York Regional Road 71
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York Regional Road 71 is a suburban east-west thoroughfare, formerly a concession road that runs through southern York Region, Ontario, Canada. It's western segment was originally a segment of Highway 7.[citation needed]
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[edit] Road Information
- Local Names: 14th Avenue ; Centre Street
- Municipalities: Markham ; Vaughan
- Length: 17 km
- Transportation: Predominantly served by YRT Route # 2A, Brampton Transit # 77; 14th Vivastation on the Viva Green line, Viva Purple
- Attractions: Milliken Mills Park, The Promenade Mall
- Road Status: Paved, 2 lanes rural thoroughfare between York Regional Road 69 to York-Durham Line; 4-lanes urban thoroughfare west of York Regional Road 69 and thoroughout the whole route.
- Zonings: Mainly industrial, especially north of 14th Avenue, and residential area spread out along the route.
- Eastern Terminus:
York-Durham Line - Western Terminus:
Highway 7
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[edit] Public Transit
On 14th Avenue section of the road, the road is predominantly served by YRT Route # 2A (named "Milliken") and 14th Vivastation on the Viva Green line; on Centre Street, there are more varieties, including the Brampton Transit # 77 and Viva Purple from Bathurst Street to Highway 7.
[edit] Trivia
The road is broken up into two section, however, it should be noted that John Street and Esna Park Drive are responsible of connecting the two sections up though they are not officially recognized as a York Regional Road.
[edit] Recent Construction
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Constructions have been going on between McDowell Gate and York Regional Road 65 recently. The purpose of the construction is to widen the road into a 6-lanes avenue to accommodate future, expected traffic provided by Downtown Markham. Another purpose is to smoothen the landscape of the road.
[edit] Naming of the Road
Portions of the road is named 14th Avenue, as this road is previously listed as Concession Road 14, the 14th main road counting from Lake Ontario. The concession system was set before 1954 when York County existed. The name retains to current use.
[edit] Communities along YRR71
[edit] Major Roads that cross YRR71
(From West to East)
- Highway 7
Dufferin Street- New Westminister Drive
Bathurst Street (Section of Regional Road ends)
Warden Avenue- Birchmount Road
Kennedy Road- Brimley Road
- McCowan Road
- Middlefield Road
Markham Road
Ninth Line- Reesor Road
- York-Durham Line
[edit] Major Roads that are parallel to YRR71
(From North to South)
Elgin Mills Road / Teston Road
Major MacKenzie Drive
Sixteenth Avenue / Rutherford Drive / Carrville Road
Langstaff Road- Highway 7
14th Avenue / Centre Street- Steeles Avenue
- Finch Avenue
- Sheppard Avenue
Highway 401 / Cartier - McDonald Freeway- York Mills Road / Wilson Avenue / Ellesmere Road
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] Atlas
- Map Art Golden Horseshoe Map: Pages 354-357, Grids X16, Y17, Y18, Y19, Y30, Y31, Y32, Y33, Y34, X35, X36, X37, Y38, Y39, Y40, X41, X42
- Google Map of York Regional Road 71
[edit] Transit Map
- York Region Transit / VIVA Map Winter'07
[edit] Geolinks/Canada Streetscale
- York Regional Road 71 is at coordinates Coordinates:
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