Ontario Highway 407 - Burlington to Markham - Toronto Freeways - 2019/03/16

[@andrewtyleryoung]

No need to apologize for starting the 407 video on the 403. My Dad's family is from Hamilton and I went to Mac, I have very fond memories of that stretch of the 403. Thanks for sharing.

[@EuropeanRoads]

I noticed most of the toll road is concrete. In Europe almost all toll roads are asphalt because they are cheaper / easier to maintain. Overhauls don't require long-term capacity reductions if you plan it right. For example in France most toll roads are resurfaced overnight.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

when the 407 was first built, it wasn't a private highway. It was tolled, but the tolls started at only ten cents per kilometer. Tolls for transport trucks are 3x the rate of passenger cars. So if its 55 cents per kilometer (or whatever it is), it's $1.65 per kilometer for transport trucks. Crazy expensive. Most GTA freeways started out, or at least have a road base made out of concrete. At some-point, the 407 will be overlain with asphalt I would expect.

[@JruGordon]

6:32 the original plan was for the 403 to follow the 407's current alignment from the QEW/403/407 interchange in Burlington, and continue eastward along the current 403 alignment east of 9th line to the 401. The 407 was intended to branch off the QEW around the Ford Plant in Oakville (following the current 403 alignment in that area), and then continue north as the 407 on its current alignment past the interchange around 9th line. It was always planned to be numbered 407, but was originally intended to be a freeway, not a tollway

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I don’t think that’s true. I have seen old interchange configurations on maps and the north-south portion of the 407 doesn’t appear to be a through route with the east-west section. More likely, even back then the north-south portion of GTA West had already been conceptualized as a continuation of the north-south Highway.

[@billelmenesraoui8083]

Thank you man it's nice video📹🙌👌

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thank you

[@MrSniperFromMars]

The descent into Hamilton on the 403 is awesome. $50 toll, no wonder the 401 is so heavily used. What an absolute scam. I paid a $6 toll last week for a 224 km trip in Oklahoma, where the speed limit was 75 mph-120 km/h.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

don't ever elect a government that promises to privatize a highway.

[@bouteilledeau1463]

@HerooftheNexus 1992 I don't think he'd really believe you with his experience with the scamway.

[@itz_ult]

Idk why the like scam people or something and what does Q.E.W mean

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

@@itz_ult, QEW stands for Queen Elizabeth Way. You know, the highway built in the '30s and was upgraded into a controlled access highway after the development of the 400-series highways. That highway encircles west and south of Lake Ontario from the GTA to Niagara Falls and all the way to Buffalo NY in the US.

[@itz_ult]

@@CrystalClearWith8BE thanks homi

[@thevultrantransituniverse1487]

Yay! Another Ontario video!

[@kennethsimmons2003]

In Colorado we have E-470 which is one of the most expensive toll roads in the US. The toll is roughly US 30¢ per mile (CA 40¢ per mile / US 19¢ per kilometer / CA 25¢ per kilometer) for people with an ExpressToll transponder which is available without any rental cost, just the cost of the toll. License Plate Toll costs roughly US 48¢ per mile (CA 63¢ per mile / US 30¢ per kilometer / CA 40¢ per kilometer).

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

just think, when the 407 opened in 1997, the tolls were only 10 cents per kilometre. I deliberately avoided E-470 when I visited Denver a few years ago because I was worried about the tolling situation. thanks for watching!

[@kennethsimmons2003]

I think the E-470 Public Highway Authority has their stuff together. I've never had any problems with using ExpressToll facilities.

[@alexishoude4449]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Making some videos in Denver would definitely be a good idea

[@SlowedByCinnamxn]

Just Like Houston, they did a Good Job Building these Interchanges and Building the Wide Highway itself.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment.

[@TransCanadaPhil]

Yeah this one is really good! What a soundtrack, 🤟😍

[@csscott9803]

Which 400 series freeway have the most easy access to shopping malls and restaurants?

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Not the 407. Probably the 410

[@iamsam10001]

More like Hamilton to Markham. But still a nice video!

