Durham: planned roadwork closes lanes on Hwy 401, Hwy 7/12 and Hwy 407 ramps Friday

Provincial highway closures are scheduled across Durham Region on Friday, including nightly lane closures on Highway 401 through Oshawa and Highway 7/12 in Scugog.

By Daily Durham News

Oct 16, 2026, 8:17 a.m. ET1 min read

Aerial view of the Ontario Highway 401/403/410 interchange loops with traffic flowing on the ramps. — Aerial view of the Highway 401/403/410 interchange. Photo: Coolcaesar, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). · Credit: Coolcaesar, Wikimedia Commons

Drivers across Durham Region face a series of planned provincial highway closures on Friday, Oct. 16, according to closure data from the Ministry of Transportation published via Ontario 511.

On Highway 401 through Oshawa, two alternating eastbound lanes are closed nightly between Ritson Road and Harmony Road from 8 p.m. Oct. 15 to 6 a.m. Oct. 17, with matching westbound closures between Harmony Road and Ritson Road until 5 a.m. Oct. 17. One alternating westbound lane is closed between Highway 35/115 and Liberty Street in Clarington until 6 a.m. Friday.

Elsewhere, one right lane is closed nightly on Highway 7/12 at Cragg Road in Scugog and on Highway 7 westbound near Pickering from 6:30 p.m. Friday through 6:30 a.m. Oct. 24. Alternating lanes are closed nightly on the Highway 407 ETR off-ramps at Baldwin Street South and the Highway 412 off-ramps at the Truck Inspection Station in Whitby through the weekend. Closures are scheduled by the Ministry of Transportation and may change; drivers are advised to check Ontario 511 before travelling. Sources: durhamregion.com (Torstar Open Data Team), Oct. 16, 2026, from Ontario 511 data.

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