Driving to Toronto via Highway 401 (about 300 km)

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This is a video of driving from Rockport (a small town about 300 km east of Toronto) to northern Toronto (specifically the 401/Allen Rd. interchange). Rockport offers cruises on the St. Lawrence river in the 1000 Islands area.

The drive begins on a local road called 1000 Islands Parkway, followed by a drive on the short Highway 137, which connects Highway 401 with the US border, after which it continues as I-81. Then, we merge onto Highway 401 (westbound) and go all the way to Toronto. Finally, we exit to Allen Rd. (northbound), which is part of an urban expressway whose construction was mostly canceled, although a small part of it is still built to motorway standards.

This video covers around 300 km of Highway 401 in several sections that I filmed, sped up, and joined together (my camera's battery would not last through this whole trip if I were to film it continuously). This should be sufficient, since most of the drive on the 401 is quite monotonous.

This video also captures quite well (albeit in the dark) the collector-express system of Highway 401 in the vicinity of Toronto, which at some points makes it one of the widest roads in the world. It is quite interesting how it slowly grows from a 2x2 motorway to the monster that it is in Toronto.

This video was actually made at about the same time as my "Driving to Ottawa/Gatineau via Highway 416" video (it's from the same trip), but I was just too lazy to get to it in time. As a result, it is also somewhat poorly made and has some camera shake issues, since I didn't have a mount for it. The dirty windshield problem is made worse by the fact that there is permanent spray paint on it, which only becomes visible when the sun is shining directly at it.

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