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'''Airport Road''' is a major thoroughfare in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] especially in the [[Greater Toronto Area]]. It runs through the [[Peel Regional Municipality]], [[Dufferin County]], and [[Simcoe County]], creating a route bypassing many of the major communities along the adjacent routes Highway 10 or former [[Ontario provincial highway 50|Highway 50]] towards [[Georgian Bay]].
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{{short description|Road in Ontario, Canada}}
{{Infobox street
{{Infobox street
| name = Airport Road
| name = Airport Road
| marker_image = [[File:AirportRdstreetsign.jpg|AirportRdstreetsign|200px]] <br>[[File:Peel Regional Road 7.svg|Peel_Regional_Road_7|50px]] [[File:Dufferin Road 18 sign.png|Dufferin_Road_18_sign|50px]] [[File:Simcoe Road 42 sign.png|Simcoe_Road_42_sign|50px]]
| marker_image = [[File:AirportRdstreetsign.jpg|AirportRdstreetsign|200px]] <br>[[File:Peel Regional Road 7.svg|Peel Regional Road 7|50px]] [[File:Dufferin Road 18 sign.svg|50px|Dufferin County (Ontario) Road 18 sign]]
| other_name = [[List of numbered roads in Simcoe County |Simcoe County Road]] 42<br />[[List of numbered roads in Dufferin County|Dufferin County Road]] 18<br />[[List of numbered roads in Peel Region|Peel Regional Road]] 7
| other_name = [[List of numbered roads in Peel Region|Peel Regional Road 7]]<br />[[List of numbered roads in Dufferin County|Dufferin County Road 18]]
| image = [[File:Airport Road Mississauga.jpg|Airport Road Mississauga|200px]]
| image =
| caption =
| caption = Airport Road at Bresler Drive in [[Mississauga]]
| map = File:Airport Road Ontario route map.png
| maint = Region of Peel<br>Dufferin County<br>Simcoe County
| map_caption = Route of Airport Road in Peel Region and Dufferin County (blue line)
| length_km = 77.3
| maint = [[Region of Peel]]<br>[[Dufferin County]]
| length_km = 81.0<ref name=length>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/43.6865451,-79.5998932/43.7956033,-79.7660976/44.2877791,-80.0671261/@44.0113243,-80.0318648,90909m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!4m5!2m3!1b1!2b1!3b1!3e0?entry=ttu |title=Airport Rd. route and length |website=Google Maps}}</ref>
| length_mi =
| length_mi =
| length_ref =
| length_ref =
| length_notes =
| length_notes =
| namesake = [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]
| location = [[City of Toronto]]<br>[[City of Mississauga]]<br> [[City of Brampton]]<br> [[Caledon, Ontario|Town of Caledon]]<br>[[Mono, Ontario|Town of Mono]]<br> [[Mulmur, Ontario|Mulmur Township]]<br> [[Mansfield, Ontario|Town of Mansfield]]<br>[[Banda, Ontario|Banda]]<br>[[Stayner, Ontario|Town of Stayner]]
| location = [[City of Mississauga]]<br> [[City of Brampton]]<br>[[Caledon, Ontario|Town of Caledon]]<br>[[Mono, Ontario|Town of Mono]]<br>[[Mulmur, Ontario|Mulmur Township]]
| direction_a = North
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = [[Main Street]] in [[Stayner]], [[Simcoe]]. <small>(Continues as King Street / [[Ontario Highway 26|Highway 26]])</small>
| terminus_a = {{jcon|Hwy|427|}} at the [[Mississauga]]/[[Toronto]] boundary. <small>(Continues east as [[Dixon Road]])</small>
| direction_b = South
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = [[Ontario Highway 427|Highway 427]] in [[Etobicoke]],[[Toronto]]. <small>(Continues as [[Dixon Road]])</small>
| terminus_b = Mulmur-Nottawasaga Townline <small>(Continues as [[List of numbered roads in Simcoe County|Simcoe County Road 42]])</small>
| junction = {{plainlist|
| junction = {{plainlist|
* Nottawasga Sideroad 21
* {{jcon|Hwy|409|}}
* [[File:Simcoe Road 9 sign.png|Simcoe_Road_9_sign|20px]] Louisa Street
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 5.svg|16px]] [[List of roads in Mississauga#Derry Road|Derry Road]]
*Mulmur-Nottawasaga Townline Roadside
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 15.svg|16px]] [[Steeles Avenue]]
*Side Road 25
* {{jcon|Hwy|407ETR}}
*10 Sideroad
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 107.svg|15px]] [[List of roads in Brampton#Queen Street|Queen Street]]
* [[Ontario Highway 89|Highway 89]]
