Steeles Avenue

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Steeles Avenue, near its intersection with Warden Avenue.
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Steeles Avenue, near its intersection with Warden Avenue.

Steeles Avenue is an east-west road that forms the northern city limit of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Steeles is named after a tavern owner whose last name was Steels, but the name was corrupted to the current form.

From the eastern city limit, Steeles runs along the Toronto's northern border with York Region and west to Albion Road. West of Albion Road, Steeles continues into Peel Region, through Brampton and into the Halton Region town of Milton. After breaking at Appleby Line atop the Niagara Escarpment (due to the presence of the Crawford Lake Conservation Area), the road resumes just east of Guelph Line and continues until the Milborough Townline on the boundary between Milton and the former township of Flamborough (now Hamilton). East of Toronto-Pickering Town Line, the road becomes Taunton Road.

Steeles Avenue is one of the few east-west routes that has the distinction of being continuous from the Toronto/York Region to Peel Region (the others are Eglinton Avenue, Dundas Street, Highway 7, and Bovaird Drive/Castlemore Road/Rutherford Road/Carrville Road/16th Avenue).

Although Steeles Avenue is at the boundary between the City of Toronto (formerly Metro Toronto) and York Region, it is maintained by the City of Toronto. In October 2006, Steeles Avenue was listed[1] by Ontario's Worst Roads (OWR) as one of the streets in the poorest condition due to congestion and potholes.

Attractions along Steeles:

[edit] See also

Major streets in Toronto and Peel Region which intersect with Steeles (east to west):

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ontario's Worst Roads Final Results. Retrieved on 2006-12-08.

[edit] External links

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