The numbered roads in the Regional Municipality of Durham account for about 832 kilometres (517 mi) of the county road system in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Durham Region Works Department owns and maintains the regional roads and regional highways, while the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) owns and maintains the King's Highways in the region. The 67 (7 King's Highways, 4 Regional Highways, and 56 Regional Roads) numbered roads[note 1] provide access to the entirety of the region. Highway 401 forms the backbone of the region, traveling from the western boundary of the region to the eastern boundary alongside Lake Ontario, and serving over 200,000 vehicles per day. Several provincially maintained highways existed in the region prior to 1998, when they were transferred to the Regional Municipality of Durham as part of a province-wide downloading of highways. These routes are now designated as Durham Regional Highways.
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The road network of the Regional Municipality of Durham consists of 832 kilometres (2,087 lane kilometres) of arterial roadway.[4] There are 60 numbered roads, referred to mostly as Regional Roads, though four former King's Highways are referred to as Regional Highways.[5]
In addition to the roads, there are 209 bridge and culvert structures currently maintained by the region.[4] The region is not responsible for the bridges over and under Highway 401, nor the bridges over and under Highway 35/115, all of which are maintained by the MTO. The region is also exempt from the construction and maintenance of bridges crossed by railway, but not from bridges which separate road and rail crossings.
The regional municipality of Durham was created in 1974 by the merger of portions of Durham and Ontario counties.
The Regional Municipality of Durham is responsible for the maintenance of both pavement as well as many structures that are over, under, or near the pavement. Bridges, culverts, and traffic signals are all built and maintained by the Works Department.
The Durham Regional Police Service Traffic Enforcement unit handles enforcement of traffic laws, except on the King's Highways, which are patrolled by the Ontario Provincial Police. Speed limits on regional roads vary between 50 and 80 kilometres per hour. Police in Durham will generally not set speed traps, as the region encourages the safe flow of traffic, and punishes unsafe driving rather than speed limits.[7] Maintenance and snow clearing is performed by the Durham Works Department. Five depots operate through-out the region in addition to the traffic operations centre in Whitby.[8]
Route[5] | Name(s) | Western/Southern Terminus | Eastern/Northern Terminus | Length | Communities | Comments |
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Durham Regional Highway 2 | Kingston Road, Dundas Street, Bond Street, King Street, King Avenue | Toronto–Durham Boundary | Durham–Northumberland Boundary | 59.0 km (36.7 mi)[Map 1] | Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Newcastle | Formerly part of Highway 2, prior to January 1, 1998 |
Durham Regional Highway 12 | Brock Street North, Baldwin Street | Highway 401 | Gatineau hydro corridor, south of Highway 7 (Future Highway 407 interchange) | 8.5 km (5.3 mi)[Map 2] | Whitby, Brooklin | Formerly part of Highway 12, prior to January 1, 1998; continues north as Highway 12, south as Regional Road 46 (Brock Street South) |
Durham Regional Highway 47 | Stouffville Road, Toronto Street, Brock Street | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) | Highway 7 / Highway 12 | 25.6 km (15.9 mi)[Map 3] | Goodwood, Uxbridge | Formerly part of King's Highway 47, prior to April 1, 1997; continues west as Regional Road 40 |
Durham Regional Highway 48 | Portage Road | Highway 12 | Durham–Kawartha Lakes boundary | 6.6 km (4.1 mi)[Map 4] | Talbot | Formerly part of King's Highway 48. |
Route[5] | Name(s)[5] | Western/Southern Terminus[9] | Eastern/Northern Terminus[9] | Length | Communities | Comments | |
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Brock Road, Main Street | Montgomery Park Road | Regional Road 32 (Ravenshoe Road) | [Map 5] |
53.1 km (33.0 mi)Pickering, Uxbridge, Leaskdale, Udora | |||
