Ontario Highway 115

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Highway 115

Map
Highway 115 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Length57.6 km[1] (35.8 mi)
ExistedMarch 17, 1955[2]–present
Major junctions
South end Highway 401 near Newcastle
Major intersections Highway 407 in Clarington
 Highway 35 near Pontypool
Highway 7A near Cavan
North end Highway 7 in Peterborough
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Highway system
← Highway 112→ Highway 118
Former provincial highways
←  Highway 114 Highway 116  →

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 ends at an at-grade intersection with Highway 7 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 northern terminus of the highway. Highway 115 is a freeway northeast of Enterprise Hill and a Right-in/right-out (RIRO) expressway south of it, featuring short 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.[3][4][5] For the length of this concurrency, it is a divided four lane RIRO expressway. Here, Highway 35/115 meets the eastern terminus of Highway 407 at a modified trumpet interchange in Clarington, and at Enterprise Hill, the expressway curves eastward and Highway 35 exits, continuing north towards Lindsay. Highway 115 continues northeast, and the two carriageways diverge, making it a freeway. A depressed grass median, generally 10 meters (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 northeastward, Highway 115 is part of the southern Ontario route of the Trans-Canada Highway and concurrent with Highway 7.[3] 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

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

Highway 115 was a new highway constructed in the mid-1950s and gradually improved over the following 40 years. Initially, the route was constructed as a two lane connection from Highway 35 near Pontypool to Highway 28 on the outskirts of Peterborough. Because of this, it was known as the Pontypool–Peterborough Road. It was eventually extended to Highway 7 on the east side of Peterborough and later widened to a four-lane expressway in the late 1980s. Since then, improvements have been proposed to extend Highway 115 east to Highway 28, but none have come to fruition.

In 1953, construction began on a two lane road northeastward from Highway 35 south of Pontypool, with the purpose of creating a shorter route between Toronto and Peterborough.[6][7] The Pontypool–Peterborough Road, as it was referred to during construction, was completed and designated as Highway 115 on March 17, 1955,[2][8] ending at an intersection with Highway 28 which became notoriously dangerous.[6]

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 a route for Highway 7 around the south side of the city via Monaghan Parkway.[9] Highway 115 was later extended east to connect with the bypass, and the northern terminus became the intersection of Erskine Avenue and Lansdowne Street (the former Highway 7A). The 6.2 kilometers (3.9 mi) extension was opened at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 25, 1978.[10]

The entire length of the highway south of Highway 7 was widened to four lanes in the 1980s and early 1990s.[11] Later, Highway 115 was rerouted to join Highway 7 on the newly four-laned Peterborough By-pass route. Although Highway 115 currently meets many Ontario freeway design standards northeast of the Highway 35 interchange, there are currently no plans to re-designate this section as a 400-series highway (like Highway 415 or a non-tolled section of Highway 407).

Exit list

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 115, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1][12] 

DivisionLocationkm[1][12]miExitDestinationsNotes
DurhamClarington0.00.0 Highway 401 – Toronto, KingstonSouth end of Highway 35 concurrency
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
0.71.1Lovekin Road
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit, espan
1.32.1 Regional Highway 2 – Newcastle, BowmanvilleFormerly  Highway 2
4.26.8 Regional Road 17 south (Main Street) – Newcastle
Clarke 3rd Concession
6.210.0Clarke 4th Concession
8.113.0 Regional Road 17 north (Main Street) – OronoNo northbound entrance; northbound exit via Clarke 5th Concession
8.613.8Station StreetNo access across Highway 35/115 (right-in/right out)
10.216.4Mill Street / Tamblyn Road – OronoSouthbound exit and entrance to Mill Street; northbound exit and entrance to Tamblyn Road
10.917.5 Regional Road 4 west (Taunton Road)
Clarke 6th Concession
13.421.6 Regional Road 9 east (Clarke 7th Concession) – Bewdley
14.323.0 Highway 407 west – TorontoOpened on December 9, 2019.[13][14]
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
15.424.8Clarke 8th Concession
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit, espan
17.628.3Skelding RoadSouthbound exit and entrance
18.730.1Old Highway 35Southbound entrance
Wilcox RoadNorthbound exit and entrance
18.930.4 Highway 35 north – LindsayNorth end of Highway 35 concurrency
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
Durham–Kawartha Lakes lineClarington–Kawartha Lakes line21.434.4 Road 20 (Boundary Road)
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
Kawartha Lakes26.442.5 Road 32 (Porter Road) – Bethany, Pontypool
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit, municipality
PeterboroughCavan–Monaghan33.553.9Tapley 1/4 Line
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
38.061.2 County Road 10 – Millbrook, Cavan
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
40.465.0 Highway 7A west (Cavan 9th Line) – Port Perry
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
45.172.6 Highway 7 west / TCH – Lindsay, Fowlers Corners
 County Road 28 south – Port Hope		South end of Highway 7 concurrency; signed as exits 45A (south) and 45B (west); formerly  Highway 28 south
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
49.179.0 County Road 11 (Airport Road)
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
Peterborough51.582.9The Parkway, Sir Sandford Fleming DriveFormerly  Highway 28 north
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
54.587.7Bensfort RoadNo northeastbound entrance
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
56.390.6Ashburnham Drive
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
57.692.7 TCH-blank.svg Highway 7 / TCH east (Lansdowne Street) – Ottawa
 County Road 30 north (Television Road)		At-grade; north end of Highway 7 concurrency; formerly  Highway 7B west
Module:Jctint/CAN warning: Unused argument(s): exit
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Sources
  1. ^ a b Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Ontario Department of Highways (March 31, 1955). "Appendix No. 3C - Schedule of Plans Designating the King's Highways". Annual Report for the Fiscal Year (Report). p. 164.
  3. ^ a b Southcentral Ontario (Map). MapArt. 2010. ISBN 978-1-55368-221-9.
  4. ^ Queen's Printer for Ontario (1990). Ontario Official Road Map (Map). Government of Ontario.
  5. ^ Perly's (2007). Toronto & area map book (Map). Rand McNally. p. Page 4. ISBN 978-0-88640-928-9.
  6. ^ a b Miller pp. 97–98
  7. ^ Canadian Press (March 1, 1955). ""Dishonest Practices" Hid Real Highway Work—Frost". Vol. 112, no. 213. The Ottawa Citizen. p. 21. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  8. ^ Province of Ontario (Map). Cartography by Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. Department of Highways. 1955. § R–S35.
  9. ^ Ontario Department of Highways (March 31, 1964). Annual Report for the Fiscal Year (Report). p. 99.
  10. ^ "Official Opening of Highway 115 New (Peterborough Bypass)" (Press release). Ministry of Transportation and Communications. August 25, 1978.
  11. ^ Fulton, Ed (August 16, 1987). "Transport minister promises 4-lane Highway 115 by 1992". The Toronto Star. No. 213. p. C.28. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  12. ^ Google (March 29, 2022). "Ontario Highway 115" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  13. ^ "407 East EA- Mainline Part 2" (PDF). 407 east ea. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Final extension of Highway 407 now open to motorists". CTV News. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
Bibliography

External links

Media related to Ontario Highway 115 at Wikimedia Commons

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