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Brampton is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario, and the regional seat of the Regional Municipality of Peel. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a lower-tier municipality within the Peel Region.
Mavis Road is a short road within Brampton, only running between the south city limits near Highway 407 and Steeles Avenue It is designated as Peel Road 18. and is the shortest stretch of designated regional road in Peel, encompassing only the Brampton section of the street, extending neither south along it into Mississauga or further north via ...
King's Highway 410, also known as Highway 410 and colloquially as the four-ten, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that connects Highways 401 and 403 to Brampton. North of Brampton, the commuter freeway ends and the route becomes Highway 10, which continues north through Caledon as a four-lane undivided highway.
Southwestern Ontario is flat, primarily agricultural land, that takes advantage of the fertile clay soil deposited throughout the region. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The main river through the region is the Thames River , which drains the second largest watershed in southern Ontario and largely influences the land use surrounding the highway. [ 21 ]
These freeways are among the busiest and most modern of Ontario, mostly constructed since the 1970s, and have contributed significantly to the rapid growth of the Region. One of the welcome signs of Brampton has the slogan "All roads lead to Brampton" and shows six 400-series numbers (401, 403, 407, 409, 410, 427). 400-series freeways: Highway 401
Bus shelter ad (using the Hazel McCallion Line name) for the Hurontario LRT from 2022. In 2016, the LRT line was projected to cost $1.4 billion. [14] ( Prior to the cancellation of the Brampton portion of the line, the estimated cost was around $1.6 billion. [15])
Queen Street is a major thoroughfare running in the City of Brampton in Peel Region, Ontario that utilizes the two (separate) aforementioned roadways. Queen Street continues east into the City of Vaughan as York Regional Road 7 (also known as Highway 7).
Churchville, along with the northern extremities of Mississauga (which Toronto Township was restructured into in 1967), were amalgamated into the enlarged City of Brampton on 1 January 1974 as part of the restructuring of Peel County into the Regional Municipality of Peel. In 2022, flooding occurred due to an ice jam, which damaged around 50 homes.