Simcoe Street, Durham–Victoria Boundary Road | Harbour Street (former Durham Regional Road 62) | City Road 9 (Woodville Road) | [Map 6] |
61.8 km (38.4 mi)Oshawa, Columbus, Raglan, Port Perry, Seagrave, Sonya, Manilla | Signed as Kawartha Lakes Road 2 between Seagrave and Manilla, where the road is maintained by the City of Kawartha Lakes under a boundary road agreement.[4][10]Used originally by the Mississauga Indians to get to Osler Marsh.[11] Later became the main highway to Port Perry, and was later extended to Beaverton.[12] In the 1840s, Abram Farewell proposed maintaining the road with tolls, which were ultimately never imposed.[13] | ||
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Brock Street West, Centre Street, Fairbanks Street | Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) | Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) | [Map 7] |
1.8 km (1.1 mi)Oshawa | ||
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Winchester Road, Grandview Street North, Columbus Road, Darlington Concession 8 | Highway 7 / Highway 12 (Baldwin Street) | Regional Road 57 | [Map 8] |
19.4 km (12.1 mi)Brooklyn, Enniskillen | ||
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Taunton Road | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) | Highway 35 / Highway 115 | [Map 9] |
48.1 km (29.9 mi)Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Clarington | Continues east as Steeles Avenue into Toronto | |
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Central Street, Pickering Concession 9, Myrtle Road, Raglan Road | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) | Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) | [Map 10] |
24.4 km (15.2 mi)Pickering, Claremont, Whitby, Oshawa | ||
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Saintfield Road | Highway 7 / Highway 12 | Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) | [Map 11] |
7.0 km (4.3 mi)Seagrave | ||
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Island Road | Highway 7A (Scugog Street) | Hood Road / Carnegie Beach Drive | [Map 12] |
11.5 km (7.1 mi)Passes through the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation reserve, and by the Great Blue Heron Casino.[14] | ||
Brock Street West, Main Street South, Reach Street | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) | Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) | [Map 13] |
26.7 km (16.6 mi)Uxbridge, Epsom, Port Perry, Ontario | |||
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Ganaraska Road | Highway 35 / Highway 115 | Durham–Northumberberland boundary | [Map 14] |
9.9 km (6.2 mi)Kendal | ||
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River Street | Regional Road 23 (Lakeridge Road) | Highway 7 / Highway 12 | [Map 15] |
5.7 km (3.5 mi)Sunderland | ||
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Sandford Road | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) | Regional Road 1 | [Map 16] |
12.1 km (7.5 mi)Sandford | Continues west into York Region as Herald Road and Green Lane | |
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Cameron Street | Regional Road 23 (Lakeridge Road) | Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) | [Map 17] |
7.1 km (4.4 mi)Cannington | ||
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Zephyr Road, Brock Concession 3 | Regional Road 39 (Durham Road 39) | Regional Road 23 (Lakeridge Road) | [Map 18] |
13.1 km (8.1 mi)Zephyr, Leaskdale | ||
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Liberty Street | Highway 401 | Regional Road 20 | [Map 19] |
18.7 km (11.6 mi)Bowmanville, Tyrone | ||
Simcoe Street | Regional Road 23 (Osborne Street) | Durham–Victoria Boundary Road | [Map 20] |
8.7 km (5.4 mi)Beaverton | Continues east as Kawartha Lakes Road 8 in the City of Kawartha Lakes | ||
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Ritson Road | Regional Road 60 (Wentworth Street) | Regional Road 3 (Winchester Road East) | [Map 21] |
11.3 km (7.0 mi)Oshawa | ||
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Mill Street, Main Street, Manvers Road | Highway 401 | Highway 35 / Highway 115 / Concession Road 3 | [Map 22] |
3.2 km (2.0 mi)Newcastle | ||
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Newtonville Road | Highway 401 | Regional Road 9 (Ganaraska Road) | [Map 23] |
11.9 km (7.4 mi)Newtonville, Kendal | ||
