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Home > Ontario's Trans-Canada Highway > Toronto to Kingston Itinerary

Ontario (Toronto bypass): from Toronto to Kingston along Highway 401

Here is the itinerary for the 309 km from Toronto to Kingston along Highway 401, also known as the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Continuing from Kingston to Montreal),

Highway 2 was the original road joining together the main settlements of Upper Canada (so named because it was higher up the St Lawrence than Lower Canada, Quebec) along the shores of Lake Ontario, based on earlier trails and footpaths. It began as the primary wagon and stage coach route, before the arrival of the Grand Trunk Railway. The Kingston Road (now just "Kingston Road") was built by engineer Asa Danforth to connect Toronto (then called "York") with Kingston, Ontario. Until Highway 401 was constructed, Kingston Road / Highway 2 was the principal route from Toronto to points east, and is the location of clusters of inns and motels along he way. The road continued west of Toronto as Highway 3 to Windsor.

The Trent-Severn canal is 385 kilometres (240 miles) and connects Lake Ontario at Trenton with Georgian Bay / Lake Huron at Port Severn. The first European to visit the area was Samuel de Champlain, who arrived in 1615, roughly following the canal's path from Lake Huron back to his base at Montreal. From Lake Ontario the canal climbs 181 m through 36 locks to its highest point on Balsam Lake at Kirkfield, before dropping 79m through another 10 locks to Lake Huron, for a net climb of 100 metres. The waterway and connecting lakes have over 1609 km of shoreline and contain 160 islands, and is traversed by 18,000 pleasure boats each summer season. The Trent Severn Canal begins on Lake Ontario at Trenton via the 1880 Murray Canal which effectively made the scenic Prince Edward County an island. Just 6 km north of Trenton is a boulder the size of a house at Glen Miller, which was left behind by the retreating glaciers. Along the lower Trent you can observe the Peterborough Drumlin Field, where 3,000 teardrop shaped glacial hills are spread over 7770 square kilometres (3000 square miles).

The County of Prince Edward, sometimes referred to as "Quinte's Isle", is surrounded by water in the north-east corner of Lake Ontario. Formerly a peninsula, the construction of the Murray Canal in 1889 created an island covering 323 square kilometers with some 844 kilometres of shoreline. During the last Ice Age, the glacier's streams of melt-water deposited millions of cubic yards of white sand in a high ridge strip running nearly 10 miles south-westward from Picton, at what is now called "The Sandbanks". The miles of white sand beaches make it popular with campers, picnickers, hikers, swimmers and wind surfers.

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Next West: Toronto to Parry Sound

Next East: Kingston to Montreal

Ontario Ministry of Highways road condition reports for this segment.

