Ontario Highway 401 – Oshawa to Milton – Toronto Freeways – August, 2022
Drivelapse video of Highway 401 through the Greater Toronto Area starting from Oshawa on the 407 and heading westerly along the 401 through Durham Region, Scarborough, North York, Etobicoke, Mississauga before the video ends at Highway 25 in Milton.
Great drive! Did you know the Alaskan Way Viaduct, a former elevated freeway in Seattle, Washington was demolished and replaced with a toll tunnel that was opened on February 4, 2019? The former elevated freeway section and current toll tunnel is part of Washington State Route 99.
13:41 This starting section where you passed the 401 and the collectors lane kept on continuing blew me away as to how the construction workers have been making a lot of effort to complete this highway asap. Once they finish this wide extension of the 401, I bet ya it will be massive, beautiful, and very modern yet!
Ah yes. A video on Highway 401 through the GTA! Lots of Traffic, Express lanes, High-Mast lights, and it’s the Busiest highway in Nᴏʀᴛʜ America! This Might become the most popular video on your Channel, but who knows.
It would be nice if the collector-express configuration also existed between the 409 and the 427. It seems like there's insufficient right-of-way, however.
Great video and music choice! I wonder if I'll ever be able to drive the 401 without any traffic backups. That view at 6:45 never gets old.
Without the local expertise, I picked the new express lanes, at the end, on my back thinking it would be faster and it was way backed up. We just sat and watched traffic in the collector lanes fly by… If I headed into the city an hour later you probably would've caught me passing you on the 427 overpass lol
In addition after using the entire 44 km express lanes of the 401 in Pickering, ON and Toronto, you also used the 9.6 km express lanes in Mississauga and you showed us the update of the construction of the collector–express lane extension from Mississauga to Milton, ON. Thanks! However, the construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2022. If not, then it's extended for 2023-2024.
New express lanes, alreday congested hahaha! What a well representative of Ontario's way : always planned for cars (and congestion). Although, thanks for the great ride. 401 remains very impressive
A couple of observations: 3:43, very interesting looking pedestrian overpass. Also, do all of the toll roads in Ontario have blue signage instead of the green signs? I always thought blue was only used on the collector lanes on the 401. Great video!
I run the misissauga Milton stretch all day being that I’m a gravel hauler. Needless to say I FUCKINGGGGGGG hate that stretch but there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Come October maybe November construction will be completed and things will be smooth sailing through that stretch. Cuz if not I’m hanging up my A-Z license this BS is shaving years off my life. But don’t worry y’all, I’m sure they’re already planning on fucking up some other part of the hwy for the next 13 years. Fml
Ooooh can't wait to get that 3rd lane all the way to Quebec nice video oh yeah here's a pro tip if your ever stuck going westbound on the 401 going to missauga take the 409 then 427 then back on the 401 it'll be quicker. And if your headed eastbound 401 at airport take the 401 collector east then 427 north then 409 east to 401 it helps trust me
Remarkable video! Thanks for helping me to enjoy driving on my favorite highway and get my complete satisfaction of traveling without the slightest hassle of driving. Whenever someone has a little time to watch – fast speed video can be very satisfactory, but when someone has plenty of time to watch – then normal speed also can be full of fun. In conclusion: Good job and keep up the good work. 👍😊🍷
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HAHAHAHA You did that video the same day I was filming the new express lanes earlier that day while on a GO bus! BTW very well done!
Great drive! Did you know the Alaskan Way Viaduct, a former elevated freeway in Seattle, Washington was demolished and replaced with a toll tunnel that was opened on February 4, 2019? The former elevated freeway section and current toll tunnel is part of Washington State Route 99.
13:41 This starting section where you passed the 401 and the collectors lane kept on continuing blew me away as to how the construction workers have been making a lot of effort to complete this highway asap. Once they finish this wide extension of the 401, I bet ya it will be massive, beautiful, and very modern yet!