* [[List of roads in Brampton#Williams Parkway|Williams Parkway]]
*Mono Centre Road
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 10.svg|16px]] [[List of roads in Brampton#Bovaird Drive|Bovaird Drive]]
* Hockley Road
* [[List of roads in Brampton#Sandalwood Parkway|Sandalwood Parkway]] / [[List of roads in Brampton#Humberwest Parkway|Humberwest Parkway]]
* [[File:Ontario 9.png|Ontario_9|20px]][[Arthur–Kincardine Road]] (Formerly [[Ontario Highway 9|Highway 9]])
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 14.svg|16px]] [[Mayfield Road (Peel Region)|Mayfield Road]]
*Charleston Sideroad
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 9.svg|16px]] [[List of numbered roads in Peel Region|King Street]]
*Olde Base Line
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 12.svg|16px]] Olde Base Line
*Boston Mills Road
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 9.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[List of numbered roads in Peel Region | King Street]]
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 24.svg|16px]] Charleston Sideroad
* {{jcon|Hwy|9|}}
*Old School Road
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 14.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[List of roads in Brampton#Mayfield Road|Mayfield Road]]
* [[File:Dufferin Road 7 sign.svg|16px]] [[List of numbered roads in Dufferin County|Hockley Road]]
* {{jcon|Hwy|89|}}
*Countryside Drive
* [[File:Dufferin_Road_17_sign.svg|16px]] 10 Sideroad
*Sandalwood Parkway
* [[File:Dufferin_Road_21_sign.svg|16px]] 25 Sideroad}}
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 10.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[List of roads in Brampton#Bovaird Drive|Bovaird Drive]]
*Williams Parkway
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 107.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[List of roads in Brampton#Queen Street|Queen Street]]
*Clark Boulevard
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 15.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Steeles Avenue]]
* {{jcon|Hwy|407ETR}}
* [[File:Peel Regional Road 5.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[List of roads in Mississauga#Derry Road|Derry Road]]}}
| inauguration_date =
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| browse = {{on-exp browse |title=Nearby arterial roads |next_link= [[List of numbered roads in Peel Region#The Gore Road|The Gore Road]]; |route= Airport Road |previous_link = [[Dixie Road (Peel Region)|Dixie Road]]}}
| browse = {{Nearby arterials|next= [[List of roads in Brampton#Goreway Drive|Goreway Drive]];<br>[[Ontario Highway 50#Simcoe Road 50|Simcoe Road 50]];<br>[[List of numbered roads in Simcoe County|Simcoe Road 10]] |previous= [[Dixie Road (Peel Region)|Dixie Road]];<br>[[Ontario Highway 10|Highway 10]];<br>[[Ontario Highway 24#Simcoe Road 124|Simcoe Road 124]]}}
}}
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'''Airport Road''' is an 81 km (50 mile) major north–south urban and rural thoroughfare in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], running through the [[Regional Municipality of Peel]] and [[Dufferin County]].<ref name=length/> In combination with its continuation, [[Simcoe County Road 42]], and in turn a portion of [[Ontario Highway 26|Highway 26]] north of [[Clearview, Ontario#Geography|Stayner]], it is a popular non-highway route (as an alternative to [[Ontario Highway 10|Highway 10]] and former [[Ontario Highway 24|Highway 24]]) from the [[Greater Toronto Area]] to the [[Georgian Triangle]], in particular the tourist towns of [[Wasaga Beach]], [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]], and [[The Blue Mountains, Ontario|The Blue Mountains]]. It is named for [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]], which it passes at its southern terminus.
In Peel it is called '''Peel Regional Road 7''', In Dufferin, '''Dufferin County Road 18''', and in Simcoe, '''Simcoe County Road 42'''. At [[Stayner, Ontario]], it becomes [[Ontario provincial highway 26]], before it turns west between [[Wasaga Beach, Ontario|Wasaga Beach West]] and [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]].


