Ontario Highway 58

King's Highway 58, commonly referred to as Highway 58, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The route is divided into two segments with a combined length of 15.5 km (9.6 mi). The southern segment travels from Niagara Regional Road 3, formerly Highway 3, in Port Colborne, to the Highway 58A junction in the southern end of Welland, a distance of 7.2 km (4.5 mi). The northern segment begins at Highway 20 near Allanburg and travels north and west to a large junction with Highway 406 at the St. Catharines – Thorold boundary, a distance of 8.3 km (5.2 mi). An 18.1 km (11.2 mi) gap separates the two segments within Welland and Pelham. The entire route is located within the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

The history of Highway 58 is tumultuous due to various relocation projects resulting from the construction of the fourth Welland Canal and Highway 406. Prior to 1997, Highway 58 was continuous and travelled through the west side of Welland, maintained under a Connecting Link agreement. The route was first established in 1935, though it remained unnumbered on the 1935 and 1936 official road maps. By 1937 it extended from Port Colborne to St. Catharines, though the route it travelled between those places shifted several times over the following 30 years. In the late 1990s, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) transferred several highways or portions of highways throughout the province to lower levels of government. Highway 58 was decommissioned through Welland on April 1, 1997.

List of highways numbered 58

The following highways are numbered 58:

Canada

Highway 58 (Ontario)

Europe

European route E58

India

National Highway 58, (NH 58)

Iran

Road 58

Japan

Japan National Route 58

New Zealand

New Zealand State Highway 58

United Kingdom

British A58 (Prescot-Wetherby)

British M58 (Netherton-Orrel)

United States

U.S. Route 58

Alabama State Route 58

Arkansas Highway 58

• Arkansas Highway 58E

Arkansas Highway 58E

California State Route 58

Colorado State Highway 58

Connecticut Route 58

Delaware Route 58

Georgia State Route 58

Hawaii Route 58

Idaho State Highway 58

Illinois Route 58

Indiana State Road 58

Iowa Highway 58

K-58 (Kansas highway)

Kentucky Route 58

Louisiana Highway 58

Maryland Route 58

Massachusetts Route 58

M-58 (Michigan highway)

Minnesota State Highway 58

Missouri Route 58

Nebraska Highway 58

Nevada State Route 58 (former)

New Jersey Route 58 (former)

New Mexico State Road 58

New York State Route 58

North Carolina Highway 58

North Dakota Highway 58

Kern County, California

Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 839,631. Its county seat is Bakersfield.

Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county spans the southern end of the Central Valley. Covering 8,161.42 square miles (21,138.0 km²), it ranges west to the southern slope of the Coast Ranges, and east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, at the city of Ridgecrest. Its northernmost city is Delano and its southern reach expands just beyond Lebec to the Grapevine and the northern tip of the parallel Antelope Valley.

The county's economy is heavily linked to agriculture and to petroleum extraction. There is also a strong aviation, space, and military presence, such as Edwards Air Force Base, the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, and the Mojave Air and Space Port. It is one of the fastest growing areas in the United States in terms of population growth, and suffers from significant water supply issues and poor air quality.