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KM From Start EAST  |  WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info
0	248	Exit 617 Division Street (S) & Perth Road / Frontenac Road 10 (N), N to towns of Westport (50 km) and Perth (80 km). S to Downtown Kingston (4 km), shopping, gas, accommodation, and hospital.	Kingston	94.2
2	246	Exit 615 Sir John A. Macdonald Road.. S to Kingston's Princess Street (3 km), shopping, Queens University (7 km), St Lawrence College, Lake Ontario Amusement Park.	Kingston	88.7
2.7	245.3	crossing Little Cataraqui Creek, Little Cataraqui Recreation Area N of hwy	Kingston	86.6
4	244	Exit 613 Highway 9 /Sydenham Road, Sto shopping, accommodation and OPP.	Kingston	105.5
6	242	Exit 611 Highway 38 / Gardiners Road, N to Sharbot Lake (67 km), S to gas, services, accommodation, Catarqui Town Centre shopping, OPP (3 km), Kingston Airport (10 km)…	Kingston	110.3
8	240	Westbrook Rd underpass (no access), S to golf course, N to gravel pit	Kingston	116.7
13	235	Service Station & restaurant (Eastbound)	Kingston	119.8
18	230	Exit 599 Lennox & Addington Road 6, N to Mud Lake Rd to Mud Lake (3 km), S to Parrot's Ba Conservation Area (10 km)		124.1
19	229	Old Wilton Rd underpass (no access)		125.9
24	224	Exit 593 Lennox & Addington Road 4 (Camdem East Road / Highway 133 South), S to Millhaven (10 km), ferry to Amherst Island		108.8
26	222	Service Station & restaurant (Westbound)	Napanee	122.2
31.3	216.7	Switzerville Rd underpasss (no access)	Napanee	121.9
35	213	Exit 582 Lennox & Addington Road 5 (Palace Rd) St to Napanee	Napanee	95.4
35.7	212.3	crossing Napanee River	Napanee	86.6
36.5	211.5	Industrial Blvd (S) / Newburgh Rd (N) underpass (no access)	Napanee	92
38	210	Exit 579 Lennox & Addington Road 41 (Centre St N), S to Napanee (2 km), shopping, OPP	Napanee	94.8
47	201	Exit 570 Desoronto Road (Lennox & Addington Road 10), S to Deseronto (6 km), Picton (27 km)	Napanee	108.8
51	197	Exit 566 Kings' Highway 49 / Shannonville Rd (N), Marysville Road (S), S to Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory (3 km)		102.7
54.4	193.6	Wyman's Rd underpass (no access)		103.6
54.8	193.2	Salmon River crossing		91.7
60	188	Aikin Rd underpass (no access)	Trenton	104.5
61	187	Exit 556 County Highway 7 (Shannonville Road), S to community of Shannonville (3 km)		106.7
64.6	183.4	Mitchell Rd underpass (no access)		113.1
73	175	Exit 544 King's Highway 37 / 6 (Cannifton Rd), S to accommodation, downtown City of Belleville, Belleville Harbour	Belleville	93.6
74	174	Exit 543 Highway 62, S to Quinte Mall, movie theatre, accommodation, downtown City of Belleville, Belleville Harbour, access to County of Prince Edward (6 km) and Sandbanks Provincial Park (33 km)…	Trenton	95.4
		Place Victoria Place Bed & Breakfast, 3 km S of highway
74	174	Crossing the Moira River, flows into Bay of Quinte	Belleville	93
75	173	Sidney St (Hwy 30 / 33) underpass (no access)	Trenton	95.1
77	171	Hillaire Rd underpass (no access)	Trenton	107.3
79	169	Exit 538 Highway #1 (Walbridge - Loyalist Road). S to Quinte Conservation Area (3 km) & Loyalist College (3 km), golfing, N to gas	Trenton	104.5
80	168	Exit 526 Hwy 4 (Glen Miller Rd) S to Trenton, gas, services, accommodation, and CFB Trenton (4 km)	Trenton	92.7
81	167	Crossing Trent River / Trent-Severn Canal	Trenton	79.9
83	165	Exit 525 Hwy #33 (Trenton-Frankford Rd) S to gas, services, accommodation, and Trenton Memorial Hospital. Access to Quinte Island (6 km), Sandbanks PP (60 km)	Trenton	95.7
84.7	163.3	Stockdale Rd underpass (no access)	Trenton	93.9
85	163	Exit 522 overpass Hwy #40 (Wooler Rd)	Trenton	109.1
89	159	EB & WB gas, services & restaurant, with pinic areas adjoining		179.8
