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Highway 655 is a secondary highway in the Cochrane District in Northern Ontario. The highway is about 75 km (47 miles) long. It is heavily used by trucks as a critical access road to Timmins. The highway is one of the widest, best-maintained secondary highways in the north, 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.
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Its southern end meets with Highway 101 in Timmins and its northern end meets with Highway 11, southeast of the community of Driftwood.
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It was originally known as the Texas Gulf Highway, and ended at the entrance to the Texas Gulf Gold Mine. It was expanded to its current length in the 1980's, creating a more efficient link between Timmins and northern communities along Highway 11 such as Smooth Rock Falls, Cochrane and Kapuskasing.
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