King's Highway 401 - Toronto to Kingston

King's Highway 401 - O N T H I G H W A Y S

Page 3 - Toronto to Division Street, Kingston

Highway 401 is Southern Ontario's trans-provincial highway. This particular section runs quite close to both Highway 2 and Lake Ontario for its entire length. Notable cities on this section of Highway include: Toronto, Oshawa, Belleville, and Kingston.

Highway 401 from West Hill in Scarborough to Ritson Road, Oshawa was actually the first part of the 401 (then Highway 2A) to be completed. It was completed way back in 1947. Because of its age, the freeway will see some major changes in the coming years through Durham. These changes include some major widening and structure replacements. At least two original 401 interchanges are being completely closed, with new more modern interchanges constructed nearby. Harwood Avenue in Ajax has already been replaced with Salem Road, built just to the east. Park Road, in Oshawa, is also slated to be replaced in the next few years, in favour of a more modern connection to Stevenson Road. Durham Region and the MTO are also planning to add an interchange at Lake Ridge Road.

Highway 401 through Kingston (another early portion of 401 to be completed) is also being reconstructed and widened (to 6-lanes), with some new interchange configurations. There has also been talk of continuing the '6-laning' of the 401 from Port Hope to Cobourg, and also 6-laning the 401 from Trenton to Belleville.

Highway 401 & M-C Shield (Reversed).

Highway 401 information that pertains to the Toronto to Kingston section:

Multiplexes: None

Freeway: Entire Length

Control Cities: EB: Kingston. (Cornwall east of exit #611). WB. Toronto. No control cities are posted within Toronto City Limits.

AADT (2001): Highest: 371,400 from Bayview Avenue (exit #371) to Leslie Street (exit #373);

Lowest: 28,200 from Highway 49 (exit #566) to Deseronto Road (exit #570).

Road Info: This area of Highway 401 also contains a core-distributor system. This system extends from Kipling Avenue (see Page 2) all the way to Brock Road. The core-distributor system may very well be expanded in the coming years. The detailed designs for the new 407 connector that will be located just east of Lake Ridge Road in Whitby showed a full C-D to west from Ajax to Lake Ridge Road. Highway 401 is six lanes from Salem Road to Port Hope, and then four lanes all the way to Kingston (and in fact Montreal). Currently the MTO is in the process of widening the Kingston Bypass section of Highway 401 (from Highway 38 east to Highway 15) to six lanes, to improve driving conditions and traffic flow. Pavement is smooth and the highway is well maintained for this entire section.

