Loved the drive. Especially through the 418 and the end of the 407 there. Beautiful sky, nice open roads, power lines in the background, and away from the urban cities. Great music as well!

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks much for the comment. It was a beautiful day for a drive. The east extension of the 407 is a really pleasant drive in my opinion as well.

@dennisdeng3045

3 жыл бұрын

And the toll-free last 3.5 km (on the 407) was a pleasant surprise for me when I drove it. :D

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

@@dennisdeng3045 there isn't really a toll-free section of the 407. It's just that the toll gantries are set back well from the actual 35/115 interchange. The same is true at the western end of the 407 ETR. The toll gantries are situated near the Dundas Street interchange, a few kilometres east of the QEW/403 -- but I wouldn't say that the 407 ETR has a toll free section.

Glad to see the 418/401 interchange finished and open. The highway is pristine through there, and the designs on the overpasses are a nice touch. Too bad you really gotta pay to play with the 407. Nice work on the video.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the 407 is not an inexpensive drive.

Another amazing drive with some fantastic music. Thanks for another great video! I don't know why, but these are always so relaxing to watch. Anyway, huge fan going way back on the Asphalt Planet site

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate comments like this very much. I don't make any money doing any of this or anything. The only reason that I run the youtube channel and the former website is because I love doing it.

@lauscho

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsphaltPlanet1 "former" website? Explains why I haven't seen an update in ages... Personally, I LOVED AsphaltPlanet. I am definitely a "roadgeek" and I learned so much about our Ontario highway system from you. Even found a few really interesting things in my home city of Sudbury I wanted to share on the site (a couple of hilariously wrong signs that pretty much no one besides us roadgeeks would get!). I'm insanely grateful that Cameron Bevers is still maintaining his site, though. That said, I'm still a huge fan of yours. AsphaltPlanet is still one of my all-time favourite websites ever, and I hope you still keep it accessible as long as you can!

@lauscho

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Also, I want to share this with you. It's a music video I made with my girlfriend and another friend of mine on 400 between Parry Sound and Port Severn... in honor of my good friend Perry's minivan... I feel like, if anyone's gonna enjoy this, it'll be you. And if, for some reason, you want to feature this on a video of yours (I know it's a rudimentary sounding demo, but I'm still proud as HELL of it), you're 100% welcome to do so! I'd be TOTALLY honored to have some of my own music featured in a video of yours! kzread.info/dash/bejne/gWVt19Sdft3cfaw.html

@lauscho

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely had your videos in mind when we recorded this!

@lauscho

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsphaltPlanet1 (the song + lyrics if you're interested) borealia.bandcamp.com/track/caravan-feat-shane-bazinet

I've always felt that Ontario has some of the best roads in all of North America, and definitely in Canada. Deciding whether to put Alberta or Québec in second place is tricky; Alberta has some great quality roads around Calgary and Edmonton (and the QEII Highway between them is great), but Québec has an extensive network of autoroutes to rival Ontario's 400-series highways. Probably a decade ago I would have definitively said Québec, but the high-quality ring roads around Calgary and Edmonton are starting to make Alberta and Québec seem as if they could be tied, though I would still give Québec a slight lead for the extensiveness of their autoroute network. That said, some of the aging autoroutes around Montréal (eg. the A-40 and A-15/Décarie) are problematic in my mind, whereas many of Alberta's highways are a lot newer and very high quality. I also feel British Columbia does pretty good with their roads as well (especially considering the rugged terrain outside of the Lower Mainland/Greater Vancouver area), in addition to having the longest continuous freeway in Western Canada (TCH-1 and the Coquihalla Highway form a continuous freeway from NW of Vancouver all the way to Kamloops). I would rank them as follows: ON -> QC -> AB -> BC The only problem with Ontario's roads, in my mind, is that the Trans-Canada (ON 17) in northern Ontario should be 4 lanes; furthermore, in at least a few places in northern Ontario, that highway is a single point of failure for the entire Canadian road network.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

I'd generally agree with that assessment. Quebec has invested a lot in their highway network over the past decade or so, and it's much better than it once was. Quebec's urban roads still aren't my favourite, as you say. Alberta has also invested heavily in their roads, and the ring road around Calgary in particular is definitely one of the best designed roads in Canada. I'd probably put BC somewhere behind Nova Scotia or New Brunswick though. I find BC's highways to generally be underbuilt.

