Ontario Highway 115

Highway 115
Route information
Length:	56.7 km (35.2 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Highway 401 near Newcastle
	Highway 35 near Pontypool Highway 7A
North end:	Highway 7 – Peterborough
Highway system
Ontario provincial highways List • 400-series • Former Current highways ←  Highway 112   Highway 118  → Former highways ← Highway 114   Highway 116 →

Highway 115/35, looking north from Durham Region Highway 2 bridge

King's Highway 115, commonly referred to as Highway 115 is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that connects Peterborough with Toronto via Highway 401. The highway begins at a junction with Highway 401 southwest of Newcastle and becomes Highway 7 at an at-grade intersection east of Peterborough.

Highway 115 is part of the Algonquin Trail and concurrent with Highway 35 from its southern terminus in Clarington to Enterprise Hill, where it veers towards Peterborough and Highway 35 continues north into the Kawarthas. It is also part of the Trans-Canada Highway from the interchange with Highway 7 south of Springville, Ontario to the eastern end of the highway. Highway 115 is a freeway northeast of Enterprise Hill and a Right-in/right-out (RIRO) expressway south of it, featuring ramps with abrupt right turns to and from the highway. By January 2010, exit numbers were added to the freeway section north of the Highway 35 concurrency.

Route description

Facing southwest along Highway 115; in the distance the median narrows and the route merges with Highway 35

Highway 115 begins at a trumpet interchange with Highway 401, and is concurrent with Highway 35 for 18.9 km (11.7 mi) to Enterprise Hill. For the length of this concurrency, it is a divided four lane RIRO expressway. At Enterprise Hill, the expressway curves eastward and Highway 35 exits, continuing north towards Lindsay. Highway 115 continues east, and the two carriageways diverge, making it a freeway. A depressed grass median, generally 10 metres (33 ft) wide, separates the opposing directions of travel between this point and Peterborough.

Most of the remainder of the highway is straight and surrounded by agricultural lands and forests, until it meets Highway 7. From this point eastward, Highway 115 is part of the southern Ontario route of the Trans-Canada Highway and concurrent with Highway 7. The freeway continues along the southern edge of Peterborough and ends at Lansdowne Street to the east of the city. Highway 7 continues east towards Ottawa.

History

In 1953, construction began on a two lane road eastward from Highway 35 south of Pontypool, with the purpose of creating a shorter route between Toronto and Peterborough. The road was completed in 1954 and designated Highway 115, ending at an intersection with Highway 28 which became notoriously dangerous.

In 1961, Highway 115 was extended southward to the 401, becoming concurrent with Highway 35. That same year, the new Peterborough By-pass opened, providing an undeveloped route for Highway 7 around the city. Highway 115 was then extended east to connect with the bypass in 1979. The entire length of the highway was widened to four lanes in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Exit list

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 115, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 

Division	Location	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Durham	Newcastle	0.0		Highway 401 – Toronto, Kingston	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; southern end of Highway 35 concurrency
				Lovekin Road
				Regional Road 2 – Newcastle, Bowmanville	Formerly  Highway 2
				Regional Road 17 (Main Street) Clarke 3rd Concession – Newcastle
	Clarington			Clarke 4th Concession
	Orono			Regional Road 17 (Main Street) – Orono
				Station Street	No access across Highway 115
				Mill Street – Orono	Southbound exit and entrance
				Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) Clarke 6th Concession
	Clarington			Regional Road 9 (Clarke 7th Concession) – Bewdley
				Highway 407	Future interchange
				Clarke 8th Concession
				Clarke 9th Concession	Southbound exit and entrance
				Wilcox Road	Northbound exit and entrance
			19	Highway 35 north – Lindsay	Northern end of Highway 35 concurrency; exit numbers begin here
			21	City Road 20 (Boundary Road)
Kawartha Lakes
			26	City Road 32 (Porter Road) – Bethany, Pontypool
Peterborough			33	Tapley 1/4 Line
			38	County Road 10 – Millbrook, Cavan
			40	Highway 7A west (Cavan 9th Line) – Port Perry
			45A/B	Highway 7 west – Lindsay, Fowlers Corners County Road 28 – Port Hope	The Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 7 are concurrent with Highway 115 east of Exit 45A/B
			49	County Road 11 (Airport Road)
			51	The Parkway, Sir Sanford Fleming Drive
			54	Bensfort Road	No northeastbound entrance
			56	Ashburnham Drive
				Highway 7 east (Lansdowne Street) – Ottawa / Television Road north	At-grade; end of Highway 115
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Closed/former •      Unopened

References

Sources

Bibliography

• Miller, Ray Y C (2005). From Coal Oil Lights to Satellites. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 1-4120-4894-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=Tk6fG4rvd8UC&lpg=PA97&dq=Highway%2035%20Huntsville%20Ontario&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q=Highway%2035%20Huntsville%20Ontario&f=false. Retrieved June 25, 2010.