List of roads in Mississauga
The following is a list of non-numbered and numbered in Mississauga, Ontario.
History and layout
Most major roads in Mississauga are concession roads laid out in the early 19th Century, when much of the city was known as Toronto Township. East-west roads were historically called concessions, while north–south roads were called lines. East-west roads were surveyed from Dundas Street and divided by Hurontario Street as East or West, while north–south roads were surveyed from Hurontario, although these streets are not divided into North or South sections.Mississauga is unusual in that there were two different surveys used; with Lower Base Line, being the dividing line between them. For the north–south roads, the southern survey used the square 1,000-Acre Sectional System spacing of about, while those in the northern survey were spaced at for concessions and for lines. This meant that the roads in the two surveys did not line up, except at intervals on either side of Hurontario. Another result of the two surveys was that there were an unequal number of lines across the township. To rectify this, short roads or extensions from the north were added to the southern survey to match up the number of roads. For example, this adjustment allowed the precursor to Dixie Road to be numbered Third Line East for its full length.
East–west roads
Lakeshore Road
A part of the former Highway 2, Lakeshore Road is the most southerly major arterial road in Mississauga, and is a continuation of Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto. Lakeshore jogs 2 km south at Southdown Road in order to remain close to the shoreline, and it continues west into Oakville, before ending in Burlington. Lakeshore is the only arterial road which crosses Hurontario Street but is not divided into east and west segments by it, instead being split by the Credit River.Royal Windsor Drive
Royal Windsor Drive is the westerly continuation of Lakeshore Road's main section. It was the concession road between Concession II SDS and Concession III SDS, which is the present western section of Lakeshore after it jogs south along Southdown Road.Queensway
Queensway is designated as Peel Regional Road 20 east of Mavis Road. Once referred to as the Upper Middle Road as it was located north of The Middle Road. The road's name comes from Queen Street in Old Toronto, of which Queensway is a westerly continuation of.Dundas Street
Dundas Street is a section of the former Highway 5, and was an important historical route running from Toronto to London. Dundas is traditionally considered Mississauga's main east–west street.'''NORTH'''
Bloor Street
Bloor Street continues from Toronto and ends at Central Parkway, which turns from an east–west alignment to a north–south alignment at Bloor. The street did not originally reach Mississauga, but was constructed through it beginning in the mid-1960s, although the street was not bridged over the Etobicoke Creek until 1971.Central Parkway
Central Parkway is a road with an unusual course; running south from Burnhamthorpe Road as a continuation of Creditview Road, then turns east along the baseline of Bloor St. west of its terminus, where it turns back north to Eglinton Avenue and becomes Kennedy Road, forming a U-shaped loop consisting of the three streets.The Mississauga Transitway's Central Parkway Station is located on the road's east side, north of the intersection with Rathburn Rd and just south of where it passes underneath Highway 403.
Burnhamthorpe Road
Burnhamthorpe Road runs across the city and continues into both Toronto and Oakville, passing through the Mississauga City Centre en route. An unusual aspect of Burnhamthorpe is that, unlike other thoroughfares originating in Toronto, the road is relatively short in that city and its primary section runs through Mississauga. The road is named after the former hamlet at the intersection of Dixie Road, which was in turn named by settler John Abelson after his hometown of Burnham Thorpe, England.Rathburn Road
Rathburn Road runs from Creditview Road to east of Fieldgate Drive. Originally intended to be an extension of a separate, older section in Toronto. However, a proposed bridge over the Etobicoke Creek to connect the two sections was never constructed due to opposition by residents. Due to the dead end at the creek, the easternmost section is bypassed, with traffic being defaulted south to Burnhamthorpe Rd. via Ponytrail Drive. Rathburn passes by the City Centre Transit Terminal across from Station Gate Rd within the City Centre, next to Square One Shopping Centre.Centre View Drive
Centre View Drive was constructed in the early 1990s to provide direct access between Highway 403 and the City Centre. It splits off the eastbound Mavis Road offramp and passes under it then ducks beneath Confederation Parkway and runs parallel to the freeway until just west of Hurontario Street, where it turns south, crosses Rathburn Rd., and continues as City Centre Drive.Eastgate Parkway
Eastgate Parkway was also constructed in the early 1990s, as an arterial extension of the east–west leg of Highway 403 where the freeway sharply turns north to meet Highway 401 near the northern terminus of Cawthra Road. It runs east to Fieldgate Drive, where it curves north to end at Eglinton Avenue. A portion of the Mississauga Transitway runs parallel to the road for its entire length.Eglinton Avenue
Eglinton Avenue continues west from Toronto and continues further west into Milton as Lower Baseline. From Renforth Drive west to the Etobicoke Creek, it forms part of the Mississauga-Toronto city boundary. The Mississauga Transitway runs along the north side of the street along this stretch.Formerly called Lower Baseline, which was so named due its role as the divider between two separate concession road surveys, which resulted in it being the original termini of several north–south roads on both sides of it.