@mushroomsteve

3 жыл бұрын

I remember a few years back a bridge went out on one of those roads and the only way to get from eastern Canada to western Canada was to go down through the USA into Michigan and back up. I don't remember which bridge it was, but it was somewhere in Ontario.

@mushroomsteve

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsphaltPlanet1 I thought Vancouver Island had a pretty well developed road system, at least on the southeast side. I haven't been to the BC mainland, so I don't know what it's like there. Some of those roads are super remote, like the Yellowhead highway.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

@@mushroomsteve It was the Nipigon River Bridge east of Thunder Bay. It was closed for 17 hours due to a failed expansion joint.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

@@mushroomsteve Vancouver Island doesn't have a terrible network, but one could point to the fact that the Island Highway (Hwy 19) wasn't built as a full freeway as was originally intended as an example of the province cheaping out.

418 is mostly empty during it's time even after construction. What about 412? How's the decongestion of 412 compared to 418? I know some 400-series highways are congested while 401 is the most congested. 407 is always light traffic because drivers must pay to bypass 401.

@bmw803

3 жыл бұрын

The problem is not having to pay for it thru tolls, the problem is the exorbitant tolls they charge. It costs almost 5 bucks during rush hour for those few miles. If it was tolled more reasonably, more people would use it.

@CrystalClearWith8BE

3 жыл бұрын

CA$50.00 is a lot of money and if drivers want to take the 407, a transponder is mostly required.

@bmw803

3 жыл бұрын

@@CrystalClearWith8BE Sure, some people will pay if necessary, but the tolls are still exorbitant, which deters many of using it. That's why it's sitting empty.

The 418 is the latest 400-series highway of Ontario has ever seen. It's another connector route of the 401 and 407 while the other being the 412. It is also tolled as the 407 and 412. Forgot to mention, it's entirely in the Municipality of Clarington.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment.

@CrystalClearWith8BE

3 жыл бұрын

The 418 is 9.2 km which is 300 m longer than the 412 in distance.

@CrystalClearWith8BE

3 жыл бұрын

Was this video your first time driving in 418? How much do you pay for that?

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

This wasn’t my first time driving the 418 and I honestly can’t remember how much it cost to drive it.

@CrystalClearWith8BE

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe, back in February 2020, I saw that video of your drive in 418 in the winter and I'm sure it wasn't your first time in the 418 either, was it?

Jumping back in years later --- the construction at 6:52 is still incomplete.

Are the toll rates for the 418/412 the same as 407 rates? Are they billed through ETR as well?

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

The toll rates for the 418/412 are currently the same as they are for the provincial segment of the 407. The toll rates for the 412 and 418 are set to increase at a slower rate than the provincial section of the 407 for the next two years.

@SoulOfTech

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsphaltPlanet1 it’s a shame that the government is keeping the same rates as a privatized highway. You would think they would at least try to make more affordable toll routes like the A30 in Quebec or the US interstates.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

The toll rates for the provincial section of the 407 aren't that dissimilar from the toll rates for other suburban toll roads in places like California or Texas. There are certainly locations that have cheaper tolls, but there are also places (such as Pennsylvania) that have way higher tolls than either of the provincial segments of the 407/412 or 418.

@Mmwindowcleaners

2 жыл бұрын

412 and 418 are now free.

I wonder what construction they are planning on the 401 in Durham region. It’s a lot of construction there especially around a Brock Street.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

The project at Brock Street is just to replace the bridge and the interchange. There will be auxiliary lanes between the 412 interchange at the Brock Road interchange as well.

Very nicely done! I love videos like that. Is the camera mounted in side the car? How did you manage to deal with the glare from the glass? Keep up the great work!

