Highway 417 (Ontario)
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| Length: | 181 km |
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| Formed: | 1971 |
| Direction: | East/West |
| From: | Continuation of Autoroute 40, at Ontario-Quebec border |
| To: | Arnprior, Ontario |
| Major cities: | Ottawa |
Highway 417 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region, where it is known as the Queensway (from the Ottawa Road 174 interchange to at least Highway 7). It extends from the Quebec border (near Hawkesbury, where it joins Autoroute 40) to Arnprior, where it continues westward as Highway 17. The eastern section from the Quebec border to the east side of Ottawa was opened in the 1970s. The western extensions from urban Ottawa had been under construction since the mid-1990s, in three phases, with the latest section to Arnprior opened in 2005. See the Queensway for more detail about Highway 417's Ottawa section.
The first sections of the Queensway, which eventually were made part of the 417 alignment were constructed in the early 1960s. The central zone of Queensway was gradually extended both eastward and westward through Ottawa in the late 1960s and 1970s. As the Queensway/417 was extended, a section of Highway 17 through the city "disappeared", although the two sections of Highway 17 are directly linked by Highway 417. This comprises most of the Queensway route. In the Eastern part of the city of Ottawa at an interchange known as "the split", Highway 417 is built on a new alignment which bypasses the existing Highway 17. Highway 17 resumes east of "the split", with its short freeway section constituting the rest of the Queensway route, before 1998 provincial downloading threw it into doubt. Near the Quebec border, Highway 17 again meets up with and terminates with Highway 417, shortly before 417 turns into Autoroute 40. After 1998 when Highway 17 became Ottawa Regional Road 174, Highway 417 assumed the Trans-Canada Highway designation all the way to its eastern terminus at the Quebec Border.
For many years, Highway 417 had the distinction of one of the few "isolated" 400-Series Highways, without direct freeway access to the "backbone" of the network, Highway 401, until the completion of Highway 416 in 1999.
Highway 417 is often quite congested through Ottawa, but there is no current expansion planned through the city centre. An Ottawa bypass beltway plan was slightly discussed in 2001-2003, but is now on the political back burner. As of 2005, The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO), is in the preliminary planning stages of an extensive upgrade of the infrastructure of the Queensway,along Highway 417 from Highway 416 easterly to Anderson Road. Phased construction is scheduled to begin in 2007.
The provincial highway department, MTO, also plans to further extend the 417 westerly through the Ottawa Valley by twinning and realigning the existing Highway 17 to a four-lane freeway past Arnprior, where Highway 417 currently ends. No immediate construction timelines have been announced, but route planning by MTO has been completed to Pembroke. In August 2006, construction began on a connection at Exit 145 with an announced 4-lane expansion of Highway 7 to Carleton Place from the west side of Ottawa.
In the western part of the City of Greater Sudbury there is a 20 km freeway section of Highway 17 completed that could be incorporated into a future Highway 417 (likely exit numbers in the low 600s), as well as a section under construction (opening around 2008) from Sault Ste. Marie east for about 27 km to Echo Bay. A further section of Highway 17, from Echo Bay to Desbarats, already exists as a four-lane expressway with grade level intersections (That section would likely carry exit numbers in the low to mid-900s).
The 417 currently has 42 interchanges from the Quebec border to Arnprior, with more planned as the highway is extended westward (shown below). Unlike other highways in Ontario, Exit 1 is on the eastern end of the highway and they increase westward.
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[edit] Volume Information (2005)
- Highest Volume: 180,600 AADT from Rochester Street (Exit 122) to Parkdale Avenue (Exit 121B)
- Lowest Volume: 12,000 AADT from Barb Road (Exit 17) to Highway 17 (Exit 9)
[edit] Control Cities
Note: Freeway exits are currently signed from east-to-west (westbound), so the control cities are listed from west-to-east (eastbound). Bold indicates official control cities.
- Pembroke, Ontario (Via Highway 17)
- Arnprior, Ontario
- Toronto, Ontario (Via Highway 7)
- Carleton Place, Ontario (Via Highway 7)
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Montréal, Quebec. Ontario typically avoids using out-of-province control cities, but since there are no major towns of sizeable significance, Montréal is the logical choice for a control city.
