The numbered roads of Kawartha Lakes account for 907.3 kilometres (563.8 mi) of roads in the Canadian province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

.The total length only counts concurrent

Concurrency (road)

A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...

 roadways once. These roads include King's Highways that are signed and maintained by the province, as well as the Kawartha Lakes Roads under the jurisdiction of the city. The third type of existing roadway in the single-tier municipality of Kawartha Lakes

Kawartha Lakes

The city of Kawartha Lakes is a unitary municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Although called a city, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontarian county and is mostly rural....

 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 highways provide year-round access to the mostly rural municipality. The longest of these roads is Highway 35

Highway 35 (Ontario)

King's Highway 35, also known as Highway 35, is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, linking Highway 401 with Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Algonquin Park. The highway travels from west of Newcastle, through Lindsay and the Kawarthas and into Haliburton before terminating...

, which stretches 86.7 kilometres (53.9 mi) across the municipality from the south to the north. The shortest numbered road is Kawartha Lakes Road 3, Hartley Road, a causeway

Causeway

In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated, usually across a broad body of water or wetland.- Etymology :When first used, the word appeared in a form such as “causey way” making clear its derivation from the earlier form “causey”. This word seems to have come from the same source by...

 just less than a kilometre long crossing Mitchell Lake

Mitchell Lake (Ontario)

Mitchell Lake is a small, man-made lake in south-central Ontario, located in the former Eldon Township, of Victoria county...

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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.

Types of roads

King's Highways

There are 168 kilometres (104.4 mi) of provincially maintained highways,There are 2.2 km (1.4 mi) of concurrent King's Highway, comprising Highway 35 and Highway 7A for 1.5 km (0.93205910497471 mi) and Highway 35 and Highway 7B for 0.7 km (0.434960915654865 mi). This means that the total of all the King's Highways is 170.2 kilometres (105.8 mi). termed "provincial highways" or "King's Highways" (a term adopted in 1930).

Like 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

Highway shield

A highway shield is a sign denoting the route number of a highway, usually in the form of a symbolic shape with the route number enclosed. As the focus of the sign, the route number is usually the sign's largest element, with other items on the sign rendered in smaller sizes or contrasting colours...

, but may be referred to as reassurance marker

Reassurance marker

A reassurance marker or road identification sign is a road sign that repeats the name or number of the current route. Typically posted at intervals alongside a numbered highway, the signs are intended to reassure drivers that they are traveling on the desired road .- North America :In the United...

s. Highway 7

Highway 7 (Ontario)

King's Highway 7, commonly referred to as Highway 7 and historically as the Northern Highway, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario...

, which is part of the Trans-Canada Highway

Trans-Canada Highway

The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...

, is also marked with a green maple leaf shield. Highways 7 and 35 together measure 140 km (87 mi) and account for 82.3% of the length of highways. The remaining 30.2 km (18.8 mi) 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.
Although they are usually one lane in either direction, several short sections with two lanes in one direction as a passing lane

Passing lane

A passing lane or overtaking lane is the lane on a multi-lane highway or motorway closest to the center of the road ....

 exist along the highways. The municipality's lone freeway, Highway 115

Highway 115 (Ontario)

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...

, is two lanes in either direction for its entire length. There are three off ramps with Highway 115 in the region: One with at the southern boundary with Durham Region; one with ; and one with at the eastern boundary with Peterborough County.

City roads

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.
The total length of city roads is 739.3 kilometres (459.4 mi).There are 4 km (2.5 mi) of concurrent roadway. Routes 6 and 9 share 0.5 km (0.310686368324903 mi), 8 and 121 share 1.9 km (1.2 mi), 9 and 46 share 0.3 km (0.186411820994942 mi), 10 and 14 share 1.1 km (0.683510010314787 mi), and 45 and 121 share 0.2 km (0.124274547329961 mi). This means that the total of all the route lengths is 743.3 kilometres (461.9 mi).

History

The City of Kawartha Lakes was formed on January 1, 2001, and was known as Victoria County before that.
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.

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.

Secondary Highways

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:

• Highway 503, which ran from Kirkfield
  Kirkfield, Ontario
  Kirkfield is a village located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canadian province of Ontario. The unincorporated village was named in 1864 after the initial name, Novar, was rejected by the government. A list of 8 possible choices was then offered. The village, being predominantly Scottish at...
  
   to Kinmount
  Kinmount, Ontario
  Kinmount is a village with a population of approximately 500, located on the Burnt River in Ontario, Canada. The village is now part of the City of Kawartha Lakes. The village's hinterland covers large sections of both Haliburton and Peterborough counties for which it is a shopping and cultural...
  