90	158	Coltman Rd (N) / Christian Rd (S) underpass (no access), Britghton Provinciacl Wildlife Area to NW		181.1
96	152	Hwy 26 underpass (no access)		199.3
98	150	EB Exit 509 Highway #30, NW to KOA Brighton/401 campground, S to town of Brighton (5 km), accommodation, gas, services, and Presq'ille PP (9 km) camping		193.2
103.8	144.2	Little Lake to the S		177.7
104	144	Lake Rd underpass (no access)		181.7
109	139	Herley Rd (N) / Durham Rd (S) underpass (no access)		167.6
111	137	Exit 497 Hwy #25 (Percy St) underpass	Colborne	167
114	134	Boyce Rd (N), Herron Rd (S)	Colborne	131.7
116	132	Vernonville Rd underpass (no access)		145.7
117	131	Shelter Valley Rd underpass (no access)		135
120	128	Exit 487 Hwy #23 / Aird St (N) / Lyle St N (S) underpass, S to services		165.2
123	125	Gully Rd underpass (no access)		161.5
125	123	Danforth Rd underpass (no access)		156.7
130	118	Nagle Rd underpass (no access)		137.8
131	117	Larchmere Golf Club and Restaurant to the S		116.7
132	116	Exit 474 overpass Hwy #45 (Division St), S to gas, shopping, services, N to Hastings (45 km)	Cobourg	104.9
134	114	Ontario St overpass	Cobourg	101.2
135	113	Exit 472 to Highway 18 (Burnham St), S to servies, gas, accommodation, N to south shore of Rice Lake (16 km)	Cobourg	104.2
139	109	Theater Rd underpass (no access).		112.5
142	106	Hamilton Rd underpass (no access).		111.6
142.7	105.3	local to Thru EB		107.3
143	105	WB Exit 464 Hwy 28 Hwy (Ontario St) interchange & overpass, S to gas, services, accommodation, N to Port Hope Conservation Area, Rice Lake (15 km), Peterborough (40 km)	Port Hope	105.8
143.2	104.8	EB Exit 464 Hwy 28 Hwy (Ontario St) interchange & overpass, S to gas, services, accommodation, N to Port Hope Conservation Area, Rice Lake (15 km), Peterborough (40 km)	Port Hope	107.3
143.5	104.5	Ganaraska River crossing		103
144	104	Choate Rd /Cavan St underpass (no access).	Port Hope	103.3
145	103	Cranberry Rd/Victoria St underpass (no access).	Port Hope	151.5
145.6	102.4	Local to Thru EB	Port Hope	142.6
146	102	#2 Hwy underpass	Port Hope	135.6
147	101	Exit 461 to Hwy #2 (Toronto Rd), WB to Toronto, S to into Port Hope, gas, services, accommodation	Port Hope	135.9
149	99	Deer Park Rd underpass (no access)	Port Hope	108.8
150.6	97.4	Intersection Morrish Chursh Rd overpass	Port Hope	123.7
151	97	Exit 456 to Best's Rd, N to Morrish Church Rd, S to Willow Beach Rd	Port Hope	128.3
155	93	EB Esso gas, services, restaurant on the highway		157.3
156	92	Townline Rd underpass (no access)		148.1
159	89	Exit 448 overpass Newtonville Rd	Newcastle	139.9
163	85	Morgans Rd underpass		143
164	84	WB Esso gas, services & restaurant on the hwy		136.9
166	82	Railroad underpass		110.6
167	81	Exit 440 to Mill St underpass, N to accommodation, service & shopping, S to accommodation	Clarington	90.8
169	79	Cobbledick Rd underpass		88.1
171	77	Exit 436 major interchange to Highway 35 / 115 N to Orono (9 km), Lindsay (52 km), Peterborough (50 km), and highway 7 E to Ottawa		96.3
172	76	Exit 435 to Bennett Rd, half-cloverleaf interchange	Bowmanville	104.5
174	74	Liberty St underpass (no access)	Bowmanville	76.8
174.7	73.3	WB Exit 432 to Duke St W	Bowmanville	77.4
175	73	EB Exit 432 to Duke St, S to Bowmanvill Harbour Conservation Area, N to services & accommodation	Bowmanville	105.5
175.8	72.2	Exit 431 to Waverly Rd, N to gas	Bowmanville	79.9
176	72	Waverly Rd overpass (no access)	Bowmanville	83.8
176.2	71.8	Exit 431 to Waverly Rd (Fifth Wheel Truck Stop on Service Rd)	Bowmanville	83.2
179	69	Holt Rd underpass (no access)	Bowmanville	114
180	68	EB Exit 428 to Holt Rd, S to Darlington Generating Station	Bowmanville	120.1
182	66	overpass Courtice Rd, S to Darlington Provincial Park		91.4
183	65	Exit 425 to Courtice Rd	Oshawa	91.1
186.8	61.2	Harmony Creek Golf Center to N	Oshawa	84.1
