Highway 35 (Ontario)

Infobox road
province=ON
type=Hwy
route=35
alternate_name=


maint=the Ministry of Transportation
length_km=
length_ref=Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, [http://www.raqsa.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb 2004 Annual Average Daily Traffic] ]
length_round=1
established=
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=ON|Hwy|401 near Newcastle
junction=jct|state=ON|Hwy|115 near Pontypool
jct|state=ON|Hwy|7 in Kawartha Lakes
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=ON|Hwy|60 near Huntsville
previous_type=Hwy
previous_route=34
next_type=Hwy
next_route=37

Highway 35 is a provincial highway in Ontario Canada, running from Highway 401 in Clarington to Highway 60 near Dwight (and Algonquin Provincial Park) in the Township of Lake of Bays in Muskoka. It also connects with Lindsay and the Haliburtons, and the southern section is linked with Highway 115.

For a long time, Highway 35's pavement was in dire need of repair, but the road was given a complete overhaul, and has new pavement in excellent condition. As a tourist route linking Highway 401 to Algonquin Park, Kawartha Lakes, cottage country, and Peterborough (via Highway 115), this road is very busy in the summer, especially on summer weekends, with tourists and vacationers traveling along the road, and can become congested at times, especially along the segment between Highway 115 and Lindsay.

Concurrencies

Highway 35 overlaps Highway 115 for 20.9 km from Highway 401 to Enterprise Hill. For 1.5 km it overlaps Highway 7A in Manvers, 5.4 km with Highway 7 on the Lindsay Bypass, and 800 m with Highway 7B along Kent Street west of Lindsay. This is currently the only provincial highway in the network that overlaps a parent route (in this case, Highway 7), an alternate route (Highway 7A), and a business route (Highway 7B).

Upgrades

Since the 1990s, traffic on Highway 35 for its entire length has increased dramatically, particularly between the 35/115 split, and the town of Lindsay. The road has become notorious for accidents during the summer time, and the Ministry of Transportation is now doing a study on how to upgrade Highway 35, at least between Highway 115 and Lindsay. The most popular idea is twinning and upgrading the road into a RIRO Expressway, as it is already between Highway 401 and the 35/115 split.

References

External links

* [http://highway35.planningstudy.on.ca Highway 35 Planning Study official website]
* [http://highway35.planningstudy.on.ca/images/lg_studyarea.gifMap of the study area]
* [http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway35.htm Highway 35 at TheKingsHighway.com]
* [http://www.onthighways.com/highway_35.htm Highway 35 at OntHighways.com]
* [http://members.aol.com/Hwys/OntHwys/OntHwys21-69.html Highway 35 at OntarioHighways.org]
* [http://www.gregcons.com/KateBlog/ScopeCreepInRealLife.aspx Highway 35 and the issue of "Scope Creep"]