Ontario Highway 401

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Region:

Southern Ontario

The Highway 401 or Macdonald -Cartier Freeway is a highway that runs through the south of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is the 400 series in Ontario by far the longest highway and one of the busiest in the world. Together with the Autoroute 20 in Quebec City, it forms the main transport network of the Quebec- Windsor corridor, the most densely populated, wealthiest and most industrialized region of the country, which extends along the St. Lawrence River and in over half of the Canadian population live and three of Canada's largest cities, namely Quebec, Montreal and Toronto are.

1965 named the Premier of Ontario, John Robarts, Highway 401 in honor of the Fathers of Confederation, Sir John Macdonald and Sir George -Étienne Cartier Macdonald- Cartier Freeway. This is the common name in official documents, but which is rarely used on street signs or in conversations.

Overview

The Highway 401 begins at Highway 3, 13 km from the Detroit River on the outskirts of Windsor and ends after 815 km of the border with Quebec, behind which he Autoroute 20 is for Quebec. Along the route are 18 rest areas. At the Ivy Lea truck stop where the highway was completed in 1965, a plaque commemorating the fact that the Highway 401 is the longest toll-free highway under a uniform Highway Administration in North America. Meanwhile this record, however, the Texas portion of Interstate 10, maintains

Towns along the route of Highway 401 include Windsor, Chatham, London, Woodstock, Kitchener, Cambridge, Guelph, Mississauga, Toronto, Oshawa, Cobourg, Belleville, Kingston, Brockville and Cornwall.