187	61	Local to Thru WB	Oshawa	84.1
187.7	60.3	WB Exit 419 Harmony Rd, access to Bloor Street, E to golf & accomodation	Oshawa	87.5
188	60	Bloor St overpass	Oshawa	88.1
188.1	59.9	EB Exit 419 to Bloor St, S to Oshawa Harbour, Second Marsh Wildlife Area, McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve	Oshawa	89.9
188.4	59.6	Kingside Park to the N	Oshawa	89.9
188.7	59.3	Wilson Rd underpass (no access)	Oshawa	93
188.9	59.1	Chopin Park to the N	Oshawa	91.1
189	59	Ritson Rd underpass (no access)	Oshawa	91.1
189.2	58.8	Local to Thru EB	Oshawa	91.1
189.3	58.7	Local to Thru from Drew St WB	Oshawa	91.1
189.6	58.4	Exit 418 S to Bloor St E, N to Drew St, shopping, accommodation	Oshawa	91.1
189.8	58.2	Former railway overpass	Oshawa	91.1
190	58	Albert St overpass (no access)	Oshawa	91.1
190.2	57.8	Exit 417 Simcoe St overpass	Oshawa	91.1
190.3	57.7	Crossing Oshawa Creek and parklands	Oshawa	91.1
190.4	57.6	local to Thru WB	Oshawa	91.1
190.6	57.4	Thru to local EB	Oshawa	91.1
190.8	57.2	Storie Part to the N	Oshawa	93
191	57	Cubert St underpass (no access)	Oshawa	104.9
191.2	56.8	Exit 416 Park Rd underpass,	Oshawa	106.1
191.8	56.2	Stevenson Rd overpass, S to Oshawa GO Station, VIA Station, accommodation	Oshawa	106.1
192	56	Exit to Bloor St	Oshawa	104.9
192.2	55.8	Rail Road overpass	Oshawa	103.9
192.9	55.1	Thru to loca interchange WB	Oshawa	91.1
193	55	Thru to local interchange EB	Oshawa	91.1
194	54	Thickson Rd underpass	Oshawa	91.1
195	53	Exit 412 to Victoria St, N to Durham College, Champlain Centre cinemas	Whitby	89.9
196	52	local to Thru WB interchange	Whitby	78.9
196.6	51.4	Thru to local interchange WB	Whitby	82
196.8	51.2	Exit 410 Highway 12 (Brock St) underpass, S to Whitby GO Station, OPP, Port Whitby Harbour, Whitby General Hospital, N to accommodation & shopping, Port Perry (29 km)	Whitby	82.9
197	51	Local to Thru EB	Whitby	84.4
197.2	50.8	Henry St underpass	Whitby	84.7
198	50	Iroquois Park to the S	Whitby	84.1
199.5	48.5	View south to Lynde Shore Conservation Area	Whitby	76.5
201	47	Lake Ridge Rd overpass	Ajax	84.1
202.7	45.3	Local Thru EB	Ajax	89.9
203	45	Thru to local WB	Ajax	89.9
203.6	44.4	EB Exit 405 Salem Rd underpass	Ajax	89.9
204	44	Thru to Local WB	Ajax	89.9
204.1	43.9	Thru to Local EB	Ajax	89.9
205	43	Exit 403 Harwood Ave, overpass, N to Durham Centre shopping, Ajax 10 movie theatre, Picov Downs racetrack, S to Asjaz-Pickering Genral Hospital, Station Plaza, Harwood Place shopping	Ajax	92
205.2	42.8	Exit 401 Westney Rd, S to Ajax GO Station, golf, recreation	Ajax	88.4
205.7	42.3	Crossing Duffins Creek, Annadale Golf and Country Club	Ajax	89.9
206	42	Highway 24 Church St underpass (no access)	Ajax	89.9
206.7	41.3	Thru to local WB	Ajax	88.1
207	41	Local Thru EB	Ajax	88.1
208	40	Exit 399 Brock Rd underpass, N to Metro East Tade Centre	Ajax	89
208.3	39.7	Village East Park to the E	Ajax	89.3
209	39	EB Thru to local	Ajax	82
210	38	Pickering Town Center to the N	Pickering	78.9
210.2	37.8	WB Exit 397 Liverpool Rd overpass, S to Pickering GO Station, N to Pickering Town Centre, shopping	Pickering	77.1
211	37	Rail Road overpass	Pickering	78.9
211.3	36.7	View of Frenchman's Bay to S of hwy	Pickering	78
211.7	36.3	WB thru to Local	Pickering	89
211.9	36.1	WB thru to Local	Pickering	103.9
212.8	35.2	Whites Rd (Highway 38) half cloverleaf	Pickering	104.9
212.9	35.1	Exit 394 Whites Rd (Highway 38) half cloverleaf	Pickering	96.9
214	34	Rougemount Dr underpass		104.2
214.6	33.4	Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru	Pickering	103.9
214.8	33.2	Rouge Hill Park, Rouge River Bridge (both sides)	Toronto	91.1
215.8	32.2	Exchange lanes: WB: thru to local ESTM.	Toronto	106.1
215.9	32.1	Port Union Rd underpass		105.8
216.1	31.9	Exchange lanes: EB local to thru	Toronto	106.1
