Airport Road, Ontario
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| Peel Regional Road 7 Dufferin County Road 18 Simcoe County Road 42 | |||||||||
 Airport Road, intersection with Bresler Drive in the City of Mississauga | |||||||||
| Maintained by | Region of Peel Dufferin County Simcoe County | ||||||||
| Length | 77.3 km (48.0 mi) | ||||||||
| Location | City of Toronto City of Mississauga City of Brampton Town of Caledon Town of Mono Mulmur Township Town of Mansfield Banda Town of Stayner | ||||||||
| North end | Main Street in Stayner, Simcoe. (Continues as King Street / Highway 26) | ||||||||
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| South end | Highway 427 in Etobicoke,Toronto. (Continues as Dixon Road) | ||||||||
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Airport Road is a major thoroughfare in Ontario, Canada especially in the Greater Toronto Area. It runs through the Regional Municipality of Peel, Dufferin County, and Simcoe County, creating a route bypassing many of the major communities along the adjacent routes Highway 10 and former Highway 50 towards Georgian Bay.
In Peel it is called Peel Regional Road 7, In Dufferin, Dufferin County Road 18, and in Simcoe, Simcoe County Road 42. At Stayner, Ontario, it becomes Highway 26, before it turns west between Wasaga Beach West and Collingwood.
Route description
[edit]Airport Road begins at Highway 427 and Toronto's Dixon Road at the main entry (Highway 409) of Toronto Pearson International Airport, then follows the former Toronto Township Concession 6 (East of Hurontario Street) alignment north-west through Malton within the city of Mississauga. It enters Brampton, south of Steeles Avenue, and Highway 407 (exit 53).[1]
History
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In Peel County (now Peel Region), Airport Road served as a dividing line between townships. Albion Township and Toronto Gore where east of the road and Caledon, Chingacousy, and Toronto Township were to the west.[2] Later, Toronto Township acquired the Gore lands south of Steeles Avenue that became much of the urban area of Malton, Ontario. The remainder of Gore Township became part of Brampton in 1974, and Albion was added to Caledon at the same time.
References
[edit]- ^ "Airport Rd to County Rd 42". Google Maps.
- ^ Archives, Region of Peel (June 30, 2016). "From mud to pavement: the early history of Peel roadways as told by our records".