01-26-2015, 01:36 PM
All of the freeways in our area except for 85 are considered to be parts of a longer highway.
Possibly changing the north south route from 401 to RR 15 to 485 would make sense and have 8 remain interlined from the Parkway until the 401 since highway 85 (as a provincial highway) is a freeway for its entire length.
If they did change the criteria the the East West route + the new highway to Guelph could get its own designation, although it would all be part of highway 7.
Quote:Ontario freeways do not receive a 400-series number unless they are designed to be complete controlled-access freeways for their whole length. The non 400-series routes listed below have significant open-access portions besides the freeway section, with the freeway segment typically being a small section not at the route's termini.For instance the western segment of 7 runs from from London to Peel and and 8 from Goderich to Dundas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ont...xpressways
Possibly changing the north south route from 401 to RR 15 to 485 would make sense and have 8 remain interlined from the Parkway until the 401 since highway 85 (as a provincial highway) is a freeway for its entire length.
If they did change the criteria the the East West route + the new highway to Guelph could get its own designation, although it would all be part of highway 7.