York Regional Road 3
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| York Regional Road 3 |
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| Length: | 54.8 km (34 mi) |
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| South end: | Steeles Avenue |
| North end: | Lake Drive East |
| Counties: | York Region |
| Major cities: | Markham Whitchurch-Stouffville East Gwillimbury Georgina |
York Regional Road 3, or Kennedy Road is a north-south road in York Region.
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[edit] Road Information
- Locally Referred to as: Kennedy Road
- Municipalities: 54.8km (within York Region)
- Transportation: Mainly YRT Route 8 and portions of YRT Routes 2, 18, and 522; Kennedy Vivastation on the Viva Green and Viva Purple lines, and junction with Highway 407.
- Attractions: Pacific Mall, Market Village Shopping Centre, Denison Centre, Milliken Mills Community Centre and Park, Hangerman Cemetery, Markham YMCA (walking distance required), New Kennedy Square, Peachtree Centre, The Bridle Post, Angus Glen Golf Club, Mandarin Golf and Country Club, Pheasant Run Golf Club, Willow Beach, Lake Simcoe
- Road Status: 4 lane road from its start at Steeles Avenue to Major Mackenzie Drive East. 2 lane road from Major Mackenzie Drive East to Lake Simcoe.
- Zoning: Low density residential and commercial from Steeles Avenue to Major Mackenzie Drive East and from Mahoney Avenue to Lake Drive East, future high density residential and commercial is beginning to go up in Downtown Markham, as Kennedy forms its eastern boundary. Lots of farmland and forests between Mahoney Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive East.
- Additional Information: Kennedy Road is cut off between Davis Drive and Herald Road, due to the Pheasant Run Golf Club. Currently, there are plans to widen the south Markham section of Kennedy from 4 to 6 lanes, to accommodate the traffic Downtown Markham will bring. In the 1990s, Kennedy Road was realigned at Steeles Avenue to connect the broken section, and was realigned east 300m between Highway 407 and 16th Avenue. The road was named for the Kennedy family, one of the many early farming settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
[edit] Public Transit
Kennedy Road is served mainly by YRT Route 8. Other routes using portions of Kennedy Road are YRT Routes 2 (Milliken, at Milliken GO Train arrival times), 18 (Bur Oak), and 522 (Markham Community Bus).
The Viva Purple and Viva Green lines pass through Kennedy Vivastation at Highway 7.
[edit] Major Roads/Highways that cross Kennedy Road
(from south to north)
- Steeles Avenue
- Denison Street
14th Avenue
Highway 407
Highway 7
16th Avenue- Bur Oak Avenue
Major Mackenzie Drive East
Elgin Mills Road East
19th Avenue
Stouffville Road- Bethesda Sideroad
Bloomington Road- Vandorf Sideroad
Aurora Road
St. John’s Sideroad
Vivian Road
Davis Drive
Mount Albert Road- Doane Road
- Queensville Sideroad East
- Holborn Road
- Boag Road
Ravenshoe Road- Glenwoods Avenue
- Pollock Road
Old Homestead Road
Baseline Road
Metro Road North
[edit] Major Roads/Highways Parallel to R.R. 3
(from west to east)
Bayview Avenue
Leslie Street
Highway 404
Woodbine Avenue
Warden Avenue
Kennedy Road
McCowan Road
Markham Road, Main Street Markham, and 
Highway 48
Ninth Line- Reesor Road
[edit] Trivia
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- Kennedy Road is only one of two major roads in the Greater Toronto Area that shares its name (Queen Street being the second) with another, equally major road. The other Kennedy Road is located in Peel Region.
- Former parts of Kennedy Road include Old Kennedy Road and Main Street Unionville
[edit] See also
- List of York Regional Roads
- Kennedy Road, the Toronto portion
- Kennedy Road, the Peel Region road
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