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Thelocal–express lane system is an arrangement ofcarriageways within a majorhighway where long distance traffic can use inner expresslanes with fewerinterchanges compared to local traffic which use outer local lanes that have access to all interchanges. This can also be called acollector/distributor lane system within a single interchange. One of the longest examples isHighway 401 inToronto, wherehighway ramps between express and local lanes cross over one another; these are commonly known as braided ramps and in Toronto as a basketweave.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Some places may have only three carriageways on the highway instead of four, utilizing one directional express lanes. They may be permanent, or they can be reversible express lanes such as in Seattle where they alternate direction.
While the terms "local–express system" and "collector/distributor system" are often used interchangeably, some transportation departments make a distinction between the two. In alocal–express system, the inner lanes are calledexpress lanes whereas the outer lanes are calledlocal lanes. In acollector/distributor system, the inner lanes are calledmainlines while the outer lanes are calledcollector/distributor lanes. Generally speaking, a local–express system will have the extra outer lanes present for a long duration of the highway, as opposed to a collector/distributor system where the extra outer lanes are only present at an interchange.
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The following examples include both local–express and collector/distributor lane systems.
| Province | Highway | City/Region | Location | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta |  Highway 2 | Edmonton | 178 St –170 St | 1.2 km (0.75 mi) | Whitemud Drive |
| Alberta | Highway 2 Highway 14 | Edmonton | 111 St - 99 St | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) | Whitemud Drive; Hwy 2 111 St from toGateway Boulevard; Hwy 14 from Gateway Boulevard to 99 St |
| Alberta |  Highway 63 | Fort McMurray | MacDonald Drive – Confederation Way | 5 km (3.1 mi) | northbound only |
| Alberta |  Highway 201 | Calgary | Scenic Acres Link – Nose Hill Drive | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) | Stoney Trail |
| Alberta |  Highway 1A | Calgary | Northland Drive –Shaganappi Trail (NB), Shaganappi Trail – Brisebois Dr (SB) | 2 km (1.2 mi) | Crowchild Trail |
| Alberta | Highway 1A | Calgary | Dalham Crescent (LRT) – 53 St | 1 km (0.62 mi) | Crowchild Trail |
| British Columbia |  Highway 1 | Coquitlam andSurrey | Cape Horn Interchange – 152nd Street | 5.4 km (3.4 mi) | Connects to thePort Mann Bridge. Express carriageways contain an HOV lane each. |
| British Columbia |  Highway 99 | Delta | Highway 99 between Hwy 17 – Hwy 17A | 2.70 km (1.68 mi) | Westbound traffic only, ends near the start ofreversible lane gates forMassey Tunnel. Local lanes include an HOV lane. Access to reversible lane for Westbound traffic only from express lanes. |
| Nova Scotia |  Hwy 118 | Dartmouth | Exit 12 | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) | southbound only |
| Ontario |  Highway 400 | York Region | Highway 7 interchange – south of Langstaff Road[7] | 3.0 km (1.9 mi) | signed as exits to Highway 7 and Langstaff Road rather than collector–express |
| Ontario |  Highway 401 | Toronto andDurham Region | east of Kipling Avenue (Highway 409 interchange) – Brock Road, Pickering[8] | 44 km (27 mi) | Primary system first completed from Islington to Markham Road in 1972, Brock Road in 1997. Longest local-express system in Canada. |
| Ontario | Highway 401 | Peel Region | Winston Churchill Boulevard –Highway 427[9] | 9.6 km (6.0 mi) | originally ended at Highway 403 in 1980s, extended to just east of Kennedy Road in early 1990s, extended further westward toHurontario Street in late-2000s, construction presently underway to complete it just west of Mississauga Road by early 2020s |
| Ontario | Highway 401 | Halton Region | James Snow Parkway -Highway 407[10] | 4.6 km (2.9 mi) | Built as a separate stretch due to the 407 overpass not being wide enough for a continuous collector-express system underneath. Completed early 2020s. |
| Ontario |  Highway 403 | Peel Region | Highway 401 /Highway 410 interchange – Cawthra Road | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) | Completed 1994 |
| Ontario |  Highway 404 | Toronto | Highway 401 – just north of Sheppard Avenue East | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) | 401 eastbound to 404 northbound ramp express lane (no access to Sheppard Avenue offramp) completed 2001, southbound collector lanes completed 2005 |
