 Highway 35 | |||||||
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 Highway 35 highlighted in red | |||||||
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| Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | |||||||
| Length | 195.6 km[1] (121.5 mi) | ||||||
| Existed | 1931–present | ||||||
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| South end |  Highway 401 – Newcastle | ||||||
 Highway 407 in Clarington Highway 115 – Peterborough Highway 7A – Port Perry, Bethany Highway 7 in Lindsay Highway 118 at Carnarvon | |||||||
| North end |  Highway 60 near Algonquin Provincial Park | ||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||
| Province | Ontario | ||||||
| Counties | Durham Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Muskoka | ||||||
| Towns | Newcastle, Orono, Lindsay, Coboconk, Norland, Minden Hills, Carnarvon, Dorset, Dwight | ||||||
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King's Highway 35, commonly referred to as Highway 35, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, linking Highway 401 with the Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Algonquin Provincial Park. The highway travels from west of Newcastle, through Lindsay, near Fenelon Falls, Coboconk, Minden Hills, and into Haliburton before terminating at Highway 60 to the west of Algonquin Park. Within those areas, it services the communities of Orono, Cameron, Rosedale, Norland, Moore Falls, Miners Bay, Lutterworth, Carnarvon, Buttermilk Falls, Halls Lake, Pine Springs and Dorset. The winding course of the road, combined with the picturesque views offered along its length, have led some to declare it the most scenic highway in Ontario.[2]
Most of the route, including a portion of Highway 60, was assumed by the Department of Highways (DHO), predecessor to the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) by 1940. In the mid-1950s, several bypasses were constructed to divert Highway 35 away from town centres including Lindsay, Fenelon Falls and Minden. Highway 115 was built east from Enterprise Hill to Peterborough in 1953, and signed concurrently with Highway 35 south for 19 kilometres (12 mi) in 1961. This portion was widened to a divided expressway in the late 1980s. Studies are considering whether to widen the route between Enterprise Hill and Lindsay to four lanes, including reconstructing the trumpet interchange at the former. Expansion of part of the Lindsay bypass to four lanes was scheduled to begin in 2023.
Highway 35 is patrolled along its entirety by the Ontario Provincial Police. The speed limit for most of the length of the highway is 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph), slowing to 50 km/h (31 mph) within built-up areas, and increasing to 90 km/h (56 mph) when it connects with Highway 115.