Eastern Terminus:  Highway 417 ends at the Ontario - Quebec Border.  The freeway continuation of Highway 417 into Montreal is known as Autoroute 40.

Length:  181 km

Multiplexes:  None.  Formerly an unposted multiplex with Highway 17 along the Queensway.

Freeway:  Entire Length

Trans Canada:  Entire Length, as the Ottawa Valley Route.

AADT (2005): Highest: 167 000, from Rochester Street to Parkdale Avenue in Ottawa;
                             Lowest: 12 000, from Highway 17 to Prescott & Russell Road 10.

Road Info:  From the Quebec Border to Ottawa, Highway 417 is a four lane rural highway, that ranges in condition from excellent to fair.  Recently in 2004/05 a significant section of this road was reconstructed in concrete.  Through Ottawa, the highway is a mix of six to eight lanes wide and has a somewhat un-Ontario feel to it, with non-standard interchange design, and very tight geometry.  Through Kanata and the western Suburbs of Ottawa, the highway is being widened from four to six lanes with two additional HOV lanes.  This is the first time HOV lanes have been used outside of the GTA in Ontario.  West of Highway 7, the freeway is once again four lanes through to Arnprior.  Highway 417 is consistently posted at 100km/h.

Highway 417 is a western continuation of Quebec Autoroute 40

East Hawkesbury - Rigaud Boundary

Ontario - Quebec Boundary

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