Ontario Highway 19
King's Highway 19, commonly referred to as Highway 19, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Highway 19 currently runs from Tillsonburg north to a point near Ingersoll. The total length of Highway 19 is presently 18.8 km (11.7 mi), which is very similar to its original length in the 1930s (starting at Highway 2 in the north, and ending at Highway 3 in the south). The highway originally began as the Plank and Gravel Road, a toll road formed by the Ingersoll and Port Burwell Road Company.
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