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The Don Valley Parkway (generally referred to as the "DVP") is a controlled-access six-lane freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so named because it runs through the scenic Don River Valley. View of the Gardiner Expressway, west of downtown Toronto, from the pedestrian overpass at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Southbound on Highway 404, near the interchange with Steeles Avenue (Showing The New HOV lanes). ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 Ã— 1536 pixel, file size: 690 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photographer/Author: Me, Leslie Mateus, a user of the Portuguese Wikipedia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 Ã— 1536 pixel, file size: 690 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photographer/Author: Me, Leslie Mateus, a user of the Portuguese Wikipedia. ... Don Valley Parkway File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Don Valley Parkway File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For specific systems, such as the Autobahns of Germany, see list of highway systems with full control of access and no cross traffic. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... The river as it runs beneath the Bloor/Danforth trestle bridge The Don River is one of two rivers bounding the original settled area of Toronto, Canada along the shore of Lake Ontario, the other being the Humber River to the west. ...

The northern terminus of the Don Valley Parkway is at the Highway 401 & Highway 404 interchange while its southern terminus is at the Gardiner Expressway. It follows the route of the former Woodbine Avenue between O'Connor Drive and Highway 401 and through a new route in the lower Don Valley. The speed limit is 90 km/h (55 mph). Highway 401 as part of the 400-series network Ontario provincial highway 401, The Kings Highway 401, or the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, which is normally referred to simply as Highway 401 (pronounced four-oh-one), is a freeway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. ... Highway 404 as part of the 400-series network Highway 404 is an Ontario 400-Series Highway that runs from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto to its northern terminus at Green Lane/Herald Road in Newmarket. ... View of the Gardiner Expressway, west of downtown Toronto, from the pedestrian overpass at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue. ... Woodbine Avenue is a north south route in Toronto and Markham. ... Highway 401 as part of the 400-series network Ontario provincial highway 401, The Kings Highway 401, or the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, which is normally referred to simply as Highway 401 (pronounced four-oh-one), is a freeway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. ...

The Don Valley Parkway was built as part of a grand plan initiated by then Metro Chair F.G. Gardiner (for whom the Gardiner Expressway is named) in the 1950s to criss-cross the city with expressways. The highways plan was never completed primarily because of downtown objections to several of the expressway routes, leaving it and the Gardiner Expressway to carry the bulk of highway traffic into the core. Harden Parkway in Salinas, CA. For other uses, see Parkway (disambiguation). ... The Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto or Metro Chairman was the leader of Metropolitan Toronto and the most senior politican figure in the municipality. ... Frederick G. Gardiner was the first chairman of Metropolitan Toronto council, the governing body for the Municipality of Metro Toronto, from 1953 to 1967. ...

North of Highway 401, the freeway continues as Ontario provincial highway 404. Metropolitan Toronto had initially intended to extend the DVP north past Sheppard Avenue but the province took over the project and renamed it Highway 404. Although the DVP does not use exit numbers, Highway 404's exit numbers start at 17 (instead of 0) in order to account for the length of the DVP. Highway 404 as part of the 400-series network Highway 404 is an Ontario 400-Series Highway that runs from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto to its northern terminus at Green Lane/Herald Road in Newmarket. ... Metro Council redirects here. ... Sheppard Avenue is an east-west arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, centering on the former city of North York. ...

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Construction phases

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Traffic areas

Southbound (A.M Rush) - 6:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Highway 401 & Highway 404 - Don Mills Road And/Or Wynford Dr This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Southbound on Highway 404, near the interchange with Steeles Avenue (Showing The New HOV lanes). ... Don Mills Road is a north-south route in Central Toronto. ...

Northbound (P.M Rush) - 2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Don Mills Road and/or Eglinton Avenue - Highway 401 & Highway 404 Don Mills Road is a north-south route in Central Toronto. ... Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Southbound on Highway 404, near the interchange with Steeles Avenue (Showing The New HOV lanes). ...