Interchanges along this section of Highway 401 from West to East

Proper Municipality Name	Exit #	Intersecting Road	North / West Control City	South / East Control City
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City of Toronto	369	Highway 11 (Yonge Street)	Toronto
City of Toronto	371	Bayview Street
City of Toronto	373	Leslie Street
City of Toronto	375	King's Highway 404 & Don Valley Parkway	Newmarket	Downtown Toronto (EB ONLY)
City of Toronto	376	Victoria Park Avenue	City of Toronto Population: 2,462,000 Downtown Via Don Valley Parkway.
City of Toronto	378	Warden Avenue
City of Toronto	379	Kennedy Road
City of Toronto	380 - EB Partial Exit	Brimley Road SOUTH
City of Toronto	381	McCowan Road
City of Toronto	383	Highway 48 (Markham Road)
City of Toronto	385	Neilson Road
City of Toronto	387	Morningside Avenue
City of Toronto	389	Meadowvale Road
City of Toronto	390 - EB Partial Exit	Highway 2 & Highway 2A & Port Union Road
City of Toronto	392 - WB Partial Exit	Highway 2 & Highway 2A & Sheppard Avenue
City of Pickering	394	Whites Road (Durham Road 38)	City Of Pickering: Population 100,000 2-EB, 3-WB Interchanges
City of Pickering	397 - WB Partial Exit	Liverpool Road (Durham Road 29)
EB: C-D system Ends. WB: C-D system begins, to exit from Highway 401 use Collector Lanes
City of Pickering	399	Brock Road (Durham Road 1)	City of Pickering
Town of Ajax	401	Westney Road (Durham Road 31)	Town of Ajax: Population 68, 000 - 2 Interchanges Ajax Business Centre via Salem Road South
Town of Ajax	404	Salem Road (Durham Road 41)
Town of Whitby	410	Highway 12 (Brock Street)	Town of Whitby: Population 110,000 - 2 Interchanges Downtown Whitby via Brock Street North
Town of Whitby	412	Thickson Road (Durham Road 26)
City of Oshawa	416	Park Road (Durham Road 54)	City of Oshawa Population 150,000 3-EB, 4-WB Interchanges Downtown via Simcoe Street North
City of Oshawa	417 - EB Partial Exit	Simcoe Street (Durham Road 2)
City of Oshawa	418	Ritson Road (Durham Road 16) & Simcoe Street (Durham Road 2) -WB
City of Oshawa	419	Harmony Road (Durham Road 33) & Bloor Street (Durham Road 22)
Municipality of Clarington	425	Courtice Road (Durham Road 34)	Courtice	-----
Municipality of Clarington	428	Holt Road	-----	-----
Municipality of Clarington	431	Waverly Road (Durham Road 57)	Bowmanville 2 Interchanges	-----
Municipality of Clarington	432	Liberty Street (Durham Road 14)	Bowmanville 2 Interchanges	Port Darlington
Municipality of Clarington	435	Bennett Road	-----	-----
Municipality of Clarington	436	King's Highway 35/115	Lindsay, Peterborough-EB, Orono-WB
Municipality of Clarington	440	Mill Street (Durham Road 17)	Newcastle	Bond Head
Service Centre WB
Municipality of Clarington	448	Newtonville Road (Durham Road 18)	Newtonville	-----
Service Centre EB
Town of Port Hope	456	Wesleyville Road	-----	-----
Town of Port Hope	461	Highway 2 (Northumberland Road 2)	Welcome	Port Hope
Town of Port Hope	464	Highway 28 (Northumberland Road 28)	Bewdly-EB, Peterborough-WB	Port Hope
Town of Cobourg	472	Burnham Street (Northumberland Road 18)	Gores Landing	Cobourg
Town of Cobourg	474	Highway 45 (Northumberland Road 45)	Norwood-EB, Baltimore- WB	Cobourg
Township of Hamilton	487	Lyle Street (Northumberland Road 23)	Centreton	Grafton
Township of Cramahe	497	Northumberland Road 25 (Big Apple Road / Percy Street)	Castleton	Colbrone
Municipality of Brighton	509	Highway 30 (Northumberland Road 30)	Cambellford	Brighton
Service Centre WB/EB
City of Quinte West	522	Wooler Road (Northumberland Road 40)	Wooler	-----
City of Quinte West	525	Highway 33, (Quinte West Road 33)	Frankford, Batawia	Trenton
City of Quinte West	526	Glen Miller Road	-----	CFB Trenton, Trenton
City of Quinte West	538	Wallbridge- Loyalist Road (Hastings Road 1)	-----	-----
City of Belleville	543 (A-B)	King's Highway 62	Madac, Marmora	Belleville
City of Belleville	544	King's Highway 37	Tweed	Belleville
Township of Tyendinaga	556	Shannonville Road	Shannonville	-----
Township of Tyendinaga	566	Highway 49 & Marysville Road (Hastings Road 15)	-----	Desoronto, Picton
Tyendinaga - Greater Napanee Boundary	570	Deseronto Road (Lennox & Addington Road 10)	-----	Desoronto
Town of Greater Napanee	579	Highway 41 (Lennox & Addington Road 41)	Kaladar	Napanee
Town of Greater Napanee	582	Lennox & Addington Road 1	Newburgh	Napanee
Service Centre WB
Township of Loyalist	593	Lennox & Addington Road 4 (Camden East Road, Highway 133 South)	Camden East	Milhaven
Township of Loyalist	599	Lennox & Addington Road 6	-----	Odessa
Service Centre EB
City of Kingston	611	Highway 38 (Kingston Road 38)	Sharbot Lake, Harrowsmith	City of Kingston, Population: 110 000 - 6 Interchanges Downtown via Exit #615
City of Kingston	613	Sydenham Road (Frontenac Road 9)	Sydenham
City of Kingston	615	Sir John A. Macdonald Road
City of Kingston	617	Division Street & Perth Road (Frontenac Road 10)	Perth
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