The
Queen Elizabeth Way (
QEW) is a
400-series highway in the
Canadian province of
Ontario linking
Toronto with the
Niagara Peninsula and
Buffalo, New York. The
freeway begins at the
Peace Bridge in
Fort Erie and travels around the western shore of
Lake Ontario, ending at
Highway 427. The physical highway, however, continues as the
Gardiner Expressway into
downtown Toronto. The QEW is one of Ontario's busiest highways, with an average of close to 200,000 vehicles per day on some sections. Major highway junctions are located at
Highway 420 in
Niagara Falls,
Highway 405 in
Niagara-on-the-Lake and
Highway 406 in
St. Catharines, the
Red Hill Valley Parkway in
Hamilton,
Highway 403 and
Highway 407 in
Burlington, Highway 403 at the
Oakville–
Mississauga boundary and Highway 427 in
Etobicoke. Within the
Regional Municipality of Halton, the QEW is signed
concurrently with Highway 403.