ALLEN ROAD

'William R. Allen Road', known more commonly as 'Allen Road', 'The Allen Expressway' or simply 'The Allen' is a short expressway/freeway in Toronto, Ontario, which runs from Kennard Avenue (Wilson Heights Blvd. link) in the north, to Eglinton Avenue West in the south. The portion south of Sheppard Avenue forms part of Toronto's municipal expressway system. It was originally the completed section of the Spadina Expressway.
Allen Road is named after late Metro Toronto Chairman William R. Allen and maintained by the City of Toronto.
Attractions along the road include the Yorkdale Shopping Centre and Downsview Park (formerly CFB Downsview).
For the history and politics of the artery, see Spadina Expressway.

Contents

Construction phase

Subway

Spadina Expressway extension

Interchanges from south to north

See also

External links

Construction phase

★ Lawrence to Yorkdale 1964

★ Yorkdale to Clanton Park 1966

★ Lawrence to Eglinton 1976

★ Clanton Park to Kennard 1982
''Source: Toronto Expressways - Transfer Points - February 2004 - pp8''

Subway

A portion of the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line from Sheppard Avenue in the north to Eglinton Avenue to the south runs along, within, or near to the highway. The portion from Wilson Avenue to Eglinton Avenue runs in the median of the highway.
South of Transit Road (a collector road just north of Highway 401), Allen Road is a four-lane urban freeway (with the Y-U-S subway line in median) with a speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph). North of Transit Road, Allen Road is a four-lane at-grade expressway with a speed limit of 70 km/h (45 mph) until it reaches Sheppard Avenue West to become an arterial route, still maintaining the higher speed limit. The route is three lanes until Dufferin Street commences, where the third lane exits to Finch Avenue eastbound.

Spadina Expressway extension

The section of the Allen north of Highway 401 was to be the next phase of the Spadina Expressway, which was to be extended northwards to Highway 7. South of Eglinton Avenue, the Spadina Expressway would have been extended to Spadina Avenue and Harbord Street, with a potential link to the Gardiner Expressway. That opportunity came and went in 1983.
No extensions are likely, due to the even greater opposition likely today and the high cost of any potential extension, leaving the Don Valley Parkway as the only expressway which leads to the downtown core from the north end of the city.

Interchanges from south to north

Intersection	Exit number†	Intersecting Roads	Direction
At-grade intersection	0	Eglinton Ave. W.	Northbound, Southbound
Diamond interchange	3	Lawrence Ave. W.	Northbound, Southbound
Diamond interchange	5A	Yorkdale Rd.	Northbound, Southbound
Cloverstack	5B	Highway 401, MacDonald Cartier Freeway.	Northbound, Southbound
Slip ramp	7	Wilson Heights Blvd.	Northbound
At-grade intersection	8	Transit Rd.	Northbound, Southbound
At-grade intersection	9	Downsview subway station parking entrance	Southbound
At-grade intersection	10	Sheppard Avenue	Northbound, Southbound

^†Exit numbers are unsigned and are approximate kilometre points.

See also

★ Spadina Expressway

★ William Allen

★ Richview Expressway

★ Gardiner Expressway

★ Scarborough Expressway

★ Don Valley Parkway

External links

★ The Expressways of Toronto (built and unbuilt)

★ Spadina Expressway

★ Aerial view of the Highway 401 cloverstack