Dougall Parkway

Dougall Parkway
Highway 3B, Highway 401A, Highway 401 Tunnel Route/401 TR
Route information
Length:	2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Major junctions
East end:	Highway 401
West end:	Interchange with Dougall Avenue and Howard Avenue
Location
Counties:	Essex County, Ontario
Major cities:	Windsor
Highway system
Roads in Ontario

Dougall Parkway is a municipal freeway in Windsor, Ontario, acting as an extension of Dougall Avenue to lead traffic heading towards downtown into the city centre, and to the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. The road is named for former mayor of Windsor James Dougall.

This road has quite a coloured history, having been part of Highway 3B from 1935 to 1975 (becoming a connecting link until 1998, when it was fully turned back). This road was the original alignment of Highway 401, and served as the freeway's western terminus from its completion in 1952 until 1964, when it was re-routed to meet Highway 3, to the south. The new approach (connecting to Highway 3) is roughly 200 metres (0.2 km, or 0.1 miles) shorter than Dougall Parkway.

Many maps also incorrectly listed this road as a part of Highway 3B and Highway 401 (two freeways with the same designation merging as they head east). This is erroneous, as Dougall Parkway lost its designation of Highway 401 in 1964, and then 3B's in 1975. The road did have the unsigned secret designation of Highway 401A, however, until 1998.

Description

Highway 401 in Windsor near its western terminus with the Dougall Parkway.

Until 2005, the road's pavement was considered to be in dangerously poor shape, but has since been completely rehabilitated and repaved by the City of Windsor, and is now in excellent shape. The road has relatively average traffic levels, and its newly-built interchange with 6th Concession Road helps to serve the neighbourhoods of South Windsor and Southwood Lakes.

In 2008 and 2009, the road's interchange with Highway 401 was completely rebuilt, removing a one-lane 1950s-era tunnel, replacing it with a modern two-lane overpass.

Exit list

Street	Notes
6th Concession Road	westbound on ramps and east bound off ramps only
Howard Avenue	partial ramps

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