Ontario Trans-Canada Highway Route: from Toronto to Kingston along Highway 401 (Toronto detour)

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Ontario Trans-Canada Highway Route: from Toronto to Kingston along Highway 401 (Toronto detour)

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.

Next West: Toronto to Parry Sound

Next East: Kingston to Montreal

Ontario Ministry of Highways road condition reports for this segment.

KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
EB	WB	Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
0	248	400& 401 Interchange (401 Exit 359)	Toronto	Map Zoom
1	247	Jane St underpass (no access)	Toronto	Map Zoom
2	246	EB Exhange lanes: between thru & local lanes	Toronto	Map Zoom
2	246	WB Exhange lanes: between thru & local lanes	Toronto	Map Zoom
3	245	Exit 362 Keele St underpass	Toronto	Map Zoom
3	245	Railway underpass	Toronto	Map Zoom
4	244	Dufferin St underpass Exit 364 to Yorkdale Shopping Centre	Toronto	Map Zoom
6	242	Exit 365 Allen Expressway interchange	Toronto	Map Zoom
7	241	WB exit 366 Bathurst St underpass, gas	Toronto	Map Zoom
7	241	Wilson Ave underpass (no access)	Toronto	Map Zoom
8	240	Exit 367 Avenue Rd interdchange	Toronto	Map Zoom
9	239	Exhange lanes: from local to thru lanes	Toronto	Map Zoom
10	238	pass over Don Valley Golf Course (both sides)	Toronto	Map Zoom
10	238	Exit 369 to Highway 11 Yonge St	Toronto	Map Zoom
11	237	Exit 371 Bayview Ave	Toronto	Map Zoom
12	236	Exhange lanes:EB thru to local, WB local to thru	Toronto	Map Zoom
14	234	railway underpass	Toronto	Map Zoom
14	234	Exit 373 Leslie St underpass	Toronto	Map Zoom
14	234	Moatfield Farm Park to S	Toronto	Map Zoom
15	233	Havenbrook park to N	Toronto	Map Zoom
16	232	Don Mills Rd underpass (no access)	Toronto	Map Zoom
16	232	EB Exit 375 to Don Valley Parkway (Hwy 404) from both local and thru lanes	Toronto	Map Zoom
16	232	WB Exhange lanes: between thru & local, local & thru	Toronto	Map Zoom
16	232	WB Exit 375 to Don Valley Parkway (Hwy 404) from both local and thru lanes	Toronto	Map Zoom
17	231	Exit 376 Victoria Park half cloverleaf	Toronto	Map Zoom
17	231	Wishing Well Park to N	Toronto	Map Zoom
18	230	Exit 378 Warden Park half-cloverleaf	Toronto	Map Zoom
19	229	Exhange lanes: WB local to thru, EB thru to local	Toronto	Map Zoom
20	228	Birchmont Rd underpass (no acess)	Toronto	Map Zoom
20	228	Railway underpass	Toronto	Map Zoom
20	228	Glamorgan Park to S	Toronto	Map Zoom
20	228	Exit 379 Kennedy Rd half-cloverleaf	Toronto	Map Zoom
21	228	Railway underpass		Map Zoom
21	227	Midland Ave underpass (no access)	Toronto	Map Zoom
21	227	Exhchange Lanes: WB local to thru	Toronto	Map Zoom
21	227	Exchange lanes: EB thru to local	Toronto	Map Zoom
21	227	EB only Brimley Rd & Scarborough Town Centre Mall Exit #380	Toronto	Map Zoom
22	226	McDairmid Woods Park to N	Toronto	Map Zoom
22	226	Snowhill Park to N		Map Zoom
23	225	McGowan Rd & Scarborough Town Centre Mall Exit #381	Toronto	Map Zoom
23	225	Exchange lanes: EB thru to local	Toronto	Map Zoom
23	225	Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru	Toronto	Map Zoom
24	224	Exit 383 Markham Rd half-cloverleaf	Toronto	Map Zoom
24	224	Progress Ave underpass		Map Zoom
25	223	Centennial College-Progress Campus		Map Zoom
25	223	Morningside Park S side	Toronto	Map Zoom
26	222	Exchange lanes: EB thru to local	Toronto	Map Zoom
26	222	Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru	Toronto	Map Zoom
26	222	Exit 385 Neilson Rdquarter cloverleaf	Toronto	Map Zoom
28	220	Exit 387 MorningsideAve half cloverleaf	Toronto	Map Zoom
28	220	Exchange lanes: EB local to thru ESTM.	Toronto	Map Zoom
28	220	Exchange lanes: WB: thru to local ESTM.	Toronto	Map Zoom
