Richview Expressway (Toronto)
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| Richview Expressway |
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| Hamilton Expressway, Eglinton Transportation Corridor, Richview Side Road | |
| Formed: | not completed/cancelled |
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| Direction: | East/West |
| From: | Etobicoke, Ontario |
| To: | York, Ontario |
| Major cities: | Etobicoke, Ontario, York, Ontario |
The Richview Expressway was a proposed expressway in Toronto. It was part of a plan to build a network of expressways to ease traffic congestion in Toronto. It was only partially completed due to concerns of under-utilization and opposition from local residents. Even though Richview Expressway was never built, it did result in widening of a section of Eglinton Avenue from Highway 400 to Highway 427.
The Richview Expressway has also been known as the Hamilton Expressway, since the original routing for Highway 403 (a main route for Torontonians to travel to Hamilton) was planned to terminate at present site of the interchange between Highway 401 and Highway 427. If the original routing of Highway 403 had been carried out, then Metro's Richview Expressway would have been considered a municipal extension of Highway 403.
[edit] Interchanges
Although the expressway was never completed, the plans had on/off ramps for:
From west to east:
| Street | Description |
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| Highway 427 | Interchange ramps |
| Eglinton Avenue West | Partial ramps |
| Kipling Avenue | Ramps not completed - full cloverleaf planned in 1960s cancelled in 1970s plan |
| Islington Avenue | Ramps not completed - full cloverleaf planned in 1960s cancelled in 1970s plan |
| Royal York Road | Ramps not completed - full cloverleaf planned in 1960s cancelled in 1970s plan |
| Scarlett Road | Ramps not completed - partial cloverleaf planned in 1960s cancelled in 1970s plan |
| Jane Street | Ramps not completed - ramps planned in 1960s cancelled in 1970s plan |
| Mount Dennis | Ramps not completed - full cloverleafs in 1960s and 1970s plans |
| Highway 400 southern extension | Ramps not completed - full cloverleafs in 1960s and 1970s plans |
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