Hurontario Street

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Hurontario Street is a roadway running in Ontario Canada between Lake Ontario at Mississauga Ontario in the district (formerly town) of Port Credit and Lake Huron at Collingwood. To the south, this was Ontario provincial highway 10 running between Port Credit and Orangeville, in the centre, a concession road just east of the present highway between Orangeville and Ontario Provincial Highway 89 near Shelburne, and in the north, the former Ontario provincial highway 24 between Shelburne and Collingwood. Within much of the City of Brampton, Ontario, this road is known as Main Street.

[edit] Nomenclature

One oddity about Hurontario Street is that, even in the cities of Mississauga and Brampton, (with the exception of the latter's downtown area) it's commonly referred to solely as "Highway 10", rather than by its street names--a situation made even more peculiar by the fact that the provincial highway designation is defunct in these cities. The most likely reason for this is that the areas along the road were developed during the suburban era after its identity as a highway was firmly entrenched. In Collingwood though, the street name predominates.

Hurontario is one of the busiest transit corridors in the 905 Region of the Greater Toronto Area. A Light Rail Transit line is tentatively planned to be built along the street in Mississauga, while Brampton is planning a Bus Rapid Transit line along its stretch of Hurontario and Main Streets.

In Dufferin County north of Orangeville, Highway 10 deviates from the original Hurontario Street routing, and utilizes First Line WHS (West of Hurontario Street) between Highways 9 and 89. This is because the Hurontario Street's route through Dufferin County is very hilly, and is not continuous.

[edit] Attractions and institutions along Hurontario Street

Attractions and institutions along Hurontario Street in urban Peel Region) include:

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