sentences:  To provide a more direct routing between the two highways, a bypass of Elmira was constructed along what is now Listowel Road.By the end of 1979, Highway 86 was rerouted along this bypass, and the northern section of Highway 85 was decommissioned.In 1980 or 1981, Highway 85 was renumbered as Highway 86, eliminating the designation temporarily and creating one continuous highway between Kitchener and Amberley, on the shores of Lake Huron.