400-series highways
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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
Aerial view of the interchange between Highway 401, 403 and 410 in Mississauga
The Parclo interchange design is used throughout the 400-series network.
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Ontario Highway 401
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King's Highway 401, commonly referred to as Highway 401 and officially known as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway or colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian pr
400-series highways
…designations were introduced in 1952, although Ontario had been constructing divided highways for two decades prior. Initially, only Highways 400, 401 and 402 were numbered; other designations followed in the subsequent decades. To this day, not all controlled-access highways in Ontario are a part of…
Highway 401 looking west at split with Highway 402 in London.
Highway 401 eastbound express lanes at Weston Road. This section has a volume of over 500,000 vehicles per day during the summer months.
Different colours are used on the signs on Highway 401's collector-express system to avoid confusion. The express lanes use green signs and the collector lanes use blue.
At the freeway's widest point in Mississauga near Toronto Pearson Airport, on the eastbound express lanes approaching the Airport Basketweave