Ontario Highway 655
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| Kidd Creek (Texas Gulf) Highway | |
| Route information | |
| Length: | 75 km (47 mi) |
| Existed: | 1965 (Original length) 1979 (Current length) – present |
| Major junctions | |
| From: |
 Highway 101 in Timmins
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| To: |
 Highway 11 near Driftwood
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| Location | |
| Major cities: | Timmins |
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Highway 655 is a secondary highway in the Cochrane District in Northern Ontario. The route is 75.1 kilometres (46.7 mi) in length. It is heavily used by trucks as a critical access road to Timmins. The highway is one of the widest (by lane width), best-maintained secondary highways in the north (more comparable to a Kings Highway), and has the distinction of being Ontario's only secondary highway that features a 90 km/h (55 mph) speed limit, due to its importance and high design standards.
Highway 655 begins at Highway 101 in Timmins, where it travels north, generally paralleling a high-voltage transmission line. Approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) north of Highway 101, the route encounters the entrance road to the Kidd Creek Mine, and traffic must turn to remain on the highway. It then travels through a long and straight stretch for 53 kilometres (33 mi), isolated from any communities or services until it encounters Highway 11, southeast of the community of Driftwood.
Like other provincial routes in Ontario, Highway 655 is maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. In 2010, traffic surveys conducted by the ministry showed that on average, 8,400 vehicles used the highway daily along the 1.0-kilometre (0.62 mi) section between Highway 101 (Algonquin Boulevard) and Ross Avenue in Timmins while 1,150 vehicles did so each day along the section north of the Kidd Creek Mine at Kidd Creek Mine Road, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.
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