Highway 51 (Ontario)

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Highway 51
Kent Bridge Road, Rose Beach Line, Wildwood Line, Rondeau Road
Maintained by Chatham-Kent
Length: 5.8 km (3.60 mi)
Existed: 1970 – 1997
South end: Rondeau Provincial Park
Major
junctions:
Hwy 3
North end: CR 3 (Former Highway 3)
Counties: Chatham-Kent
Major cities: New Scotland, Rondeau Park
System: Chatham-Kent Road System
(Formerly Ontario King's Highways/Provincial Highway System)
Ontario provincial highways
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400-series - County

Highway 51 is the second road to bear the designation of "Highway 51", with the first being near Orangeville, Ontario. This is a short connector road that served to link Highway 3 to Rondeau Provincial Park. The road was designated as Highway 51 in 1970, and decommissioned in 1997, when Highway 3 between Highway 77 in Leamington and Highway 4 in St. Thomas. In 1997, Chatham-Kent extended the designation of County Road 15 along the entire stretch of former Highway 51.