- Richview Expressway
Infobox road
highway_name = Richview Expressway
marker_
alternate_name = Hamilton Expressway, Eglinton Transportation Corridor, Richview Side Road
length =
direction = East/West
starting_terminus =Etobicoke, Ontario
ending_terminus =York, Ontario
cities =Etobicoke, Ontario ,York, Ontario
established = not completed/cancelled
The Richview Expressway was a proposed expressway inToronto . 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 ofEglinton Avenue fromBlack Creek Drive 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.
Interchanges
Although the expressway was never completed, the plans had on/off ramps for:
From west to east:
Street Description 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 ee also
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Scarborough Expressway
*Allen Road
*Gardiner Expressway
*Don Valley Parkway
*Spadina Expressway External links
* [http://www.gettorontomoving.ca/crosstownexpy.html Richview Expressway]
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