  , was renumbered as an extension of Victoria County Road 6 (Kirkfield to Sebright) and Victoria County Road 45 (Sebright to Kinmount).
• Highway 505, which ran from near Victoria Road to in Uphill, was renumbered as an extension of Victoria County Road 35.
• Highway 649, which ran from Bobcaygeon
  Bobcaygeon, Ontario
  Bobcaygeon is a community on the Trent-Severn Waterway in the City of Kawartha Lakes, east-central Ontario, Canada.Bobcaygeon was incorporated as village in 1876, and became known as the "Hub of the Kawarthas"...
  
   north to Highway 121, was renumbered as Victoria County Road 49.

King's Highways

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	Length	Western/Southern Terminus	Eastern/Northern Terminus	Communities	Comments
7 Highway 7 Ontario Highway 7 King's Highway 7, commonly referred to as Highway 7 and historically as the Northern Highway, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario...		Kawartha Lakes Road 2	Hayes Line	Manilla, Oakwood, Lindsay, Reaboro, Omemee	Part of the Trans-Canada Highway Trans-Canada Highway The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...
8		Kawartha Lakes–Durham Region Boundary	Dranoel Road	Bethany
9		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
35		Boundary Road	Laxton–Lutterworth Boundary Road	Lindsay, Cameron, Rosedale, Coboconk, Norland
115		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.

