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Kingston Road was built by American engineer Asa Danforth as a route to connect Toronto with Kingston, Ontario. The name of the street is derived from the route to Kingston, Ontario. }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Location. ... Kingston, Ontario, with a population of approximately 146,8381 people, is located in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. ... Kingston, Ontario, with a population of approximately 146,8381 people, is located in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. ...


The Toronto section runs from Queen Street East, joining with Eastern Avenue, just west of Woodbine Avenue (route to Lakeshore Boulevard) through Scarborough to Toronto's eastern city limits with Durham Region. The road was once part of the King's Highway 2 network, but provincial downloading in the late 1990s the road is now a local route called Kingston Road. A small portion of road parallel to Kingston Road is called Old Kingston Road near the Highland Creek. The road reverts back there, to the old route at the junction with the former Ontario provincial highway 2A, (as well as Military Trail) and continues east through Pickering and Ajax. }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Location. ... Queen Street West is a street and a series of districts in the city of Toronto, Ontario. ... Woodbine Avenue is a north south route in Toronto and Markham. ... Lakeshore Boulevard is an east-west route and runs along Toronto s waterfront. ... {{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. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Location. ... The Regional Municipality of Durham, commonly called Durham Region (2003 population 525,000), is a regional political area located east of Toronto, Ontario. ... Highway 2 was a major east-west provincial highway in Southern Ontario that spanned from Windsor in the west to the Lancaster in the east, and paralleled Highway 401 for much of its length. ... Highland Creek is a river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Highway 2A was the designation of five separate roads in Ontario. ... Danforth Avenue is a east-west route in east Toronto. ... Pickering (2003 population approximately 92,000) is (as of 2003) a city located east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Categories: Canada-place stubs | Ontario communities | Coastal towns of Canada ...


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Kingston Road (Toronto) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (382 words)
The road reverts to the original route, at the junction with the former Ontario provincial highway 2A, (as well as Military Trail).
Until Highway 401 was constructed, Kingston Road was the principal route from Toronto to points east.
Kingston Road is still a fast route to go from Scarborough to The Beaches, being a six-lane principal arterial road through most of Scarborough, with a 60 km/h (40 mph) speed limit for the most part.
KGA Route 92 (4299 words)
Kingston Greenways Association is a local open-space preservation organization whose members are dedicated to the preservation of natural habitat, parks, and farmland surrounding the 325-year old village of Kingston.
The historic village of Kingston lies 1.5 miles due west of the proposed terminus of the new highway.
The central underlying issues embodied in the PIA are the preservation of the historic character of the Village and the establishment of a permanent surrounding greenbelt of open space.
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