[3] The route begins at 9th Street West, which was Highway 2 until the late 90s, and proceeds north along the western side of Cornwall; this section is maintained under a Connecting Link agreement and is locally known as Brookdale Avenue.

After following it for a brief distance, the highway turns north onto St. Andrews Road; the Connecting Link agreement ends at this junction.

[5][6] Budget constraints brought on by a recession in the 1990s resulted in the Mike Harris provincial government forming the Who Does What?

committee to determine cost-cutting measures in order to balance the budget after a deficit incurred by former premier Bob Rae.

[7] It was determined that many Ontario highways no longer serve long-distance traffic movement and should therefore be maintained by local or regional levels of government.