28	220	Conlins Rd underpass (no acess)	Toronto	Map Zoom
30	218	Exchange lanes: EB thru to local ESTM.	Toronto	Map Zoom
30	218	Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru ESTM.	Toronto	Map Zoom
31	217	Exit 389 Meadowvale Rd half cloverleaf	Toronto	Map Zoom
31	217	Rouge Community Park		Map Zoom
31	217	EB Kingston Rd (Hwy 2) and 2A west and access to Port Union Rd Exit (Gas Station on Kingston Rd) ESTM.	Toronto	Map Zoom
32	217	WB Exit (from thru & local) for Port Union Rd, Highway 2 & 2A and Kingston Rd	Toronto	Map Zoom
32	216	Exchange lanes: EB local to thru	Toronto	Map Zoom
32	216	Port Union Rd underpass		Map Zoom
32	216	Exchange lanes: WB: thru to local ESTM.	Toronto	Map Zoom
33	215	Rouge Hill Park, Rouge River Bridge (both sides)	Toronto	Map Zoom
33	215	Exchange lanes: WB: local to thru	Pickering	Map Zoom
34	214	Rougemount Dr underpass		Map Zoom
35	213	Exit 394 Whites Rd (Highway 38) half cloverleaf	Pickering	Map Zoom
35	213	Whites Rd (Highway 38) half cloverleaf	Pickering	Map Zoom
36	212	WB thru to Local	Pickering	Map Zoom
36	212	WB thru to Local	Pickering	Map Zoom
37	211	View of Frenchman's Bay to S of hwy	Pickering	Map Zoom
37	211	Rail Road overpass	Pickering	Map Zoom
38	210	WB Exit 397 Liverpool Rd overpass, S to Pickering GO Station, N to Pickering Town Centre, shopping	Pickering	Map Zoom
38	210	Pickering Town Center to the N	Pickering	Map Zoom
39	209	EB Thru to local	Ajax	Map Zoom
40	208	Village East Park to the E	Ajax	Map Zoom
40	208	Exit 399 Brock Rd underpass, N to Metro East Tade Centre	Ajax	Map Zoom
41	207	Local Thru EB	Ajax	Map Zoom
41	207	Thru to local WB	Ajax	Map Zoom
42	206	Highway 24 Church St underpass (no access)	Ajax	Map Zoom
42	206	Crossing Duffins Creek, Annadale Golf and Country Club	Ajax	Map Zoom
43	205	Exit 401 Westney Rd, S to Ajax GO Station, golf, recreation	Ajax	Map Zoom
43	205	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	Map Zoom
44	204	Thru to Local EB	Ajax	Map Zoom
44	204	Thru to Local WB	Ajax	Map Zoom
44	204	EB Exit 405 Salem Rd underpass	Ajax	Map Zoom
45	203	Thru to local WB	Ajax	Map Zoom
45	203	Local Thru EB	Ajax	Map Zoom
47	201	Lake Ridge Rd overpass	Ajax	Map Zoom
49	200	View south to Lynde Shore Conservation Area	Whitby	Map Zoom
50	198	Iroquois Park to the S	Whitby	Map Zoom
51	197	Henry St underpass	Whitby	Map Zoom
51	197	Local to Thru EB	Whitby	Map Zoom
51	197	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	Map Zoom
51	197	Thru to local interchange WB	Whitby	Map Zoom
52	196	local to Thru WB interchange	Whitby	Map Zoom
53	195	Exit 412 to Victoria St, N to Durham College, Champlain Centre cinemas	Whitby	Map Zoom
54	194	Thickson Rd underpass	Oshawa	Map Zoom
55	193	Thru to local interchange EB	Oshawa	Map Zoom
55	193	Thru to loca interchange WB	Oshawa	Map Zoom
56	192	Rail Road overpass	Oshawa	Map Zoom
56	192	Exit to Bloor St	Oshawa	Map Zoom
56	192	Stevenson Rd overpass, S to Oshawa GO Station, VIA Station, accommodation	Oshawa	Map Zoom
57	191	Exit 416 Park Rd underpass,	Oshawa	Map Zoom
57	191	Cubert St underpass (no access)	Oshawa	Map Zoom
57	191	Storie Part to the N	Oshawa	Map Zoom
57	191	Thru to local EB	Oshawa	Map Zoom
58	190	local to Thru WB	Oshawa	Map Zoom
58	190	Crossing Oshawa Creek and parklands	Oshawa	Map Zoom
58	190	Exit 417 Simcoe St overpass	Oshawa	Map Zoom
58	190	Albert St overpass (no access)	Oshawa	Map Zoom
58	190	Former railway overpass	Oshawa	Map Zoom
58	190	Exit 418 S to Bloor St E, N to Drew St, shopping, accommodation	Oshawa	Map Zoom
59	189	Local to Thru from Drew St WB	Oshawa	Map Zoom
59	189	Local to Thru EB	Oshawa	Map Zoom
59	189	Ritson Rd underpass (no access)	Oshawa	Map Zoom
59	189	Chopin Park to the N	Oshawa	Map Zoom
