Gardiner Expressway

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The Gardiner Expressway is a major elevated highway running along Toronto’s waterfront, serving as a key east–west commuter route into and out of the city’s downtown core.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf controlled-access highway
elevated highway
expressway
adjacentTo Lake Shore Boulevard West
surface form: Lake Shore Boulevard
connectsTo Don Valley Parkway
Downtown Toronto
Highway 427
Queen Elizabeth Way
constructionStart 1955
country Canada
direction east–west
formerDesignation King’s Highway 2
King's Highway
surface form: King’s Highway 2A
hasAlternativeName Gardiner
hasExitTo Jameson Avenue
Jarvis Street
Parliament Street
Spadina Avenue
York Street NERFINISHED
hasFunction access to downtown Toronto
hasIssue structural deterioration
traffic congestion
hasLaneCount 6 lanes in most sections
hasStructureType at-grade roadway sections
elevated roadway
hasTollStatus toll-free
locatedIn Ontario
Toronto
maintainedBy Toronto
surface form: City of Toronto
namedAfter Frederick G. Gardiner
opened 1964
ownedBy Toronto
surface form: City of Toronto
parallelTo north shore of Lake Ontario
surface form: Lake Ontario shoreline
partOf Toronto street network
surface form: Toronto road network
passesNear Exhibition Place
Harbourfront Centre
surface form: Harbourfront

Rogers Centre
Scotiabank Arena
passesThrough Etobicoke
Old Toronto
regionServed Greater Toronto Area
runsAlong Toronto Harbour
surface form: Toronto waterfront
servesAs commuter route
speedLimit 90 km/h
subjectOf debates over demolition and replacement
terminusEast Don Valley Parkway
terminusWest Highway 427
underwent rehabilitation projects

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Fort York locatedNear Gardiner Expressway
Ontario Place adjacentTo Gardiner Expressway
Highway 427 terminusSouth Gardiner Expressway
Highway 427 connectsTo Gardiner Expressway
Highway 427 hasInterchangeWith Gardiner Expressway
Old Toronto contains Gardiner Expressway
this entity surface form: Gardiner Expressway (central section)
Exhibition GO Station near Gardiner Expressway
Exhibition Place near Gardiner Expressway
Islington Avenue majorIntersectionWith Gardiner Expressway
Humber Bay Shores traversedBy Gardiner Expressway
Humber Bay near Gardiner Expressway
Bathurst Street hasBridgeOver Gardiner Expressway
Humber Bay Arch Bridge nearbyInfrastructure Gardiner Expressway
Don Valley Parkway terminusSouth Gardiner Expressway
Don Valley Parkway hasInterchangeWith Gardiner Expressway
Parkdale borderedBy Gardiner Expressway
Liberty Village neighbourhood adjacentTo Gardiner Expressway
subject surface form: Liberty Village
Toronto street network includesRoad Gardiner Expressway
Parkside Drive connectsTo Gardiner Expressway
Parkside Drive terminusSouth Gardiner Expressway
Parkside Drive hasAccessTo Gardiner Expressway
Lakeshore Boulevard parallelTo Gardiner Expressway
Lakeshore Boulevard hasJunctionWith Gardiner Expressway