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Most major roads in Mississauga are concession roads laid out in the early 19th Century, when much of the city was known as Toronto Township.East-west roads were historically called concessions, while north–south roads were called lines (with two and parts of a third still bearing that designation).
King's Highway 401, colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one, opened between December 1947 and August 1956, and was known as the Toronto Bypass at that time. Although it has since been enveloped by suburban development, it still serves as the primary east–west through route in Toronto and the surrounding region.
The cities of Mississauga and Brampton have determined that rapid transit along Hurontario is required due to the chronic overcrowding of Mississauga's (and the suburban Greater Toronto Area's) busiest bus routes, 2/17 Hurontario, which carry more than 25,000 passengers a day, combined with the numerous high-density development proposals along ...
With the building of the first railway to Toronto from the west in 1855, Mimico, near Lake Ontario, petitioned the government for a post office to be called Mimico in 1858. In 1860, the original northern Mimico petitioned for its own post office, using the name Islington, which was suggested by the wife of Montgomery's Innkeeper who was born in ...
Eglinton Avenue is a major east–west arterial thoroughfare in Toronto and Mississauga in the Canadian province of Ontario.The street begins at Highway 407 (but does not interchange with the tollway) at the western limits of Mississauga, as a continuation of Lower Baseline in Milton.
1320 Rathburn Road West, Mississauga ... 3500 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto 2024 Barrie: Spadina–Front: Spadina Avenue, Toronto Bloor–Lansdowne: Bloor Street, Toronto
Dixie Road is named for the Dixie neighbourhood (a former rural hamlet at Cawthra Road and Dundas Street in Mississauga, 2 km (1.25 mi.) to the west of the street along Dundas), which was in turn named for Beaumont Dixie, a settler who paid for the establishment of the Union Chapel, a multi-denominational Protestant church in the community.
Meadowvale is a large suburban district located in the northwestern part of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, just west of Toronto.In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Meadowvale Village in Toronto Township was established nearby and named for the meadows along the Credit River. [1]