Highway 427 as part of the 400-series network

Highway 427 is a 400-Series Highway in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, that runs from immediately south of the Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway interchange (its exact southern terminus is on the Brown's Line at Coules Court, just south of Evans Avenue) in Toronto to Highway 7 in Vaughan. It is 21.3 km in length. Download high resolution version (971x611, 22 KB) I, the creator of this image, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Download high resolution version (971x611, 22 KB) I, the creator of this image, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The 400-series Highway network in Southern Ontario. ... The Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1,076,395 km... The Queen Elizabeth Way as part of the 400-series network The Queen Elizabeth Way (commonly referred to as the QEW, Q, QE, or Queen-E) is a vital 400-Series freeway in Ontario, Canada. ... View of the Gardiner Expressway, west of downtown Toronto, from the pedestrian overpass at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Ontario provincial highway 7 is one of the Kings Highways in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... Vaughan (2005 population 235,000)[1] is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Highway 427 is Ontario's second busiest freeway by volume, and has no fewer than 12 lanes between the QEW/Gardiner and Highway 401, divided into an collector-express system similar to that of Highway 401, replacing "service roads" in the 1970s. Notable about Highway 427 are its several multi-level interchanges; the junctions with QEW and Highway 401 were Ontario's first 4-level interchanges constructed in the late 1960s and early 1970s while the interchanges with Highway 409 and Highway 407 are more recent and were completed in 1992 and 1995. Highway 401 as part of the 400-series network The Kings Highway No. ... A local lane or collector lane is a one-way roadway, usually on a freeway, that lies outside the main lanes (usually called express lanes) and provides access to most or all interchanges. ... Highway 409 as part of the 400-series network Highway 409 is an Ontario provincial 400-Series expressway that runs from the 401 in Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport, west of Highway 427, in Mississauga. ... This article or section should include material from 407 ETR International Highway 407 as part of the 400-series network Highway 407, officially called 407 ETR, is a pay-per-use freeway located in south-central Ontarios Greater Toronto Area. ...

Highway 427 directly north of the Highway 401/27/Eglington mega-interchange. Initially built in 1964 as the Airport Expressway, this was widened in the late 1990s.

It is a primary feeder route into Toronto Pearson International Airport. Much of the traffic coming from Highway 407, Highway 401 (eastbound), and the QEW/Gardiner uses Highway 427 for airport access, but it also serves the western portion of Etobicoke and the northeastern portion of Mississauga. It is also used as a bypass of the QEW for traffic originating from downtown Toronto headed towards the western suburbs, via Highway 401's collector lanes that provide a direct link between Highway 427 and Highway 403. Eastbound commuters on the QEW who want to bypass downtown Toronto use Highway 427 to reach Highway 401. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x771, 58 KB)Highway 427 north of the Highway 401 mega-interchange. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x771, 58 KB)Highway 427 north of the Highway 401 mega-interchange. ... Toronto Pearson International Airport, or Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ), straddling Mississaugas northeastern boundary with neighbouring Toronto, is Canadas busiest airport and part of the National Airports System. ... Highway 407, officially called the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR), is a pay-per-use freeway located in south-central Ontario, Canadas Greater Toronto Area. ... Etobicoke (pronounced ) is the western portion of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has a population of about 350,000. ... One of the busiest intersections in Malton. ...

History

Highway 427 was inaugurated in 1972 and incorporated two existing routes; the freeway portion of Highway 27 between the QEW and Highway 401 (the initial 401 and Highway 27 was the "Toronto Bypass" in the 1950s), and the "Airport Expressway" (that section of 427 is still known by the name since it opened in 1964) between the 401 and Toronto Pearson International Airport since the construction of the former Terminal 1 in the 1960s. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Highway 27 refers to a major arterial running through a portion of Southern Ontario. ... Highway 401 as part of the 400-series network The Kings Highway No. ... Toronto Pearson International Airport, or Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ), straddling Mississaugas northeastern boundary with neighbouring Toronto, is Canadas busiest airport and part of the National Airports System. ...

