Dougall Parkway Explained

Province:ON
Dougall Parkway
Alternate Name:Highway 401 (north leg)
Length Km:1.6
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:East
Direction B:West
Terminus B:Interchange with Dougall Avenue and Howard Avenue
Cities:Windsor
Counties:Essex County, Ontario
Type:Expressway

Dougall Parkway is a municipal expressway in Windsor, Ontario. The expressway acts as an extension of Dougall Avenue and serves traffic heading towards the Windsor city-centre and the Detroit–Windsor tunnel.[2] The road is named for former mayor of Windsor James Dougall.[3]

Route description

Dougall Parkway is a short 1.6km (01miles) controlled-access highway that begins after connecting ramps split off of Highway 401. From the split, the expressway travels in a west-northwest direction having interchanges with 6th Concession Road and Howard Avenue.[4] It is at the intersection when the expressway passes under Howard Avenue where it transitions into Dougall Avenue.[5]

History

Dougall Parkway was constructed as one of the two western forks of Highway 401 in the mid-1950s, connecting Highway 401 with Highway 3B (Howard Avenue).[6] Somewhat confusingly, Dougall Parkway was officially numbered as Highway 401 along with the other leg of the fork, with Dougall Parkway being the north leg.[7] In 2008 to 2010, as part of the reconstruction of the section of Highway 401 from Dougall Parkway to Provincial Road, the Dougall Parkway split with Highway 401 was reconfigured, replacing a one-lane 1950s-era underpass tunnel with a modern high-speed flyover ramp.[8]

External links

References

  1. Web site: Dougall Pkwy, Windsor, ON to Dougall Pkwy, Windsor, ON . Google Maps.
  2. Ontario Back Road Atlas. 2010. MapArt. Peter Heiler Ltd. 978-1-55198-226-7.
  3. Book: Carstens, Patrick Richard . The Republic of Canada Almost . Stanford . Timothy L. . Xlibris . 2013 . 9781479749171.
  4. Web site: 2024 . View of Dougall Parkway . Google Maps.
  5. Web site: 2023 . 2023 WM-007 City of Windsor Map .
  6. News: Kent . Jack . Aug 11, 1956 . Blink Green Light on Superhighway . The Windsor Star.
  7. Web site: October 9, 2003 . R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 619: SPEED LIMITS . 2024-07-30 . ontario.ca . en.
  8. Web site: March 4, 2008 . The Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario Continuing Improvements to Highway 401 in Essex County . 2024-07-30 . canada.ca.