Ontario Highway 417 - Renfrew to Ottawa - Trans-Canada Highway - 2020/04/06

Drivelapse video of Ontario's Highway 417 starting on Highway 17 near Renfrew and then progressing easterly through Arnprior and the start of the four lane highway and then heading easterly through Ottawa and finishing along Route 174 in Orléans

[@HAA0603]

10:48 as someone who’s lived in Ottawa my whole life, that view gets me all the time. By far the best view of Ottawa IMAGINABLE.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I agree, I love driving down the hill towards Moodie. Thanks for the comment.

[@andreadawngilpin3054]

At night the view is awesome.

[@SoulOfTech]

Moving to Ottawa soon, looking forward to it. Although the series of highways around the GTA in a league of their own it’s nice to see Ottawa has at least one dedicated intercity full controlled access highway! Awesome video as always!

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks very much for the comment. Ottawa certainly doesn’t have the freeways of the GTA. But the 417 isn’t a terrible drive

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

At least Ottawa's traffic conditions are solid, well mostly.

[@alexishoude4449]

I honestly would love to see another video from Ottawa someday on this channel, with the Hwy 417 & Hwy 174, since I’m curious to see how they look like. Did you see that bus at 12:50? It’s definitely something that you should try if you plan to go to Ottawa this summer. I also used it during my visit at Ottawa in the summer of last year.

[@EdwardW98]

Great ride! First time I've ever seen any type of rail transit down the median of a freeway was in Chicago. I'm excited to see what the system will look like once completed down 174.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment. I too am really interested to see how the LRT looks in the median of the freeway.

[@GreatAussieDrives]

Loved the drive! It's good that there are plans to extend the 417 as the 17 looked really quite busy. Awesome how rapidly the road widens beyond 9:28!

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment. Highway 17 is a fairly busy road. The widened highway is going to be a considerable improvment.

[@kaveh496]

Cool video. I really enjoy watching this beautiful country. Fortunately, I will be there in next two month and I really love Canada and it's fantastic people.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment.

[@TransCanadaPhil]

Neat the see the east end of Ontario Highway 17 for the first time. I'm used to the west end at the Manitoba/Ontario border.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment. It ends unceremoniously at each end at the beginning of a divided highway.

[@BrandonClaridge]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Highway 1 in easternmost Manitoba (from Falcon Beach to the MB/ON border) is a two-lane road, the only such section of the TCH-1 in the Prairie Provinces (I believe) that is only two-lanes. There is a very short segment of divided highway (about 1.5km) immediately west of the MB/ON border, where the weigh scales are in the median. So it is true that both ends of ON-17 occur where the highway divides. But the western end does not really mark the start of the divided TCH-1, since the highway remains a two-lane road for several kilometers past the weigh scales. The actual start of the divided highway occurs a little bit further west, west of Falcon Beach to be exact. As the crow flies, the start of the divided TCH-1 is about 16km west of the MB/ON border; from this point westward, TCH-1 remains a divided highway across the rest of the Prairies, except for some undivided four-lane segments within urban areas (St. Mary's Road and Broadway in Winnipeg, a brief section in Headingley, and the section of 16 Avenue NW in Calgary between Bowness and Sarcee Trail).

[@terag8151]

Nice video! It is very fascinating that there still exists a disconnected section of Hwy 17 south of Arnprior... parallel to the 417

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

That orphaned section of Highway 7 is interesting. I'm sure the MTO will divest itself of it in due time. Thanks for the comment.

[@RoadsandBridges]

Beautiful View 👌 very nice

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment.

[@ethics3]

Any video that shows one driving AWAY from Renfrew , is a good video. haha

[@GamingWithLondon]

The video was pretty fun and entertaining. You already know it's showtime once you pass Highway 7.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the video. The highway gets far more entertaining beyond the Highway 7 interchange.

[@RoadsOfAsiaBen]

Great video! Have you ever used electronic toll collection in the US such as E-ZPass (northeast US and partial in Florida) Florida's SunPass, Georgia's Peach Pass etc. without having to stop to pay the toll?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I had a FasTrak transponder for California for several years. I also have a 407 transponder Thanks for the comment.

[@roadcrazed927]

Great video!

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thank you

[@gpse3400]

omg the music is so awesome!

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thank you. I liked the music for this video as well.

