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Topic: Ontario Highway 401


  
  Highway Photos - Ontario King's Highway 401
Hwy 401 is often described as "Ontario's Main Street", as it is one of the province's economic backbones.
This section of Highway 401 shown here is proposed to be widened to six lanes in the coming years.
The lanes at left are in the centre of the highway and are the express lanes.
www.geocities.com /mjlarochelle/highways/photos/KH401.html   (494 words)

  
 Canada Roadtrips - Ontario Highway 401
Ontario Highway 16, Ontario Highway 416 and errorneous United States 37 shield (should be New York State Route 37 instead) on Ontario Highway 401 eastbound.
Ontario Highway 32 has been downloaded to municipal and regional maintenance and therefore is now known as Regional Route 32.
Ontario Highway 38 has been downloaded to municipal and regional maintenance and therefore is now known as Regional Route 38.
www.gribblenation.com /gateway/can/401   (560 words)

  
 Ontario Provincial Highways: Highway 401 History
Further expansion of the 401 through the Metro area, however, was made possible because of the foresight the original planners had in purchasing the 300-foot (100 m) right-of-way.
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.
members.aol.com /hwys/OntHwys/OntHwys401Hist.html   (2289 words)

  
 Highways
My interest in highways has constantly been there, but it was not something that I talked about much for many years, because I assumed there was nobody else out there as interested as I am.
During the same year, the Historical Highways Society of Ontario (HHSO) was formed by some fellow Ontario roadgeeks, to preserve the history of what was once a large King's Highway network in the Province of Ontario.
Highway historian and HHSO co-president Cameron Bevers discusses the development of the King's Highways throughout the past 85 years, including the building of the QEW and Highway 401, the different route number shields used over the years, and the mass highway downloading of the late 1990s.
www.geocities.com /mjlarochelle/highways.html   (636 words)

  
 Highway 401 - the Story.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Interestingly enough, there was strong pressure on the government to toll the partially built Highway 401 in the mid-1950s, as the driving public became frustrated with what was seen as the snail-like pace of construction.
Highway 401 was also conceived as a completely controlled-access highway on a separate alignment from start to finish, bypassing all the cities and towns along its length.
Highway 401 construction was delayed in part, because of material and manpower shortages after World War II and onset of the Korean war in 1949.
www.roadscholar.on.ca /lateststory.html   (4953 words)

  
 Government of Ontario, Canada - News
"Highway 401 is one of the busiest highways in the world and serves as a vital route for commuters, industry and tourists," Sterling said.
Initiated in 1998, the Highway 401 program is planned to continue to 2010, when some 20 new lane kilometres will have been added to relieve bottlenecks through Toronto.
The estimated $401 million construction program for Highway 401 is planned to continue to 2010, when 20 new lane kilometres will have been added to relieve bottlenecks through Toronto.
ogov.newswire.ca /ontario/GPOE/2002/08/06/c0057.html?...   (817 words)

  
 TRAFFIC JAM: The Back Bumper License Plates Page
Highways 2 and 401 basically ran parallel, so despite the history of the road, it was cut up into strings of county roads with different numbers.
Many other highways in Southern Ontario are meeting the same fate-- if they haven't disappeared altogether, they have become discontinuous, with stretches of county-designated roads (some with different numbers) in between the King's Highway portions...
The Ontario highways up in the northern half of the province are fewer in number and more spread out, and as far as I know, they aren't going to be changing with the times, aside from stretches of road within town limits.
www3.sympatico.ca /upton/backbump/jamhighways.html   (502 words)

  
 Canada and Ontario improving highway 401 in London - June 26, 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
LONDON —The governments of Canada and Ontario and the City of London today announced the start of construction to widen and improve Highway 401 in London, which leads to Canada’s two busiest international border crossings at Windsor and Sarnia.
Highway 401 is being widened from west of Highway 402 easterly to Wellington Road in London to improve traffic flow and safety in the area.
In addition, the governments of Canada and Ontario are investing $285 million on the five-phase Highway 401 widening project from Windsor to Tilbury, leading to the Windsor-Detroit international border crossing.
www.tc.gc.ca /mediaroom/releases/nat/2006/06-h064e.htm   (1239 words)

