History
While the route dates back to 1965 as Highway 136, it is a former alignment of Highway 24, which was re-routed along Highway 51 towards Highway 10 in that year. The road was first built between 1937 and 1938, when Highway 24 was extended north from Guelph to Collingwood via Orangeville. Highway 136 was fully paved by 1966, with the section between Cataract and Alton being paved first, followed by the section from Alton to Orangeville.
The primary purpose of Highway 136 as a provincial highway was to maintain the former routing of Highway 24. However, as the route served a generally local and regional need, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario transferred responsibility for signage and maintenance of the highway to the Regional Municipality of Peel and Town of Orangeville on April 1, 1997, at which point the majority of it was designated Peel Regional Road 25. To avoid confusing motorists and to make the regional route numbers consistent with former provincial route numbers, Peel redesignated several roads on March 26, 1998. Regional Road 25 was renumbered as Regional Road 136. The portion within Orangeville is known as John Street and Townline Road.
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