216.5	31.5	WB Exit (from thru & local) for Port Union Rd, Highway 2 & 2A and Kingston Rd	Toronto	105.8
216.8	31.2	EB Kingston Rd (Hwy 2) and 2A west and access to Port Union Rd Exit (Gas Station on Kingston Rd) ESTM.	Toronto	107.9
216.9	31.1	Rouge Community Park		113.7
217.2	30.8	Exit 389 Meadowvale Rd half cloverleaf	Toronto	117
217.8	30.2	Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru ESTM.	Toronto	120.1
218.3	29.7	Exchange lanes: EB thru to local ESTM.	Toronto	120.1
219.6	28.4	Conlins Rd underpass (no acess)	Toronto	130.1
219.8	28.2	Exchange lanes: WB: thru to local ESTM.	Toronto	140.8
220.1	27.9	Exchange lanes: EB local to thru ESTM.	Toronto	139
220.2	27.8	Exit 387 MorningsideAve half cloverleaf	Toronto	138.1
221.7	26.3	Exit 385 Neilson Rdquarter cloverleaf	Toronto	152.1
221.9	26.1	Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru	Toronto	150.9
222.2	25.8	Exchange lanes: EB thru to local	Toronto	150.9
222.8	25.2	Morningside Park S side	Toronto	150.9
223	25	Centennial College-Progress Campus		152.1
223.7	24.3	Progress Ave underpass		152.4
224	24	Exit 383 Markham Rd half-cloverleaf	Toronto	155.1
224.6	23.4	Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru	Toronto	162.2
225	23	Exchange lanes: EB thru to local	Toronto	166.7
225.2	22.8	McGowan Rd & Scarborough Town Centre Mall Exit #381	Toronto	166.7
225.6	22.4	Snowhill Park to N		167
226.2	21.8	McDairmid Woods Park to N	Toronto	167
226.6	21.4	EB only Brimley Rd & Scarborough Town Centre Mall Exit #380	Toronto	167
226.8	21.2	Exchange lanes: EB thru to local	Toronto	167
227.2	20.8	Exhchange Lanes: WB local to thru	Toronto	166.1
227.4	20.6	Midland Ave underpass (no access)	Toronto	167
227.5	20.5	Railway underpass		167
227.7	20.3	Exit 379 Kennedy Rd half-cloverleaf	Toronto	167
227.8	20.2	Glamorgan Park to S	Toronto	167.9
228	20	Railway underpass	Toronto	168.9
228.2	19.8	Birchmont Rd underpass (no acess)	Toronto	171
229	19	Exhange lanes: WB local to thru, EB thru to local	Toronto	174
230	18	Exit 378 Warden Park half-cloverleaf	Toronto	174
230.8	17.2	Wishing Well Park to N	Toronto	168.9
231.1	16.9	Exit 376 Victoria Park half cloverleaf	Toronto	168.9
231.6	16.4	WB Exit 375 to Don Valley Parkway (Hwy 404) from both local and thru lanes	Toronto	168.9
231.8	16.2	WB Exhange lanes: between thru & local, local & thru	Toronto	168.6
232.2	15.8	EB Exit 375 to Don Valley Parkway (Hwy 404) from both local and thru lanes	Toronto	141.7
232.3	15.7	Don Mills Rd underpass (no access)	Toronto	138.7
233	15	Havenbrook park to N	Toronto	127.1
233.8	14.2	Moatfield Farm Park to S	Toronto	135
233.9	14.1	Exit 373 Leslie St underpass	Toronto	138.1
234.2	13.8	railway underpass	Toronto	143.6
236	12	Exhange lanes:EB thru to local, WB local to thru	Toronto	170.4
237	11	Exit 371 Bayview Ave	Toronto	167.9
237.9	10.1	Exit 369 to Highway 11 Yonge St	Toronto	142.6
238	10	pass over Don Valley Golf Course (both sides)	Toronto	138.1
239	9	Exhange lanes: from local to thru lanes	Toronto	155.1
240	8	Exit 367 Avenue Rd interdchange	Toronto	167.6
241	7	Wilson Ave underpass (no access)	Toronto	181.7
241.3	6.7	WB exit 366 Bathurst St underpass, gas	Toronto	182
242	6	Exit 365 Allen Expressway interchange	Toronto	181.7
244	4	Dufferin St underpass Exit 364 to Yorkdale Shopping Centre	Toronto	182
245	3	Exit 362 Keele St underpass	Toronto	171.6
245	3	Railway underpass	Toronto	182
246	2	EB Exhange lanes: between thru & local lanes	Toronto	127.4
246	2	WB Exhange lanes: between thru & local lanes	Toronto	146.6
247	1	Jane St underpass (no access)	Toronto	126.2
248	0	400& 401 Interchange (401 Exit 359)	Toronto	130.1
KM From Start EAST  |  WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info

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