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. The camera is mounted on the inside of the car. I use black fabric on the dashboard to eliminate glare.

Thanks. Was coming home from Kingston and debated spending the money on the tolls just to see the new highway. Now I dont have to pay to experience it.

I don't get how any on Ontario's toll roads aren't signed as 110 km/h. Those roads are usually wide and empty compared to the 110 km/h signs on 402, QEW, and 417.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that once the 110km/h pilot is expanded, the 407, 412 and 418 will be considered for higher speed limits.

@EC4U2C_Studioz

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsphaltPlanet1 even with the limits being 110 in appropriate areas, motorists will still face serious stunting charges should the speed is at or above 150 km/h. It’s intentionally done to prevent abuse of the higher speed limits keeping Ontario freeways safe.

@kevinblack16

3 жыл бұрын

@@EC4U2C_Studioz It'll just mean 160. I mean, lets be honest, if you're going 130 on the 401 through the city, no cop is pulling you over. Changing the limit just moves the dial.

@EC4U2C_Studioz

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinblack16 it will mean abuse of the posted 110 km/h limits and keeping the street racing penalty at 150 km/h is meant to prevent excessive abuse of the 110 limit.

Do you have the plan to make the High way 412 in Ontario?

@AsphaltPlanet1

2 жыл бұрын

There is already a 412 video online.

@alexishoude4449

2 жыл бұрын

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Oh, I didn't notice that

Always love a good drive through the GTA. What is the purpose of the 401 realignment at the Don River?

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

they are planning to replace all of the Don River and Leslie Street bridges, and realigning the highway simplifies the construction staging to do so.

@dontgetlost4078

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsphaltPlanet1 But what makes the realignment of something so massive like the 401 just to replace old bridges a simplification? What will it do to the environment nearby? And most importantly, what will happen to the old alignment after the work is done?

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

@@dontgetlost4078 It simplifies the construction staging to move the highway south. All of the old bridges will just be removed. It won't have an effect on the surrounding environment. The footprint of the highway will be more or less the same, just in a slightly different location.

I've never seen a Ontario highway before

What do you think of the idea of upgrading the 115 and re-numbering it as 407 to connect to the 7?

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

I probably wouldn't re-designate the 115 as part of the 407 -- I'd leave the 407 designation just for the tolled section of highway.

@kevinblack16

3 жыл бұрын

An upgrade would be nice. I would imagine significant local community backlash though. I'd call it the 415.

Ontario will never have a Highway 420… Oh wait, it already does have one.

A penny for your thoughts AP: Any insight on the fourth lane through Whitby? Construction looks close to completion but no fourth lane in sight. Secondly, looks like it will be pretty difficult to add a fourth lane through downtown Oshawa... is that widening on the radar?

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

They are supposed to add a fourth lane between the 412 and Brock Street as part of the current project to replace the Brock Street overpass. I don't know why it hasn't been opened (and honestly it's been a while since I have driven the 401 through there, so I'm not up to date on the construction), but that will happen in the next few months. But that lane is just an auxiliary lane between the 412 and Brock, nothing through the 412 interchange is planned for the near term. The 401 is scheduled to be widened to ten lanes through Oshawa (five per direction). Aside from construction at Simcoe Street starting next year, there aren't any firm timelines beyond that. I'd expect an overpass replacement at Harmony to follow in the years that follow Simcoe Street however.

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why arent the lanes concrete on the 418

@bmw803

3 жыл бұрын

probably because asphalt is cheaper

In some parts of the highway, you went on the collectors.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

You're right, I did.

@kevinblack16

3 жыл бұрын

There are some sweet spots to avoid weird jam ups that occur. If you drive it and pay attention to it for long enough, you'll see it.

I never ever went on this hwy

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418 is almost empty. They should removed the tolls there along with 412.

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

traffic on the 418 is indeed pretty light.

can u do highway 7

@AsphaltPlanet1

3 жыл бұрын

I have filmed some segments of Hwy 7.

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