The Macdonald Cartier Freeway
Text from the plaque
This plaque commemorates the completion of the Macdonald Cartier Freeway (Highway 401), the longest freeway operated without tolls by a single highway authority in North America Covering 820 km between Windsor on the United States border and the Ontario-Quebec boundary, it serves the richest economic region in Canada. In January, 1965, it was named by The Honourable John P. Robarts, Prime Minister of Ontario, in honour of the two founding architects of the Confederation of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Georges-Etienne Cartier. This site is located on the last section of construction consisting of 24 km between Ivy Lea and Highway 2, which was completed on October 11, 1968.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
Find the place
The United Counties of Leeds & Grenville
The Township of Front of Yonge
At the east and westbound service centres on the 401
between exits 675 and 685 about 15 km west of Brockville
N 44 29.371 W 75 51.453
Recorded August 2013. Check current access before visiting.