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13, 1938. The gravel road was paved from
Colchester to Kingsville in 1951, and from Malden Centre to Colchester in 1952. Following recommendations presented in the Selkirk Report in June 1976, the renamed Ministry of Transportation and Communications rebuilt the road to proper standards, including
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18A was first assigned during the late 1930s. Essex County council requested that the lakefront road between Malden Centre and
Kingsville be taken over by the province and designated Highway
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362:, while the east junction was located on the western edge of Kingsville. The route itself was 31.1 kilometres (19.3 mi) long, detouring to the south along the shore of
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bypassing several corners; the bypassed route is now Twin Gables Drive and Dolson Road. Subsequently, the entire length was transferred to Essex County effective July
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703:"Highway 18 / Essex County Road 20 route between the termini of Highway 18A / Essex County Road 50"
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Highway
633:(Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1962. § Mileage Tables.
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18A was a short route that served the headland that protrudes into Lake Erie between
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18A in June 1935. The
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18A was assumed as a provincial highway in 1938. It was transferred to
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1, 1978. Essex County promptly resigned the route as Essex County Road
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298:. The 31.1-kilometre-long (19.3 mi) route began and ended at
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50. It is now also known as
Heritage Road east of Colchester.
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781:(Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1953. p. 45
759:(Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1952. p. 33
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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676:"Highway 18A / Essex County Road 50 - Length and Route"
574:"Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions".
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602:"Highway 18A Disappears; Now It's County Road 50"
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497: County Road 13 north (Erie Road) –
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288:provincially maintained highway
802:"County May Take Over Highway"
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731:"To Examine Exemption"
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708:Google Maps
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681:Google Maps
612:January 23,
582:January 23,
468:Amherstburg
344:Amherstburg
284:Highway 18A
191:Colechester
31:Highway 18A
842:Categories
558:References
529:Leamington
525:Highway 18
508:Kingsville
482:Colchester
464:Highway 18
374:parallel.
348:Kingsville
308:Colchester
267:Highway 19
252:Highway 18
232:400-series
195:Kingsville
138:Kingsville
134:Highway 18
114:Highway 18
61:Highway 18
364:Lake Erie
314:. Highway
304:Lake Erie
546:See also
429:Location
354:18, now
292:Canadian
286:, was a
173:Counties
163:Province
148:Location
705:(Map).
678:(Map).
472:Windsor
382:Highway
378:History
338:Highway
296:Ontario
290:in the
222:Current
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153:Country
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