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  freeway   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Freeways have high speed limits (usually 65-80 mph (100-130 km/h) in rural areas and 50-65 mph (80-100 km/h) in urban areas) and multiple lanes for travel in each direction.
Freeway entrances and exits are limited in number, and are designed with special on-ramps and off-ramps, so as to ensure that vehicles do not disrupt the main flow of traffic as they enter or leave the freeway.
In the rest of the country, freeway is the usual term; however, the distinction between freeways and expressways is not always as clear or well-understood as it is in California, which has many of both kinds of highway.
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  US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : John A. Macdonald   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Macdonald was returned to power in 1878 on the strength of the National Policy, a plan to promote trade within the country by protecting it from the industries of other nations and renewing the effort to complete the previously promised Canadian Pacific Railway, which was accomplished in 1885.
Macdonald and his son, Hugh John Macdonald briefly sat together in the Canadian House of Commons prior to the elder Macdonald's death.
Macdonald's temper sometimes got the better of him, such as in one incident in the House of Commons when Donald Smith angered him so much, that he charged across the Commons floor to physically attack him.
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 John A. Macdonald - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Macdonald then served as the leader of the opposition until the election of 1864, when Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché came out of retirement and joined ranks with Macdonald to form the governing party yet again.
Macdonald was re-elected in 1878 on the strength of the National Policy, a plan to promote trade within the country by protecting it from the industries of other nations and renewing the effort to complete the previously promised Canadian Pacific Railway, which was accomplished in 1885.
Macdonald and his son, Hugh John Macdonald briefly sat together in the Canadian House of Commons prior to the elder Macdonald's death in 1891.
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 Biography of John A. Macdonald   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Macdonald then served as the leader of the opposition until the election of 1864, when Étienne-Paschal Taché came out of retirement and joined ranks with Macdonald to form the governing party yet again.
Macdonald then spent 1864 to 1867 organizing the legislation needed to confederate the colonies into the country of Canada.
Macdonald promised a transcontinental railway connection to persuade the province to join, which his opponents decried as a highly unrealistic and expensive promise.
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 John A. Macdonald Summary
Macdonald began his own practice in 1835 in Kingston, actually before he had been called to the bar, and for several years lived the usual active life of a young professional man, active in local political and social affairs.
Macdonald was elected to the Assembly of the Province of Canada (created in 1840) in 1844 as the member for Kingston, beginning a public career that spanned half a century.
Macdonald was returned to power in 1878 on the strength of the National Policy, a plan to promote trade within the country by protecting it from the industries of other nations and renewing the effort to complete the previously promised Canadian Pacific Railway, which was accomplished in 1885.
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 johnamacdonald.htm
Macdonald's involvement in the negotiations for a contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway to BC involved him eventually in the Pacific Scandal; during the 1872 election.
MacDonald is famous because he was the first Prime Minister of Canada.
MacDonald died in office in 1891 and is buried at Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
In those states, the term "freeway" is not in common usage and it is common to find Interstate highways which bear the name 'expressway.' Minnesota officially uses "freeway" and "expressway" interchangeably (with both defined as what federal officials call freeways).
Although the county planned to upgrade the expressways into full-fledged freeways, such a project became politically infeasible after the rise of the tax revolt movement in the mid-1970s.
The Macdonald-Cartier Freeway is an example of a route that uses the freeway term.
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 Malaspina Great Books - Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891)
Fortune emptied her chamberpot on Sir John A. Macdonald's head more than once, and his comment is indicative of the humour with which he met life's set-backs.
Macdonald's government was forced to resign and lost the election in 1874.
Macdonald then served as the leader of the opposition until the election of 1864, when Etienne-Paschal Tache came out of retirement and joined ranks with Macdonald to form the governing party yet again.
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 Wikinfo | John A. Macdonald
John Alexander Macdonald (January 11, 1815 - June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada from July 1, 1867 - November 5, 1873 - and - October 17, 1878 - June 6, 1891.
In the next election Macdonald continued his rise in politics by becoming joint Premier of the Province of Canada with Étienne-Paschal Taché of Québec for the years 1856 and 1857.
Macdonald then served as the leader of the opposition until the election of 1864, when Étienne-Paschal Taché came out of retirement and joined ranks with Macdonald to form the governing party yet again.
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 Freeway at Music Crawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Freeways have high speed limits (usually 65-80 mph (100-130 km/h) in rural areas and 50-65 mph (80-100 km/h) in urban areas) and multiple lanes for travel in each direction.
Freeway entrances and exits are limited in number, and are designed with special onramps and offramps, so as to ensure that vehicles do not disrupt the main flow of traffic as they enter or leave the freeway.
