Spadina Expressway Commemorative Plaque, 2010
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Resource ID
4957
Access
Open
Address
393 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 2J4
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2010
Historical Themes
Program Category
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Time Period
Caption
Spadina Expressway Commemorative Plaque, 2010
Description
This is one of three plaques commemorating the Spadina Expressway. In the 1960s this stretch of Spadina Road was to be transformed into the southern end of a sunken four- to six-lane expressway and a subway line. They would connect downtown Toronto with Highway 401 but the expressway would require the destruction of neighbourhoods and parkland along its route.
The Spadina Expressway and subway line were one part of a much larger plan to ease traffic congestion in and around Toronto. Already part of the City's master plan in 1943 new superhighways" responded to projections of dramatic suburban growth and the increasing use of the automobile to bring commuters to and from downtown.
Shortly after the formation of the Metropolitan Toronto Council in 1954 construction of a system of expressways began with the Gardiner Expressway. Metro Council approved the Spadina Expressway and subway line in 1962.
Marker lat / long: 43.666617, -79.40369 (WGS84)