It is designated '''Peel Regional Road 7''' in Peel and '''Dufferin County Road 18''' in Dufferin. In Peel, it follows the sixth [[Concession road]] east of [[Hurontario Street]], and was numbered '''Sixth Line East'''. Despite Airport Road transitioning into Simcoe Road 42 and not reaching Stayner, the latter is commonly referred to as part of Airport Road and signage in Stayner indicates Airport Road reaching the intersection where Highway 26 makes a turn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bowjamesbow.ca/images/airportroad41.jpg |title= Directional signage in Stayner pointing to Airport Road |access-date=July 29, 2024}}</ref>
==Route Description==

<ref> [https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/43.6865451,-79.5998932/43.7956033,-79.7660976/44.4179992,-80.0961793/@43.6061219,-79.6668329,10z/data=!4m6!4m5!2m3!1b1!2b1!3b1!3e0]</ref> It begins at [[Highway 427 (Ontario)|Highway 427]] and [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto's]] [[Dixon Road]] at the main entry ([[Highway 409 (Ontario)|Highway 409]]) of [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]], then follows the former Toronto Township Concession 6 (East of [[Hurontario Street]]) alignment north-west through [[Malton, Ontario|Malton]] within the city of [[Mississauga, Ontario|Mississauga]]. It enters [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]], south of [[Steeles Avenue]], and [[Highway 407 (Ontario)|Highway 407]] (exit 53).
==Route description==
[[File:Emirates Airbus A380 on finals to runway 23 at Toronto Pearson.jpg|thumb|left|An [[Airbus A380]] landing at Pearson Airport passes low over Airport Road]] Airport Road begins at [[Highway 427 (Ontario)|Highway 427]] in [[Mississauga]], initially tracing a broad curve as a continuation of [[Toronto]]'s east–west [[Dixon Road]] near the main street entrance of Pearson Airport to the west. Shortly after, it passes both over and under [[Highway 409 (Ontario)|Highway 409]] and its complicated ramps that serve as the airport's freeway access. Just to the north it passes under the elevated tracks of the [[Union Pearson Express]], an [[airport rail link]] running to [[Downtown Toronto]], and the guideway of the [[Terminal Link]], the airport's automated [[people mover]]. It then straightens to join the main road grid and runs northwest, passing the operations centre for [[Air Canada]], the airport's cargo facilities, and the east end of Runway 36R, a popular location for [[planespotting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6888064,-79.6165242,1134m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu |title=South end of Airport Rd in the vicinity of Pearson Airport |website=Google Maps}}</ref> At [[List of roads in Mississauga#Derry Road|Derry Road]], the street enters the [[Malton, Ontario|Malton]] neighbourhood, dipping under the tracks hosting [[GO Transit]]'s [[Kitchener Line]] commuter trains just north of the intersection. It enters [[Brampton]], south of [[Steeles Avenue]] and then interchanges with [[Highway 407 (Ontario)|Highway 407]] (Exit 53). Airport Road continues through more industrial areas, passing under the [[rail spur]] serving the [[Brampton Assembly]] ([[Stellantis Canada]]) auto plant. At [[List of roads in Brampton#Bovaird Drive|Bovaird Drive]], it forms the boundaries of two residential districts; [[Springdale, Brampton|Springdale]] and [[Castlemore, Brampton|Castlemore]], and at [[Mayfield Road (Peel Region)|Mayfield Road]] enters the largely rural Town of [[Caledon, Ontario|Caledon]], although a suburban warehouse district is under development for a short distance north of Mayfield.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.7952074,-79.7641854,1600m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu |title=Airport Rd. in the vicinity of Mayfield Rd.|website=Google Maps}}</ref>