Yes sir haha!

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Brampton is on the way. Congrats to 410

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

407 is a tolled highway forming a partial loop around the GTA and extends towards Clarington. The entire route is an alternate route of 401. How much money can you save for 407 for some times and even during rush hours?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Forgot to mention, it's also alternate route of Highway 7.

[@Pyeknu]

Whoa! $50 from Burlington to Markam?! Unbelievable!

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

it's crazy...

[@patrick97764]

the 407 being tolled as heavily as it is really negates the reason they built it in the first place as the tolls on the 407 are some of the most expensive in north america. If it must be a toll fine just make the tolls more affordable and you would actually see more people use it instead of the 401

[@trulylondon1]

@@patrick97764 Damn no wonder why the 401 is the most used freeway in North America. I can say, 407 is supposed to help you to get around the city but still it needs to drop down to at least $20 goddamn it.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

North of Toronto, no wonder the 407 is wide. Some have to take the 407 and deal with their money to pay to drive the 407. The tolls of the 407 are the most expensive in all of North America, right?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I don't know if the 407 is the most expensive or not. It might be for an urban road (though some of the peak hour tolls on say, I-66 in Washington are pretty steep. And the PA Turnpike is pretty steep as well.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

I would have said the 407 is Canada's most expensive toll and that requires a transponder. CA$50.00 is most likely the cost of driving the 407, but that's not only the case.

[@jaishima5826]

Beautiful roads and amazing climate

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Welcome to my homeland of Ontario

[@trulylondon1]

407 is not bad except for its prices.... BUT I have never seen the sky this beautiful.

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[@thebionicpig]

Lovely!! 👍

[@felipeulate4965]

where do you pay the 50 dollars?

[@SlowedByCinnamxn]

You just get a Transponder, and Create a Highway 407 ETR Account *Before* Driving on the Highway. That’s all I know. LOL I Never even used this Highway before. I can’t even Drive yet too, and I’m Actually from the United States!

[@felipeulate4965]

@@SlowedByCinnamxn lol where I live we don't even have that kind of technology and we actually have to pay to a real person toll to use the highway.

[@joshuahamilton380]

@@SlowedByCinnamxn If you don't buy a transponder, the cameras at the entrances and exits take a picture of your licence plate and send you a bill in the mail. Your bill includes the tolls plus the camera charges ($4.20 CAD per trip), the monthly account fee ($3.95 CAD per month, even if you don't have an account), and an extra $1.00 CAD per trip for some reason. If you have a transponder (which, now in 2023, costs $24.50 CAD per year or $3.95 CAD per month), It's the same thing, minus the camera charges. It's unnecessarily complicated.

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

@@felipeulate4965Florida has sunpass like the 407 in Ontario on Florida area highways in Orlando especially when I drove down there

[@pingpong3311]

​​@@SlowedByCinnamxnIf you don't have a transponder, their overhead cameras read your license plates to figure out who to bill. You have to pay an extra fee though. If you don't have an account, you have to go to the 407 website and put your license plate, province/state, and banking info. Also, they charge another fee for non-Ontario plates.

[@brianxyz]

$50 toll?

[@tomsmith5584]

That's US$37.75 (still 😲, though).

[@EpicThe112]

$38.14 current exchange rate cheaper than this are $13.75 NJ Turnpike and $22.75 NY Thruway I-87 & I-90.

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

@@EpicThe112Sorry to say but New Jersey highways are terrible and always busy. Southern Ontario has amazing highways around the GTA

[@jasonampaabeng9870]

​@@user-kv1up9fu5s Then you have not seen the 401

[@EuropeanRoads]

Truck drivers seem to avoid the 407. There are almost no semis compared to the 401.

[@hickorysocks2628]

It’s so expensive to drive on. How much time does it even save someone?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Depending on the time of day, a lot. A person could probably save an hour of time on the 407 compared to the 401 during a busy friday during the summer.

[@hickorysocks2628]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 thank you!

