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st clair avenue edit main article st clair avenue st clair avenue location scarlett road kingston road interrupted by don valley st clair avenue once the third concession crosses through a majority of the city the road is separated into two sections by the don valley the western segment begins east of the humber river at scarlett road in the former city of york where it is angled and does not follow the concession line as a result of road realignments for the construction of the canadian pacific railway crossing in 1912 56 from there it proceeds east past runnymede road where it enters old toronto after that it continues to run past the vale of avoca to east of mount pleasant road but stops short of the don valley on the opposite side it begins near o connor drive and continues along the same alignment to kingston road 3 st clair avenue takes its name from augustine st clare a character from the novel uncle tom s cabin 57 davisville avenue edit see also davisville village and davisville station davisville avenue length 1 9 km 1 2 mi 3 location yonge street bayview avenue continues west as chaplin crescent davisville avenue is named after john davis who opened davis pottery at yonge and davisville in 1845 davis pottery became nationally renowned davis used the newfound fortune to build schools and churches and became the first postmaster of the growing village davisville avenue was built in the early 20th century as one of several roads connecting yonge street with the planned town of leaside it begins as a continuation of chaplin crescent at yonge street and proceeds 2 km 1 2 mi eastwards to bayview avenue 3 millwood road edit millwood road location yonge street leaside bridge continues south of leaside bridge as pape avenue and donlands avenue looking south on millwood road to leaside bridge then known as leside viaduct 1928 millwood road begins one block north of davisville avenue at yonge street intersects bayview avenue going through leaside and passes by the west side of the thorncliffe park neighbourhood at overlea boulevard overlea boulevard edit overlea boulevard location millwood road don mills road continues east as gateway boulevard overlea boulevard is a major arterial road in thorncliffe park that is the neighbourhood s main thoroughfare with predominantly commercial businesses on its north side and residential to the south 58 it travels east for approximately 1 8 km from millwood road crossing the charles h hiscott bridge before terminating at don mills road 59 overlea boulevard continues east into southern flemingdon park as gateway boulevard coca cola s canadian head office was located at 42 46 overlea boulevard from 1965 to 2013 when it moved to downtown toronto an on site bottling plant was demolished after its production line was relocated to brampton including a 1964 walter yarwood sculpture called coca cola that stood in front of it the head office complex designed by mathers and haldenby was listed on the city of toronto s heritage registrar in 2012 58 its façade is incorporated into a costco retail location that opened in 2018 60 in a november 2020 report surface transit network plan update overlea boulevard along with don mills road and pape avenue were identified as the ninth most important surface transit corridor by the city of toronto s transportation services division city planning division and the toronto transit commission 61 metrolinx plans to build an elevated thorncliffe park station at the intersection of overlea boulevard and thorncliffe park drive west side as part of its ontario line project 62 during the covid 19 pandemic east toronto health partners operated a mass immunization clinic at east york town centre at 45 overlea boulevard opened on march 24 2021 it was the fourth such facility in the city of toronto 63 rogers road edit see also rogers road streetcar line rogers road location weston road oakwood avenue rogers road is named after stephen rogers who immigrated from teignmouth devon and built one of the first houses in the oakwood area in 1876 at the present corners of rogers road and oakwood avenue 64 it was constructed in the 1920s to serve prospect cemetery the road crosses between weston road incorporating a former section of old weston road and oakwood avenue along the southern boundary of the former city of york it had its own streetcar line which was later replaced by a trolley bus line in turn later replaced by the route 161 rogers road bus eglinton avenue edit main article eglinton avenue eglinton avenue location etobicoke creek kingston road continues west into mississauga eglinton avenue once the fourth concession takes its name from the village that was established at its intersection with yonge street there are several possible origins of the name all of which lead back to the earl of eglinton several scottish veterans of the war of 1812 settled in the area possibly naming it after their earl of eglinton hugh montgomerie hugh s successor archibald william montgomerie was famous for a lavish tournament held at his eglinton castle in 1839 for two years prior to the formation of metropolitan toronto the section of eglinton avenue through scarborough was known as highway 109 eglinton avenue is the only road in toronto to cross all six former municipalities it begins in mississauga and travels east through richview mount dennis little jamaica north toronto leaside the golden mile brimley and scarborough village before ending at kingston road the majority of eglinton avenue is abutted by commercial strip plazas auto dealerships and dense apartment blocks though almost every zoning condition presents itself along the road 3 the route is heavily congested which is being alleviated by line 5 eglinton an lrt line with a substantial underground section that opened for revenue service in february 2026 old eglinton avenue west of bermondsey road was the result of re alignment of the road to connect sections of eglinton avenue that is further north than the eastern section until 1954 it was a part of ontario highway 109 65 roselawn avenue edit roselawn avenue location fairbank avenue yonge street roselawn avenue is a minor collector road that runs from yonge street to just west of dufferin street however between just east of marlee avenue and bathurst street in forest hill roselawn avenue becomes elm ridge drive which has a large traffic circle containing nicol macnicol parkette blythwood road edit blythwood road length 1 8 km 1 1 mi 66 location yonge street bayview avenue blythwood road is a minor collector road which connects yonge street with bayview avenue and the sunnybrook health sciences centre 3 glencairn avenue edit glencairn avenue location caledonia road yonge street see also glencairn station glencairn avenue is an east west collector road in toronto it starts at caledonia road and finishes at yonge street lawrence avenue edit main article lawrence avenue lawrence avenue location royal york road rouge hills drive continues west as the westway lawrence avenue east and mt pleasant road lawrence avenue is named after the lawrence family who immigrated from yorkshire in 1829 and bought property on the east side of yonge street north of the fourth concession road peter lawrence who served as justice of the peace for the village of eglinton beginning in 1836 purchased the farm jacob lawrence established a mill at bayview avenue in 1845 the property was sold in 1907 to wilfred dinnick