Ontario Highway 410 - Route Description

Route Description

Highway 410 is a commuter freeway and a bypass of Brampton, acting as the southward continuation of Highway 10. The highway is also a continuation of Highway 403 from the south, which ends at the 401. The freeway begins as several ramps converge from Highway 401 north of the large interchange. Maintaining a straight north-westward course, it passes beneath Courtney Park Drive and Derry Road, with a slight jog to the right between the two underpasses. The freeway then intersects Highway 407 as it crosses into Brampton and passes beneath an electrical corridor. Veering to the right once again, the freeway enters a second industrialized area and returns to its northwest–southeast orientation. It passes beneath Steeles Avenue East and later Queen Street East, the former Highway 7, now Peel Regional Road 107. Until it was decommissioned across the Greater Toronto Area, Highway 7 was concurrent between Queen Street East and Boivard Drive. Passing north of Queen Street, the highway exits the industrial area and enters residential subdivisions.

Throughout this section, Highway 410 is located within a cutting below grade. It passes beneath several roads until Bovaird Drive East. The recently completed extension begins at this point, as Highway 410 passes to the west of Trinity Common and diverges from its straight path into greenspace and alongside the Heart Lake Conservation Area. As it passes beneath Mayfield Road, the highway makes a sharp turn to the west and descends through the Etobicoke Creek valley. After rising back to level ground, it curves north, passing beneath Valleywood Drive. The central concrete median and high-mast lighting end as the freeway becomes Highway 10, which continues north as a four-lane undivided road to Orangeville, Shelburne and eventually Owen Sound.