Since 1972, there has been no direct access from Highway 401 westbound to Highway 427 northbound and vice versa; that link is provided by Highway 409 instead. The complicated 401-427 interchange also includes high-speed ramps between from Eglinton Avenue westbound to Highway 401 westbound, Highway 427, and Highway 27; those freeway-to-freeway connectors (which seem excessive for an arterial road like Eglinton) were meant for the never-built Richview Expressway which was proposed to run eastward from that interchange, parallel to Eglinton. Plans to have Highway 403 run directly to the 401-427 interchange were scrapped and it was replaced by a collector-express setup on Highway 401 from 403's eventual eastern teminus (401-403-410 interchange) to 427. Highway 409 as part of the 400-series network Looking west on the 409 just east of the Highway 427 junction Highway 409 is an Ontario provincial 400-Series expressway that runs from the 401 in Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport, west of Highway 427, in Mississauga. ... Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Richview Expressway was a a proposed expressway in Toronto. ... External links Detailed History of Highway 403 Detailed Route Information for Highway 403 Categories: Stub | Ontario provincial highways ...

Collector-Express Setup

Unlike Highway 401 whose main collector-express system is also designed to increase the overall capacity of the road, Highway 427's collector-express system merely separates two streams of traffic, squeezing two parallel freeways into one corridor. The express lanes connect the QEW/Gardiner with 401 and exclusively lead to freeway-to-freeway ramps, while the collector lanes link up Highway 27 with Browns Line and has interchanges with local traffic. By contrast, on Highway 401, the collectors enjoy equal access to intersecting freeways as the express lanes do, so their use is not restricted to local traffic.

One unique feature of Highway 427's collector-express system is its several RIRO onramps and offramps to serve residential traffic, in addition to its standard Parclo interchanges with major arterials. A RIRO (right-in, right-out) expressway (also known as a Jersey freeway because of their prevalence in New Jersey, USA) is a partially controlled-access high-speed road. ... The parclo interchange (short for partial cloverleaf interchange) is a successor to the cloverleaf interchange. ... An arterial road is a high-capacity road which is just below a highway level of service. ...

There are transfers between express and collector lanes; however 401/Airport to QEW/Gardiner traffic has grown far heavier, making the express lanes congested while the collectors are underused. A good example of this jam occurs on Highway 427 southbound at the collector-to-express transfer near Bloor Street, where the majority of commuters need to get to the express lanes in order to reach the QEW/Gardiner. There is little utility for the collectors south of that transfer since only a minority of motorists are headed for local traffic (The Queensway, Evans Avenue, Browns Line). Recent 427-QEW interchange improvements in 2001-2002 allowed southbound traffic in the collector lanes to access the Gardiner Expressway. In the USA, a frontage road (also access road, service road or feeder) is a non-limited access road running parallel to a higher-speed road, usually a freeway, and feeding it at appropriate points of access (slip ramps). ... The Basketweave, as known in the context of the 400-series highways in Ontario, Canada, describes a stretch of Highway 401 immediately east of the Jane Street overpass. ... Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Queensway is the western extension of Queen Street (Toronto), after it merges with King Street near Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto, Canada. ...

Recent developments

There is talk of expanding this route further north from Vaughan, to at least Highway 89, and possibly as far north as Barrie, as a parallel bypass of the existing Highway 400 whose traffic levels are expected to outstrip expansion capacity in the next 20 years. No firm plans for the 427 an extension have been put forward ye, but current plans will likely extend the road to Rutherford Road. Fireworks over Kempenfelt Bay during Barries Canada Day celebrations. ... Highway 400 as part of the 400-series network Ontario provincial highway 400 or The Kings Highway 400, known previously as the Toronto-Barrie Highway, is a key north-south 400-Series Highway linking Toronto to Central and Northern Ontario. ...

Lane Configurations from South to North

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Interchanges from South to North

• No exit numbers are posted on Highway 427, although they may be when the highway is extended.

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Proposed Interchanges from South to North (exit numbers assumed)

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Reference

• History of Ontario's Kings Highways - Hwy 427

400-Series Highways of Ontario
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Ontario Provincial Highways