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Shirley Road | Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) | Regional Road 57 | [Map 24] |
11.0 km (6.8 mi)|||
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Mosport Road, Boundary Road, Durham Road 20 | Regional Road 57 | Highway 35 | [Map 25] |
12.5 km (7.8 mi)|||
Church Street, Goodwood Road | Durham Regional Highway 47 (Main Street) | Highway 7 / Highway 12 | [Map 26] |
18.4 km (11.4 mi)Goodwood, Utica, Manchester | Continues east as Highway 7A towards Port Perry | ||
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Bayly Street, Victoria Street, Bloor Street | Regional Road 38 (Whites Road) | Regional Road 34 (Courtice Road) | [Map 27] |
29.9 km (18.6 mi)Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa | ||
Lakeridge Road, Osborne Street, Mara Road | Regional Road 22 (Bayly Street East / Victoria Street West) | Highway 12 | [Map 28] |
74.5 km (46.3 mi)Ajax, Whitby, Pickering, Vallentyne, Port Bolster, Beaverton | Lakeridge Road serves as a boundary line for three-quarters of the municipalities of Durham: Ajax, Pickering, and Uxbridge to the west; Whitby, Scugog, and Brock to the east. | ||
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Church Street | Regional Road 22 (Bayly Street) | Durham Regional Highway 2 (Kingston Road) | [Map 29] |
2.0 km (1.2 mi)Ajax | ||
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Consumers Drive, Champlain Avenue | Durham Regional Highway 12 (Brock Street) | Regional Road 53 (Stevenson Road) | [Map 30] |
5.3 km (3.3 mi)Whitby, Oshawa | ||
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Thickson Road | Regional Road 60 (Wentworth Street West) | Highway 7 / Highway 12 | [Map 31] |
15.3 km (9.5 mi)Whitby, Brooklyn | ||
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Altona Road | Durham Regional Highway 2 (Kingston Road) | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) | [Map 32] |
10.5 km (6.5 mi)Pickering, Whitevale | ||
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Rossland Road | Regional Road 43 (Cochrane Street) | Regional Road 33 (Harmony Road) | [Map 33] |
9.9 km (6.2 mi)Whitby, Oshawa | ||
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Liverpool Road | Regional Road 22 (Bayly Street) | Regional Road 37 (Finch Avenue) | [Map 34] |
2.0 km (1.2 mi)Pickering | ||
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York–Durham Line | Steeles Avenue | Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) /Regional Road 39 (Queensville Sideroad) | [Map 35] |
36.9 km (22.9 mi)Pickering, Stouffville, Mount Albert | Continues east as Regional Road 39 (Scott Concession 3) | |
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Westney Road | Regional Road 44 (Harwood Avenue) | Regional Road 1 (Brock Road) | [Map 36] |
18.7 km (11.6 mi)Ajax, Greenwood | ||
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Harmony Road | Regional Road 22 (Bloor Street East) | Regional Road 3 (Winchester Road East) | [Map 37] |
10.3 km (6.4 mi)Oshawa | ||
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Courtice Road, Enfield Road | Highway 401 / Service Road East | Regional Road 3 (Columbus Road) | [Map 38] |
15.6 km (9.7 mi)Courtice | ||
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Wilson Road | Regional Road 22 (Bloor Street East) | Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road East) | [Map 39] |
6.2 km (3.9 mi)Oshawa | ||
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Hopkins Street, Anderson Street | Regional Road 25 (Consumers Drive) | Regional Road 28 (Rossland Road East) | [Map 40] |
3.7 km (2.3 mi)Whitby | ||
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Finch Avenue | Scarborough–Pickering Townline Road | Regional Road 1 (Brock Road) | [Map 41] |
7.1 km (4.4 mi)Pickering | ||
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Whites Road | Petticoat Creek Conservation Area | Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) | [Map 42] |
7.6 km (4.7 mi)Pickering | ||
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Scott Concession 3, Durham Road 39 | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) | Regional Road 32 (Ravenshoe Road) | [Map 43] |
10.1 km (6.3 mi)Zephyr | Continues south as Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) | |
