Highway 410 (Ontario)
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| Formed: | 1979[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
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| South end: | Image:Ontario 401.svgImage:Ontario 403.svg Hwy 401 / Hwy 403 in Mississauga | ||||||||||||
| North end: | RR 14 in Brampton | ||||||||||||
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Highway 410 is a 400-Series highway in Ontario, Canada that connects Highway 401 and Highway 403 to Toronto's western suburbs of Mississauga and Brampton. Its total length is 11.5 km.
Notable about Highway 410 is the 4 level interchange with 401 and 403 which includes a spectacular flyover ramp from 401 eastbound to 410 northbound. From 401-403 to Steeles Avenue, Highway 410 has a wide grass median with the capacity to add 2 lanes per direction.
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[edit] History
Ontario Premier Bill Davis, who was known as "Brampton Billy", initiated Highway 410 during his administration. The first step in the 1970s was redirecting of Highway 403's (Mississauga section) eastern terminus towards Highway 401 instead of having it continue towards Highway 427 as originally planned. Highway 410 was then added to the 401-403 junction as a partial interchange with Highway 401 (eastbound only) and the rest of Highway 410 was constructed as a two-lane freeway. By the early 1980s, the northern part of Highway 410 from Clark Boulevard to Bovaird Drive was a limited-access 4 lane expressway; Clark Boulevard and Queen Street were the original interchanges at the time.
In the late eighties and early 1990s, Highway 410 was expanded to its current form concurrent with the construction of Highway 407. The freeway was widened to 6 lanes south of Clark Boulevard, with much of the work involving the twinning of the existing carriageway which was later redesignated as the northbound lanes. High-mast lighting was installed and new interchanges were added with Courtneypark Drive and Derry Road; the latter which was designed to accommodate the Highway 407 "clover-stack" junction undergoing construction nearby. In the late 1990s, Highway 410 was widened from 4 to 6 lanes north of Clark Boulevard.The MTO planned in the late 1990s for Highway 410 to replace the Highway 403 designation for the latter's Mississauga segment, after deciding that the Mississauga-Hamilton gap would be built as the toll Highway 407 instead of a Highway 403 extension; that would have eliminated confusion with the now disconnected Highway 403 segment from Woodstock to Hamilton. This was later rejected as the change would potentially confuse motorists accustomed to the original number which had been in use since 1982. Besides, Highway 403 is an east-west freeway for the most part, while Highway 410 runs north-south (and is intended to maintain that orientation for future extensions). In the end, it was decided that the Queen Elizabeth Way between the two 403 segments would be co-signed with Highway 403 instead.
[edit] Present plans
As of 2007, a northerly extension of Highway 410 (to Highway 10 just north of the Caledon/Brampton border) is in the design and construction stages. Currently, both north- and southbound lanes between Bovaird Drive and Mayfield Road have been paved and opened, marking the completion of phase 2 of the extension. The final part of the extension (Phase 3) from Mayfield Road to Highway 10 is underway and should be completed in the next few years. Preparations can be seen north of Mayfield Rd and also east of Hwy 10 between Valleywood Bldv and Highwood Rd. Currently, the extension of Highway 410 that is under construction has the temporary designation of "Highway 7276", and will be re-numbered as an extension of Highway 410 upon completion.
Certain residents in the Valleywood Subdivision of Caledon remain concerned about the extension, because some of their homes may be as close as 65 metres to the planned extension.
[edit] Long-term plans
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There are long-term plans for Highway 410 continue on to Orangeville, Shelburne and Owen Sound. This differs from the other north-south 400-series Highways in the Greater Toronto Area, as 427, 400 and 404 run parallel but 410 does not.
[edit] Volume information (2005)
- Highest Volume: 130,800 AADT from Highway 401/Highway 403 to Courtney Park Drive
- Lowest Volume: 75,500 AADT from Williams Parkway to Bovaird Drive
[edit] Lane configurations from south to north
| Section | Travel Lanes |
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| Highway 401 to Derry Road (Peel Regional Road 5) | 3 Lanes Southbound, 4 Lanes Northbound |
| Derry Road to Steeles Avenue (Peel Regional Road 15) | 3 lanes in each direction |
| Steeles Avenue to Clark Boulevard | 4 lanes in each direction |
| Clark Boulevard to Bovaird Drive | 3 lanes in each direction |
| Bovaird Drive to Mayfield Road | 2 lanes in each direction |
[edit] Exit list
| Location | Destinations | Notes |
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| Mississauga | Image:Ontario 403.svgImage:Ontario QEW.svg Hwy 403 to QEW – Hamilton | Southbound exit and northbound entrance |
| Image:Ontario 401.svg Hwy 401 – London, Toronto | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| Courtneypark Drive East | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| RR 5 (Derry Road) | ||
| Brampton | Image:Highway407crest.png Hwy 407 | |
| RR 15 (Steeles Avenue) | ||
| Clark Boulevard | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| RR 107 east (Queen Street, RR 6) | South end of RR 107 overlap | |
| Williams Parkway | ||
| RR 107 west (Bovaird Drive, RR 10) | North end of RR 107 overlap | |
| Sandalwood Parkway | ||
| RR 14 (Mayfield Road) | Opened September 2007 |
[edit] Proposed interchanges from south to north
| Municipality | Kilometre Post* | Intersecting Roads |
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| Brampton - Caledon Boundary | 21 | Hurontario Street |
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[edit] See also
Controlled-access highways of Ontario | |
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| 400-series highways | 400 · 400A · 401 · 402 · 403 · 404 · 405 · 406 · 407 ETR · 409 · 410 · 416 · 417 · 420 · 427 · QEW — Former: 401A — Proposed: 424 |
| Other highways | 2A · 11 · 58 · 115 · 137 · Burlington · Conestoga · Cootes Drive · Don Valley · Dougall · E.C. Row · Gardiner · Linc · Queensway · Red Hill Valley · Thunder Bay — Proposed: Bradford Bypass · Mid-Peninsula Highway |
| County roads in Ontario · Ontario Numbered Highways · Expressways and 400-series Highways · Kings Highways · Secondary Highways · Tertiary and 7000-series Highways · List of Ontario provincial highways · List of former provincial highways in Ontario · Provincial highways in Ontario · List of Ontario expressways | |
