Uploaded July 2016 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Timelapse driving video of Highway 401's western extension in Windsor, Ontario. The video starts at the beginning of the freeway's 828km route at Ojibway Parkway and heads eastbound to the edge of Windsor's city limits.

The new extension goes to the Highway 3 interchange and opened in 2 stages in 2015. Construction took about 5 years to complete the 8-km below-grade route with lots of tunnels that has parkland on top.

The extension, called the Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway (though also known as the 401) cost 1.4 billion dollars and is essentially a road to nowhere until a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor is built. Traffic doesn't really use it past Huron Church Line, which heads to the Ambassador Bridge.

See my progress videos of the project here!
-2013: youtube.com/watch?v=y7LSnG-1VCk
-2014: youtube.com/watch?v=nIgn0AInUhc

Project website: hgparkway.ca

Video sped up 3.2x

Camera: Nikon D3200 with 35mm prime lens

Music: Blue House (youtube.com/watch?v=i4edARb8JUE)