| Highway 560 | ||||
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| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | ||||
| Length: | 193 km (120 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| East end: | Highway 11 in Englehart | |||
| West end: | Highway 144 / Sultan Industrial Road | |||
| Location | ||||
| Divisions: | Sudbury District, Timiskaming District | |||
| Villages: | Shining Tree, Westree, Gowganda, Elk Lake, Mount MacDonald, Charlton, Englehart | |||
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Secondary Highway 560, commonly referred to as Highway 560, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in Northern Ontario. It begins in the west at Highway 144 and its eastern terminus is Highway 11 at Englehart. Having been re-aligned numerous times, the highway's current and former alignments follow each other very closely and are visible to each other for most of the length of the road, with third and 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.
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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 linked to Highway 667 in Sultan via the Sultan Industrial Road, a private, gravel-surfaced logging road with public access.
There are few gas stations and services located along this route, as it travels through the most isolated parts of Northeastern Ontario. The highway is heavily travelled by logging trucks, and warning signs are posted along the route.
Highway 560A is a secondary highway which serves as a short spur route from Highway 560 to the community of Westree. Its total length is approximately 10.4 kilometres (6.5 mi).
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 560.[1][2]
| Location | km[1] | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Highway 560 continues west as the Sultan Industrial Road | ||||
| Sudbury | 0.0 | Highway 144 – Sudbury, Timmins | ||
| Morin Village | 31.0 | Highway 560A – Westree | ||
| 41.7 | Opikimimk River Bridge | |||
| Timiskaming | Gowganda | 100.9 | Gowganda Creek Bridge | |
| Elk Lake | 143.3 | Highway 65 west – Matachewan | Beginning of Highway 65 concurrency | |
| 144.3 | Highway 65 east – New Liskeard | End of Highway 65 concurrency | ||
| Charlton | 173.9 | Highway 573 (Bay Street) | ||
| Englehart | 183.1 | Highway 11 – New Liskeard | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||