County Road 22 (Essex County, Ontario)
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| Essex County Road 22 |
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| Tecumseh Road, Route 2, Route 22 | |
| Length: | 21 km (13 mi) |
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| Formed: | 1934 (as part of Highway 39 |
| Decomd.: | 1961 (As part of Highway 39) |
| Direction: | East/West |
| East end: | Intersection with CR 42, 2 km south of Belle River |
| West end: | Windsor City Limits (Intersection with Banwell Road, CR 43) |
| Counties: | Essex County, Ontario |
| Major cities: | Windsor, Tecumseh, St. Clair Beach, Puce, Belle River, Ontario |
Essex County Road 22 is probably the busiest county road in Essex County, Ontario, edging out Manning Road by a good margin.
[edit] History
County Road 22 began its life as the Pike Creek Bypass of Highway 39, when Highway 39 was re-aligned in 1961. Highway 2 was re-aligned and absorbed Highway 39's routing in 1970, and was itself decommissioned in 1998, being re-numbered as Essex County Road 22.
The road is extremely busy due to a housing boom in western Lakeshore, Ontario, and is the main direct arterial road leading into Windsor via E.C. Row Expressway.
For much of its length, the road is only 2 lanes wide, but is a divided highway from Banwell Road (CR 43) to Lesperance Road, and a super-4 from Lesperance Road to Manning Road (CR 19). After Manning Rd., CR 22 narrows down to two lanes (one per direction).
Although there are no adjacent property accesses, there are no interchanges, from all the development along the entire route. Traffic can aceess the road via traffic light-controlled intersections.
In Belle River, the road is designated as a Connecting Link, as it is a former alignment of Highway 2.
[edit] See also
- List of Essex County Roads
- Pike Creek Bypass
- Highway 2
- Highway 18
- Highway 98
- Highway 107
- Highway 114