  
 King's Highway 401 - www.OntHighways.com
Highway 401 is without a doubt the most important highway in Ontario, and is arguably the most important highway in Canada, and certainly the busiest.
Highway 401 within Toronto, in the area surrounding the 400 is North America's busiest highway.
With any highway that is very well maintained, construction is very frequent along Highway 401, and there is virtually always construction at some point along the route at all times of the year.
www.onthighways.com /highway_401.htm   (737 words)

  
 Highway Heaven » Ontario 400/401 + The Basketweave   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
ON 401, the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway, is the busiest freeway in North America, and it’s damned impressive from everything I’ve seen and read.
Between the 400 interchange and the Basketweave, ON 401 is 16 lanes wide (4 express, 4 local each way), while ON 400 is 12 lanes wide north of its interchange with the 401.
401 may be very impressive if it was not constantly plagued by construction.
www.triskele.com /highway/2005/12/02/ontario-400401-the-basketweave   (342 words)

  
 Ontario - Wikitravel
Ontario [1] is the most populous and second-largest province of Canada, home to the Canadian capital city of Ottawa, as well as Ontario's own capital Toronto, Canada's largest city.
Ontario is bordered by the province of Quebec to the east, by the Great Lakes region of the United States to the south, by Manitoba to the west and by Hudson and James Bays to the north.
It is not unheard of to enter Ontario from the USA by train, but the customs waits between the USA and Canada are no different than might be expected by car or plane, especially with the constant increases in Terror alerts south of the border.
wikitravel.org /en/Ontario_(province)   (1871 words)

  
 Highway 410 (Ontario) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Highway 410 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario, Canada that connects Highway 401 and Highway 403 to Toronto's northern suburbs, specifically Brampton and Caledon.
Highway 410 was then added to the 401-403 junction as a partial interchange with Highway 401 (eastbound only) and the rest of Highway 410 was constructed as a two-lane freeway.
In the late eighties and early 1990s, Highway 410 was expanded to its current form concurrent with the construction of Highway 407.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Highway_410_(Ontario)   (644 words)

  
 CTV Toronto - Farmers stage protest on Ontario's Highway 401 - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Ontario farmers protested a lack of long-term aid from the Ontario government Friday by taking their farm equipment onto busy highways.
Ontario farmers protested a lack of long-term aid from the provincial government Friday by taking their farm equipment on to busy highways.
As tractors left the farms and converged on provincial highways, Agriculture Minister Leona Dombrowsky assured farmers their plight is a top priority for the government.
toronto.ctv.ca /servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060317/farmers_protest_060316/20060317?hub=TorontoHome   (344 words)

  
 CanadianDriver: Canada and Ontario governments to improve Highway 401
Windsor, Ontario - A joint venture of the federal and Ontario provincial government will improve a stretch of Highway 401, Ontario's largest highway and part of the Trans Canada network, and expand it to six lanes.
"Highway infrastructure is critical to Canada's ability to safely and efficiently transport people and goods, and to compete in the North American economy," said Jerry Pickard, M.P. for Chatham-Kent-Essex, the area where the work will be performed.
It is the second in a series of five projects involving reconstruction and widening of Highway 401 between Windsor and Tilbury.
www.canadiandriver.com /news/050502-2.htm   (241 words)

  
 Canada and Ontario to Improve Safety on Highway 401 : ArriveNet Press Releases : Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Construction is now beginning to improve Highway 401 in Essex County on a 13-kilometre stretch from Puce Road to Manning Road.
The first project to widen Highway 401 from Highway 77 to Essex Road 42 has been underway since spring 2004 and is expected to be complete by this fall.
Highway 401 is Canada's busiest highway with over 25,000 drivers travelling this section every day.
press.arrivenet.com /travel/article.php/629562.html   (1349 words)

