Highway 401

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controlled-access highway freeway provincial highway transportation infrastructure

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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Highway 401 canonical	133
Ontario Highway 401	11
Highway 401 corridor	2
Highway 401 in Toronto	2
King's Highway 401	2
Highway 401 (Ontario)	1
Highway 401 (eastern Toronto segment)	1
Highway 401 (nearby)	1
Highway 401 (via Cambridge)	1
Highway 401 corridor via Kingston vicinity	1
Highway 401 in Ontario	1
Trans-Canada Highway	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T622586 — 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: Highway 401
Context triple: [Toronto Pearson International Airport, locatedNear, Highway 401]

A. 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.
B. Highway 427
Highway 427 is a major controlled-access highway in the Greater Toronto Area that serves as a key north–south transportation corridor connecting Toronto with surrounding communities.
C. Interstate 90
Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States, running east–west from Seattle, Washington, to Boston, Massachusetts.
D. Highway 407 ETR
Highway 407 ETR is a privately operated, electronically tolled expressway running across the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada.
E. Long Island Expressway
The Long Island Expressway is a major east–west highway in New York that serves as the primary transportation artery across Long Island, connecting it to New York City and numerous suburban communities.
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: Highway 401
Target entity description: 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.

A. 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.
B. Highway 427
Highway 427 is a major controlled-access highway in the Greater Toronto Area that serves as a key north–south transportation corridor connecting Toronto with surrounding communities.
C. Interstate 90
Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States, running east–west from Seattle, Washington, to Boston, Massachusetts.
D. Highway 407 ETR
Highway 407 ETR is a privately operated, electronically tolled expressway running across the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada.
E. Long Island Expressway
The Long Island Expressway is a major east–west highway in New York that serves as the primary transportation artery across Long Island, connecting it to New York City and numerous suburban communities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	controlled-access highway ⓘ freeway ⓘ provincial highway ⓘ transportation infrastructure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	401 ⓘ Highway 401 ⓘ Macdonald–Cartier Freeway ⓘ
connectsTo	Autoroute 20 ⓘ Don Valley Parkway ⓘ Highway 115 NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 402 NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 403 ⓘ Highway 404 ⓘ Highway 410 NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 416 ⓘ Highway 417 ⓘ Highway 427 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
easternTerminus	Quebec–Ontario border ⓘ surface form: Ontario–Quebec border near Cornwall
hasLaneConfiguration	multi-lane ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	multiple interchanges with major highways and arterial roads ⓘ very high traffic volumes through Toronto ⓘ
hasRouteNumber	401 ⓘ
hasSection	collector–express system in Toronto ⓘ
hasToll	no ⓘ
isAmong	busiest highways in Canada ⓘ busiest highways in North America ⓘ
locatedIn	Ontario ⓘ
maintainedBy	Ministry of Transportation (Ontario) ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
namedAfter	George-Étienne Cartier ⓘ surface form: Sir George-Étienne Cartier John A. Macdonald ⓘ surface form: Sir John A. Macdonald
officialName	Highway 401 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: King's Highway 401
openedInPeriod	1950s ⓘ
partOf	Ontario provincial highway network ⓘ Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ
passesThrough	Ajax ⓘ Cambridge ⓘ Cornwall ⓘ Kingston ⓘ Kitchener ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Milton ⓘ Mississauga ⓘ Oshawa ⓘ Pickering ⓘ Toronto ⓘ Whitby ⓘ Windsor ⓘ
serves	Greater Toronto Area ⓘ Southern Ontario ⓘ
speedLimit	100 km/h in most rural sections ⓘ
usedFor	commercial freight transport ⓘ commuter traffic ⓘ long-distance travel ⓘ
westernTerminus	Windsor ⓘ

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Referenced by (157)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Toronto Pearson International Airport → locatedNear → Highway 401 ⓘ

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada → hasMajorRoad → Highway 401 ⓘ

subject surface form: Winnipeg

this entity surface form: Trans-Canada Highway

Greater Toronto Area → hasTransport → Highway 401 ⓘ

Etobicoke → majorHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

Kingston → majorHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

London International Airport → locatedNear → Highway 401 ⓘ

Southern Ontario → hasMajorTransportationCorridor → Highway 401 ⓘ

Rouge National Urban Park → adjacentTo → Highway 401 ⓘ

Windsor, Ontario → transportCorridor → Highway 401 ⓘ

Chatham-Kent → hasTransportation → Highway 401 ⓘ

Scarborough → hasMajorRoad → Highway 401 ⓘ

Mississauga → hasMajorHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

Brampton → majorHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

Kingston, Ontario → transportHubFor → Highway 401 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Highway 401 corridor

Guelph → hasHighwayAccess → Highway 401 ⓘ

Eastern Toronto → hasTransportationInfrastructure → Highway 401 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Highway 401 (eastern Toronto segment)

Belleville, Ontario → locatedOn → Highway 401 ⓘ

Highway 400 → southernTerminus → Highway 401 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Highway 401 in Toronto

Highway 400 → hasJunctionWith → Highway 401 ⓘ

Highway 427 → connectsTo → Highway 401 ⓘ

Highway 427 → hasInterchangeWith → Highway 401 ⓘ

Highway 407 ETR → parallelTo → Highway 401 ⓘ

Highway 407 ETR → connectsTo → Highway 401 ⓘ

Whitby, Ontario → hasTransportation → Highway 401 ⓘ

Oshawa → hasHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

Milton, Ontario → servedBy → Highway 401 ⓘ

Cornwall, Ontario → locatedOn → Highway 401 ⓘ

Ajax, Ontario → transportation → Highway 401 ⓘ

Pickering, Ontario → hasTransportation → Highway 401 ⓘ

Cambridge, Ontario → servedByHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

Brockville → locatedOnTransportRoute → Highway 401 ⓘ

Woodstock, Ontario → highwayServedBy → Highway 401 ⓘ

Durham region → hasTransportation → Highway 401 ⓘ

subject surface form: Durham Region

Yorkdale station → hasNearbyHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

Islington Avenue → majorIntersectionWith → Highway 401 ⓘ

Weston Road → crosses → Highway 401 ⓘ

Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory → hasTransportationAccess → Highway 401 ⓘ

Highway 401 → officialName → Highway 401 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: King's Highway 401

Highway 401 → alsoKnownAs → Highway 401 ⓘ

Regional Municipality of Peel → hasMajorHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

Halton Hills → transportCorridor → Highway 401 ⓘ

Ajax → hasTransportation → Highway 401 ⓘ

Clarington → hasHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

Highway 7 → hasParallelRoute → Highway 401 ⓘ

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry → hasTransportationCorridor → Highway 401 ⓘ

Frontenac County → hasTransportationLink → Highway 401 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Highway 401 corridor via Kingston vicinity

North York → hasMajorRoad → Highway 401 ⓘ

Regional Municipality of Durham → hasMajorHighway → Highway 401 ⓘ

Regional Municipality of Halton → hasTransportationCorridor → Highway 401 ⓘ

Milton → hasTransportation → Highway 401 ⓘ

subject surface form: Milton, Ontario

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