City roads

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	Western/Southern Terminus	Eastern/Northern Terminus	Communities	Comments
2	Simcoe Street		202High Park Road	9	Seagrave, Sonya Sonya, Ontario Sonya is a small hamlet in Durham Region and the City of Kawartha Lakes in Ontario, Canada. It is located 3 km north of Seagrave on Simcoe Street, also known as Regional Road 2.... , Manilla	Signed and maintained by both the City of Kawartha Lakes and the Regional Municipality of Durham north of Seagrave
3	Hartley Road		48	203Robinson Avenue	Victoria Road Victoria Road, Ontario Victoria Road is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the single-tier municipality of Kawartha Lakes. The village was built around a station on the Toronto and Nipissing Railway, which was constructed in 1872...	Shortest city road in Kawartha Lakes
4	Little Britain Road, Angeline Street, Thunder Bridge Road		2	18	Little Britain Little Britain, Ontario Little Britain is a community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada. It is located 15 km southwest of Lindsay. Formerly a part of Mariposa Township and Victoria County, Little Britain is now part of Ward 8, City of Kawartha Lakes.-History:... , Lindsay
5	Janetville Road			57	Janetville
6	Eldon Road, Kirkfield Road, Sadowa Road, Chisholm Trail, Black River Road		28	52	Little Britain, Oakwood, Kirkfield, Sebright, Sadowa	Prior to 1998, a segment was designated as ; concurrent with City Road 9 for 0.5 km (0.310686368324903 mi)
7	Sturgeon Road, Thurstonia Road			207Hazel Street (Sturgeon Lake)	Omemee, Downeyville, Dunsford	Ends at Sturgeon Lake Sturgeon Lake (Ontario) Sturgeon Lake is a lake in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Trent-Severn Waterway. The lake is Y shaped and has the communities of Fenelon Falls, Lindsay, Sturgeon Point and Bobcaygeon at the north-west, south, central and north-east points of the Y respectively... , turning west and becoming Hazel Street
8	Glenarm Road, Victoria Road, Helen Street, Colborne Street, North Street, Duke Street		2	36	Argyle, Glenarm Glenarm, Ontario Glenarm is a community in the City of Kawartha Lakes of about 80 people. At one time the hamlet included a general store, restaurant, church, two taverns, a blacksmith shop, dance hall and a jail, although the general store has since closed. The church, Knox Presbytrian, used to have many people... , Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon	Previously numbered as Highway 35A between Highway 35 and former Highway 121, prior to 1998; continues westward as ; concurrent with City Road 8 for 1.9 km (1.2 mi)
9	Woodville Road, King Street, Cambray Road		2		Woodville Woodville, Ontario Woodville is a community in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada. It is located west of Lindsay. Population is approx. 900.-History:Known in the late 19th century as Irish Corners, the name of the town was changed to Woodville after the completion of the post office under postmaster John Morrison... , Cambray	Concurrent with City Road 6 for 0.5 km (0.310686368324903 mi); concurrent with City Road 46 for 0.3 km (0.186411820994942 mi)
10	Emily Park Road, Centreline Road		210Hayes Line	17	Emily	Continues southward as ; concurrent with City Road 17 for 1.1 km (0.683510010314787 mi)
11	Pleasant Point Road		36	211Sturgeon Lake	Pleasant Point	Ends at a dead end at the shores of Sturgeon Lake
12	Pontypool Road			212Glamorgan Road	Pontypool Pontypool, Ontario Pontypool is an unincorporated village within the southernmost part of the amalgamated city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.Prior to amalgamation, Pontypool was an unincorporated village within the township of Manvers, in the county of Victoria....	Continues eastward as
14	Peace Road, Yankee Line		7	214Boundary Road	Emily	Continues eastward as
15	Lindsay Street		1	17	Lindsay	Lindsay Street is the east-west divider for Lindsay, so many streets (including its terminus) are named differently on either side
16	Ogemah Road, Cottage Road		216Washburn Island Road	28
17	Colborne Street, William Street, Wellington Street, Lindsay Street, Verulam Street, Pigeon Lake Road			36	Lindsay	Concurrent with City Road 10 for 1.1 km (0.683510010314787 mi); formerly Highway 36B within Lindsay
18	Elm Tree Road		28	9	Valentia Valentia, Ontario Valentia is a small community founded in 1807, located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, just south of the town of Lindsay on County Road 18 northeast of Lake Scugog. During its bicentennial celebrations in August, 2007, it held its first Valentia Heritage Rodeo..... , Cambray	Shares its southern/western terminus with the southern/eastern terminus of City Road 28
19	Mary Street		4	15	Lindsay
20	Boundary Road		220Darlington–Manvers Townline Road			Follows the southern boundary of Kawartha Lakes; continues westward as
21	Killarney Bay Road			8
22	Francis Street East		222River Drive	8	Fenelon Falls
24	Park Street, King Street		36	36	Dunsford, Bobcaygeon
25	Sturgeon Point Road		225Irene Avenue	8	Sturgeon Point
26	Frank Hill Road			14	Fowlers Corners
28	Ramsey Road, Valentia Road		2	18	Valentia	City Road 28 shares its southern/eastern terminus with the southern/western terminus of City Road 18
30	Blythe Shore Road		25	8
31	Mount Horeb Road				Omemee
32	Porter Road				Manvers
33	Centennial Park Road		48	6	Rohallion
34	Long Beach Road, Cameron Road		234Manor Road (Sturgeon Lake)	8	Long Beach, Cameron
35	Fennel Road, Victoria Road		8	45	Glenarm, Victoria Road Victoria Road, Ontario Victoria Road is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the single-tier municipality of Kawartha Lakes. The village was built around a station on the Toronto and Nipissing Railway, which was constructed in 1872... , Uphill	The northern 19.1 km (11.9 mi) were designated as , prior to 1997
36	Verulam Road, East Street			49	Lindsay, Dunsford, Bobcaygeon	Formerly , prior to 1997; continues eastward as
37	Bury's Green Road		121	49	Fell Station, Bury's Green	Formerly Victoria County Road 36, prior to 1998; renumbered Victoria County Road 37 by 1999
38	Ski Hill Road				Bethany, Franklin, Omemee
41	Bexley–Laxton Township Line		48	45	Corsons, Bexley
42	Base Line Road			45	Coboconk, Dongola Dongola, Ontario Dongola is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the single-tier municipality of Kawartha Lakes. The former post-office village contains several households and no businesses. Today, Dongola is all but a ghost town...
43	6th Concession Road, Northline Road, 7th Concession Road			44	Coboconk, Burnt River Burnt River, Ontario Burnt River is a hamlet located in the middle of the former Township of Somerville, in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada. The community is on the Burnt River.-History:...
44	Burnt River Road, Hillside Drive		121	121	Burnt River	A short bypass of City Road 121 through the village of Burnt River
45	Monck Road		6	245Bobcaygeon Road	Sebright, Ragged Rapids, Uphill, Norland, Dongola, Kinmount	Formerly , prior to 1997; continues westward as , eastward as
46	Agnes Street, King Street, Nappadale Street			48	Woodville, Argyle, Bolsover Bolsover, Ontario Bolsover is a village located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, west of the village of Kirkfield on County Road 48. The village is located to the south of Canal Lake.-Notable residents:...	Formerly , prior to 1997; concurrent with City Road 9 for 0.3 km (0.186411820994942 mi)
47	Mara–Carden Boundary Road, Brechin Road		247Concession Road	6		Continues westward as
48	Portage Road		248Eldon–Thorah Townline Road		Bolsover, Kirkfield, Victoria Road, Corsons, Coboconk	Formerly , prior to 1997; Continues westward as
49	East Street North		36	121	Bobcaygeon	Formerly , prior to 1997
57	Golf Course Road		257Durham–Kawartha Lakes boundary		Janetville	Continues westward as
121	Lindsay Street, Colborne Street, Short Street, Snowdon Road			299Boundary Road	Fenelon Falls, Burnt River, Kinmount	Formerly , prior to 1998; continues northward as ; concurrent with City Road 8 for 1.9 km (1.2 mi)

External links

• Official current MTO road map of Ontario, sheet 5 (south-central Ontario)