Highway 410 (Ontario)
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| Highway 410 | |
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| Length: | 11.5 km (7 miles) |
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| Formed: | 1979 |
| Direction: | North/South |
| From: | Mississauga, Ontario |
| To: | Brampton, Ontario |
| Major cities: | Mississauga, Brampton |
Highway 410 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario, Canada that connects Highway 401 and Highway 403 to Toronto's northern suburbs, specifically Brampton and Caledon. 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 widenened to 6 lanes south of Clark Boulevard, with much of the work involving the twinning of the existing carraigeway 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 Missisauga segment, after deciding that the Missisauga-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 2006, a northerly extension of Highway 410 (to Highway 10 just north of the Caledon/Brampton border) is in the design and construction stages. Currently, the route north from Bovaird Drive to Sandalwood Parkway in north Brampton has been graded, and the Sandalwood overpass completed. It had been announced by former Ontario Transportation Minister Harinder Takhar that the extension of the highway would resume in mid-May. This extension to Highway 10 would be split into phases, Phase 2 and Phase 3. Phase 2 would be the section from Bovaird Dr. to Mayfield Rd.; Phase 3 being the section from Mayfield Rd. to Highway 10. Certain residents in the Valleywood Subdivision of Caledon are concerned about the extension, for some of their homes may be as close as 65 metres to the planned extension,
[edit] Long-term plans
 
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Ultimately, in the future, 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 Road 5) | 3 Lanes Southbound, 4 Lanes Northbound |
| Derry Road to Steeles Avenue (Peel Road 15) | 3 Lanes per Direction |
| Steeles Avenue to Clark Boulevard | 4 Lanes per Direction |
| Clark Boulevard to Bovaird Drive (Highway 7) | 3 Lanes per Direction |
[edit] Interchanges from south to north
| Municipality | Kilometre Post* | Intersecting Roads |
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| Mississauga | 0 | Image:Ontario 401.png Highway 401 / Image:Ontario 403.png Highway 403 |
| Mississauga | 2 | Courtneypark Drive East |
| Mississauga | 3 | Derry Road (Peel Road 5) |
| Brampton | 5 |  Highway 407
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| Brampton | 7 | Steeles Avenue (Peel Road 15) |
| Brampton | 9 | Clark Boulevard (southbound only) |
| Brampton | 10 | Queen Street (Peel Road 107) |
| Brampton | 12 | Williams Parkway |
| Brampton | 14 | Bovaird Drive (Peel Road 107/Peel Road 10) |
- *Exit numbers are not posted on Highway 410, although they may be in the future if extended farther
[edit] Proposed interchanges from south to north
| Municipality | Kilometre Post* | Intersecting Roads |
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| Brampton | 16 | Sandalwood Parkway† |
| Brampton | 18 | Mayfield Road (Peel Road 14) |
| Brampton - Caledon Boundary | 21 | Hurontario Street |
† Under Construction.
| 400-series highways of Ontario | |||
| 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 ETR | 409 | 410 | 416 | 417 | 420 | 427 | QEW | |||
| Proposed: 424 | |||
| Ontario Provincial Highways | List of Ontario expressways | |||
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