01-29-2015, 11:21 PM
(01-26-2015, 06:53 PM)isUsername Wrote:(01-26-2015, 01:42 PM)jamincan Wrote: I'm not entirely clear why none of the KW highways are classified as 400 series. Perhaps they're short enough sections that they didn't see the point? Then again, that didn't stop them from creating the 406 or 409.
They aren't 100 Km/h limits (except Hwy 8 south of Sportsworld) and the interchanges are far too close together with sub-standard lengths and configuration (see Bridgeport / Lancaster weave).
The speed limit has nothing to do with it. Other 400 series highways have alternating speeds and lower speeds. The 403 through much of Hamilton is 90 km/h, and the 406 through St. Catharines has a speed limit of only 80 km/h. Also, the Conestoga Expressway used to be 100 km/h until the mid 1990s. It was lowered in partial response to several deadly cross over collisions. This was of course too before the tall wall was built along the entire expressway and it had a grassy median the entire length.