Dougall Parkway

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{{Infobox road

| province = ON

| name = Dougall Parkway

| marker_image =

| alternate_name = Highway 401 (north leg)

| length_km = 1.6

| length_ref = {{Cite web |title=Dougall Pkwy, Windsor, ON to Dougall Pkwy, Windsor, ON |url=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/42.2508305,-82.9968283/42.2466721,-82.9786101/@42.2493672,-82.992906,2326m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?entry=ttu |website=Google Maps}}

| length_notes =

| direction_a = East

| direction_b = West

| terminus_a = {{jcon|hwy|401}}

| terminus_b = Interchange with Dougall Avenue and Howard Avenue

| cities = Windsor

| counties = Essex County, Ontario

| map =

| type = Expressway

| browse = {{on-exp browse |previous_link=Don Valley Parkway |route=Dougall Parkway |next_link=E. C. Row Expressway}}

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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.{{cite map|title=Ontario Back Road Atlas|year=2010|author=MapArt|publisher=Peter Heiler Ltd|isbn=978-1-55198-226-7}} The road is named for former mayor of Windsor James Dougall.{{Cite book |last=Carstens |first=Patrick Richard |title=The Republic of Canada Almost |last2=Stanford |first2=Timothy L. |publisher=Xlibris |year=2013 |isbn=9781479749171}}

Route description

Dougall Parkway is a short {{Convert|1.6|km|mi|abbr=out}} controlled-access highway that begins after connecting ramps split off of Highway 401. From the split, the expressway travels in a west-northwest direction having interchanges with 6th Concession Road and Howard Avenue.{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=View of Dougall Parkway |url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.2477084,-82.9859428,2797m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu |website=Google Maps}} It is at the intersection when the expressway passes under Howard Avenue where it transitions into Dougall Avenue.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=2023 WM-007 City of Windsor Map |url=https://www.citywindsor.ca/Documents/visitors/maps/2023_WM-007%20city%20of%20windsor%20map.pdf}}

History

File:Highway_401_at_Highway_98_facing_southwest_towards_Windsor.png 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).{{Cite news |last=Kent |first=Jack |date=Aug 11, 1956 |title=Blink Green Light on Superhighway |work=The Windsor Star}} 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.{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2003 |title=R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 619: SPEED LIMITS |url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/900619/v1 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=ontario.ca |language=en}}File:Highway 401 Bridge to USA.JPG 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.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 4, 2008 |title=The Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario Continuing Improvements to Highway 401 in Essex County |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/03/government-canada-province-ontario-continuing-improvements-highway-401-essex-county.html |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=canada.ca}}