The numbered roads in Kawartha Lakes account for 650km (400miles) of roads in the Canadian province of Ontario.[1] These roads include King's Highways that are signed and maintained by the province, as well as the county roads under the jurisdiction of the County of Bruce. The third type of existing roadway in the single-tier municipality of Kawartha Lakes is locally maintained roads also called concession roads and sidelines, which are beyond the scope of this article. A fourth category of roads, secondary highways, have not existed within the region since 1998.
The 49 numbered routes provide year-round access to the mostly rural municipality. The longest of these roads is Highway 35, which stretches 88.9km (55.2miles) across the Bruce Peninsula from Hepworth, Ontario to Tobermory. The shortest numbered road is Kawartha Lakes Road 3, Hartley Road, a causeway just less than a kilometre long crossing Mitchell Lake.
Before 1998, several additional King's Highways and secondary highways were located in what was then known as Victoria County. These were transferred to the county in 1998. All county roads, including the former provincial highways, were renamed when Victoria County was abolished in 2001 and replaced with the City of Kawartha Lakes.
There are 168km (104miles) of provincially maintained highways,[2] termed "provincial highways" or "King's Highways" (a term adopted in 1930).[3] [4]
As in the rest of Ontario, the provincially maintained highways in Kawartha Lakes are designated with a shield-shaped sign topped with a crown. The highway number is in the centre, with the word ONTARIO below. These signs are known as shields, but may be referred to as reassurance markers. Highway 7, which is part of the Trans-Canada Highway, is also marked with a green maple leaf shield. Highways 7 and 35 together measure 140km (90miles) and account for 82.3% of the length of highways. The remaining 30.2km (18.8miles) comprises Highway 115, a controlled-access freeway in the southern corner of the city; Highway 7A, an alternate route to Highway 7 around the Lindsay area; and Highway 7B, a business route through Lindsay.
Provincially maintained highways generally have greater construction standards than municipally or locally maintained roads.[5] Although they are usually one lane in either direction, several short sections with two lanes in one direction as a passing lane exist along the highways. The municipality's lone freeway, Highway 115, is two lanes in either direction for its entire length. There are two off ramps with Highway 115 in the region: One with at the southern boundary with Durham Region; and the other one with at at the eastern boundary with Peterborough County.
There are 44 numbered city roads in Kawartha Lakes. Kawartha Lakes city roads are signed with a flowerpot-shaped sign, as are most regional and county roads in Ontario. The road number appears in the centre of the sign, with the word KAWARTHA above and the word LAKES below. Like King's Highways, these signs are known as shields.[6] The total length of city roads is 739.3km (459.4miles).[7]
The City of Kawartha Lakes was formed on January 1, 2001, and was known as Victoria County before that.[8] Alongside this change, all Victoria County Roads received Kawartha Lakes Road designations, with unchanged numbers, and many new routes were established.
Prior to 1998, Victoria County contained twelve King's Highways. As part of a province-wide transfer of highways to municipal governments, known as downloading, seven were given new Victoria County designations following the prior provincial designations. The exceptions are Highway 35A which was renumbered to fill a gap in the route of Victoria County Road 8, and Highway 36B which was given the new designation of Victoria County Road 17.[9] [10]
The downloaded highways comprises Highway 35A, which was designated Victoria County Road 8; Highway 35B, incorporated into Highway 7B and Victoria County Road 15; Highway 36, designated as Victoria County Road 36; Highway 36B, designated as Victoria County Road 17; Highway 46, designated as Victoria County Road 46; Highway 48, designated as Victoria County Road 48; and Highway 121, designated as Victoria County Road 121.
Highway 7B was also shortened by several kilometres, and now only consists of the portion along Kent Street in Lindsay.
Three secondary highways, which existed in Victoria County prior to 1998, were also downloaded from the province to the county, and given new designations in addition to the downloading of King's Highways:[9] [10]
The following is a list of provincially maintained highways in Kawartha Lakes. Communities are ordered by where the route encounters them (either from south to north or from west to east).
| Route[11] | Length | Western/Southern Terminus | Eastern/Northern Terminus | Communities | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km | mi | ||||||
| Highway 7 | 53.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Kawartha Lakes Road 2 | Hayes Line | Manilla, Oakwood, Lindsay, Reaboro, Omemee | Part of the Trans-Canada Highway[12] | ||
| Highway 7A | 18.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Kawartha Lakes - Durham Region Boundary | Dranoel Road | Bethany | |||
| Highway 7B | 3.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Highway 7 | Kawartha Lakes Road 15 | Lindsay | Highway 7B and Highway 35B followed the same course, prior to the former being shortened to its current length, and the latter downloaded, in 1998; also known as Kent Street West | ||
| 86.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Boundary Road | Laxton–Lutterworth Boundary Road | Lindsay, Cameron, Rosedale, Coboconk, Norland | ||||
| 8.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Boundary Road | Glamorgan Road | Only freeway in the region | ||||
| Note: All King's Highways, with the exception of 7B, continue in both directions into neighbouring counties and regions. | |||||||
The following is a list of the numbered city roads maintained by the City of Kawartha Lakes. Communities are ordered by where the route encounters them (either from south to north or from west to east).
