Network
For their entire length, 400-series highways are intended to be completely controlled-access and divided, with a minimum of four lanes. Although the 400-series freeways currently form a network around Highway 401 and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), this has not always been the case (such as Highway 417 until 1999) and being part of a network is not a requirement as it is for Interstate highways. Like the Autoroute system in the neighbouring province of Quebec, the 400-series highway system has expanded slowly because they do not receive regular federal funding.
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