Everything about Steeles Avenue totally explained
Steeles Avenue is an east-west street that forms the northern city limit of
Toronto and the southern limit of
York Region,
Ontario,
Canada. It is 38.75 km within Toronto, between
Albion Road and the Scarborough-Pickering limit.
West of Albion Road, Steeles continues into
Peel Region, where it's also known as
Peel Regional Road 15. It runs through Brampton and into the
Halton Region town of
Milton. After breaking at Appleby Line atop the
Niagara Escarpment due to the presence of the
Crawford Lake Conservation Area, the road resumes just east of Guelph Line and continues until the Milborough Townline on the boundary between Milton and
Hamilton. East of the Toronto-
Pickering Town Line, it becomes Taunton Road.
Steeles Avenue has two rural lanes east of
York Regional Road 69, two lanes with a bicycle lane on each side from
Kennedy Road to
Markham Road, six urban lanes from Kennedy to
Victoria Park Avenue, and eight lanes from Victoria Park to
Highway 404. The area consists of parklands in the east end, a mix of commercial and residential in the middle, and industrial zonings near the west end.
It is one of the few east-west routes that has the distinction of being continuous from the
Toronto/
York Region to
Peel Region.
Name
Steeles is named after J. C. Steele, who owned a tavern on the street where it intersects with
Yonge Street.
Public transit
The road is served predominantly by
TTC bus routes 53 Steeles East and 60 Steeles West. Both routes turn away from Steeles upon approaching
Yonge Street. There are several routes serving the portions of the road, including 51
Leslie, 165D and 165F
Keele North, 37D
Islington.
York Region Transit routes that run along Steeles include 3 (
York University), 10, 88, 12, and 27 (
Highway 27).
Ontario's Worst Road
Steeles Avenue was listed as the worst road by the CAA in October 2006, and as the fifth worst road in October 2007. Reasons include potholes and general quality of surface. Soon after the results of CAA's survey were made public, some parts of the road between
Dufferin Street and
Bayview Avenue were resurfaced.
The poor condition is partly due to its location on the boundary between Toronto and York Region, although completely within Toronto, and there are frequent disputes about which municipality should maintain the road. There was a recent argument at Redlea Avenue about who should pay for the installation of a traffic light.
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