autopista 401

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King's Highway 401, commonly referred to as Highway 401 and officially known as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway or colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is an 828-kilometre (514 mi) freeway, travelling from the Gordie Howe International Bridge at Windsor in the west to the Ontario–Quebec border in the east (west of Montreal). The part of Highway 401 that passes through Toronto is North America's busiest highway, and one of the widest in Canada. Together with Quebec's Autoroute 20 (A-20), it forms the road transportation backbone of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, along which over half of Canada's population resides. It is also a Core Route in Canada's National Highway System. By the end of 1952, three individual highways were numbered Highway 401: the partially completed Toronto Bypass between Weston Road and Highway 11 (Yonge Street); Highway 2A between West Hill and Newcastle; and the Scenic Highway between Gananoque and Brockville, now known as the "Thousand Islands Parkway". These three sections of the highway were 11.8, 54.7, and 41.2 kilometres (7.3, 34.0, and 25.6 mi), respectively. In November 1964, the route became fully navigable from Windsor to the Ontario–Quebec border. In January 1965, it was given a second designation, the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway, in honour of two Fathers of Confederation. At the end of 1968, the Gananoque–Brockville section was bypassed and the final intersection grade-separated near Kingston, making Highway 401 a freeway for its entire 817.9-kilometre (508.2 mi) length. In August 2007, a portion of Highway 401 between Trenton and Toronto has been designated as the Highway of Heroes, as the route is travelled by funeral convoys for fallen Canadian Forces personnel from CFB Trenton to the coroner's office in Toronto. Highway 401 previously ended at Highway 3 (Talbot Road) upon entering Windsor....