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Highway 404 - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Alley, Alleyway, Arterial, Artery, Autoroute, Avenue, Boulevard, Bypass, Byway, Causeway, Causey, Court, Crescent |
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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. Originally an extension of the Don Valley Parkway, the 404 became a provincial highway (and was completed by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation) in 1977. The highway mainly serves as a commuter road for those working in Toronto but living in the northern suburbs of the city. Running parallel to Highway 400 approximately 15 kilometres to the east, the 404 extends 36 kilometres 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."
The 404 has 14 interchanges along its entire length. Its northbound control city is Newmarket (exits 22-45), though no control city is used in the city of Toronto (except at the 401). Its southbound control city is Toronto (exits 53-22), but no control city is used in the city of Toronto. 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.
Interchanges from South to North
| Municipality
| Exit Number
| Intersecting Roads
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| Toronto
| 17
| Highway 401 and Don Valley Parkway
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| Toronto
| 18
| Sheppard Avenue
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| Toronto
| 20
| Finch Avenue
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| Toronto - Markham Boundary
| 22
| Steeles Avenue
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| Markham
| 25
| Highway 407
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| Markham - Richmond Hill Boundary
| 27
| Highway 7 (York Road 7)
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| Markham - Richmond Hill Boundary
| 29
| 16th Avenue (York Road 73)
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| Markham - Richmond Hill Boundary
| 31
| Major Mackenzie Road (York Road 25)
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| Richmond Hill - Whitchurch-Stouffville Boundary
| 37
| Stouffville Road (York Road 14)
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| Richmond Hill - Whitchurch-Stouffville Boundary
| 41
| Bloomington Road (York Road 40)
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| Whitchurch-Stouffville - Aurora Boundary
| 45
| Aurora Road (York Road 15)
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| Whitchurch-Stouffville - Newmarket Boundary
| 49
| Vivian Road / Mulock Road (York Road 74)
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| Whitchurch-Stouffville - Newmarket Boundary
| 51
| Davis Drive (York Road 31)
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| Whitchurch-Stouffville - Newmarket Boundary
| 53
| Green Lane (York Road 19)
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Future interchanges (if the 404 is extended northward)
| Municipality
| Exit Number
| Intersecting Roads
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| East Gwillimbury
| 59
| Queensville Sideroad (York Road 77)
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| East Gwillimbury
| 60
| Bradford Bypass (planned)
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| East Gwillimsbury
| 65
| Woodbine Avenue (York Road 8)
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| Georgina
| 70
| Pollock Road
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| Georgina
| 79
| Highway 48 South
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| Georgina
| 91
| Pefferlaw Road (York Road 21)
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| Georgina - Brock Boundary
| 93
| Lake Ridge Road (York Road 23 / Durham Road 23)
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References
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Example Usage of Highway |
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codemypantsoff: @douglaskarr - oh yeah - its not that flat when you are sliding off of the Highway |
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SAfmnews: CAA investigators are at the scene of an SA Air link plane accident in George after it overshot the runway landing near the N2 Highway |
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msager: The Highway System Map reinterpreted as a Subway Map. Epic graphic design win. http://flic.kr/p/7bkiCQ |
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