Ontario Highway 42

Highway 42
Leeds and Grenville County Road 42
Route information
Length:	52.8 km (32.8 mi)
History:	Established July 31, 1935 Decommissioned March 31, 1997
Major junctions
West end:	Westport
	Highway 15
East end:	Highway 29 at Forthton
Location
Counties:	United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
Towns:	Forthton, Athens, Delta, Newboro, Westport
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways List 400-series Former Current highways ←  Highway 41   Highway 48  → Former highways     Highway 43  →

Established July 31, 1935

King's Highway 42, commonly referred to as Highway 42, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 52.8-kilometre (32.8 mi)-long route connected Highway 29 at Forthton with the town of Westport, intersecting Highway 15 en route. Highway 42 was assumed in 1935, and aside from paving the partially gravelled road, generally remained unchanged throughout its existence. In 1997, it was decommissioned and transferred to the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, subsequently being redesignated as Leeds and Grenville County Road 42.

Highway 42 began in Westport and proceeded east for 52.8 km (32.8 mi) to Highway 29 in the hamlet of Forthton. An oddity in the provincial highway system, the terminus in Westport was one of only a handful that never connected to another King's Highway. Within Westport, the route followed Concession Street, travelling southeast. It made two 90 degree curves south of the town, first to the northeast and then back to the southeast, remaining close to the shoreline of Upper Rideau Lake. At the southwestern edge of the lake, the highway made another sweeping curve to the northeast and entered Newboro. There it crossed the Rideau Canal and gradually curved to the east just north of Newboro Lake. Briefly paralleling an uplifted railway bed, the highway encountered Highway 15 in Crosby.

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