  
 Government of Ontario, Canada - News
Highway 401 Improvements To Benefit Travellers And Ontario's Economy WINDSOR, ON, Nov. 23 /CNW/ - Jerry Pickard MP (Chatham-Kent-Essex), on behalf of federal Transport Minister Jean-C. Lapierre, and Bruce Crozier MPP (Essex), on behalf of Ontario Transportation Minister Harinder Takhar, today announced the completion of the first phase of Highway 401 widening in Essex County.
"Highway infrastructure is critical to Canada's ability to safely and efficiently transport people and goods and to compete in the North American economy," said Mr.
A backgrounder on Canada and Ontario improving Highway 401 in Essex County is attached.
ogov.newswire.ca /ontario/GPOE/2005/11/23/c9122.html?...   (714 words)

  
 Niagara Falls Hotels
Highway 401 east to Highway 403 east, to the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW).
Highway 20 to the southwest to Highway 401 west.
Highway 417 (southwest) to Highway 16 to the south.
www.niagarafallshotels.com /maps.php   (1261 words)

  
 401 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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For Greece's 401 GSNA general military hospital of Athens, see Military of Greece.
401, Events, Births, Deaths, See also and 401.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/401   (138 words)

  
 Highway 401 (Ontario) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the longest 400-Series Highway in Ontario, and one of the busiest highways in the world.
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.
There are no direct interchanges with U.S. Interstate highways, but Interstates 75 and 375 in Detroit, Michigan, and Interstate 81 in New York State are each a short distance away, via Ontario highways 3, the former 3B, and 137, leading to the Ambassador Bridge, the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, and the Thousand Islands Bridge.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Highway_401_(Ontario)   (3220 words)

  
 Windsor, Ontario - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Windsor competes with Oshawa, Ontario for the title of automotive capital of Canada, due in large part to its proximity to Detroit.
Windsor is the western terminus of Ontario Highway 401, Canada's busiest highway, and of VIA Rail's Quebec City-Windsor Corridor.
Consisting of 15.7 km (10 miles) of highway, and nine interchanges, the expressway is the fastest way for commuters to travel in the city.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Windsor,_Ontario   (2097 words)

  
 Highway 409 (Ontario) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Highway 409 is an Ontario provincial 400-Series expressway that runs from the 401 in Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport, west of Highway 427, in Mississauga.
Highway 409 is a short freeway used mainly as a bypass for traffic approaching the airport from Highway 401 (westbound) or approaching Highway 427 (northbound), since both are not accessible from 401 (westbound) at the mega-interchange with 427.
The portion of Highway 409 west of Highway 427 is owned and operated by the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, though it is still signed as Highway 409.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontario_provincial_highway_409   (174 words)

  
 Ontario government improves Highway 401 in Toronto : ArriveNet Press Releases : Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
TORONTO, Nov. 18 /CNW/ - The Ontario government is improving the noise barrier on Highway 401 in the City of Toronto to reduce traffic noise, Transportation Minister Harinder Takhar announced today.
The Ontario government is investing nearly $1 billion in highway infrastructure this year to improve safety, ease congestion and save drivers time.
For up-to-date information on highway construction and road conditions in the area, call the ministry's road information line at (416) 235-4686, or toll-free at 1-800-268-4686.
press.arrivenet.com /business/article.php/516131.html   (318 words)

  
 St Lawrence River, Ontario, Province of Quebec and New York State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Highway 401 is a freeway, some distance from the river.
Highway 2 forms a quieter, perhaps slightly slower but considerably more scenic alternative, running mostly very close to the river.
Ontario Highway 401 changes to Province of Quebec Highway 20 at the border.
www.grouptravels.com /usa_can/on/st_lawr.htm   (138 words)

  
 Horrifying Highway 401 scene - NAPANEE, Ontario
NAPANEE, Ont. (CP) - It was a horrifying scene on the nation's busiest highway Monday morning, with mangled cars and a disabled tractor-trailer scattered across Highway 401.
Early calls to the nearby Ontario Provincial Police detachment in Napanee, Ont., painted a terrifying picture of a tractor-trailer crushing several cars on the highway.
Police closed a section of the highway running through eastern Ontario for a few hours when a tractor-trailer hauling the cars dropped part of its load early Monday.
forums.canadiancontent.net /news/36806-horrifying-highway-401-scene-napanee-ontario.html#post541935   (219 words)

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