Ontario Highway 35

Highway 35
Highway 35 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length	195.6 km[1] (121.5 mi)
Existed	1931–present
Major junctions
South end	Highway 401 – Newcastle
Major intersections	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
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Counties	Durham Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Muskoka
Towns	Newcastle, Orono, Lindsay, Coboconk, Norland, Minden Hills, Carnarvon, Dorset, Dwight
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways Current Former 400-series
← Highway 34 → Highway 37
Former provincial highways Highway 36  →

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 eighties. 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 is 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.