| Ontario |  Highway 410 | Peel Region | Highway 401 /Highway 403 interchange – Courtneypark Drive | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) | northbound only, access to the express from the 403 only[11] |
| Ontario | Highway 410 | Peel Region | Highway 407 – Courtneypark Drive | 2.0 km (1.3 mi) | southbound only; signed as exits to Derry Road and Courtneypark Drive rather than collector–express.[12] Opened June 2022 |
| Ontario |  Highway 427 | Toronto | Queen Elizabeth Way /Gardiner Expressway –Highway 401 | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) | |
| Ontario | Conestoga Parkway | Kitchener | Lancaster Street – Krug Street | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) | |
| Ontario |  Gardiner Expressway (formerlyQEW) | Toronto | Wickman Road (west ofKipling Avenue) –Royal York Road | 2.7 km (1.7 mi) | |
| Quebec |  A-13 | Laval | Throughout the city of Laval | 8.6 km (5.3 mi) | |
| Quebec |  A-40 | Repentigny | Larochelle Boulevard – Industrial Boulevard | 4.3 km (2.7 mi) | Exit 98 and Exit 100, with a single transfer in between |
| Quebec | A-40 | Repentigny |  R-341 – R-343 | 4.2 km (2.6 mi) | eastbound only |
| Quebec | A-40 | West Island | Ste Marie Road- A-520 | 18.4 km (11.4 mi) | |
| Quebec |  A-440 | Laval | A-13 - East of Industrial Boulevard | 8.1 km (5.0 mi) |
| Stat | Highway | City/Region | Location | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California |  I-5 (Santa Ana Freeway) | Santa Ana | Orange Crush Interchange (SR 22 /SR 57) – Main Street | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) | southbound only |
| California | I-5 (Santa Ana/San Diego Freeway) | Irvine | Lake Forest Drive – Irvine Center Drive | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) | El Toro Y (JunctionI-405) |
| California | I-5 (San Diego Freeway) | Sorrento Valley, San Diego | I-805 –SR 56 | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| California |  I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway) | Los Angeles | I-110 /SR 110 – Arlington Avenue | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) | |
| California |  I-805 (Jacob Dekema Freeway) | Chula Vista | H Street – E Street / Bonita Road | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) | northbound only |
| California |  US 101 (Bayshore Freeway) | San Mateo County | nearSan Francisco International Airport | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) | |
| California |  SR 87 (Guadalupe Parkway) | I-280 – Julian Street alongDowntown San Jose | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) | northbound | |
| California | SR 87 (Guadalupe Parkway) | I-280 – Alma Avenue | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) | southbound | |
| California |  SR 125 | El Cajon | Navajo Road – Grossmont College Drive | 0.6 miles (0.97 km) | collector-distributor system |
| California |  SR 180 | Fresno | SR 41 /SR 168 interchanges | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) | This interchange is unusual because it also allows traffic to flow directly between SR 41 and SR 168 bypassing SR 180, making it in effect a double braided ramp.www.dot.ca.govGoogle Maps |
| Florida |  I-295 | Jacksonville | Between Collins Road andRoosevelt Boulevard/US-17 | 3.4 miles (5.47 km) | |
| Georgia |  I-85 | Gwinnett County | Exit 104 – Exit 109 | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) | collector-distributor system |
| Georgia |  I-85 /I-285 | Fulton County | BetweenGeorgia State Route 14 and split ofI-85 andI-285. | 1.0 mile (1.6 km) | Dual express carriageways and CD road for local exits |
| Georgia |    US 80 /SR 22 /SR 540 (Fall Line Freeway) | Columbus | BetweenInterstate 185 and Moon Road | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) | collector-distributor system |
| Illinois |   I-90 /I-94 (Kennedy Expressway) | Chicago | Ohio Street –Edens Expressway | 7.0 miles (11.3 km) | reversible express lane |
| Illinois | I-90 /I-94 (Dan Ryan Expressway) | Chicago | 71st Street –I-55 | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) | signed local–express lane system; no trucks are allowed in the express lanes |
| Illinois |  IL 53 | Rolling Meadows | I-290 – Kirchhoff Road | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) | local–express format |
| Iowa |   I-29 /I-80 | Council Bluffs | I-80 Exit 1 to Exit 4 | 3.12 miles (5.02 km) | signed local–express lane system; dual-divided freeway format |
| Kansas |  K-10 | Lenexa | K-10 Exit to Interstate 435 East, Lackman Road & Interstate 35 | 2.18 miles (3.51 km) | Dual-divided freeway format |
