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Encyclopedia > Ellesmere Road (Toronto)

Ellesmere Road is a major east-west road in the Scarborough part of Toronto. Originally the First Concession of Scarborough Township (1850-1967), a hamlet once called Ellesmere, was likely named after the English town, was established in the 1840s, and gave its name to the road; the community is remembered by the Ellesmere-Statten Elementary School between Birchmount and Kennedy Roads. {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Scarborough (Dissolved), Ontario, Canada Location. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Ellesmere is a market town in Shropshire, England. ...


Since World War II, urban development, and the proximity of the Highway 401, spanning Scarborough between Ellesmere and Sheppard Avenue, has turned this into a major route. In the early 1960s, it was linked to North York's co-ordinating Concession Road, York Mills Road, by means of Parkwoods Village Drive, just west of Victoria Park Avenue. This article is about the Highway 401 freeway in Southern Ontario. ... Sheppard Avenue is an east-west street in Toronto, Ontario and the former city of North York. ... North York forms the central part of the northern half of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Victoria Park Avenue is a north-south route in east end Toronto. ...


Ellesmere Road presently runs between Victoria Park and Kingston Road, just east of Meadowvale Road. Widenings of 401 in the 2A and Port UnionRoad area truncaded the eastern end in the 1970s. Kingston Road was built by American engineer Asa Danforth as a route to connect Toronto with Kingston, Ontario. ... Highway 2A was the designation of five separate roads in Ontario. ...


The original route bypassed the Highland Creek by Military Trail until the mid-1960s; the new roadway (along the original concession) accessed the Centenary Hospital (Rouge Valley Health Centre), and University of Toronto at Scarborough. Highland Creek is a river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Danforth Avenue is a east-west route in east Toronto. ... The University of Toronto at Scarborough (UTSC) is a campus of the University of Toronto, with an enrollment of approximately 7,200 full-time and 800 part-time students. ...


Ellesmere Road is the southern limit of the Scarborough Town Centre complex, and was widened into a boulevard between Brimley and McCowan Roads, prior to its 1973 opening. Scarborough Town Centre is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the former City of Scarborough. ... Brimley Road is a north-south street in Scarborough, a community within Toronto, Ontario. ...


The Scarborough RT (TTC) has an Ellesmere Station, but is not accesible to buses, such as the 95 York Mills, or the 321 York Mills-Neilson Blue Night; The 133 Neilson and 38 Highland Creek that travel on Ellesmere eastward respectively to Neilson Road, and Military Trail. access the Scarbrough Centre RT Station. The Scarborough RT is a public transit light metro system in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Ellesmere is a station on the Scarborough RT of the Toronto subway. ... Toronto Buses and Trolley Buses - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Danforth Avenue is a east-west route in east Toronto. ... Scarborough Centre is a station on the Scarborough RT line of the Toronto subway. ...


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Toronto will do far less to repair roads this year than it could, the city's budget chief says, because the transportation department simply can't cope.
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Route 21 Danforth Road Route History (130 words)
"Progress via Brimley" (21) buses run from Luttrell Loop via Danforth Avenue, Danforth Road and Brimley Road, looping counterclockwise via Ellesmere Road, Midland Avenue and Progress Avenue.
"Ellesmere via McCowan" (21A) buses run from Luttrell Loop via Danforth Avenue, Danforth Road, and McCowan Road to Ellesmere.
On evenings and weekends 21B operate over a combined route from Luttrell Loop via Danforth Avenue, Danforth Road, Brimley, Brimorton Drive, McCowan, Danforth Road and Danforth Avenue to Luttrell.
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