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I have to question having a list of proposed interchanges along with exit numbers for the stretch of Highway 69 north of Parry Sound. I think its highly irrisponsible to simply assume exits and exit numbers for a highway that hasn't even had preliminary designs carried out. The MTO is only studying 4-laning highway 69, nothing more at this point. - 149.99.27.2 00:26, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Highway 522 to Highway 64: will be twinned (not realigned), according to the maps at the MTO site. CrazyC83 03:41, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
I believe the cause of the shelving of the plans to extend the 400 in the 1970's was public resistance to the plan - the same reason that the eglinton ave. expressway wasn't built. I have a bulliten published by the MTO in the 1980's with the initial plans for the expansion from Highway 12 to Mactier which I will try to scan in at some point and post here. These plans were modified because of the indian land claim by the Whata Mohawks which incidentally are the same indian band as the Oka indians so famous for their standoff with the police over a decade ago.
65 MPH is closer to 105KPH than 100 KPH. The speed limit was dropped slightly on metric conversion to conserve fuel. Blacknail 16:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I was reading a document that stated the name of the highway was originally just the "Barrie Highway", which was completed in 1951. Is this a direct predecessor to Highway 400? Source: Bulletin #3: Roads, Tolls, Rails & Automobiles from City of Vaughan archives, Cultural Services Division. Mind matrix 23:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
This isn't the only interchange with a secondary road.
Highway 58 has an interchange with the 406 in St Catharines. This is a massive cloverleaf which also has the local beaverdams road running through it. Check it out on google earth. -- Uncle Bungle 23:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd call that interchange extremely complex, but efficient since it is indeed, FULL ACCESS to all directions involved. :) RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 21:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Here is the bulletin that I promised! Blacknail 23:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I was checking out the proposed interchange section, and I noticed that Parry Sound Drive and Highway 124 were numbered as seperate exits. However, Google Maps shows that it's just one road that is marked as Highway 124 north of 69/400 and Parry Sound Drive south of the 69/400. Is there something that I'm missing? -- Smoothtofu 00:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
I drive Highway 400 almost every weekend from the beginning of May, to mid October. I have seen this sign that reads "Slower Traffic Keep Right" at almost every entrance. The right lane is the one I always drive in, except when I'm going to pass another vehicle. I always signal in accordance with the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, if it's going to affect other traffic around me, and usually I signal anyway, because I like that same respect from other drivers too. More often than sometimes, other drivers like to speed up as soon as they see my turn signal, they like to pretend I can't see them. I like to use hand signals, they work better than lights. Whenever I pass other vehicles I always return to the right lane, unless I'm already in that lane when I pass. Often in the right lane, I seem to pass more traffic in the centre lane and sometimes the left lane. What I really hate is those motorists hauling the big boats up the long hills in the passing lane, they like to think they are sportsmen, but is that sportsmanship. W W 06:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
The article currently says:
First, I have always understood The Basket-Weave to refer not to the 400/401 interchange, but to the express/collector crossovers near there on highway 401.
Second, the speed limit reference is definitely wrong. The speed limit on the 400-series highways was 60 mph when I moved to Ontario in 1964 (I've read that at some earlier time it was 50 mph), then 70 mph (but still 60 for trucks), then 60 mph again, and only then came the metric conversion to 100 km/h. 1968 sounds right for the year when the limit was raised to 70, with the other two changes following in the mid-1970s. This is from memory, but I'm very sure.
Third, raising the speed limit does not make an interchange obsolete. Most interchanges involve speed restrictions on curved ramps.
207.176.159.90 23:01, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I've been doing some reading and researching on Highway 400's new upgrades, and i'd like to clarify a few things for it. Highway 400 has a few TEMPORARY RIRO entrances, but they are most likely temporary.
The articles i've used are:
Highway notes: Highway 69 is shown in the 2008 Rand McNally atlas as travelling from a trumpet interchange (Exit 189), west to Foot's Bay, then past Gordon Bay, meeting up with Highway 141 at Parry Sound Airport, though Google Earth indicates that Highway 141 passes Horseshoe Lake and meets Highway 400 at Exit 213.
Heading north from Port Severn, Ontario: Note: most of these entrances are on the west side (southbound carriageway).
