Highway 404 as part of the 400-series network

Highway 404 is an Ontario 400-Series Highway that runs from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto to its northern terminus at Green Lane/Herald Road in Newmarket. The highway mainly serves as a commuter road for those working in Toronto but living in the northern suburbs of the city. As it forms Toronto's only complete north-south freeway besides Highway 427, Highway 404 is among the busiest for its size. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (971x611, 22 KB) Route Map, Highway 404 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (971x611, 22 KB) Route Map, Highway 404 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) Land 917,741 km² Water 158,654 km² (14. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of Ontario expressways. ... This article is about the Ontario 400-series highway. ... Don Valley Parkway, looking northbound, in typical rush-hour traffic The Don Valley Parkway (often referred to as the DVP or simply as The Parkway) is a controlled-access freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so named because it runs through the scenic Don River Valley. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... Map showing Newmarkets location in York Region Newmarket is a town located approximately 45 km north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has an area of 38. ...

Originally an extension of the Don Valley Parkway, Highway 404 became a provincial highway (and was completed by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation) in 1977. The outdated interchange with Highway 401, built in the late 1960s along with the Highway 401 expansion project, remains a major bottleneck especially for southbound traffic. Initially, Highway 404 was completed from 401 to Steeles Avenue with 6 lanes. At the time, it had features atypical of 1970s Ontario freeways, notably its grass median with a steel box-beam barrier and its conventional shaded high-pressure sodium lighting system, rather than the more common metal guardrail and mercury truss lights. North of Steeles, Highway 404 became a 4-lane rural freeway. Don Valley Parkway, looking northbound, in typical rush-hour traffic The Don Valley Parkway (often referred to as the DVP or simply as The Parkway) is a controlled-access freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so named because it runs through the scenic Don River Valley. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... This article is about the Highway 401 freeway in Southern Ontario. ... This article is about the Highway 401 freeway in Southern Ontario. ... Steeles Avenue is an east-west road on the northern city limits of the Toronto, Ontario. ...

In the late 1990s, Highway 404 underwent a major reconstruction with the earliest projects centring around the new Highway 407. Subsequently, the grass median and conventional lighting system was replaced with a tall-wall concrete barrier, high-mast lighting, and 2 additional lanes per direction from Highway 401 to Highway 407. North of Highway 407, Highway 404 was widened to 6 lanes all the way to Aurora Road, and the lighting system had been extended all the way to Major Mackenzie Drive. 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. ...

Running parallel to Highway 400 approximately 15 kilometres to the east, the 404 extends 36 km (22 mi.) north-south. The MTO plans to further extend the 404 northerly (and easterly) to Highway 12, to better serve commuters and to provide an alternate highway link into Ontario's "Cottage country". Highway 400 as part of the 400-series network Highway 400, known previously as the Toronto-Barrie Highway, is a key north-south route linking Toronto to Central and Northern Ontario. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ...

Highway 404 has 14 interchanges along its entire length, mostly of the Parclo A4 type. The fact that the exit numbers start at 17 suggest that the Don Valley Parkway was included in distance calculations when signing the exits, although there are no exit numbers posted on the DVP. The parclo interchange (short for partial cloverleaf interchange) is a successor to the cloverleaf interchange. ...

Volume Information (2002)

• Highest Volume: 256,600 AADT from Highway 401 to Sheppard Avenue
• Lowest Volume: 32,800 AADT from Vivian Road/Mulock Road to Green Lane

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Lane Configurations from South to North

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Interchanges from South to North

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Future Interchanges from South to North (exit numbers assumed)

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References

• Cameron Bevers, The History of Ontario's Kings Highways at http://www.thekingshighway.ca/
• Scott Steeves, www.ONTHIGHWAYS.com at http://www.onthighways.com/
• Official extension plans - government notice, published in March 22, 2005 edition of The Globe and Mail

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