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The province of Ontario does not have a single unified network of controlled-access highways or freeways. Although most freeways are part of the 400-series highways , which can be characterized by their high design standard, several other sections of provincial highways are also classified as freeways.
Highway 407 begins at the Highway 403/Queen Elizabeth Way junction in Burlington. Highway 407 is a 151.4-kilometre (94.1 mi) [1] controlled-access highway that encircles the GTA, passing through Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Markham, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa, and Clarington, as well as travelling immediately north of Toronto.
In Ontario, all public roads are legally considered highways under the Highway Traffic Act (HTA), which sets forth regulations for traffic, or the rules of the road. [3] The Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act (PTHIA) sets forth the regulations concerning roads that are under the authority of the Province of Ontario.
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).
The Connecting Link program is a provincial subsidy provided to municipalities to assist with road construction, maintenance and repairs in the Canadian province of Ontario. Roads which are designated as connecting links form the portions of provincial highways through built-up communities which are not owned by the Ministry of Transportation ...
The 407 Transitway is a bus rapid transit system (BRT) being planned along Ontario Highway 407, spanning the Greater Toronto Area between Brant Street in Burlington, and Enfield Road in Durham Region. Planning for the 407 Transitway has occurred for five segments: [1] [2] Brant Street to Hurontario Street; Hurontario Street to Highway 400
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Ontario Highway 407 is a tolled 400-series highway that spans the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario. When the Ontario government started planning the project, its normal process for highway construction was not possible given the financial constraints of the recession of the early 1990s. The Peterson government sought out public-private ...