| Maryland |  I-95 (Express toll lanes) | Baltimore County | White Marsh –Baltimore | 7.6 miles (12.2 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| Maryland |  I-270 (northbound) | Montgomery County | Montrose Road – Montgomery Village Avenue | 8.3 miles (13.4 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| Maryland | I-270 (southbound) | Montgomery County | Montrose Road –I-370 | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| Michigan |  I-96 | Detroit | Outer Drive – Davison Avenue | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| Mississippi |  I-55 | Hernando | I-69/I-269 | 1.08 miles (1.74 km) | |
| Nebraska |  US 6 (West Dodge Road/West Dodge Expressway) | Omaha | 93rd Street – 120th Street | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | Elevated West Dodge Freeway bypasses 114th and 120th Street intersections; West Dodge Road is technically a frontage road due to multiple at-grade intersections |
| New Jersey |  I-78 | I-95 /N.J. Turnpike –Route 24 | 10.2 miles (16.4 km) | signed local–express lane system | |
| New Jersey | I-80 | I-95 /G.S. Parkway –I-280 /I-287 | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) | signed local–express lane system | |
| New Jersey |  I-95 /N.J. Turnpike | Ridgefield Park | between Overpeck Creek andUS 46 –George Washington Bridge. | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| New Jersey |  I-287 | I-78 –US 202 /US 206 | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) | ||
| New Jersey |  US 1/9 | Route 81 –US 1/9 Truck | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) | signed local–express lane system | |
| New Jersey |  Route 3 | N.J. Turnpike western spur –Route 495 | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) | ||
| New Jersey |  G.S. Parkway | Middlesex &Monmouth counties | Raritan tolls – Asbury Park tolls | 21.8 miles (35.1 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| New York |  I-495 | Elmhurst | Exit 19 | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) | |
| New York | Cross County Parkway | Yonkers-Mount Vernon | Cross County Parkway (Exits 4S / 4N - Exit 8) | 2.10 miles (3.38 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| New York | Westchester Avenue | Harrison | I-287 (Exits 9S / 9N) | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) | |
| Ohio | I-270 | Columbus | SR 161 – McCutcheon Road (just north ofI-670) | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) | |
| Ohio |  I-271 | Greater Cleveland | I-480 (North Randall) –I-90 (Willoughby Hills) | 13.9 miles (22.4 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| Ohio |  I-480 | Greater Cleveland | I-77 (Independence) –Transportation Boulevard / East 98th Street (Garfield Heights) | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| Pennsylvania |  I-79 | Cranberry Township | PA 228 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | southbound only |
| Pennsylvania |  US 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) | Northeast Philadelphia | 11.9 miles (19.2 km) | surface roadway with express and local lanes | |
| Texas |  I-10 (McDermott Freeway) | San Antonio | Exit 567 – Exit 570 | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) | |
| Texas |  I-10 /I-35 (PanAm Expressway) | San Antonio | Exit 155A (Spur 536) –Exit 154A (Loop 353) | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) | |
| Texas | I-35 (PanAm Expressway) | San Antonio | Exit 156 (I-10) – Exit 158 (I-37) | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) | |
| Texas |  I-635 (Express toll lanes) | northernDallas | Exit 19 – Exit 27C (I-35E) | 9.9 miles (15.9 km) | |
| Virginia |  VA-267 (Dulles Toll Road) | Washington metropolitan area | I-495 (Exit 18) -Washington Dulles International Airport | 14.0 miles (22.5 km)[13] | |
| Washington D.C./Virginia/Maryland | I-495 (Capital Beltway) | Washington metropolitan area | Telegraph Road (Alexandria, Virginia) –MD 210 (Oxon Hill, Maryland) | 6.6 miles (10.6 km) | signed local–express lane system |
| Washington |  I-5 | Seattle | Yesler Way – NE Northgate Way | 7.3 miles (11.7 km) | reversible express lanes |
| Washington | I-5 | Seattle | Holgate Street – 8th Avenue tunnel | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) | |
| Wisconsin |  I-41 /I-94 | Milwaukee | College Avenue –I-41 /I-43 | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) | Local lanes provide access toMilwaukee Mitchell International Airport'sAirport Spur and other local exits |
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Acloverleaf interchange may havecollector/distributor lane system on a freeway or expressway to handle entering and exiting traffic. Usually, this lane will begin as an entrance-only ramp initially, but it will sometimes become a main lane or possibly an exit-only lane. The purpose of this lane is to facilitate traffic to the freeway exits and from the freeway entrances.
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