In British Columbia, the main freeways are BC provincial highways 1, 5, 19, 91, 91A (Future freeway due to new interchange under construction), 97C, and 99.
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Sir George-Étienne Cartier was a member of the radical group Fils de la Liberté (Sons of Liberty), composed the patriotic "Ô Canada, mon pays, mes amours", the model for our national anthem, and became Prime Minister of the province of Canada.
Sir George-Étienne Cartier moved to Montréal East in 1861 after the coalition with the Upper Canadian Conservatives, and as Bleu chief served as co-premier with Sir John A. Macdonald in the Union parliaments of 1857-58 and 1856-62, where he set in motion the movement toward Confederation.
Sir John A. Macdonald arrived in Canada at the age of 5 years old and lived in Kingston, Ontario, where he was elected for the first time in 1844, at the age of 29.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
This stretch of the freeway is often travelled by a convoy of vehicles carrying a fallen soldier's body with his or her family from CFB Trenton to the coroner's office in Toronto.
The freeway curves immediately east of the interchange and many people are not used to a curve near an interchange, particularly on the Windsor-London stretch of freeway, which is mainly straight.
Major freeway junctions are located at these roads and highways: 402, Highbury Avenue (London), 403, 8, 6, 407, 410, 427, 400, Allen Road (Toronto), 404 and Don Valley Parkway (Toronto), 35 and 115, 416.
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 Macdonald-Cartier Freeway
A plaque at the Ivy Lea oasis, where the freeway was completed, claims that the 401 is the longest non-toll freeway under a single highway authority in North America.
An extensive plan is currently underway by the Ministry of Transportation to widen the highway to at least six lanes for its entire length and to extend the 12-lane express/local system as far west as Guelph.
Major freeway junctions are located at Highway 402, Wellington Road and Highbury Avenue in London, Highway 403, Highway 8, Highway 6, Highway 407, Highway 410, Highway 427, Highway 27, Highway 400, Allen Road and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto, Highway 404, Highway 35/115, Interstate 81 (as Ontario Highway 137) and Highway 416.
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 401 -  MacDonald Cartier Freeway
The MacDonald - Cartier Freeway, more popularly known as Highway #401 runs from Montreal, Quebec along, or close to, the shorelines of the St.Lawrence River, Lake Ontario and lake Erie to Windsor, Ontario.
It was named for two of the fathers of Canadian Confederation, John A. MacDonald (1815-1891) and George- Etienne Cartier (1814-1873).
The alliance of Cartier and MacDonald became the foundation of the Conservation Party.
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 WHERE WE ARE
We are located in the village of Algonquin, Ontario, at #4301 County Road 15 (marked "Here" on the accompanying map), which is also known locally as the Maitland Road, or sometimes as Church Street.
From the West (Brockville, Kingston, Toronto, etc.): Take Hwy 401 (aka the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway) east to Exit 705.
Then take Hwy 401 (aka the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway) east to Exit 705.
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 Highway 401 - the Story.html
Unlike U. freeways, part of the 401 plan was to build a freeway with bridges and interchanges that displayed clean lines, dramatic simplicity and an impression of airiness.
Like all of Ontario's modern freeway expansions, a concrete median barrier would be installed to reduce the potential for cross median collisions.
The Emergency Patrol, long an institution on GTA freeways, was axed in 1995, a victim of technology and government budget cuts.
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 John A. Macdonald - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, QC (January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada from July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873 and October 17, 1878 – June 6, 1891.
After the failure of his father's business ventures, his family immigrated to Canada in 1820 along with thousands of others seeking affordable land and promises of new prosperity.
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An extensive plan is currently underway by the Ministry of Transportation to widen the highway to at least six lanes for its entire length and to extend the 12-lane Express/Local system as far west as Guelph.
Major freeway junctions are located at Highway 402, Wellington Road and Highbury Avenue in London, Highway 403, Highway 8, Highway 6, Highway 407, Highway 410, Highway 427, Highway 27, Highway 400, Allen Road and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto, Highway 404 and Highway 416.
In 1965 Premier John Robarts named the highway the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, in honour of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Georges-Etienne Cartier, two of the most important Fathers of Canadian Confederation.
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 Australian Information from Wikipedia
In 1965, Ontario Premier John Robarts designated Highway 401 the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, in honour of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier, the Province of Canada's most important Fathers of Confederation, and in recognition of Canada's upcoming Centennial Celebrations in 1967.
A plaque was erected at the Mallorytown oasis, located on the last section of the freeway to be completed, stating that the 401 was the longest non-toll freeway under a single highway authority in North America.
