Highway 401

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Highway 401 is a major multi-lane freeway in Ontario, Canada, forming a key segment of the Trans-Canada Highway and serving as one of the busiest highways in North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf controlled-access highway
freeway
provincial highway
transportation infrastructure
alsoKnownAs 401
Highway 401
Macdonald–Cartier Freeway
connectsTo Autoroute 20
Don Valley Parkway NERFINISHED
Highway 115 NERFINISHED
Highway 35 NERFINISHED
Highway 402 NERFINISHED
Highway 403
Highway 404
Highway 410 NERFINISHED
Highway 416
Highway 417
Highway 427
country Canada
easternTerminus Quebec–Ontario border
surface form: Ontario–Quebec border near Cornwall
hasLaneConfiguration multi-lane
hasNotableFeature multiple interchanges with major highways and arterial roads
very high traffic volumes through Toronto
hasRouteNumber 401
hasSection collector–express system in Toronto
hasToll no
isAmong busiest highways in Canada
busiest highways in North America
locatedIn Ontario
maintainedBy Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)
surface form: Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
namedAfter George-Étienne Cartier
surface form: Sir George-Étienne Cartier

John A. Macdonald
surface form: Sir John A. Macdonald
officialName Highway 401 self-linksurface differs
surface form: King's Highway 401
openedInPeriod 1950s
partOf Ontario provincial highway network
Trans-Canada Highway
passesThrough Ajax
Cambridge
Cornwall NERFINISHED
Kingston
Kitchener
London, England
surface form: London

Milton
Mississauga
Oshawa
Pickering
Toronto
Whitby
Windsor
serves Greater Toronto Area
Southern Ontario
speedLimit 100 km/h in most rural sections
usedFor commercial freight transport
commuter traffic
long-distance travel
westernTerminus Windsor

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Highway 401 alsoKnownAs Highway 401
Highway 407 ETR connectsTo Highway 401
Highway 427 connectsTo Highway 401
Weston Road crosses Highway 401
Oshawa hasHighway Highway 401
Guelph hasHighwayAccess Highway 401
Highway 427 hasInterchangeWith Highway 401
Highway 400 hasJunctionWith Highway 401
Mississauga hasMajorHighway Highway 401
Scarborough hasMajorRoad Highway 401
subject surface form: Winnipeg
this entity surface form: Trans-Canada Highway
Yorkdale station hasNearbyHighway Highway 401
Greater Toronto Area hasTransport Highway 401
Chatham-Kent hasTransportation Highway 401
Durham region hasTransportation Highway 401
subject surface form: Durham Region
Whitby, Ontario hasTransportation Highway 401
this entity surface form: Highway 401 (eastern Toronto segment)
Woodstock, Ontario highwayServedBy Highway 401
Belleville, Ontario locatedOn Highway 401
Cornwall, Ontario locatedOn Highway 401
Brockville locatedOnTransportRoute Highway 401
Brampton majorHighway Highway 401
Etobicoke majorHighway Highway 401
Kingston majorHighway Highway 401
Highway 401 officialName Highway 401 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: King's Highway 401
Highway 407 ETR parallelTo Highway 401
Milton, Ontario servedBy Highway 401
Cambridge, Ontario servedByHighway Highway 401
Highway 400 southernTerminus Highway 401
this entity surface form: Highway 401 in Toronto
Windsor, Ontario transportCorridor Highway 401
Kingston, Ontario transportHubFor Highway 401
this entity surface form: Highway 401 corridor
Ajax, Ontario transportation Highway 401