I was thinking, if this information is relevant, then should it be added to the article? and if so, how should it be done? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RingtailedFox ( talk • contribs) 21:50, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 22:15, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Craighurst -> Coldwater (1956) [1]
-- ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 16:54, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Replacing structures to accommodate 8 lanes northwards to Barrie is referenced in this article. Are there any facts to support this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.238.227.142 ( talk) 01:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
The statement "The 400/407 junction is the only four-level stack interchange in Ontario" I'm not sure is accurate given that 410/401 junction also seems to have 4 levels as part of that exchange. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.229.2.4 ( talk) 04:03, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
-- ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 21:20, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
-- ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 16:25, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
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This article is close to achieving Good Article status, but I have a few concerns that need to be addressed first:
Thanks. – Grondemar 19:03, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
Concerning the image: If it is now unambiguously PD in Canada (and I think stronger sourcing/author information would be needed here- I am assuming you did not take the photograph, Floydian?) but was not PD in Canada on 1 January 1996, then it may still be used on Commons, provided it has that tag. However, this may end up changing, as this is very much an exception to the rule that media must be PD in the US and the source country for Commons. So, if those few points can be established, it's alright for now, but far from ideal. As an aside, moving the content to the English Wikipedia will not solve this problem. (IANAL, I am making no effort to interpret US law, about which I know little, only WP/Commons policy.) J Milburn ( talk) 00:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Still a few minor things that I /should/ have addressed before GAN, but... didn't.
-- ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 18:18, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
I removed the sentence in the opening section claiming that the TPS has jurisdiction over patrolling the 1.6km section of the 400 south of the 401. It contained no citation. There was a fatal collision on July 4, 2015 on that section of the 400 at the Black Creek overpass (between Jane Street and Maple Leaf Drive) and the OPP were the lead on the scene. This is easily evidenced by media reports/broadcasts of that story (see google news). I think as a default it should be assumed that MTO owned highways are patrolled by the OPP, and if there are exceptions to this rule, there should be references provided before inclusion in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.116.148 ( talk) 11:27, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
I've added text to the interchange list noting the opening of interchange 331 at Highway 64. Looking at the map reference, the route is shown open and twinned even further south. Matching that to a recent satellite image at Google Maps and one gets the measurements I've included in that added text. Not sure if this is the best presentation, but welcome any refinement of the text. I believe the lead of the article should be updated as well. It says the highway is twinned as far as the Murdock River, but with the recent opening, the highway twinning has now reached two more interchanges and some 20 km further south. -- papageno ( talk) 02:34, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
I was putting what tenants are available in which service centres have with sources added because it is suitable for this page to have. But Imzadi1979 reverted it for no reason at all. TTCTransportationFan4644 ( talk) 03:44, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
Are you kids out of your minds? I CAN keep them up to date. And ALL of them are fully opened a while ago! TTCTransportationFan4644 ( talk) 15:25, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
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I have to question having a list of proposed interchanges along with exit numbers for the stretch of Highway 69 north of Parry Sound. I think its highly irrisponsible to simply assume exits and exit numbers for a highway that hasn't even had preliminary designs carried out. The MTO is only studying 4-laning highway 69, nothing more at this point. - 149.99.27.2 00:26, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Highway 522 to Highway 64: will be twinned (not realigned), according to the maps at the MTO site. CrazyC83 03:41, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
I believe the cause of the shelving of the plans to extend the 400 in the 1970's was public resistance to the plan - the same reason that the eglinton ave. expressway wasn't built. I have a bulliten published by the MTO in the 1980's with the initial plans for the expansion from Highway 12 to Mactier which I will try to scan in at some point and post here. These plans were modified because of the indian land claim by the Whata Mohawks which incidentally are the same indian band as the Oka indians so famous for their standoff with the police over a decade ago.
65 MPH is closer to 105KPH than 100 KPH. The speed limit was dropped slightly on metric conversion to conserve fuel. Blacknail 16:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I was reading a document that stated the name of the highway was originally just the "Barrie Highway", which was completed in 1951. Is this a direct predecessor to Highway 400? Source: Bulletin #3: Roads, Tolls, Rails & Automobiles from City of Vaughan archives, Cultural Services Division. Mind matrix 23:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
This isn't the only interchange with a secondary road.
Highway 58 has an interchange with the 406 in St Catharines. This is a massive cloverleaf which also has the local beaverdams road running through it. Check it out on google earth. -- Uncle Bungle 23:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd call that interchange extremely complex, but efficient since it is indeed, FULL ACCESS to all directions involved. :) RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 21:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Here is the bulletin that I promised! Blacknail 23:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I was checking out the proposed interchange section, and I noticed that Parry Sound Drive and Highway 124 were numbered as seperate exits. However, Google Maps shows that it's just one road that is marked as Highway 124 north of 69/400 and Parry Sound Drive south of the 69/400. Is there something that I'm missing? -- Smoothtofu 00:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
I drive Highway 400 almost every weekend from the beginning of May, to mid October. I have seen this sign that reads "Slower Traffic Keep Right" at almost every entrance. The right lane is the one I always drive in, except when I'm going to pass another vehicle. I always signal in accordance with the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, if it's going to affect other traffic around me, and usually I signal anyway, because I like that same respect from other drivers too. More often than sometimes, other drivers like to speed up as soon as they see my turn signal, they like to pretend I can't see them. I like to use hand signals, they work better than lights. Whenever I pass other vehicles I always return to the right lane, unless I'm already in that lane when I pass. Often in the right lane, I seem to pass more traffic in the centre lane and sometimes the left lane. What I really hate is those motorists hauling the big boats up the long hills in the passing lane, they like to think they are sportsmen, but is that sportsmanship. W W 06:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
The article currently says:
First, I have always understood The Basket-Weave to refer not to the 400/401 interchange, but to the express/collector crossovers near there on highway 401.