Matheson Boulevard
Matheson Boulevard is a mid-concession road built in modern times and follows a gradual diagonal course. It runs east from Terry Fox Way to Renforth Drive and has a brief 350 metre extension into Toronto via an overpass to meet Eglinton Ave. It was originally an L-shaped side street centred around Dixie Road, east of which it turned south. It was later widened and extended in both directions, with the eastern section through the Airport Corporate Centre separated from the western section until it was bridged over the Etobicoke Creek. The extension resulted in the short north–south section being bypassed, though it was not renamed, and was itself extended south to meet Eglinton. However, this is technically not a name duplication, as the main section of the street carries an "East" designation, while the bypassed portion does not.Britannia Road
Britannia Road is named after the historic hamlet of Britannia, which was located at the intersection ofHurontario St, where its historic church and cemetery still stand. It continues east from Milton, and is designated as Peel Regional Road 3 as far as Hurontario St. It then continues to Kennedy Road, where it breaks due to the presence of the Highways 401, 403, and 410 stack interchange. It resumes west of Tomken Road and ends in the cargo terminal area of Toronto Pearson International Airport. Originally extended to [|Indian Line] but that section was cut off by the airport, though the easternmost portion still exists and is named Elmbank Drive, after the hamlet the airport displaced.
Courtneypark Drive
Courtneypark Drive is a modern, mid-concession road and runs east from Mavis Road and joins with Britannia Rd. in the western infield area of Pearson Airport.Derry Road
Derry Road is designated as Peel Regional Road 5. It serves as the primary east–west route for the city's most northerly neighbourhoods, including Malton, Meadowvale, and Lisgar. Through Meadowvale Village a newer, six-lane bypass was built to the north of the original road to preserve the former rural hamlet; the bypassed section has since been renamed as Old Derry Road. Between Dixie and Airport Roads, Derry passes through Pearson Airport to the north. After exiting Malton at Highway 427, the street continues as Rexdale Boulevard in Toronto.North–south roads
Mississauga's north–south roads were lines, running perpendicular to the concession roads, with Hurontario St. as the dividing line. Due to the separate survey grids on either side of Eglinton Ave., few roads run the full north–south distance through the city, except where the two grids line up.'''WEST of Hurontario'''
Ninth Line
Ninth Line was originally within Halton Region, and its designation is a throwback to the numbered line-road sequence within it; beginning at present-day Tremaine Road in the west as the baseline, Bronte Street in Milton being First; Highway 25 Second; and so on.When Mississauga was incorporated as a city, land was transferred from Halton to Peel. At that time, Ninth Line marked much of the western boundary between Mississauga and Halton Region. Due to an additional annexation west to Highway 407 in 2010, the central section is now entirely within the city, but the road was never redesignated to reflect this. However, the stretch between Dundas St. and the vicinity of the Highways 403 and 407 interchange still serves as the west city limits, and Ninth Line also continues entirely within Halton north and south of these points.
Winston Churchill Boulevard
Winston Churchill Boulevard is designated Regional Road 19 between Lakeshore Rd. and Dundas St. It was the original western boundary of the city, and the historic boundary between Halton and Peel Counties, until the lands to the west were transferred from Halton to Peel upon their restructuring into regional municipalities. It still forms the city limits south of Dundas.The Mississauga Transitway's Winston Churchill Station is located on the west side of the road, just north of where it interchanges with Highway 403.