Highway 417 (Ontario)

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Highway 417
Length: 181 km
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 briefly 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.

Highway 417 looking eastward from the Riverside Drive interchange in Ottawa.
Highway 417 looking eastward from the Riverside Drive interchange in Ottawa.

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.

[edit] Interchanges from east to west


Municipality Exit Number Intersecting Roads
Continues as Autoroute 40 in Quebec
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 Prescott and Russell County Road 17 (former Highway 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 28, 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 (former Highway 16)
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 (former and Highway 29)

[edit] Proposed interchanges from east to west (exit numbers assumed)

Municipality Exit Number Intersecting Roads
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

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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