Second, the speed limit reference is definitely wrong. The speed limit on the 400-series highways was 60 mph when I moved to Ontario in 1964 (I've read that at some earlier time it was 50 mph), then 70 mph (but still 60 for trucks), then 60 mph again, and only then came the metric conversion to 100 km/h. 1968 sounds right for the year when the limit was raised to 70, with the other two changes following in the mid-1970s. This is from memory, but I'm very sure.
Third, raising the speed limit does not make an interchange obsolete. Most interchanges involve speed restrictions on curved ramps.
207.176.159.90 23:01, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I've been doing some reading and researching on Highway 400's new upgrades, and i'd like to clarify a few things for it. Highway 400 has a few TEMPORARY RIRO entrances, but they are most likely temporary.
The articles i've used are:
Highway notes: Highway 69 is shown in the 2008 Rand McNally atlas as travelling from a trumpet interchange (Exit 189), west to Foot's Bay, then past Gordon Bay, meeting up with Highway 141 at Parry Sound Airport, though Google Earth indicates that Highway 141 passes Horseshoe Lake and meets Highway 400 at Exit 213.
Heading north from Port Severn, Ontario: Note: most of these entrances are on the west side (southbound carriageway).
I was thinking, if this information is relevant, then should it be added to the article? and if so, how should it be done? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RingtailedFox ( talk • contribs) 21:50, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 22:15, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Craighurst -> Coldwater (1956) [1]
-- ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 16:54, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Replacing structures to accommodate 8 lanes northwards to Barrie is referenced in this article. Are there any facts to support this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.238.227.142 ( talk) 01:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
The statement "The 400/407 junction is the only four-level stack interchange in Ontario" I'm not sure is accurate given that 410/401 junction also seems to have 4 levels as part of that exchange. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.229.2.4 ( talk) 04:03, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
-- ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 21:20, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
-- ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 16:25, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Grondemar ( talk · contribs) 18:18, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
This article is close to achieving Good Article status, but I have a few concerns that need to be addressed first:
Thanks. – Grondemar 19:03, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
Concerning the image: If it is now unambiguously PD in Canada (and I think stronger sourcing/author information would be needed here- I am assuming you did not take the photograph, Floydian?) but was not PD in Canada on 1 January 1996, then it may still be used on Commons, provided it has that tag. However, this may end up changing, as this is very much an exception to the rule that media must be PD in the US and the source country for Commons. So, if those few points can be established, it's alright for now, but far from ideal. As an aside, moving the content to the English Wikipedia will not solve this problem. (IANAL, I am making no effort to interpret US law, about which I know little, only WP/Commons policy.) J Milburn ( talk) 00:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Still a few minor things that I /should/ have addressed before GAN, but... didn't.
-- ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 18:18, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
I removed the sentence in the opening section claiming that the TPS has jurisdiction over patrolling the 1.6km section of the 400 south of the 401. It contained no citation. There was a fatal collision on July 4, 2015 on that section of the 400 at the Black Creek overpass (between Jane Street and Maple Leaf Drive) and the OPP were the lead on the scene. This is easily evidenced by media reports/broadcasts of that story (see google news). I think as a default it should be assumed that MTO owned highways are patrolled by the OPP, and if there are exceptions to this rule, there should be references provided before inclusion in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.116.148 ( talk) 11:27, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
I've added text to the interchange list noting the opening of interchange 331 at Highway 64. Looking at the map reference, the route is shown open and twinned even further south. Matching that to a recent satellite image at Google Maps and one gets the measurements I've included in that added text. Not sure if this is the best presentation, but welcome any refinement of the text. I believe the lead of the article should be updated as well. It says the highway is twinned as far as the Murdock River, but with the recent opening, the highway twinning has now reached two more interchanges and some 20 km further south. -- papageno ( talk) 02:34, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
I was putting what tenants are available in which service centres have with sources added because it is suitable for this page to have. But Imzadi1979 reverted it for no reason at all. TTCTransportationFan4644 ( talk) 03:44, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
Are you kids out of your minds? I CAN keep them up to date. And ALL of them are fully opened a while ago! TTCTransportationFan4644 ( talk) 15:25, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
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