| Route | Name(s) | Length[13] | Western/Southern Terminus | Eastern/Northern Terminus | Communities | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km | mi | ||||||
| Simcoe Street | 20.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table | High Park Road | Seagrave, Sonya, Manilla | Signed and maintained by both the City of Kawartha Lakes[14] and the Regional Municipality of Durham[15] north of Seagrave | |||
| Hartley Road | 0.9disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Robinson Avenue | Victoria Road | Shortest city road in Kawartha Lakes | |||
| Little Britain Road, Angeline Street, Thunder Bridge Road | 32.1disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Little Britain, Lindsay | |||||
| Janetville Road | 7.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Janetville | |||||
| Eldon Road, Kirkfield Road, Sadowa Road, Chisholm Trail, Black River Road | 78.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Little Britain, Oakwood, Kirkfield, Sebright, Sadowa | Prior to 1998, a segment was designated as ; concurrent with City Road 9 for 0.5km (00.3miles) | ||||
| Sturgeon Road, Thurstonia Road | 22.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Hazel Street (Sturgeon Lake) | Omemee, Downeyville, Dunsford | Ends at Sturgeon Lake, turning west and becoming Hazel Street | |||
| Glenarm Road, Victoria Road, Helen Street, Colborne Street, North Street, Duke Street | 46disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Argyle, Glenarm, Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon | Previously numbered as Highway 35A between Highway 35 and former Highway 121, prior to 1998; continues westward as ; concurrent with Highway35 for 1.9km (01.2miles) | ||||
| Woodville Road, King Street, Cambray Road | 22.1disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Woodville, Cambray | Concurrent with City Road 6 for 0.5km (00.3miles); concurrent with City Road 46 for 0.3km (00.2miles) | ||||
| Emily Park Road, Centreline Road | 15.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Hayes Line | Emily | Continues southward as ; concurrent with City Road 17 for 1.1km (00.7miles) | |||
| Pleasant Point Road | 2.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Sturgeon Lake | Pleasant Point | Ends at a dead end at the shores of Sturgeon Lake | |||
| Pontypool Road | 9.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Glamorgan Road | Pontypool | Continues eastward as | |||
| Peace Road, Yankee Line | 11.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Boundary Road | Emily | Continues eastward as | |||
| Lindsay Street | 3.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Lindsay | Lindsay Street is the east–west divider for Lindsay, so many streets (including its terminus) are named differently on either side | ||||
| Ogemah Road, Cottage Road | 4.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Washburn Island Road | |||||
| Colborne Street, William Street, Wellington Street, Lindsay Street, Verulam Street, Pigeon Lake Road | 36.1disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Lindsay | Concurrent with City Road 10 for 1.1km (00.7miles); formerly Highway 36B within Lindsay | ||||
| Elm Tree Road | 20.9disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Valentia, Cambray | Shares its southern/western terminus with the southern/eastern terminus of City Road 28 | ||||
| Mary Street | 1.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Lindsay | |||||
| Boundary Road | 7.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Darlington - Manvers Townline Road | Follows the southern boundary of Kawartha Lakes; continues westward as | ||||
| Killarney Bay Road | 11disp=tableNaNdisp=table | ||||||
| Francis Street East | 2.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | River Drive | Fenelon Falls | ||||
| Park Street, King Street | 13disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Dunsford, Bobcaygeon | |||||
| Sturgeon Point Road | 7.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Irene Avenue | Sturgeon Point | ||||
| Frank Hill Road | 6.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Fowlers Corners | |||||
| Ramsey Road, Valentia Road | 13.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Valentia | City Road 28 shares its southern/eastern terminus with the southern/western terminus of City Road 18 | ||||
| Blythe Shore Road | 6disp=tableNaNdisp=table | ||||||
| Mount Horeb Road | 11.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Omemee | |||||
| Porter Road | 7.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Manvers | |||||
| Centennial Park Road | 6.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Rohallion | |||||
| Long Beach Road, Cameron Road | 12.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Manor Road (Sturgeon Lake) | Long Beach, Cameron | ||||
| Fennel Road, Victoria Road | 30.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Glenarm, Victoria Road, Uphill | The northern 19.1km (11.9miles) were designated as, prior to 1997 | ||||
| Verulam Road, East Street | 36.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Lindsay, Dunsford, Bobcaygeon | Formerly, prior to 1997; continues eastward as | ||||
| Bury's Green Road | 11.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Fell Station, Bury's Green | Formerly Victoria County Road 36, prior to 1998; renumbered Victoria County Road 37 by 1999 | ||||
| Ski Hill Road | 13.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Bethany, Franklin, Omemee | |||||
| Bexley - Laxton Township Line | 12.1disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Corsons, Bexley | |||||
| Base Line Road | 11.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Coboconk, Dongola | |||||
| 6th Concession Road, Northline Road, 7th Concession Road | 9.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Coboconk, Burnt River | |||||
| Burnt River Road, Hillside Drive | 3.9disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Burnt River | A short bypass of City Road 121 through the village of Burnt River | ||||
| Monck Road | 50disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Bobcaygeon Road | Sebright, Ragged Rapids, Uphill, Norland, Dongola, Kinmount | Formerly, prior to 1997; continues westward as, eastward as | |||
| Agnes Street, King Street, Nappadale Street | 25.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Woodville, Argyle, Bolsover | Formerly, prior to 1997; concurrent with City Road 9 for 0.3km (00.2miles) | ||||
| Mara–Carden Boundary Road, Brechin Road | 8.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Concession Road | Continues westward as | ||||
| Portage Road | 29.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Eldon–Thorah Townline Road | Bolsover, Kirkfield, Victoria Road, Corsons, Coboconk | Formerly, prior to 1997; continues westward as | |||
| East Street North | 18disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Bobcaygeon | Formerly, prior to 1997 | ||||
| Golf Course Road | 10.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Durham - Kawartha Lakes boundary | Janetville | Continues westward as | |||
| Lindsay Street, Colborne Street, Short Street, Snowdon Road | 42disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Boundary Road | Fenelon Falls, Burnt River, Kinmount | Formerly, prior to 1998; continues northward as ; concurrent with City Road 8 for 1.9km (01.2miles) | |||