Gardiner Expressway
The Gardiner Expressway (officially: Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway ) is an urban freeway that connects downtown Toronto with its western suburbs. It runs largely parallel and close to Lake Ontario and joins Highway 427 and Queen Elizabeth Way . The highway is named after Frederick Gardiner (1895-1983), the administrative chairman of Metropolitan Toronto .
1955 began the construction of the Gardiner Expressway, which took place in stages. The last section was completed in 1966. Construction costs were around 110 million Canadian dollars , which, adjusted for inflation, was around 700 million dollars in 2006.
course
At the intersection of Highway 427 and Queen Elizabeth Way, the Gardiner Expressway branches off in a straight line in an easterly direction into town over the Humber River . The city freeway runs around Humber Bay past High Park to the north. To the south of the Gardiner are the districts of Alderwood and Mimico. The major high streets The Queensway and Lake Shore Boulevard, which also lead into town, branch off at the high-rise apartment buildings of Etobicoke . East of Humber Bay, the expressway brushes the southern end of Swansea, passing through Sunnyside and Roncesvalles. Further east, the street runs past Exhibition Place towards Downtown. North of the Harbourfront , it passes the Rogers Center , the CN Tower and the Air Canada Center . To the east of the Distillery District , the Gardiner runs over the Don River and is connected to the Don Valley Parkway by a ramp .
The Gardiner Expressway is around 20 kilometers long.
literature
- J. Clarence Duff, Sarah Yates: Toronto Then & Now . Fitzhenry & Whiteside 1985, ISBN 0889029504 .
- DA Margison: Proposed Lakeshore Expressway for Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto: Functional Report. Margison Babcock & Associates 1954.
Coordinates: 43 ° 38 '18.6 " N , 79 ° 27' 1.9" W.