[[File:Caledon_East.jpg|thumb|left|Airport Road in Caledon East]] From there, the road finally leaves urbanized areas and becomes rural, narrowing down to two lanes, soon after passing through the adjacent communities of Mono Road and [[Caledon East]], through which the [[Trans-Canada Trail]] passes. North of Caledon East it enters the [[Oak Ridges Moraine]] and the first of the trademark hills that define much of rural Airport Road. At [[Ontario Highway 9|Highway 9]], it runs through the rural community of [[Mono Mills, Ontario|Mono Mills]] as it leaves Peel Region and enters Dufferin County, where the hills become steeper as it traverses the [[Niagara Escarpment]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.0258363,-80.005021,3a,25y,161.59h,81.25t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s_7Zr7TY9nVTPafxB8d_EMw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D_7Zr7TY9nVTPafxB8d_EMw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D161.59313993844546%26pitch%3D8.749596326780122%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu |title=Hilly stretch of Airport Rd. in Dufferin County |website=Google Maps}}</ref> Airport Road is notorious for having a high collision rate in this area, and signs advise motorists of that fact.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bowjamesbow.ca/images/airportroad27.jpg |title=Photo of sign warning of high collision rate |access-date=July 31, 2024}}</ref>

Airport Road ends at the boundary of [[Simcoe County]] where it transitions into Simcoe Road 42, which continues it into the community of [[Clearview Township, Ontario#Geography|Stayner]] (through which it is named King Street) where [[Ontario Highway 26|Highway 26]] continues it in turn after turning into it from the east, forming the continuous route into the aforementioned tourist towns in the Georgian Triangle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.418877,-80.0961622,3a,46.7y,176.7h,88.97t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1snP8-krPMb6f9nBF2iE319A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DnP8-krPMb6f9nBF2iE319A%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D176.6968416424552%26pitch%3D1.029745451508333%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu |title=Highway 26 (King St.) in Stayner, looking south to the straight continuation of Simcoe Rd. 42 |website=Google Maps}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:Historic Peel County Townships Airport Road.svg|thumb|left|The historic townships in the former Peel County, with Airport Rd. (green line) serving as the divide between the eastern and western townships]] Airport Road was originally named the '''Mono Mills Plank Road''', as it was a main historic [[plank road]] to [[Mono, Ontario|Mono Township]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peelarchivesblog.com/2016/06/30/earlyroadways/|title=From mud to pavement: the early history of Peel roadways as told by our records|first=Region of Peel|last=Archives|date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> Originally the road's southern terminus was at what is today [[Eglinton Avenue]], with the present realignment to tie into Dixon Road being constructed during the late 1950's and early 1960's coinciding the expansion of Pearson Airport,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/ext/archives/s0012/fl1960/s0012_fl1960_it0140.jpg |publisher= City of Toronto Archives (via Eloquent Systems Inc.) |title=1960 aerial photo of new Airport Rd. diversion, with the original 6th Line road resuming south of the construction to expand Pearson Airport |accessdate=August 8, 2024}}</ref> with a short stub remaining south of [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]] until the mid-1980's, when it was removed due to the development of the Airport Corporate Centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/ext/archives/s0012/fl1981/s0012_fl1981_it0026.jpg |publisher= City of Toronto Archives (via Eloquent Systems Inc.) |title=1981 aerial photo of the remaining stub of 6th Line (bottom of photo, right-of-centre) |accessdate=August 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/ext/archives/s0012/fl1987/s0012_fl1987_it0042k.jpg |publisher= City of Toronto Archives (via Eloquent Systems Inc.) |title=1987 aerial photo of the development of the Airport Corporate Centre with the now-closed stub of 6th Line (near top of photo, left-of-centre) |accessdate=August 8, 2024}}</ref>
[[file: County of Peel, Ontario, Canada map (1937).jpg|thumb| Map of County of Peel, Ontario, Canada in 1937.|200px]]

