 king's highway 2, commonly referred to as highway 2, is the lowest-numbered provincially maintained highway in the canadian province of ontario (there is no numbered ontario highway 1) and was originally part of a series of identically-numbered highways in multiple provinces which together joined windsor, ontario to halifax, nova scotia. once the primary east&ndash;west route across the southern portion of ontario, most of highway 2 in ontario was bypassed by ontario highway 401, completed in 1968. the august 1997 completion of highway 403 bypassed one final section through brantford. most of the  length of highway 2 was deemed a local route and removed from the provincial highway system on january 1, 1998, with the exception of a  section east of gananoque. the entire route remains driveable, but as county road 2 or county highway 2 in most regions. == route description == highway 2 is currently a stub of its former self. at just over  in length, it is one of the shortest provincial highways in ontario. its nominal purpose is to provide a provincial route between westbound thousand islands parkway and eastbound highway 401. highway 2 begins unsigned at the eastern town limits of gananoque, and travels east a short distance before gently curving northward. it interchanges with the thousand islands parkway, once referred to as "highway 2s" prior to becoming a temporary part of the 401 in 1952, and ends at the westbound 401 offramp (interchange 648). the roadway continues as county road 2 along the former provincial route to quebec. numerous connecting links existed along urban sections of the former route of highway 2. these sections were downloaded to the municipalities in which they reside before 1998. as such, when the ministry of transportation shortened highway 2 on january 1, 1998, many signs along these connecting routes w
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