Ah yes. A video on Highway 401 through the GTA! Lots of Traffic, Express lanes, High-Mast lights, and it’s the Busiest highway in Nᴏʀᴛʜ America! This Might become the most popular video on your Channel, but who knows.
14:28 that could've been bad
It would be nice if the collector-express configuration also existed between the 409 and the 427. It seems like there's insufficient right-of-way, however.
Great video and music choice! I wonder if I'll ever be able to drive the 401 without any traffic backups. That view at 6:45 never gets old.
Without the local expertise, I picked the new express lanes, at the end, on my back thinking it would be faster and it was way backed up. We just sat and watched traffic in the collector lanes fly by… If I headed into the city an hour later you probably would've caught me passing you on the 427 overpass lol
Express lane construction in Scarborough, Toronto between Kennedy Rd and Markham Rd? How many months left will it take for them to be done?
In addition after using the entire 44 km express lanes of the 401 in Pickering, ON and Toronto, you also used the 9.6 km express lanes in Mississauga and you showed us the update of the construction of the collector–express lane extension from Mississauga to Milton, ON. Thanks!
However, the construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2022. If not, then it's extended for 2023-2024.
The 401 is the greatest expressway in the world – hard to believe its to become EVEN WIDER. Fantastic video
Happy to see parts of the express lanes in Peel open. Great stuff! Hope most of it is completed when I visit later in the fall.
New express lanes, alreday congested hahaha! What a well representative of Ontario's way : always planned for cars (and congestion). Although, thanks for the great ride. 401 remains very impressive
A couple of observations: 3:43, very interesting looking pedestrian overpass. Also, do all of the toll roads in Ontario have blue signage instead of the green signs? I always thought blue was only used on the collector lanes on the 401. Great video!
Seems that you've reccorded Toronto's freeways. It's one of my favorite series on that channel after Quebec
Oh & it's nice to see the construction of the Ont. Highway 401 almost completed & fully completed in some parts
U should do one on a holiday wkend..
I run the misissauga Milton stretch all day being that I’m a gravel hauler. Needless to say I FUCKINGGGGGGG hate that stretch but there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Come October maybe November construction will be completed and things will be smooth sailing through that stretch. Cuz if not I’m hanging up my A-Z license this BS is shaving years off my life. But don’t worry y’all, I’m sure they’re already planning on fucking up some other part of the hwy for the next 13 years. Fml
I feel sick watching this on my day off.
now do same route from Milton on a Friday between 4-6pm
Forget about 401, take 407 would save you 2 to 3 hrs avoiding the unnecessary traffic jams throughout the day.
5:45 just one more lane bro i promise
Our tax dollars at work. Oh, wait a minute…
Ooooh can't wait to get that 3rd lane all the way to Quebec nice video oh yeah here's a pro tip if your ever stuck going westbound on the 401 going to missauga take the 409 then 427 then back on the 401 it'll be quicker. And if your headed eastbound 401 at airport take the 401 collector east then 427 north then 409 east to 401 it helps trust me
Hmmmm…. I give this video a BRAVO. 401 project's progress is not bad at all…. but here's a question. When will you'll be able to come back to the U.S?
13:40. Interesting express to collector transfer. Almost a little 'basketweavey'. Is that the intended transfer? Great stuff as always AP.
Life line of Canada
Good job your on it 💙💗❣💕💓❤
Hate how your highways are signed in honor of a neocolonial monarch of a foreign land.
Crossing Salem road the 401 widens to ten lanes
Toronto it’s beautiful
Remarkable video! Thanks for helping me to enjoy driving on my favorite highway and get my complete satisfaction of traveling without the slightest hassle of driving. Whenever someone has a little time to watch – fast speed video can be very satisfactory, but when someone has plenty of time to watch – then normal speed also can be full of fun. In conclusion: Good job and keep up the good work. 👍😊🍷