<ref> Peeling the past (The Early History of Airport Road)[https://peelarchivesblog.com/2016/06/30/earlyroadways/] </ref>
In [[Peel County, Ontario|Peel County]] (now [[Regional Municipality of Peel|Peel Region]]), <br> Airport road also served as a dividing line between townships. Albion, and Gore Townships were east of Caledon, Chingacousy and Toronto Township respectively. Later, Toronto Township acquired the Gore lands south of<br>[[Steeles Avenue]] that became much of the urban area of [[Malton, Ontario]], also known as Toronto Gore. The remainder of Gore Township became part of Brampton in 1974, and Albion was added to Caledon at the same time.
In [[Peel County, Ontario|Peel County]] (now [[Regional Municipality of Peel|Peel Region]]), Airport Road served as the north-south dividing line between the original five townships within the county; with [[Caledon Township, Ontario|Caledon]], [[Chinguacousy|Chingacousy]], and [[Toronto Township, Ontario|Toronto]] (not to be confused with the [[City of Toronto]]), to the west, and [[Albion Township, Ontario|Albion]] and [[Toronto Gore]] to the east. Airport Road ceased being said divide after the county was restructured into the present [[regional municipality]] with the five townships incorporated into the three present lower-tier municipalities ([[Mississauga]], [[Brampton]], and [[Caledon, Ontario|Caledon]]) that each span its width in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peelarchivesblog.com/https://peelarchivesblog.com/about-peel/ |title= The History of Peel Region, Ontario, Canada |first=Region of Peel|last=Archives|date=June 30, 2016}}</ref>

==Public transit==

Airport Road is served by five bus routes in Mississauga and Brampton: three by [[Brampton Transit]], two by [[MiWay]], and one by the [[Toronto Transit Commission]] (TTC). MiWay's Route 7 Airport (originating at the [[Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal|City Centre Transit Terminal]]) provides local service along the street from Pearson Airport to [[Westwood Square Mall]]. Brampton Transit's 30 Airport Road runs local from Westwood Square Mall north to Mayfield Road in Brampton, and an express route, 115 Airport Express, serves the road from the airport north to [[List of roads in Mississauga#Derry Road|Derry Road]] en route to the [[Bramalea Terminal]]. Brampton Transit also operates a [[bus rapid transit]] route; [[505 Züm Bovaird]], along Airport Road from [[Viscount station|Viscount people mover station]] at the airport north to Bovaird Drive before turning west to [[Trinity Common]]. The TTC's 52 Lawrence West bus has two branches that run west from [[Lawrence subway station]] in [[Toronto]] via the airport to either McNaughton Avenue or Westwood Square Mall, with the longer "B" branch duplicating the service of the Miway 7 Airport bus along Airport Road. A separate TTC fare is charged (for cash payments)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Updates/One-Fare-Program |title=Ontario's One Fare Program: Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=February 27, 2024}}</ref> west of the airport if continuing to or from Toronto.

The major routes serving the street are:

'''Mississauga ([[MiWay]] and [[Toronto Transit Commission]]):'''

{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%;" |
!colspan=2|Route
!colspan=4|Direction and Termini
|-
!style="background:#{{rcr|MiWay|local}}; color:white" align="center" valign=center|<div id=x1>'''7'''</div>
|style="background:white; color:black"|'''Airport'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.mississauga.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/04/22112750/Route-7-Airport.pdf |title=7 Airport|date=October 28, 2019 |work=MiWay Route Maps |publisher=City of Mississauga |access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref>
!|NB
|To [[Westwood Square Mall]] <small>(via [[Renforth station]]<br>and [[Pearson Airport|Pearson Airport Terminal 1]])</small>
!|SB
|To [[Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal]]<br><small>(via Pearson Airport Terminal 1 and Renforth station)</small>
|-
|}

One TTC route, 52 Lawrence West, has two branches which continue west along Airport Road from Toronto.

