Hurontario Street
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Hurontario Street is a roadway running in Ontario, Canada between Lake Ontario at Mississauga Ontario in the district (formerly town) of Port Credit and Lake Huron's Georgian Bay at Collingwood.
In the south, this was Ontario Provincial Highway 10 running between Port Credit (Lakeshore Road) and Orangeville. In the centre (Dufferin County), a concession road just east of the present highway between Orangeville and Highway 89 near Shelburne, and in the north, the former Highway 24 (now Dufferin Road 124 and Simcoe Road 124) between Shelburne and Collingwood. Within much of the city of Brampton, Ontario, this road is known as Main Street.
[edit] Nomenclature
Unusually, even in the cities of Mississauga and Brampton, (with the exception of the latter's downtown area), the street is commonly referred to solely as "Highway 10", rather than by its street names--a situation made even more peculiar by the fact that the provincial highway designation is defunct in these cities. The most likely reason for this is that the areas along the road were developed during the suburban era after its identity as a highway was firmly entrenched. In Collingwood though, the street name predominates.
In Mississauga and Brampton, the construction of Highway 410 (as well as the road's increasingly suburban nature), was responsible for the removal of provincial highway status, which is now connected to Mississauga by Highway 403.
Hurontario is one of the busiest transit corridors in the '905 Region' of the Greater Toronto Area. A Light Rail Transit line is tentatively planned to be built along the street in Mississauga, while Brampton is planning a bus rapid transit line along its stretch of Hurontario and Main Streets. The intersection of Hurontario and Dundas is also know as 5 and 10, a reference to the former highway numbers of the two streets.
In Dufferin County north of Orangeville, Highway 10 deviates from the original Hurontario Street routing, and utilizes First Line WHS (West of Hurontario Street) between Highways 9 and 89. This is because the Hurontario Street's route through Dufferin County is very hilly, and is not continuous.
[edit] Attractions and institutions along Hurontario Street
Attractions and institutions along Hurontario Street in urban Peel Region) include:
- Historic Port Credit
- Square One Shopping Centre
- Britannia Farm
- Peel District School Board Headquarters, Mississauga.
- Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board Headquarters, Mississauga.
- A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse, Brampton.
- Shoppers World, Brampton
- Peel Heritage Complex
- Rose Theatre
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| Arteries (Primary Roads): | Dundas Street • Eglinton Avenue • Hurontario Street • Lakeshore Road |
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| Collectors (Secondary): | Aeroquay Crescent • Bloor Street | |
| Regional Roads: | 1 • 4 • 5 • 7 • 18 | |
| Highways and Expressways: | Highway 401 • Highway 403 • Highway 407 ETR | |