59	189	Wilson Rd underpass (no access)	Oshawa	Map Zoom
60	188	Kingside Park to the N	Oshawa	Map Zoom
60	188	EB Exit 419 to Bloor St, S to Oshawa Harbour, Second Marsh Wildlife Area, McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve	Oshawa	Map Zoom
60	188	Bloor St overpass	Oshawa	Map Zoom
60	188	WB Exit 419 Harmony Rd, access to Bloor Street, E to golf & accomodation	Oshawa	Map Zoom
61	187	Local to Thru WB	Oshawa	Map Zoom
61	187	Harmony Creek Golf Center to N	Oshawa	Map Zoom
65	183	Exit 425 to Courtice Rd	Oshawa	Map Zoom
66	182	overpass Courtice Rd, S to Darlington Provincial Park		Map Zoom
68	180	EB Exit 428 to Holt Rd, S to Darlington Generating Station	Bowmanville	Map Zoom
69	179	Holt Rd underpass (no access)	Bowmanville	Map Zoom
72	176	Exit 431 to Waverly Rd (Fifth Wheel Truck Stop on Service Rd)	Bowmanville	Map Zoom
72	176	Waverly Rd overpass (no access)	Bowmanville	Map Zoom
72	176	Exit 431 to Waverly Rd, N to gas	Bowmanville	Map Zoom
73	175	EB Exit 432 to Duke St, S to Bowmanvill Harbour Conservation Area, N to services & accommodation	Bowmanville	Map Zoom
73	175	WB Exit 432 to Duke St W	Bowmanville	Map Zoom
74	174	Liberty St underpass (no access)	Bowmanville	Map Zoom
76	172	Exit 435 to Bennett Rd, half-cloverleaf interchange	Bowmanville	Map Zoom
77	171	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		Map Zoom
79	169	Cobbledick Rd underpass		Map Zoom
81	167	Exit 440 to Mill St underpass, N to accommodation, service & shopping, S to accommodation	Clarington	Map Zoom
82	166	Railroad underpass		Map Zoom
84	164	WB Esso gas, services & restaurant on the hwy		Map Zoom
85	163	Morgans Rd underpass		Map Zoom
89	159	Exit 448 overpass Newtonville Rd	Newcastle	Map Zoom
92	156	Townline Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
93	155	EB Esso gas, services, restaurant on the highway		Map Zoom
97	151	Exit 456 to Best's Rd, N to Morrish Church Rd, S to Willow Beach Rd	Port Hope	Map Zoom
97	151	Intersection Morrish Chursh Rd overpass	Port Hope	Map Zoom
99	149	Deer Park Rd underpass (no access)	Port Hope	Map Zoom
101	147	Exit 461 to Hwy #2 (Toronto Rd), WB to Toronto, S to into Port Hope, gas, services, accommodation	Port Hope	Map Zoom
102	146	#2 Hwy underpass	Port Hope	Map Zoom
102	146	Local to Thru EB	Port Hope	Map Zoom
103	145	Cranberry Rd/Victoria St underpass (no access).	Port Hope	Map Zoom
104	144	Choate Rd /Cavan St underpass (no access).	Port Hope	Map Zoom
105	144	Ganaraska River crossing		Map Zoom
105	143	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	Map Zoom
105	143	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	Map Zoom
105	143	local to Thru EB		Map Zoom
106	142	Hamilton Rd underpass (no access).		Map Zoom
109	139	Theater Rd underpass (no access).		Map Zoom
113	135	Exit 472 to Highway 18 (Burnham St), S to servies, gas, accommodation, N to south shore of Rice Lake (16 km)	Cobourg	Map Zoom
114	134	Ontario St overpass	Cobourg	Map Zoom
116	132	Exit 474 overpass Hwy #45 (Division St), S to gas, shopping, services, N to Hastings (45 km)	Cobourg	Map Zoom
117	131	Larchmere Golf Club and Restaurant to the S		Map Zoom
118	130	Nagle Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
123	125	Danforth Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
125	123	Gully Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
128	120	Exit 487 Hwy #23 / Aird St (N) / Lyle St N (S) underpass, S to services		Map Zoom
131	117	Shelter Valley Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
132	116	Vernonville Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
134	114	Boyce Rd (N), Herron Rd (S)	Colborne	Map Zoom
137	111	Exit 497 Hwy #25 (Percy St) underpass	Colborne	Map Zoom