{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%;" |
!colspan=3|Route
!colspan=4|Direction and Termini
|colspan=1|{{center|'''Note'''}}
|-
!style="background:#{{rcr|TTC}};color:white" align="center" valign="center"|<div id="x1">52B</div>
|rowspan="2" style="background:white;color:black"|'''Lawrence West'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ttc.ca/routes-and-schedules/52/1 |title=52 Lawrence West |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref>
!rowspan="2"|NB
|rowspan="1"|To Westwood Square Mall
|rowspan="2"|<small>''Via'' Pearson Airport<br/>Terminals 1 and 3</small>
!rowspan="2"|SB
|rowspan="2"|To [[Lawrence (TTC)|Lawrence subway<br />station]]<small> (''via'' Pearson Airport<br/>Terminals 1 and 3)</small>
|rowspan="2"|Extra cash fare required if<br/>continuing to/from [[Toronto]]
|-
!style="background:#{{rcr|TTC}};color:white" align="center" valign="center"|<div id="x1">52D</div>
|To McNaughton Avenue<br> / Victory Crescent
|}

'''Brampton ([[Brampton Transit]]):'''

{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%;" |
!colspan=2|Route
!colspan=4|Direction and Termini
|-
! style="background:blue; color:white" align="center" valign="center" |<div id="x1">'''30'''</div>
|style="background:white; color:black"|'''Airport Road'''<ref name= "BT routes">{{cite web|url=https://www1.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Pages/Schedules-and-Maps.aspx |title=Schedules and Maps: ''Routes Operating'' |publisher=City of Brampton |access-date= August 21, 2024}}</ref>
!|NB
|To Mayfield Road<br /><small>(or AMB Distribution Centre ''limited service only)''</small>
!|SB
|To Westwood Square Mall
|-
|-
! style="background:violet;color:white" align="center" valign="center"|<div id="x1">115</div>
|style="background:white; color:black"|'''Airport Express'''<ref name= "BT routes" />
!|NB
|To [[Bramalea Terminal]] <small>(''via'' Derry and Bramalea Roads)</small>
!|SB
|To Pearson Airport Terminal 1
|-
! style="background:red;color:white" align="center" valign="center"|<div id="x1">505A</div>
|style="background:white; color:black"|'''[[505 Züm Bovaird|Züm Bovaird]]'''
!|NB
|To Trinity Common Terminal <small>(''via'' Bovaird Drive)</small>
!|SB
|To [[Viscount Station|Pearson Airport Viscount Station]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}


[[Category:Roads in the Regional Municipality of Peel]]
[[Category:Roads in the Regional Municipality of Peel]]

Latest revision as of 16:47, 5 September 2024

Airport Road
AirportRdstreetsign
Peel Regional Road 7 Dufferin County (Ontario) Road 18 sign
Peel Regional Road 7
Dufferin County Road 18
Airport Road Mississauga
Airport Road at Bresler Drive in Mississauga
Route of Airport Road in Peel Region and Dufferin County (blue line)
NamesakeToronto Pearson International Airport
Maintained byRegion of Peel
Dufferin County
Length81.0[1] km (50.3 mi)
LocationCity of Mississauga
City of Brampton
Town of Caledon
Town of Mono
Mulmur Township
South end Highway 427 at the Mississauga/Toronto boundary. (Continues east as Dixon Road)
Major
junctions
North endMulmur-Nottawasaga Townline (Continues as Simcoe County Road 42)
Nearby arterial roads

Airport Road is an 81 km (50 mile) major north–south urban and rural thoroughfare in Ontario, Canada, running through the Regional Municipality of Peel and Dufferin County.[1] In combination with its continuation, Simcoe County Road 42, and in turn a portion of Highway 26 north of Stayner, it is a popular non-highway route (as an alternative to Highway 10 and former Highway 24) from the Greater Toronto Area to the Georgian Triangle, in particular the tourist towns of Wasaga Beach, Collingwood, and The Blue Mountains. It is named for Toronto Pearson International Airport, which it passes at its southern terminus.

