List of Toronto, Ontario roads
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This is a list of significant roads in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
The city is organized in a grid pattern dating back to the plan laid out by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1793. Most streets are aligned in a North-South or East-West direction. The Toronto road system is also influenced by its topography as some roads are aligned with Lake Ontario, the old Lake Iroquois shoreline or by the deep valleys that crisscross the city.
Streets notated with (**) indicate a controlled access freeway where pedestrians and bicyclists are not permitted.
[edit] East-West roads
These roads generally run east-west with few perturbations. Streets are listed starting from south going north.
- Queen's Quay
- Gardiner Expressway **
- Lake Shore Boulevard
- Front Street
- King Street
- Adelaide Street (one-way since 1958)
- Richmond Street (one-way since 1958)
- Queen Street (west of Roncesvalles Avenue it becomes The Queensway)
- Dundas Street (listed as a contour road)
- College Street (listed as a contour road)
- Bloor Street
- Danforth Avenue
- Dupont Street
- St. Clair Avenue
- Eglinton Avenue
- Lawrence Avenue
- Ellesmere Road (east to west, Ellesmere Road, Parkwoods Village Drive, York Mills Road, and Wilson Avenue combine to make a single route)
- York Mills Road
- Wilson Avenue
- Highway 401 **
- Sheppard Avenue
- Finch Avenue
- Steeles Avenue
[edit] North-South roads
These roads generally run from south-north with few perturbations. The list is organized starting in the east going west.
- Port Union Road
- Meadowvale Road
- Morningside Avenue
- Neilson Road
- Markham Road
- McCowan Road
- Brimley Road
- Midland Avenue
- Kennedy Road
- Birchmount Road
- Warden Avenue
- Pharmacy Avenue
- Victoria Park Avenue
- Highway 404 **
- Woodbine Avenue
- Don Mills Road
- Leslie Street
- De Grassi Street (a notable side street)
- Pape Avenue
- Bayview Avenue
- Cherry Street
- Parliament Street
- Jarvis Street
- Mount Pleasant Road
- Church Street (see Church and Wellesley)
- Yonge Street
- Bay Street
- University Avenue
- Avenue Road
- Spadina Avenue
- Bathurst Street
- William R. Allen Road (aka Allen Road) **
- Palmerston Boulevard
- Dufferin Street
- Keele Street
- Jane Street
- Royal York Drive
- Islington Avenue
- Kipling Avenue
- Martin Grove Road
- Highway 427 **
- Highway 27 **
[edit] Contour roads
These roads generally follow the contours of some topographical feature. They experience gentle curves as the terrain changes.
- Albion Road
- Black Creek Drive **
- Broadview Avenue
- College Street, east of Yonge St to Parliament, it is called Carlton Street
- Danforth Road
- Davenport Road
- Don Valley Parkway **
- Dundas Street
- Gerrard Street
- Highway 2A**
- Highway 409 **
- King Street
- Kingston Road
- Lake Shore Boulevard
- Park Lawn Road
- Queen's Quay
- Roncesvalles Avenue
- Scarlett Road
- The Kingsway (see The Kingsway neighbourhood)
- The Queensway
- Weston Road
