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Ontario provincial highway 427

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Highway 427 is an 400-Series Highway in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, that runs from immediately south of the Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway (its exact southern terminus is Evans Avenue) in Toronto to Highway 7 in the north, in Vaughan. It is 21.3 km in length. It was inaugurated in 1972, but it had been known as Highway 27 between the QEW and Highway 401, and as the Airport Expressway between the 401 and Highway 409 prior to that.

The 427 is Ontario's second busiest freeway by volume, and has no less than 12 lanes between the QEW/Gardiner and the 401. It is a primary feeder route into Toronto Pearson International Airport. Much of the traffic coming from Highway 407/ETR, Highway 401 (eastbound), and the QEW/Gardiner uses the 427 for airport access, but it also serves the western portion of Etobicoke and the northeastern portion of Mississauga (specifically, the Malton area). It is also used as a bypass for traffic originating from downtown Toronto headed towards the western suburbs.

There is talk of expanding this route further north to at least Highway 89, and possibly as far north as Barrie, but no firm plans for such an extension have been put forward yet.

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Lane Configurations from South to North

Section Travel Lanes
Evans Avenue to Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway 2 Lanes per Direction
Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway to Dundas Street 7 Lanes per Direction (4 express, 3 local)
Dundas Street to south of Highway 401 6 Lanes per Direction (3 express, 3 local)
Highway 401 Interchange 2 Lanes per Direction
North of Highway 401 to Dixon Road/Airport Road/Pearson International Airport 5 Lanes per Direction
Dixon Road/Airport Road/Pearson International Airport to Rexdale Boulevard/Derry Road 3 Lanes per Direction
Rexdale Boulevard/Derry Road to Finch Avenue 3 Lanes Southbound, 2 Lanes Northbound
Finch Avenue to Highway 407 2 Lanes per Direction
Highway 407 to Highway 7 (York Road 7) 2 Lanes Southbound, 3 Lanes Northbound

Interchanges from South to North

Municipality Kilometre Post* Intersecting Roads
Toronto 0 Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway
Toronto 1 The Queensway
Toronto 2 Dundas Street
Toronto 4 Burnhamthorpe Road
Toronto 5 Rathburn Road
Toronto 7 Eglinton Avenue/Highway 27/Highway 401
Toronto - Mississauga Boundary 12 Dixon Road/Airport Road/Pearson International Airport
Toronto - Mississauga Boundary 13 Highway 409
Toronto - Mississauga Boundary 16 Rexdale Boulevard/Derry Road
Toronto - Mississauga Boundary 18 Finch Avenue
Vaughan 20 Highway 407
Vaughan 22 Highway 7 (York Road 7)
  • No exit numbers are posted on Highway 427, although they may be when the highway is extended.

Proposed Interchanges from South to North (exit numbers assumed)

Municipality Kilometre Post* Intersecting Roads
Vaughan 24 Langstaff Road (York Road 72)
Vaughan 26 Rutherford Road (York Road 73)
Vaughan 28 Major Mackenzie Drive (York Road 25)
Vaughan 33 Kirby Sideroad
King 37 King Road (York Road 11)
King 43 17th Sideroad
King - New Tecumseth Boundary 50 Highway 9
New Tecumseth 56 New Tecumseth 5th Line
New Tecumseth 60 New Tecumseth 8th Line (Simcoe County Road 1)
New Tecumseth 63 Bradford Bypass (proposed freeway)

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