It is designated Peel Regional Road 7 in Peel and Dufferin County Road 18 in Dufferin. In Peel, it follows the sixth Concession road east of Hurontario Street, and was numbered Sixth Line East. Despite Airport Road transitioning into Simcoe Road 42 and not reaching Stayner, the latter is commonly referred to as part of Airport Road and signage in Stayner indicates Airport Road reaching the intersection where Highway 26 makes a turn.[2]

Route description

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An Airbus A380 landing at Pearson Airport passes low over Airport Road

Airport Road begins at Highway 427 in Mississauga, initially tracing a broad curve as a continuation of Toronto's east–west Dixon Road near the main street entrance of Pearson Airport to the west. Shortly after, it passes both over and under Highway 409 and its complicated ramps that serve as the airport's freeway access. Just to the north it passes under the elevated tracks of the Union Pearson Express, an airport rail link running to Downtown Toronto, and the guideway of the Terminal Link, the airport's automated people mover. It then straightens to join the main road grid and runs northwest, passing the operations centre for Air Canada, the airport's cargo facilities, and the east end of Runway 36R, a popular location for planespotting.[3] At Derry Road, the street enters the Malton neighbourhood, dipping under the tracks hosting GO Transit's Kitchener Line commuter trains just north of the intersection. It enters Brampton, south of Steeles Avenue and then interchanges with Highway 407 (Exit 53). Airport Road continues through more industrial areas, passing under the rail spur serving the Brampton Assembly (Stellantis Canada) auto plant. At Bovaird Drive, it forms the boundaries of two residential districts; Springdale and Castlemore, and at Mayfield Road enters the largely rural Town of Caledon, although a suburban warehouse district is under development for a short distance north of Mayfield.[4]

Airport Road in Caledon East

From there, the road finally leaves urbanized areas and becomes rural, narrowing down to two lanes, soon after passing through the adjacent communities of Mono Road and Caledon East, through which the Trans-Canada Trail passes. North of Caledon East it enters the Oak Ridges Moraine and the first of the trademark hills that define much of rural Airport Road. At Highway 9, it runs through the rural community of Mono Mills as it leaves Peel Region and enters Dufferin County, where the hills become steeper as it traverses the Niagara Escarpment.[5] Airport Road is notorious for having a high collision rate in this area, and signs advise motorists of that fact.[6]

Airport Road ends at the boundary of Simcoe County where it transitions into Simcoe Road 42, which continues it into the community of Stayner (through which it is named King Street) where Highway 26 continues it in turn after turning into it from the east, forming the continuous route into the aforementioned tourist towns in the Georgian Triangle.[7]

History

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The historic townships in the former Peel County, with Airport Rd. (green line) serving as the divide between the eastern and western townships

Airport Road was originally named the Mono Mills Plank Road, as it was a main historic plank road to Mono Township.[8] Originally the road's southern terminus was at what is today Eglinton Avenue, with the present realignment to tie into Dixon Road being constructed during the late 1950's and early 1960's coinciding the expansion of Pearson Airport,[9] with a short stub remaining south of Highway 401 until the mid-1980's, when it was removed due to the development of the Airport Corporate Centre.[10][11]

In Peel County (now Peel Region), Airport Road served as the north-south dividing line between the original five townships within the county; with Caledon, Chingacousy, and Toronto (not to be confused with the City of Toronto), to the west, and Albion and Toronto Gore to the east. Airport Road ceased being said divide after the county was restructured into the present regional municipality with the five townships incorporated into the three present lower-tier municipalities (Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon) that each span its width in 1974.[12]