139	109	Herley Rd (N) / Durham Rd (S) underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
144	104	Lake Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
144	104	Little Lake to the S		Map Zoom
150	98	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		Map Zoom
152	96	Hwy 26 underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
158	90	Coltman Rd (N) / Christian Rd (S) underpass (no access), Britghton Provinciacl Wildlife Area to NW		Map Zoom
159	89	EB & WB gas, services & restaurant, with pinic areas adjoining		Map Zoom
163	85	Exit 522 overpass Hwy #40 (Wooler Rd)	Trenton	Map Zoom
163	85	Stockdale Rd underpass (no access)	Trenton	Map Zoom
165	83	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	Map Zoom
167	81	Crossing Trent River / Trent-Severn Canal	Trenton	Map Zoom
168	80	Exit 526 Hwy 4 (Glen Miller Rd) S to Trenton, gas, services, accommodation, and CFB Trenton (4 km)	Trenton	Map Zoom
171	77	Hillaire Rd underpass (no access)	Trenton	Map Zoom
169	79	Exit 538 Highway #1 (Walbridge - Loyalist Road). S to Quinte Conservation Area (3 km) & Loyalist College (3 km), golfing, N to gas	Trenton	Map Zoom
173	75	Sidney St (Hwy 30 / 33) underpass (no access)	Trenton	Map Zoom
174	74	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), N to Madoc (41 km)	Trenton	Map Zoom
174	74	Crossing the Moira River, flows into Bay of Quinte	Belleville	Map Zoom
175	73	Exit 544 King's Highway 37 / 6 (Cannifton Rd), S to accommodation, downtown City of Belleville, Belleville Harbour	Belleville	Map Zoom
183	65	Mitchell Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
188	60	Aikin Rd underpass (no access)	Trenton	Map Zoom
187	61	Exit 556 County Highway 7 (Shannonville Road), S to community of Shannonville (3 km)		Map Zoom
193	55	Salmon River crossing		Map Zoom
194	54	Wyman's Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
197	51	Exit 566 Kings' Highway 49 / Shannonville Rd (N), Marysville Road (S), S to Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory (3 km)		Map Zoom
201	47	Exit 570 Desoronto Road (Lennox & Addington Road 10), S to Deseronto (6 km), Picton (27 km)	Napanee	Map Zoom
210	38	Exit 579 Lennox & Addington Road 41 (Centre St N), S to Napanee (2 km), shopping, OPP	Napanee	Map Zoom
212	37	Industrial Blvd (S) / Newburgh Rd (N) underpass (no access)	Napanee	Map Zoom
212	36	crossing Napanee River	Napanee	Map Zoom
213	35	Exit 582 Lennox & Addington Road 5 (Palace Rd) St to Napanee	Napanee	Map Zoom
217	31	Switzerville Rd underpasss (no access)	Napanee	Map Zoom
222	26	Service Station & restaurant (Westbound)	Napanee	Map Zoom
224	24	Exit 593 Lennox & Addington Road 4 (Camdem East Road / Highway 133 South), S to Millhaven (10 km), ferry to Amherst Island		Map Zoom
229	19	Old Wilton Rd underpass (no access)		Map Zoom
230	18	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)		Map Zoom
235	13	Service Station & restaurant (Eastbound)	Kingston	Map Zoom
240	8	Westbrook Rd underpass (no access), S to golf course, N to gravel pit	Kingston	Map Zoom
242	6	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), and Collins Bay Correctional Institution (federal prison) (7 km)	Kingston	Map Zoom
244	4	Exit 613 Highway 9 /Sydenham Road, Sto shopping, accommodation and OPP.	Kingston	Map Zoom
245	3	crossing Little Cataraqui Creek, Little Cataraqui Recreation Area N of hwy	Kingston	Map Zoom
246	2	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	Map Zoom
248	0	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	Map Zoom
KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
EB	WB	Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom

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