Highway 407 (pronounced "four-oh-seven") is a tolled
400-series highway in the
Canadian province of
Ontario. The present highway is owned by 407 ETR Concession Company Limited, which is officially known as the
407 Express Toll Route (
407 ETR). However the extension of the tollway (
Highway 407 East) will be owned by the province of Ontario. The route begins at the junction of the
Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) and
Highway 403 in
Burlington, and travels across the
Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to
Highway 7 and Brock Road (Durham Regional Road 1) in
Pickering. Highway 407 is the first electronically operated toll highway opened in the world; there are no toll booths along the length of the highway.
Transponders or
licence plates are read at entrance and exit points and distances are calculated electronically. Major interchanges along the route include the QEW, Highway 403,
401,
410,
427,
400, and
404.