who developed a garden suburb that he named lawrence park in honour of the family 67 the road remained a sod road until the 1920s before being developed as part of the development 68 lawrence avenue begins in the west at royal york road west of there the road continues as the westway a windy collector road that ends at martin grove road constructed post world war ii to serve the growing willowridge martingrove richview to the south and the kingsview village to the north in the east it was the survey baseline or first concession road from victoria park avenue east to the end near the rouge river east of port union lawrence avenue east is interrupted at bayview avenue by the west branch of the don river and by york university s glendon campus a detour north on bayview leads to post road and a connection back to lawrence avenue on the east side of the valley this detour runs through the bridle path one of toronto s most affluent neighbourhoods east of leslie street lawrence becomes an arterial road passing through don mills in the east don valley is the lawrence avenue exit of the don valley parkway from there lawrence avenue continues as a six lane road through most of scarborough with many strip malls flanking its sides the segment east of morningside avenue is primarily residential the road ends at rouge hills drive at the entrance to rouge park near the mouth of the rouge river 3 dixon road edit dixon road location highway 427 east of royal york road continues south as scarlett road northwest as airport road into mississauga dixon road at islington avenue dixon road was named after the dixon family and was previously named malton road 69 george and thomas dixon constructed sawmills on their properties abutting the road in 1818 and 1823 respectively 70 dixon road begins as a westward continuation of scarlett road at its northern terminus and travels west to highway 427 where it ends by defaulting into airport road named after toronto pearson international airport located on the west side of the highway after crossing into mississauga which itself continues northwest through peel region to the boundary of simcoe county the stretch between highway 427 and martin grove road is often referred to as the airport strip due to the large numbers of hotels serving the airport orfus road edit orfus road location caledonia road dufferin street orfus road is in the yorkdale neighbourhood and runs between caledonia road and dufferin street it mainly consists of outlet stores mostly fashion the yorkdale adult day school and the rinx entertainment complex ellesmere road edit ellesmere road location victoria park avenue kingston road continues west as parkwoods village drive connecting in turn at its west end to york mills road ellesmere road is named after the village founded as post office in 1853 71 that once occupied its intersection with kennedy road which was itself named after the birthplace of the original settlers in shropshire england 72 the road travels through scarborough where it was laid as the first concession road lawrence avenue being the baseline in the survey of scarborough the surrounding land alternates between single unit homes and commercial strips along with industrial parks throughout its length 3 the road is also referred to as 2nd concession road based on the original survey of the old township of scarborough the street terminates at kingston road with one section turning southeast and the other at a dead end stub to the west of highway 401 wilson avenue edit wilson avenue redirects here for the new york city subway station see wilson avenue station for the street in lima see wilson avenue lima wilson avenue location weston road yonge street continues east as york mills road west as albion road looking east on wilson avenue towards yonge street see also wilson station toronto wilson avenue is the western continuation of york mills road west of yonge before 1973 the two streets did not meet with wilson ending further west at yonge boulevard from yonge boulevard wilson travels west becoming walsh avenue near kelvin avenue just east of weston road and then continues northwesterly as albion road a short stub at kelvin avenue continues west and ends at just west of nubana avenue once ending at weston road in a former residential area that disappeared in the 1970s when the off ramps for the highway 401 at weston road was rebuilt according to historian mike filey wilson avenue is a misspelling of arthur l willson who was a clerk and treasurer of york township for over twelve years around 1875 among arthur willson s accomplishments were writing a municipal manual which has been found of practical value as a guide to those requiring a knowledge of municipal law according to a history of the county of york 73 york mills road edit main article york mills road york mills road location yonge street victoria park avenue continues west as wilson avenue looking east on york mills road from yonge street york mills road meets yonge street the road to york in hoggs hollow between 1804 and 1926 many mills flourished in this valley lending to both the name of the road and neighbourhood 74 york mills is an eastward continuation of wilson avenue this continuity did not exist until the opening of the yonge subway extension in 1973 it is primarily residential in nature except near yonge street and between leslie street and don mills road which are mostly commercial the road ends at victoria park avenue a connection to ellesmere road is provided via parkwoods village drive which redirects traffic as it passes parkway village plaza and south of the remaining section of york mills road 3 sheppard avenue edit main article sheppard avenue sheppard avenue location weston road kingston road continues south of kingston road as port union road sheppard avenue originally the lansing sideroad after the historic hamlet located at the street s intersection with yonge street is named after one of two families that lived adjacent to its intersection with yonge street tom shepherd or sheppard opened the golden lion hotel on the southwest corner of the intersection in 1824 and sold it to his son charles in 1856 on the opposing corner an unrelated pioneer settler named joseph shepard built a log cabin in 1802 joseph and various members of kin played pivotal roles in the establishment of york 75 sheppard avenue begins at weston road and travels east across north york and scarborough as scarborough s third concession road to meadowvale road shortly thereafter it turns southeast and ends at kingston road where it becomes port union road twyn rivers drive continues along the main alignment as the street s original course twisting as it descends into the steep valley of the rouge river into pickering where it becomes sheppard ave again at altona road effectively making sheppard a branched road finch avenue edit main article finch avenue finch avenue location highway 427 morningside avenue a small section continues east of beare road to pickering finch avenue is named after john finch who purchased the bird in the hand inn in 1847 76 it is residential for most of its length although portions in north york and scarborough as scarborough s fourth concession road are heavily industrialized in the east within malvern finch avenue becomes morningside avenue however old finch avenue continues along the same right of way passing north of the toronto zoo and ending at meadowvale road 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