Dougall Parkway

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]

Dougall Parkway
Highway 401 (north leg)
Route information
Length	1.6 km[1] (0.99 mi)
Major junctions
East end	Highway 401
West end	Interchange with Dougall Avenue and Howard Avenue
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Counties	Essex County, Ontario
Major cities	Windsor
Highway system
Ontario municipal expressways
(in alphabetical order) ← Don Valley Parkway Dougall Parkway E. C. Row Expressway →

Route description

Dougall Parkway is a short 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) controlled-access highway that begins after connecting ramps split off of Highway 401.^[1] 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

Highway 401 facing southwest in 1958. The interchange with former Highway 98 is in the foreground and the split at Dougall Parkway is in the background.

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]

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

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]

Exit list

The following table lists the major junctions along Dougall Parkway, as noted by the City of Windsor.^[4] The entire route is located in Windsor, Ontario. 

km[4]	mi	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	Dougall Avenue Howard Avenue	Expressway ends; continues west as Dougall Avenue
1.5	0.93	6th Concession Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
1.6	0.99	Highway 401 east – London, Toronto	Eastern terminus; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition

External links

• Video of Dougall Parkway between Highway 401 and the Howard Avenue

References

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