Traffic congestion

The Don Valley Parkway is Toronto's busiest commuter route (along with the Gardiner Expressway), connecting the city to its northern and eastern suburbs via Highways 401 and 404. When construction of the DVP was completed in 1966, traffic volumes were much lower than today. In addition, most of the traffic from the east on the DVP was expected to be carried by the Scarborough Expressway, which was ultimately never built. Since the mid-1960s, the population of the suburbs has grown tremendously, and along with it heavy traffic on the DVP, resulting in frequent congestion; as a result, the freeway is not-so-affectionately nicknamed the "Don Valley Parking Lot." View of the Gardiner Expressway, west of downtown Toronto, from the pedestrian overpass at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue. ... Highway 404 as part of the 400-series network Highway 404 is an Ontario 400-Series Highway that runs from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto to its northern terminus at Green Lane/Herald Road in Newmarket. ... Scarborough Expressway was one of many planned, but uncompleted highways in Toronto. ...

The most congested section is between Eglinton Avenue and Highway 401, often well beyond rush hours, although the highway is sometimes congested along its whole length. This situation has not changed since the 1980s. Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Highway 401 as part of the 400-series network Ontario provincial highway 401, The Kings Highway 401, or the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, which is normally referred to simply as Highway 401 (pronounced four-oh-one), is a freeway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. ...

The interchange with Highway 401 is a serious bottleneck, due to only 2 through traffic lanes for northbound/southbound traffic and because of heavy four-way volumes. The worst jams occur southbound just past the junction with Highway 401, where 2 lanes + 1 HOV Lane from Highway 404, 2 lanes from the 401 Westbound, 2 lanes from the 401 Eastbound become 4, and eventually 3 prior to the offramp at York Mills Rd.

Since the early 2000s, the 1960s conventional illumination has been replaced by shaded high-mast lighting. Traffic management on the DVP has improved with the installation of changeable message signs and overhead ('RESCU') cameras have been installed along the route, similar to the Compass system that the province uses on 400-Series Highways such as Highway 401 and the QEW. The 400-series Highway network in Southern Ontario. ...

Expansion Plans

The Don Valley Parkway was originally designed and built as a four-lane expressway, and was subsequently been expanded to six lanes in the 1980s when the grass median was replaced by an additional lane per direction and a concrete barrier.

As traffic volume has grown, plans have been floated several times to expand the highway further, add bus lanes or other alternative roadways, although no plans exist currently. There have also been calls to revive the Scarborough Expressway, which would divert much of the traffic that currently uses the Don Valley Parkway. Scarborough Expressway was one of many planned, but uncompleted highways in Toronto. ...

During the 2003 municipal election campaign, candidates openly debated expanding the highway, funded through the conversion of the highway to a tollway. Plans to reduce traffic have included Single Occupant Vehicle Tolls combined with Duo Occupancy Vehicle Tolls which are slightly lower than SOV. but this was rejected after fears that traffic would be diverted on already-congested parallel arterials such as Bayview Avenue and popular objections to toll highways. Bayview Avenue is a major north-south route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Most recently, in 2004, the Canadian Automobile Association lobbied for a plan to expand the DVP, along with the construction of additional arterial roads to accommodate the traffic volumes. One such example is extending Leslie Street past Eglinton Avenue until it meets the DVP; Leslie Street has an interchange with Highway 401 while Don Mills does not. The Canadian Automobile Association (or CAA) is affiliated with the American Automobile Association. ... Leslie Street is a north-south route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

On May 11, 2007, Go Transit had a plan to put Dedicated Bus Lanes on The Long Shoulder Lanes on the Don Valley Parkway, due to the long traffic congestion that the GO Buses go through each day as they travel on the Don Valley Parkway to Union Station. This plan would takes years to begin. Toronto officials have to do weight testing on the asphalt on the Don Valley Parkway and do environmental assessments. GO Transit (AAR reporting marks GOT), officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ...

See also

Toronto, Ontario is one of the few North American cities that maintains a system of expressways and arterial highways at the municipal level. ... William R. Allen Road, known more commonly as Allen Road or simply The Allen (or, incorrectly, Allen Expressway), is a short expressway/freeway in Toronto, Ontario, which runs from slightly north of Sheppard Avenue to Eglinton Avenue in the south. ... View of the Gardiner Expressway, west of downtown Toronto, from the pedestrian overpass at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue. ... The Ride for Heart is a series of charity bicycle tours organized by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and sponsored by Becel brand margerine. ...

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