400-series Highways - List of Highways

List of Highways

There are 15 different 400-series highways (including the QEW) creating a transportation backbone across the southern portion of the province. Plans are currently underway to extend the existing network into Northern Ontario as well as add new routes into the system. Total length of the entire 400-series system about 1,500 kilometres.

Designation Image Alternate names Length Opened North/east end South/west end Description Map
Highway 400
 Barrie-Toronto Highway (prior to 1952) 226 !226 km (140 mi) 19520700 !July 1952 Highway 559 North of Nobel (continues as Highway 69) Maple Leaf Drive overpass in Toronto Highway 400 is Toronto's main highway link to York Region, Barrie and Muskoka. It is the second-longest 400-series highway.

Highway 400 is expected to be extended to Sudbury by 2017.
Highway 401
 Macdonald-Cartier Freeway; Highway of Heroes (between Don Valley Parkway in Toronto and Trenton)

Highland Creek-Newcastle section designated as Highway 2A prior to 1952

 817 !817.9 km (508.2 mi) 19520701 !July 1952 Quebec Border (continues as Autoroute 20) Highway 3 in Windsor Highway 401 is the backbone of the 400-Series network taking nearly 30 years to be built and running across the entire length of Southern Ontario. It has volumes of over 500,000 per day in some areas of Toronto, making it one of the busiest highways in the world.
Highway 402
 Blue Water Bridge Approach (prior to 1952) 102 !102.5 km (63.7 mi) 19520702 !July 1952 Highway 401 in London Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward (in Sarnia) Highway 402 connects Interstates 69 and 94 in Michigan with the 401 in Ontario. It initially terminated at Highway 40, but was later extended to meet up with Highway 401.
Highway 403
 Chedoke Expressway (through Hamilton) 125 !125.2 km (77.8 mi) 196312 !December 1963 Highway 401 and Highway 410 in Mississauga Highway 401 in Woodstock Highway 403 forms a loop that runs from the Highway 401 in Woodstock back to the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 410 in Mississauga, passing through Brantford, Hamilton, and Mississauga. The section of the QEW between Burlington and Mississauga is shared with Highway 403. Highway 403 is one of four highways (along with highway 404, highway 417 and the QEW) with high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
Highway 404
 commonly referred to as the extension of the Don Valley Parkway prior to 1977; Now termed Parkway-404 and vice-versa 036 !36.6 km (22.7 mi) 1977 !1977 Herald Road/Green Lane in East Gwillimbury Highway 401 and Don Valley Parkway in Toronto Highway 404 is the second north-south freeway in York Region and connects the northeastern suburbs and into Toronto as the Don Valley Parkway. It is one of four highways (along with Highway 403, Highway 417, and the QEW) with high-occupancy vehicle lanes and the only one with a dedicated HOV off-ramp, which serves Highway 401 westbound from Highway 404 southbound.
Highway 405
 General Brock Parkway (since 2006) 008 !8.7 km (5.4 mi) 196309 !September 1963 Lewiston-Queenston Bridge (connects to the United States) Queen Elizabeth Way, west of Niagara Falls Though a short spur route, Highway 405 is still considered a major highway connecting the main trunk highway to Toronto (the QEW) with Interstate 190 outside of Niagara Falls, New York.
Highway 406
 026 !26.0 km (16.2 mi) 196512 !December 1965 Queen Elizabeth Way in St. Catharines East Main Street (Highway 7146) in Welland Highway 406 is the last remaining 400-series highway under Ministry of Transportation jurisdiction with two-lane non-freeway sections, located between Thorold and Welland. Plans to extend the route further south to the proposed Mid-Peninsula Highway have been voiced.
Highway 407
 Express Toll Route 107 !107.2 km (66.6 mi) 19970606 !June 1997 Highway 7, near Brock Road in Pickering Junction of Highway 403 and the Queen Elizabeth Way in Burlington Highway 407 forms a northern bypass for Highway 401 and the Queen Elizabeth Way through the Greater Toronto Area. It is Ontario's only toll highway and was the first highway to use electronic toll collection exclusively for its entire length. Owned by Cintra, it is not officially considered part of the King's Highway system.
Highway 409
 formerly known as the Belfield Expressway 005 !5.6 km (3.5 mi) 197808 !August 1978 Highway 401 in Toronto Airport Road in Mississauga Highway 409 is a short connector route from the 401 to Toronto Pearson International Airport. A short section of the route between Airport Road and Highway 427 in Mississauga is under the jurisdiction of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority.
Highway 410
 Brampton Bypass 020 !20.3 km (12.6 mi) 197811 !November 1978 Hurontario Street / Highway 10 in Brampton Highway 401 in Mississauga Highway 410 runs from the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 403 in Mississauga through Northern Mississauga and Brampton.
Highway 416
 Veterans Memorial Highway 076 !76.4 km (47.5 mi) 19970612 !June 1997 Highway 417 in Ottawa Highway 401, north of Johnstown and the Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge Highway 416, except for its northernmost 21 kilometres, follows the former route of Highway 16. It is the newest 400-Series highway to be built and owned by the Ministry of Transportation and is the main link (via the 401 and I-81) between the US and the National Capital Region. It was officially completed on September 23, 1999.
Highway 417
 Queensway (through most of Ottawa) 181 !181.4 km (112.7 mi) 197209 !September 1972 Quebec border (continues as Autoroute 40) Arnprior (continues as Highway 17) Highway 417 is the main freeway through Ottawa and Eastern Ontario along the Ottawa River and Quebec border. The Ministry of Transportation hopes to eventually extend the 417 through the Ottawa Valley. Its mileage logs, unlike most other east-west highways in Ontario, begins at the eastern terminus rather than the west. A high-occupancy vehicle lane exists eastbound from Eagleson Road to Moodie Drive.
Highway 420
 Rainbow Bridge terminus of the Queen Elizabeth Way prior to 1972 003 !3.3 km (2.1 mi) 197220 !1972 Stanley Ave in Niagara Falls, where it continues to the Rainbow Bridge as Regional Road 420. Montrose Road in Niagara Falls Highway 420 connects the QEW to the tourist district in Niagara Falls. Portions of it were transferred to the City of Niagara Falls in 2000 and became Regional Road 420. The Ministry of Transportation hopes to extend the 420 west past Montrose Road to meet up with Highway 58 and the Thorold Tunnel.
Highway 427
 known as Airport Expressway (between Highway 401 and Highway 409) prior to 1972 019 !19.9 km (12.4 mi) 197227 !1972 Highway 7 in Vaughan (Unofficially to Zenway Blvd) Evans Ave in Toronto Highway 427 serves the heavy-travelled area between the Queen Elizabeth Way and Gardiner Expressway in the south and Highway 7 in the north. It has heavy traffic volumes and occupies no fewer than 12 lanes between the Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway and Highway 401.
Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW)
 Referred to as Highway 451 or Highway 1 on some MTO documents. 139 !139.1 km (86.4 mi) 193906 !June 1939 Peace Bridge in Fort Erie Highway 427 in Toronto, where it continues as the Gardiner Expressway

Humber River before the 1998 provincial downloading.

 The QEW is North America's oldest long-distance superhighway. It is not referred to by a route number, but does have several internal designations, including Highway 1 and Highway 451, and is considered part of the 400-Series network. It also uses city names rather than cardinal directions to direct (and to not confuse) motorists. The QEW is one of three highways (along with highway 403 and highway 404) with high-occupancy vehicle lanes.

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