[edit] Interchanges from east to west
| Municipality | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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Continues as  Autoroute 40 in Quebec |
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| East Hawkesbury - Pointe-Fortune Boundary (Ontario-Quebec Border) | 1 | Prescott and Russell County Road 14 (North)/Quebec  Route 342 (also Exit 1 on Autoroute 40) |
| East Hawkesbury | 5 | Prescott and Russell County Roads 4 and 14 |
| East Hawkesbury | 9 |  Highway 17 (Prescott and Russell County Road 17) |
| East Hawkesbury | 17 | Barb Road (Prescott and Russell County Roads 10 and 12) |
| North Glengarry | 27 |  Highway 34 |
| North Glengarry | 35 | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Road 23 |
| North Glengarry | 51 | Highland Road (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Roads 9 and 20) |
| The Nation - North Stormont Boundary | 58 |  Highway 138/Prescott and Russell County Road 8 |
| The Nation (Casselman) | 66 | Principale Street (Prescott and Russell County Road 7) |
| The Nation - Russell Boundary (Embrun) | 79 | Limoges Road (Prescott and Russell County Road 5, Embrun) |
| Russell - Ottawa Boundary (Embrun) | 88 | Prescott and Russell County Road 17, Embrun/Rockdale Road (Ottawa Road 33) |
| Ottawa | 96 | Boundary Road (Ottawa Road 41) |
| Ottawa | 104 | Anderson Road (Ottawa Road 27) |
| Ottawa | 108* | Hunt Club Road (Ottawa Road 32) (future interchange) |
| Ottawa | 110 | Walkley Road (Ottawa Roads 43 and 74) |
| Ottawa | 112 | Innes Road (Ottawa Road 30) |
| Ottawa | 113 | Aviation Parkway/Ottawa Road 174 (former Highway 17) |
| Ottawa | 115 | St. Laurent Boulevard |
| Ottawa | 117 | Vanier Parkway/Riverside Drive |
| Ottawa | 118 | Nicholas Street/Mann Avenue (westbound)/Lees Avenue (eastbound) |
| Ottawa | 119 | Metcalfe Street |
| Ottawa | 120 | Kent Street (westbound only) |
| Ottawa | 121A | Bronson Avenue |
| Ottawa | 121B | Rochester Street (eastbound only) |
| Ottawa | 122 | Parkdale Avenue |
| Ottawa | 123 | Island Park Drive (westbound only) |
| Ottawa | 124 | Carling Avenue/Kirkwood Avenue |
| Ottawa | 126 | Maitland Avenue |
| Ottawa | 127 | Woodroffe Avenue |
| Ottawa | 129 | Pinecrest Road/Greenbank Road |
| Ottawa | 130 | Richmond Road / Bayshore Drive (westbound) / Holly Acres Road (eastbound) |
| Ottawa | 131 |  Highway 416 |
| Ottawa | 134 | Moodie Drive (Ottawa Road 59) |
| Ottawa | 138 | Eagleson Road/March Road (Ottawa Road 49) |
| Ottawa | 139 | Kanata Avenue/Castlefrank Road (westbound only) |
| Ottawa | 140 | Terry Fox Drive (Ottawa Road 61) |
| Ottawa | 142 | Palladium Drive (Ottawa Road 88) |
| Ottawa | 144 | Carp Road (Ottawa Road 5) |
| Ottawa | 145 | Highway 7 |
| Ottawa | 155 | March Road (Ottawa Road 49) |
| Ottawa | 163 | Panmure Road |
| Ottawa | 169 | Kinburn Side Road (Ottawa Road 20) |
| Ottawa | 176* | Galetta Side Road (Ottawa Road 22) (future interchange) |
| Ottawa - Arnprior Boundary | 180 | Ottawa Road 29 |
[edit] Proposed interchanges from east to west (exit numbers assumed)
| Municipality | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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| Arnprior | 182 | Baskin Drive (westbound only) |
| Arnprior | 183 | White Lake Road (Renfrew County Road 2) |
| Arnprior | 184 | Division Street S./Pinegrove Road |
| McNab/Braeside | 186 | Campbell Drive |
| McNab/Braeside | 195 | McLean Drive (Renfrew Cty. Rd. 54)/Calabogie Road (Renfrew Cty. Rd. 508) |
| Horton | 205 | Lochwinnoch Road (Renfrew County Road 6) |
| Horton - Renfrew Boundary | 207 | Highway 60/O'Brien Road |
| Horton | 209 | Bruce Street/Castleford Road (Renfrew County Road 20) |
| Horton | 214 | Storyland Road (Renfrew County Road 4)/Pinnacle Road |
| Whitewater Region | 221 | Chenaux Road (Renfrew Cty. Rd. 653)/Haley Road (Renfrew Cty. Rd. 61) |
| Whitewater Region | 231 | Foresters Falls Road (Renfrew County Road 7) |
| Whitewater Region | 248 | Old Highway 17 (Renfrew County Road 40) |
| Laurentian Valley | 253 | White Water Road (Renfrew County Road 24) |
| Laurentian Valley - Pembroke Boundary | 259 | Paul Martin Drive (Highway 41) |
| Laurentian Valley | 264 | Round Lake Road (Renfrew County Road 58) |
| Laurentian Valley | 268 | Forest Lea Road (Renfrew County Road 42) |
| Laurentian Valley - Petawawa Boundary | 271 | Doran Road (Renfrew County Road 26) |
| Petawawa | 278 | Murphy Road (Renfrew County Road 37) |
| Petawawa | 280 | Paquette Road (Renfrew County Road 55) |
- Beyond Petawawa no routing has been planned.
[edit] 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/
- Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005 (for distance estimates)
| Preceded by: ON Highway 17 |
 Trans-Canada Highway ON Highway 417 |
Succeeded by: QC Autoroute 40 |
| Preceded by: ON Highway 7 |
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400-series highways of Ontario |
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