Major freeway junctions are located at these roads and highways: 402, Highbury Avenue (London), 403, 8, 6, 407, 410, 427, 400, Allen Road (Toronto), 404 and Don Valley Parkway (Toronto), 35 and 115, 416.
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 Science Fair Projects - Macdonald-Cartier Freeway
Highway 401, also known officially as the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, is a freeway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada.
A plaque was erected at the Ivy Lea oasis, where the freeway was completed, stating that the 401 is the longest non-toll freeway under a single highway authority in North America.
In 1965 Premier John Robarts named the highway the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, in honour of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier, two of the most important Fathers of Canadian Confederation.
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 Highway 401 - the Story.html
Unlike U. freeways, part of the 401 plan was to build a freeway with bridges and interchanges that displayed clean lines, dramatic simplicity and an impression of airiness.
Like all of Ontario's modern freeway expansions, a concrete median barrier would be installed to reduce the potential for cross median collisions.
The Emergency Patrol, long an institution on GTA freeways, was axed in 1995, a victim of technology and government budget cuts.
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 Highway, highway, Toronto, Ontario, traffic, section, through, route, freeway, Quebec, London, Traffic, Mississauga - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1965, Ontario Premier John Robarts designated Highway 401 the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, in honour of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier, the Province of Canada's most important Fathers of Confederation, in honour of Canada's upcoming Centennial Celebrations in 1967.
A plaque was erected at the Mallorytown oasis, located on the last section of the freeway to be completed, stating that the 401 was the longest non-toll freeway under a single highway authority in North America.
Major freeway junctions are located at these roads and highways: 402, Highbury Avenue (London), 403, 8, 6, 407, 410, 427, 400, Allen Road (Toronto), 404 and Don Valley Parkway (Toronto), 35 and 115, 416.
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 Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many historical buildings made from the local material which still stand.
Kingston is roughly half way between Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec along the three major east-west transporation routes in central Canada: the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Ontario Highway 401 (the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, which turns into Quebec Autoroute 20), and the Canadian National Railroad[?] main line.
Kingston also lies at the south end of the Rideau Canal, originally built to connect Lake Ontario with the Ottawa River to provide a safe transportation route far from the American border.
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And like "the Gipper," "the little guy from Shawinigan" usually reads from prepared texts, responds to questions with a shrug and an anecdote, and never misses a chance to tout Canada as the greatest country in the world in which to live.
Susan Agnes Macdonald née Bernard (August 24, 1836 – September 5, 1920) was the second wife of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada.
Ontario's Macdonald-Cartier Freeway is named after Cartier and fellow Father of Confederation John A. Macdonald, and...
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 Freeway information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A problem with freeways is that head-on collisions caused by wrong-way drivers are often severe.
Freeway is the term used in most of the United States and parts of Australia, mostly Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
The first true freeway in the United States is generally considered to be the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened on October 1, 1940.
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 Ontario Provincial Highways: Highway 401 History
In the following years, the collector-distributor system was applied to all of the 401 from the Hwy 403 and Hwy 410 interchange in Mississauga on the west to Meadowvale Ave in Scarborough in the east.
The shields, in the shape and general design of the King's Highway shields, were white-on-blue (instead of the normal fl-on-white) with the large letters "M-C" in the main part of the shield and the word "Freeway" in much smaller type at the bottom, where the province's name usually resides.
In the era of highway downloading that is the late 1990s, the entire length of Hwy 401 has been retained in the provincial highway system, although many of the parallel routes, the old Hwy 2 in particular, have been lost to the cuts.
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 1000 Islands Ecology - Geology of the Thousand Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The stratigraphic position of these yellow-brown weathering beds was not recognized as related to the March Formation, however, until field examination of sections along the MacDonald-Cartier freeway and the discovery of conodonts allowed separation of upper March from very similar strata of the Nepean Formation (Greggs and Bond, 1971; Bond and Greggs, 1973).
Excellent outcrops for examination of the March-Oxford contact are located at the intersection of the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway and Highways 42 and 29 north of Brockville, and on Highway 15, immediately south of Portland, Ontario.
East of Brockville, along the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway, outcrops of the Oxford Formation appear as long, low ridges, the thicknesses in any exposed section, however, providing no indication of the total thickness of 600 feet (183 m) plus, documented by drill cores in the Williamsburg area.
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 ArenaMaps.com | Jock Harty Arena (Queens University) | Kingston | ON | Canada
Kingston is located along Hwy-401 on the northeast shore or Lake Ontario in southeast Ontario, approx.
From Hwy-401 (Macdonald-Cartier Freeway): Hwy-401 to Sir John A Macdonald Blvd. (exit 615).
Proceed south on Sir John A Macdonald Blvd. approx.
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