Gardiner Expressway

The Gardiner Expressway ( officially: Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway) is an urban motorway, which connects downtown Toronto with its western suburbs. It runs largely parallel and in close proximity to Lake Ontario and empties into the Highway 427 and the Queen Elizabeth Way. The highway is by Frederick Gardiner (1895-1983), Chairman of the Administrative Metropolitan Toronto, named.

1955 construction began on the Gardiner Expressway, which took place in stages. The last part was completed in 1966. The construction costs amounted to around 110 million Canadian dollars, adjusted for inflation in 2006 about $ 700 million equivalent.

Course

At the crossroads of Highway 427 and the Queen Elizabeth Way to the Gardiner Expressway branches straight line in an easterly direction towards the city over the Humber River. The city motorway runs past the Humber Bay on the northern High Park. South of the Gardiner are the districts of Alderwood and Mimico. At the Mietshochhäusern of Etobicoke, the busy main street The Queensway and Lake Shore Boulevard branch off, which also lead into town. East of the Humber Bay touches the Expressway, the south end of the district of Swansea, runs through Sunnyside and Roncesvalles. Further east, the road extends to Exhibition Place and heads towards Downtown. North of the Harbourfront she runs past the Rogers Centre, the CN Tower and Air Canada Centre. East of the Distillery District of Gardiner leads over the Don River and is connected with a ramp to the Don Valley Parkway.

The Gardiner Expressway is about 20 kilometers long.