Highway 560 (Ontario)

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Secondary Highway 560
Length:	193 km (120 mi)
Direction:	East/West
East end:	Highway 11 in Engleheart
West end:	Highway 144
Counties:	Sudbury District, Ontario, Timiskaming District, Ontario
Major cities:	Shining Tree, Ontario, Westree, Ontario, Gowganda, Ontario, Elk Lake, Ontario, Mount Mac Donald, Ontario, Charlton, Ontario, Englehart, Ontario

Highway 560 may very well be Ontario's most re-aligned highway, if not the second-most (the other contender being Highway 11/Yonge Street/Ferguson Highway between Barrie and North Bay). This long and desolate Secondary Highway travels through Northern Ontario from Highway 144 to Highway 11 in Englehart, Ontario, with the current alignment and former following each other very closely and visible to each other for basically the entire length of the road, with third and even fourth alignments in the nearby forests easily visible from the sky with photos from Google Earth between Highway 560A (a 10 km-long spur to Westree) and Elk Lake, for example.

The highway between Elk Lake and Highway 65 has been recently repaved, along with the new alignment being built. The old alignment of the road is still used in many areas, as a residential access to the highway.

Highway 560 is also the closest road in Ontario to the province's highest point, Ishpatina Ridge.

The road is linekd to Highway 667 in Sultan, Ontario via the Sultan Industrial Road, a private, gravel-surfaced logging road with public access.

Caution: There are few gas stations and services located along this route, as it travels through among the most isolated parts of Northeastern Ontario. The road is also heavily travelled by logging trucks, and signs are posted for drivers to be carfeul because of them.