Ontario Highway 407

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controlled-access highway expressway toll highway

Ontario Highway 407 is a major electronically tolled expressway running across the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada, providing a high-speed bypass to the region’s primary freeways.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Highway 407	6
Ontario Highway 407 canonical	3
Highway 407 ETR (engineering role)	1
Highway 407 corridor	1
King’s Highway 407	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8809371 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ontario Highway 407
Context triple: [Brooklin, roadAccess, Ontario Highway 407]

A. Ontario Highway 404
Ontario Highway 404 is a major north–south controlled-access freeway in the Greater Toronto Area that connects Toronto to communities in York Region and extends toward Georgina, Ontario.
B. Highway 400
Highway 400 is a major controlled-access freeway in Ontario, Canada, forming a key north–south route connecting the Greater Toronto Area to central and northern parts of the province.
C. Highway 417
Highway 417 is a major controlled-access highway in eastern Ontario, Canada, serving as the primary route through Ottawa and forming part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
D. Highway 401
Highway 401 is a major multi-lane freeway in Ontario, Canada, forming a key segment of the Trans-Canada Highway and serving as one of the busiest highways in North America.
E. Highway 401
Highway 401 is a major road in southern Thailand that serves as a key transport route connecting Surat Thani with other provinces in the region.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ontario Highway 407
Target entity description: Ontario Highway 407 is a major electronically tolled expressway running across the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada, providing a high-speed bypass to the region’s primary freeways.

A. Ontario Highway 404
Ontario Highway 404 is a major north–south controlled-access freeway in the Greater Toronto Area that connects Toronto to communities in York Region and extends toward Georgina, Ontario.
B. Highway 400
Highway 400 is a major controlled-access freeway in Ontario, Canada, forming a key north–south route connecting the Greater Toronto Area to central and northern parts of the province.
C. Highway 417
Highway 417 is a major controlled-access highway in eastern Ontario, Canada, serving as the primary route through Ottawa and forming part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
D. Highway 401
Highway 401 is a major multi-lane freeway in Ontario, Canada, forming a key segment of the Trans-Canada Highway and serving as one of the busiest highways in North America.
E. Highway 401
Highway 401 is a major road in southern Thailand that serves as a key transport route connecting Surat Thani with other provinces in the region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	controlled-access highway ⓘ expressway ⓘ toll highway ⓘ
bypasses	Highway 401 ⓘ Highway 403 ⓘ Queen Elizabeth Way ⓘ
connectsTo	Highway 400 ⓘ Highway 403 ⓘ Highway 404 ⓘ Highway 410 NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 412 NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 418 ⓘ Highway 427 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
hasAlternateName	407 ETR ⓘ Express Toll Route ⓘ
hasDesignation	Highway 407 ⓘ linked to: Ontario Highway 407
hasFeature	fully grade-separated interchanges ⓘ no conventional toll booths ⓘ
hasLaneConfiguration	multiple lanes in each direction ⓘ
hasTollSystem	all-electronic tolling ⓘ electronic toll collection ⓘ
length	approximately 150 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Greater Toronto Area ⓘ Ontario ⓘ
maintainedBy	407 ETR Concession Company Limited ⓘ Ministry of Transportation of Ontario ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)
opened	1997 ⓘ
openedToTraffic	June 1997 ⓘ
operatedBy	407 ETR Concession Company Limited ⓘ
ownedBy	Province of Ontario ⓘ linked to: Ontario
privatization	leased under long-term concession ⓘ
purpose	bypass congestion on Highway 401 ⓘ provide high-speed east–west corridor across GTA ⓘ
regionServed	Golden Horseshoe ⓘ
runsThrough	Brampton ⓘ Burlington ⓘ Clarington ⓘ Markham ⓘ Mississauga ⓘ Oakville ⓘ linked to: Oakville, Ontario Oshawa ⓘ Pickering ⓘ Vaughan ⓘ Whitby ⓘ
speedLimit	typically 100 km/h ⓘ
terminusEast	Highway 35/115 near Clarington ⓘ linked to: Ontario Highway 35
terminusWest	Highway 403 in Burlington ⓘ linked to: Highway 403
usesTechnology	license plate recognition ⓘ transponder-based tolling ⓘ

How these facts were elicited