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Salem Road | Regional Road 22 (Bayly Street) | Durham Regional Highway 2 (Kingston Road) | [Map 44] |
2.1 km (1.3 mi)Ajax | ||
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Darlington–Clarke Townline | Highway 401 | x Avenue | [Map 45] |
8.1 km (5.0 mi)|||
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Cochrane Street | Durham Regional Highway 2 (Dundas Street West) | Regional Road 28 (Rossland Road West) | [Map 46] |
2.1 km (1.3 mi)Whitby | ||
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Harwood Avenue | Lake Driveway | Durham Regional Highway 2 (Kingston Road) | [Map 47] |
4.7 km (2.9 mi)Ajax | ||
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Henry Street | Regional Road 22 (Victoria Street) | Durham Regional Highway 2 (Dundas Street) | [Map 48] |
2.0 km (1.2 mi)Whitby | ||
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Brock Street South | Water Street | Regional Road 22 (Victoria Street) | [Map 49] |
1.3 km (0.81 mi)Whitby | Continues north as Durham Regional Highway 12 | |
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Shore Line Road | Regional Road 23 (Mara Road) | Simcoe boundary | Durham–[Map 50] |
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Portage Road, Canal Road, Durham Road 50 | Road x (x Road) | x Avenue | [Map 51] |
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Old Highway 12 | Road x (x Road) | x Avenue | [Map 52] |
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Phillip Murray Avenue, Boundary Road, Thornton Road | Regional Road 54 (Park Road) | Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) | [Map 53][Map 54] |
9.0 km (5.6 mi)Oshawa, Whitby | Split into two sections by the Canadian National Railway; the southern section ends at Regional Road 60 (Wentworth Street), while the northern section resumes at Regional Road 25 (Champlain Avenue) | |
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Stevenson Road | Regional Road 52 (Phillip Murray Avenue) | Regional Road 28 (Rossland Road West) | [Map 55] |
6.4 km (4.0 mi)Oshawa | ||
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Park Road | Regional Road 52 (Phillip Murray Avenue) | Regional Road 28 (Rossland Road West) | [Map 56] |
6.7 km (4.2 mi)Oshawa | ||
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Townline Road | Regional Road 59 (Olive Avenue) | Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) | [Map 57] |
5.2 km (3.2 mi)Oshawa, Courtice | ||
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Farewell Street | Regional Road 60 (Wentworth Street) | Regional Road 22 (Bloor Street East) | [Map 58] |
1.6 km (0.99 mi)Oshawa | ||
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Waverely Street, Martin Road, Durham Road 57, New Scugog Road, Blackstock Road, Caesarea Road | Highway 401 | Kawartha Lakes boundary | Durham–[Map 59] |
0 km (0 mi)Bowmanville, Blackstock, Caesarea | Continues east as Kawartha Lakes Road 57 | |
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Manning Road, Adelaide Avenue | Durham Regional Highway 12 (Brock Street) | Regional Road 55 (Townline Road) | [Map 60] [Map 61] |
10.5 km (6.5 mi)Whitby, Oshawa | Manning and Adelaide are separated at the Whitby–Oshawa boundary by the Mount Lawn Cemetery. Closing this gap is part of the Durham Region Transportation Master Plan.[4]. There is also an environmental assessment underway for a planned eastern extension of Adelaide Avenue from Regional Road 55 (Townline Road) to Trulls Road.[15] | |
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Burns Street East, Gibb Street, Olive Avenue | Regional Road 26 (Thickson Road) | Regional Road 55 (Townline Road) | [Map 62] |
0 km (0 mi)Whitby, Oshawa | Gibb Street and Olive Avenue are separated at Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street). This corridor has been identified as a bottleneck and an environmental assessment is underway to determine a solution.[16] | |
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Wentworth Street | Regional Road 26 (Thickson Road South) | Regional Road 56 (Farewell Street) | [Map 63][Map 64] |
5.5 km (3.4 mi)Whitby, Oshawa | Wentworth Street is discontinuous between Stevenson Road and Park Road by the General Motors of Canada Oshawa Assembly Plant. |
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