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The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is the provincial ministry of the Government of Ontario that is responsible for transport infrastructure and related law in Ontario, Canada. The ministry traces its roots back over a century to the 1890s, when the province began training Provincial Road Building Instructors.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada; Canadian Transportation Agency; Air Board (Canada) The provinces and territories also have their own transportation departments, namely to deal with roads and vehicle licensing and regulations: British Columbia Ministry of Transportation; Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure (Saskatchewan)
Highway 417 – Ottawa: 1920 [6] current Discontinuous between Georgetown and Markham, instead signed as RR-7 Highway 7A: 48.3: 30.0 Highway 7 / Highway 12 near Port Perry Highway 115 near Peterborough: 1933 [7] current Highway 8: 159.7: 99.2 Highway 21 – Goderich Highway 5 near Dundas: 1918 [8] current Highway 9: 119.0: 73.9
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. [4]
King's Highway 44, commonly referred to as Highway 44, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.The 15.9-kilometre (9.9 mi)-long route began at Highway 15 in the town of Almonte and travelled eastward through Lanark County towards Ottawa, ending at Highway 17 (now Highway 417).
The 76.4-kilometre-long (47.5 mi) freeway acts as an important trade corridor from Interstate 81 between New York and Eastern Ontario via Highway 401, as well as the fastest link between Ottawa and Toronto. Highway 416 passes through a largely rural area, except near its northern terminus where it enters the suburbs of Ottawa.
King's Highway 417, commonly referred to as Highway 417 and as the Queensway through Ottawa, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It connects Ottawa with Montreal via A-40, and is the backbone of the highway system in the National Capital Region. Within Ottawa, it forms part of the Queensway west from Highway 7 to Ottawa ...
To the south is Renfrew County Road 40, which continues to Highway 17 at the southern end of the Pembroke Bypass. Highway 148 continues east, crossing the Ottawa Valley Railway and the entrance to Hazley Bay before entering the community of Cotnam Island. The highway curves northeast and crosses the Ottawa River, entering Quebec midspan. [6]