Brimley Road

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File:Brimley Road Sign.jpg
A sign for Scarborough's Brimley Road.
File:Brimley Road.svg
A sign for Markham's Brimley Road.
Brimley Road begins near the Scarborough Bluffs.

Brimley Road is a north-south street in Scarborough and York Region, Ontario, Canada. The road carries 32000 vehicles daily as of May 2007[1] and is classified as a major arterial road by the city of Toronto.[2]

Beginning at Scarborough Bluffs by Lake Ontario,[3] Brimley goes straight through Scarborough, past Steeles Avenue and ends at 14th Avenue in Markham. The Scarborough portion is mainly residential with small strip plazas along the way, and the super-regional mall, Scarborough Town Centre. North of Finch Avenue is Brimley forest, a small patch of what the area once looked like. Past Steeles, Brimley weaves through the residential areas of the Milliken community of Markham.

History

The origins of the street's name is unknown, but it could be named for a village in Teignbridge in England given the origins of many of Scarborough's early settlers.

The corner of Brimley Road and Sheppard Avenue marks the central location around which the community of Agincourt was formed during the mid-19th century.[4] The road has also come to border the neighbourhood Kennedy Park[5] and the electoral districts Scarborough—Agincourt[6] and Scarborough—Rouge River.[7]

A museum off Brimley north of Lawrence Avenue East in Thomson Park pays tribute to the founding family of the former Township of Scarborough; West Highland Creek, a tributary of the Highland Creek, runs through the park.

401 overpass

The section south of Sheppard was once interrupted at Highway 401. An CA$11 million overpass and partial interchange of the freeway was built and opened on October 18, 1987 over the objections of many area residents on concerns over increased traffic volume. In an attempt to address these concerns, it was initially restricted to transit buses and emergency vehicles.[8] After a few months of widely reported public pressure, Scarborough City Council voted February 18, 1988 to open the overpass to general traffic.[9]

Cars on eastbound Highway 401 can directly exit onto southbound of Brimley Road but cars can also exit on to Progress Road that leads to the intersection of Brimley Road. Cars then could travel either northbound or southbound on to Brimley Road. No exit is provided for cars on westbound Highway 401. These westbound cars must use either the exits at Kennedy Road or McCowan Road to get to Brimley Road. Cars on Brimley Road northbound can use the onramp towards westbound Highway 401. No onramps are provided for northbound traffic onto eastbound Highway 401 and all southbound traffic on Brimley Road.

Public transit

The main Toronto Transit Commission bus route on Brimley Road is the 21 Brimley, which runs from Steeles Avenue to Eglinton Avenue, stopping on the way through the Scarborough Centre RT station. At Eglinton, it turns west to the Kennedy subway station. The old route of 128 Brimley North, which originally ran from Scarborough Centre to Steeles through McCowan Road and Sheppard Avenue, had started when the RT opened in 1985 and merged with the 21 in 1999. Prior to 1985, TTC service on Brimley north of Sheppard was served by a branch of the 57 Midland route.

The 131E Nugget Express runs on Brimley between Scarborough Centre and Eglinton during peak hours, stopping only at Lawrence Avenue. The 12B Kingston Road serves Brimley from Kingston Road to Eglinton during peak hours as well.[10] South of Kingston Road, Brimley Road South has served as the off-street loop for a number of routes since the 1950s, with the 12 Kingston Road doing this since 1968.

In 2002, the TTC examined the feasibility of building a Scarborough RT station at Brimley Road. It concluded that demands are not enough, and instead a pedestrian walkway was built towards Scarborough Centre station. In 2007, it was stated that the issue will be re-examined when significant land developments take place west of Brimley Road near the proposed location of Brimley station.[11] In February 2008 the TTC made a motion that the current study should include the addition of a station where the existing line crosses Brimley Road.[12]

Landmarks

  • Brimley Woods Park
  • Chartwell Plaza
  • Oriental Centre
  • C.O. Bick Police College
  • Scarborough Town Centre
  • Bluffer's Park
  • Thomson Memorial Park and Scarborough Memorial Museum[13]
  • Historical Cemeteries
  • Resthaven Memorial Gardens; west side between St Clair and Kingston Road.
  • St Andrew's Cemetery, east of Brimley on St Andrew's Road.
  • Ebenezer United (formerly Methodist) Church, northwest corner of Steeles and Brimley in Markham.

References

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  13. ↑ City of Toronto: Scarborough Historical Museum

External links

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