1, 2022, as part of a multi-year interchange reconstruction project. Photo taken in May 1962.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2010)





HWY 89 #18             HWY 89 #19

Left - Hwy 89 at the Nottawasaga River Bridge at Nicolston in 1963, facing west towards Alliston. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in September 1963.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)

Right - New Nottawasaga River Bridge on Hwy 89 at Nicolston. This three-span steel girder structure was completed and officially opened to traffic in October 1961. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in September 1963.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)





HWY 89 #27             HWY 89 #28

Left - Hwy 89 at Innisfil Creek (Glass' Bridge) in 1963, facing west towards Cookstown. This interesting photo shows what Hwy 89 looked like mere months after the Cookstown Road was designated as a provincial highway. From 1937 until 1963, Hwy 89 ended at the Hwy 27 Junction in Cookstown. The completion of Hwy 400 in 1952 changed traffic patterns in the area, resulting in more through traffic using the Cookstown Road to access Hwy 400. In fact, the Cookstown Road became such as strategic link to Hwy 400 that the provincial government eventually assumed the Cookstown Road as a provincial highway. The Cookstown Road from the Hwy 27 Junction to the Hwy 400 Interchange was designated as a King's Highway, effective April 25, 1963. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in September 1963.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)

Right - Glass' Bridge on Hwy 89 at Innisfil Creek, between Cookstown and the Hwy 400 Interchange. Photo taken in September 1963.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)





HWY 89 #25             HWY 89 #26

Left - Hwy 89 at Innisfil Creek (Glass' Bridge) in 1967, facing east towards the Hwy 400 Interchange. Note how close the roadside trees come to the edge of the highway - the highway is partially enveloped by the trees. Modern roadside safety standards have resulted in trees being cut far back from the shoulders of Ontario's Highways, in an effort to reduce the risk of vehicle collisions. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in August 1967.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)

Right - Innisfil Creek Bridge on Hwy 89 (Glass' Bridge) near Cookstown. Photo taken in August 1967.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)





HWY 89 #91

NEW Above - Reconstruction of Hwy 89 (known today as Hwy 23) between Palmerston and Harriston, Contract #1968-126. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1969.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 1969)





HWY 89 #20

Above - Nottawasaga River Bridge on Hwy 89 at Nicolston, between Cookstown and Alliston. Photo taken in November 1970.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)





HWY 89 #30

Above - Glass' Bridge over Innisfil Creek on Hwy 89 east of Cookstown. Photo taken in November 1970.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)





HWY 89 #29             HWY 89 #92

Left - Facing east along Hwy 89 towards the Hwy 400 Interchange at Glass' Bridge over Innisfil Creek in 1978. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on July 24, 1978.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)

NEW Right - View of the reconstructed Hwy 89 and County Road 14 Junction at Conn, located between Mount Forest and Shelburne, Contract #1978-75. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1979.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 1979)





HWY 89 #94

NEW Above - Circa 1980 postcard view of the Hwy 87 & Hwy 89 Junction on Elora Street (Hwy 9) in Harriston. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph courtesy of Barry Schneider)





HWY 89 #21             HWY 89 #22

Left - Facing west along Hwy 89 at the Nottawasaga River Bridge at Nicolston in 1983. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on October 13, 1983.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)

Right - Embossed plaque in the northeast concrete barrier wall, commemorating the 1961 opening of the Nottawasaga River Bridge on Hwy 89 at Nicolston. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on October 13, 1983.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)





HWY 89 #23             HWY 89 #24

Left - Southern side of the Nottawasaga River Bridge on Hwy 89 at Nicolston. Photo taken on October 13, 1983.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)

Right - Northern side of the Nottawasaga River Bridge on Hwy 89 at Nicolston. Photo taken on October 13, 1983.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)





HWY 89 #31

Above - Cookstown Ministry of Transportation & Communications Patrol Yard on Hwy 89 west of the Hwy 400 Interchange at Glass' Bridge in 1986. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on July 21, 1986.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013)





HWY 400 #192             HWY 400 #193

Left - Rehabilitation of the Hwy 89 Overpass on Hwy 400 east of Cookstown, Contract #1988-78. During the rehabilitation, the original steel handrail panels were removed and replaced with galvanized steel panels which did not require painting. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in April 1989.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2010)

Right - During the rehabilitation of the Hwy 89 Overpass, the decorative Ontario coat-of-arms were removed from the bridge. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in April 1989.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2010)





HWY 400 #194             HWY 400 #195

Left - Construction workers doing concrete removals during the rehabilitation of the Hwy 89 Overpass on Hwy 400 east of Cookstown. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in April 1989.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2010)

Right - The rehabilitation of the Hwy 89 Overpass under Contract #1988-78 was one of several bridge rehabilitation projects carried out on Hwy 400 in the 1980s and early 1990s. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in April 1989.
(Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation  -  © King's Printer for Ontario, 2010)





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