[@kaihinz1194]

50 bucks?! And for me as a tourist add 4.20$ camera charge and 14$ service charge that Hertz puts on top of it... Nuts!

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Welcome to Ontario buddy

[@zainerreyyan105]

Hwy 407 should have been 110 km/h pilot too, because many drivers goes like 120 to 130 km/h

[@DJDylly]

what the first song of this video

[@RaminderSingh-s4f]

Quebec registered vehicles get toll in ontario 407??

[@pingpong3311]

Yes.

[@RaminderSingh-s4f]

@@pingpong3311 but i use 407 on daily basis from 4 months with quebec plate but yet didn’t got any charges !

[@pingpong3311]

​@@RaminderSingh-s4f Then you're lucky. I have heard of this happening though.

[@ballofwax9yards]

Nice video

[@KenBreadbox]

Great video, pity it cost a thousand bucks in tolls.

[@TRXLLGE]

I see you came from the falls, nice vid tho.

[@alexishoude4449]

Fun fact: this video has been recorded at the same day when I finished 6th grade

[@pingpong3311]

Same here!

[@raquellegaspi8700]

Almost the whole 407 highway is made up of concrete until the concrete lanes end at Markham road.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

the original sections of the 407 built for the Ontario Transportation Crown Corporation were surfaced in concrete. The asphalt sections (both east and west) were built by the current operators.

[@csscott9803]

Guelph is neve Campbell's hometown

[@jadrankabekcic9503]

Hwy 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 409 410 And 427 they're all different kinds of highways even pomsies

[@jadrankabekcic9503]

Do you see a pomsies not better at all DC all kinds of highways

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

You forgot to mention QEW, 412, 416, 417 and the late 418 as part of the 400-series highways of Ontario. However, 4 routes of the 400-series highways in my opinion are main routes: 400, 401, 417 and QEW.

[@xz1891]

I know the beginning is 403, bcz I always got ears popped there

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

407 is an asphalt highway. Sounds like driving on an airplane runway on at Pearson airport

[@xz1891]

​@@user-kv1up9fu5s I was talking about the altitude chg

[@SlowedByCinnamxn]

Hey Asphalt Planet, do you have Instagram? I Will Follow you

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I don't have an instagram account. sorry.

[@SlowedByCinnamxn]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 It’s all Good

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Ontario freeways are better than some US interstates

[@joshuabrown5123]

Thanks for another great video. With that said, that is one boring drive, with little to no great scenery to keep the drive interesting.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

What? You don’t like hydro towers!? :)

[@SamuelAdenuku]

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[@jadrankabekcic9503]

The 400 And 401 And 402 And 403 And 404 And 405 And 406 And 407 And 408 And 409 And 410

[@jadrankabekcic9503]

Need A 407 replie

[@michaelgray3002]

Wow why would anyone take this Motorway having to pay that kind of Money. Just a way the Ontario Provinical government makes money and a huge profit as well. What a rip off

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

i wish it were a way for the provincial government to make money. The 407 is leased to a private entity -- so it's a way for a private company to make money.

[@autobahnwaybab7608]

But then look at the amount of vehicles! Its insane! You expect hardly cars to drive but completely the opposite!!

[@csscott9803]

Hamilton is the hometown of 90210 star Kathleen Robertson

[@ON07_A200]

sounds like you have alot of money

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

sounds like it. i wish it were true.

[@jadrankabekcic9503]

Lunch today ETR just Giant Food the page end is not died

[@singing4fun]

What a rip off this thing is. I avoid it like the plaque. Everybody should boycott it.

[@angeliscool2095]

Hi I’m going to New Orleans this summer

[@SyntaxOverflow]

Is that relevant to this?

[@angeliscool2095]

Is this your business

[@RossMunro-mf6ez]

This looks like a Doug Ford and Associates video…increasing the speed limit on the 400 series highways…more carnage on our roads.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

This video was filmed five years ago, and if you watch the entire video, I'm far from the fastest vehicle on the highway. What could this video possibly have to do with raising speed limits?

[@gledatelj1979]

How do trucks justify taking a toll on this hwy?