[@GamingWithLondon]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Yea, the music Disco Belle was easily a great one that goes perfectly with the vid.

[@LY203Productions]

Hi there! I was wondering if you can do one from Ottawa to Montreal via Highway 417? Same for Montreal to Toronto and Vice Versa. I saw you did one for Montreal to Ottawa via 417.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I have a video from Montreal to Ottawa on the channel already. Thanks for the comment

[@kevinblack16]

AP, Do you happen to have an opinion on MTO's seemingly new tactic of scraping off the white lines on the highway when changing to orange construction lines? If you've travelled the eastbound 401 through Scarborough (particularly the collector) over the last year, you'll have noticed how this scraping has created an awful drive along with broken asphalt right along those scraped lines. For me, it would be a fine solution if the construction wasn't being done over several years. Thanks for another great upload!

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment. I think drivers would get confused if the old white lines weren't removed prior to the application of the orange temporary lane markings. You're right though, the scarred pavement is both unsightly, and depending upon how the former lane markings were removed, can be quite rough to drive overtop of. I'd anticipate both the eastbound express lanes and collector lanes will be resurfaced following the completion of the construction through Scarborough.

[@dennisdeng3045]

That stretch of 17 reminds me of A50 between Lachute and Mirabel Airport, in terms of traffic and passing opportunity (more like the lack of, lol), well, and the plan for twinning. When did you go there?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

This was filmed in June of 2020.

[@thewheatgreatness]

3:00 What is the work at Miller/Anderson Road? Has it been finished? 13:17 The new Nicholas Street overpass was under construction at the time of filming. The new opened has since finished and the old overpass has since been demolished.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

The Work at Miller/Anderson Road was just for a culvert replacement. Thanks for the comment

[@thewheatgreatness]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Doses that have to do with any future potential twinning of Highway 17?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

The culvert extension was designed to be incorporated into the final configuration of the four-lane 417, but the culvert was replaced because of it's deteriorating condition, not for another reason. It would have been less expensive to replace the culvert in a couple of years from now when the new carriageway is constructed beside the highway then it was to replace it last summer.

[@zaitunmatdiah6850]

Hey man! This is nice video I ever seen! But I never heard Renfrew before.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Ontario Highways 17 and 417 follow the main line of the Trans-Canada Highway through the province of Ontario spanning 2 156 km. Today's 417 is a 192 km relatively freeway upgrade/replacement of Hwy 17 since 1971 with Hwy 17 preserving it's 1 964 km from the Manitoba border to near Arnprior, ON. However, kilometer markers of the 417 go in reverse for a change. The decomissioned route of Hwy 17 goes through Ottawa like today's 417, and runs parallels next to the Ottawa River until it touches the Quebec border as the entirety used to run for 2 180 km (last 216 km of it I mentioned were decomissioned).

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment

[@andrepoiy1199]

What's your camera equipment that allows you to record 4K? My camera cuts off at 10 minutes when shooting 4K

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

This was filmed with a Sony AX-33 camcorder. A lot of cameras generate heat when filming 4K for long periods of time. You could always just record at 1080P and then upload it in 4K, the difference in quality is pretty negligible.

[@annabelholland]

If the 417 will be extended, will it be a 4 lane divided highway?

[@joshuahamilton380]

Yes.

[@otanakugaming3357]

I would like to see the new 417 extension to have a fixed end around Pembroke and its route different from the existing Highway 17

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I certainly wouldn't mind seeing the 417 extended to Pembroke, but I don't think that's going to happen for a very long time.

[@user-mn9ds3oj6g]

drive route from renfrew through highway 417 to highway 174 to trim

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Have you ever seen actual aircraft patrols? In my country helicopter patrols are very publicized in the media but they operate very seldom.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I haven’t seen any aircraft patrols in Ontario. Apparently they do go up every now and then in a Cessna or something, but I think it’s done more as a publicity stunt than anything else

[@thevultrantransituniverse1487]

The 417 is a very nice highway.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment

[@xz1891]

I know hwy 17, Orleans shopping mall is there

[@dontgetlost4078]

Pretty sure the upgrade to freeway up to beyond Renfrew will spark it's own set of controversies because such will always happen in the 21st century. At least the MTO cares about it. >:P Nice ride in the country's capital!

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment.