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Highway 7 passing westerly beneath the still under construction Highway 412 overpass, in June 2015. Highway 412 is an 8.9-kilometre (5.5 mi) four-lane highway extending from Highway 401 to Highway 407E, just north of Highway 7. The entire length of the route lies between Lakeridge Road and Coronation Road, within Whitby.
These transfers were performed under the reasoning that they served a mostly local function, as a cost-saving measure and as part of a broader exchange of responsibilities between the province and its municipalities. On April 1, 1997, 1,767.6 kilometres (1,098.3 mi) of highways were removed from the King's Highway system. [147]
Highway 412: 10.0: 6.2 Highway 401 in Whitby Highway 407 in Whitby West Durham Link 2016 [48] current Former tolled Highway. Route number assigned February 5, 2015 [49] Highway 416: 76.4: 47.5 Highway 401 towards Brockville Highway 417 in Ottawa: Veterans Memorial Highway 1999 [50] current Highway 417: 192.0: 119.3 Highway 17 in Arnprior
The following is a list of freeways in Ontario as defined by the Official Road Map of Ontario published by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The MTO defines a freeway as a divided highway with at least two lanes in each direction.
Ontario Highway 123 – Original route ran from Highway 3 to St. Thomas. Deleted in 1957. Ontario Highway 126 – Originally Highway 36 at Bobcaygeon to Highway 35 south of Minden (became part of Highway 121). Ontario Highway 131 – Was originally assigned to Harbour Expressway from Highway 11 & Highway 17 to downtown Thunder Bay. Deleted in 1981.
The 400-series highways are a network of controlled-access highways in the Canadian province of Ontario, forming a special subset of the provincial highway system.They are analogous to the Interstate Highway System in the United States or the Autoroute system of neighbouring Quebec, and are regulated by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO).
A Freedom of information request demonstrated that the province had undertaken a business case on the potential of the Bypass being a toll road similar to Highway 407, to potentially reduce the cost of building the highway. [65] However, the office of Minister Mulroney stated that "it is not our intention to toll this highway". [66]
The bridge had tolls when constructed, but these were removed December 28, 1973 [4] after they were found to heavily impede traffic flow. The toll plaza was located near Tower's Drive. Truck drivers in particular had refused to take the tolled bridge since not only were they charged the full toll but also it took them extra fuel to ascend the ...