User:Floydian/Highway 407 (Ontario)
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Highway 407, officially called the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR), is a tollway in North America, located in the Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Canada. It begins at the junction of the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 403 in Burlington, and travels 108 km east to its present terminus at Highway 7 and Brock Road (Durham Regional Road 1) in Pickering. Plans are currently underway to extend the highway further east through Durham Region, eventually ending at the junction of Highway 35/115 near Orono.
Express Toll Route | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | ||||
Length | 108.08 km[citation needed] (67.16 mi) | |||
Existed | 1997[citation needed]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Queen Elizabeth Way / Highway 403 in Burlington | |||
Major intersections | Highway 401 in Milton Highway 410 in Brampton Highway 427 in Vaughan Highway 400 in Vaughan Highway 404 in Markham | |||
East end | Highway 7 in Pickering | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Ontario | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Leased to a private consortium in 1999, Highway 407 was formerly planned as a 400-series provincial freeway designed as a bypass of Highway 401, an important truck route through Southern Ontario and one of the world's busiest highways.
Major freeway junctions with Highway 407 are located at (from west to east) the Queen Elizabeth Way, Highways 403, 401, 410, 427, 400, and 404. Other major street junctions include Bronte Road (Halton Regional Road 25), Hurontario Street, Highway 27, Yonge Street and Markham Road (Formerly Highway 48). Overall there are 40 different junctions on Highway 407 connecting the toll road with the main transportation network in the Greater Toronto Area.