Full Speed Ahead! Widening the King’s Highway (Highway 35 North)
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Ministry of Transportation & Communications Collection. Used with permission.
Date: 1970
By 1970, parts of Highway 35 North had become so well-travelled that they required widening. This Ministry of Transportation photo was taken between Norland and Minden, and shows various trucks and other pieces of equipment working to widen a rock cut.