Public transit

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Airport Road is served by five bus routes in Mississauga and Brampton: three by Brampton Transit, two by MiWay, and one by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). MiWay's Route 7 Airport (originating at the City Centre Transit Terminal) provides local service along the street from Pearson Airport to Westwood Square Mall. Brampton Transit's 30 Airport Road runs local from Westwood Square Mall north to Mayfield Road in Brampton, and an express route, 115 Airport Express, serves the road from the airport north to Derry Road en route to the Bramalea Terminal. Brampton Transit also operates a bus rapid transit route; 505 Züm Bovaird, along Airport Road from Viscount people mover station at the airport north to Bovaird Drive before turning west to Trinity Common. The TTC's 52 Lawrence West bus has two branches that run west from Lawrence subway station in Toronto via the airport to either McNaughton Avenue or Westwood Square Mall, with the longer "B" branch duplicating the service of the Miway 7 Airport bus along Airport Road. A separate TTC fare is charged (for cash payments)[13] west of the airport if continuing to or from Toronto.

The major routes serving the street are:

Mississauga (MiWay and Toronto Transit Commission):

Route Direction and Termini
7
 Airport[14] NB To Westwood Square Mall (via Renforth station
and Pearson Airport Terminal 1) 		SB To Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal
(via Pearson Airport Terminal 1 and Renforth station)

One TTC route, 52 Lawrence West, has two branches which continue west along Airport Road from Toronto.

Route Direction and Termini
Note
52B
 Lawrence West[15] NB To Westwood Square Mall Via Pearson Airport
Terminals 1 and 3 		SB To Lawrence subway
station (via Pearson Airport
Terminals 1 and 3) 		Extra cash fare required if
continuing to/from Toronto
52D
 To McNaughton Avenue
/ Victory Crescent

Brampton (Brampton Transit):

Route Direction and Termini
30
 Airport Road[16] NB To Mayfield Road
(or AMB Distribution Centre limited service only) 		SB To Westwood Square Mall
115
 Airport Express[16] NB To Bramalea Terminal (via Derry and Bramalea Roads) SB To Pearson Airport Terminal 1
505A
 Züm Bovaird NB To Trinity Common Terminal (via Bovaird Drive) SB To Pearson Airport Viscount Station

References

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  1. ^ a b "Airport Rd. route and length". Google Maps.
  2. ^ "Directional signage in Stayner pointing to Airport Road". Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "South end of Airport Rd in the vicinity of Pearson Airport". Google Maps.
  4. ^ "Airport Rd. in the vicinity of Mayfield Rd". Google Maps.
  5. ^ "Hilly stretch of Airport Rd. in Dufferin County". Google Maps.
  6. ^ "Photo of sign warning of high collision rate". Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  7. ^ "Highway 26 (King St.) in Stayner, looking south to the straight continuation of Simcoe Rd. 42". Google Maps.
  8. ^ Archives, Region of Peel (June 30, 2016). "From mud to pavement: the early history of Peel roadways as told by our records".
  9. ^ "1960 aerial photo of new Airport Rd. diversion, with the original 6th Line road resuming south of the construction to expand Pearson Airport". City of Toronto Archives (via Eloquent Systems Inc.). Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  10. ^ "1981 aerial photo of the remaining stub of 6th Line (bottom of photo, right-of-centre)". City of Toronto Archives (via Eloquent Systems Inc.). Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "1987 aerial photo of the development of the Airport Corporate Centre with the now-closed stub of 6th Line (near top of photo, left-of-centre)". City of Toronto Archives (via Eloquent Systems Inc.). Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  12. ^ Archives, Region of Peel (June 30, 2016). "The History of Peel Region, Ontario, Canada".
  13. ^ "Ontario's One Fare Program: Frequently Asked Questions". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  14. ^ "7 Airport" (PDF). MiWay Route Maps. City of Mississauga. October 28, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  15. ^ "52 Lawrence West". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Schedules and Maps: Routes Operating". City of Brampton. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
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