The numbered roads in the Regional Municipality of Durham account for about 832 kilometres (517 mi) of the county road system in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Durham Region Works Department owns and maintains the regional roads and regional highways, while the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) owns and maintains the King's Highways in the region. The 67 (7 King's Highways, 4 Regional Highways, and 56 Regional Roads) numbered roads[note 1] provide access to the entirety of the region. Highway 401 forms the backbone of the region, traveling from the western boundary of the region to the eastern boundary alongside Lake Ontario, and serving over 200,000 vehicles per day. Several provincially maintained highways existed in the region prior to 1998, when they were transferred to municipal government in the region as part of a province-wide downloading of highways. Where the regional tier of municipal government has since been responsible for these routes, they have been designated as Durham Regional Highways.
Network
The road network of the Regional Municipality of Durham consists of 832 kilometres (2,087 lane kilometres) of arterial roadway.[4] There are 60 numbered roads, referred to mostly as Regional Roads, though four former King's Highways are referred to as Regional Highways, where they are now owned and maintained by the region.[5]
In addition to the roads, there are 209 bridge and culvert structures currently maintained by the region.[4] The region is not responsible for the bridges over and under Highway 401, Highway 407 and Highway 412 nor the bridges over and under Highway 35/115 or, all of which are maintained by the MTO. The region is also exempt from the construction and maintenance of bridges crossed by railway, but not from bridges which separate road and rail crossings.
History
The regional municipality of Durham was created in 1974 by the merger of portions of Durham and Ontario counties.[6]
Structures
The Regional Municipality of Durham is responsible for the maintenance of both pavement as well as many structures that are over, under, or near the pavement. Bridges, culverts, and traffic signals are all built and maintained by the Works Department.
Services
The Durham Regional Police Service Traffic Enforcement unit handles enforcement of traffic laws, except on the King's Highways, which are patrolled by the Ontario Provincial Police. Speed limits on regional roads vary between 50 and 80 kilometres per hour. Police in Durham will generally not set speed traps, as the region encourages the safe flow of traffic, and punishes unsafe driving rather than speed limits.[7] Maintenance and snow clearing is performed by the Durham Works Department. Five depots operate throughout the region in addition to the traffic operations centre in Whitby.[8]
Numbered roads
Regional Highways
| Route | Name(s) | Western/Southern Terminus | Eastern/Northern Terminus | Length | Communities | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kingston Road Dundas Street West, King Avenue | Toronto–Durham boundary | Durham–Northumberland boundary | 43 km (27 mi) [Map 1] [Map 2] [Map 3] [Map 4] |
Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Bowmanville, Newcastle | Formerly part of Highway 2, prior to January 1, 1998. Split into four sections; ends 800 meters east of Fothergill Court in Whitby, resumes at Regional Road 55 (Townline Road), and has two discontinuities in Clarington.[10] | ||
|
Brock Street North, Baldwin Street |  Regional Road 28 Rossland Road |
Gatineau hydro corridor, south of Highway 7 (Highway 407 interchange) | 4.8 km (3.0 mi)[Map 5] | Whitby, Brooklin | Formerly part of Highway 12, prior to January 1, 1998; continues north as Highway 12, south as Brock Street | ||
|
Toronto Street South, Brock Street |  Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) |
  Highway 7 / Highway 12 |
25.1 km (15.6 mi) [Map 6] [Map 7] |
Goodwood, Uxbridge | Formerly part of King's Highway 47, prior to April 1, 1997. Continues west as Regional Road 40. Discontinuous between First Avenue/Marietta Street and Fourth Avenue in Uxbridge. | ||
|
- | Highway 12 |
Durham–Kawartha Lakes boundary | 6.6 km (4.1 mi)[Map 8] | Talbot | Formerly part of King's Highway 48. Continues east as Kawartha Lakes Road 48. |
Regional Roads
| Route[5] | Name(s)[5] | Western/Southern Terminus[11] | Eastern/Northern Terminus[11] | Length | Communities | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Brock Road, Main Street | Montgomery Park Road |  Regional Road 32 (Ravenshoe Road) |
46.2 km (28.7 mi) [Map 9] [Map 10] |
Pickering, Uxbridge, Leaskdale, Udora | |||
|
Simcoe Street, Durham–Victoria Boundary Road | Harbour Road (former Durham Regional Road 62) | Brock Concession Road 14 | 49 km (30 mi) [Map 11] [Map 12] |
Oshawa, Columbus, Raglan, Port Perry, Seagrave, Sonya, Manilla | Signed as Kawartha Lakes Road 2 between Seagrave and Manilla, where the road is maintained by the City of Kawartha Lakes under a boundary road agreement.[4][12] Used originally by the Mississauga Indians to get to Osler Marsh.[13] Later became the main highway to Port Perry, and was later extended to Beaverton.[14] In the 1840s, Abram Farewell proposed maintaining the road with tolls, which were ultimately never imposed.[15] | ||
|
Brock Street West, Centre Street, Fairbanks Street |  Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) |
Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) |
1.8 km (1.1 mi) [Map 13] |
Oshawa | |||
|
Winchester Road, Grandview Street North, Columbus Road, Darlington Concession 8 | Highway 7 / Highway 12 (Baldwin Street) |
 Regional Road 57 (Bowmanville Avenue) |
19.8 km (12.3 mi) [Map 14] |
Brooklin, Enniskillen | |||
|
Taunton Road | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) |
  Highway 35 / Highway 115 |
48.1 km (29.9 mi) [Map 15] |
Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Clarington | Continues west as Steeles Avenue into Toronto | ||
|
Central Street, Pickering Concession 9, Myrtle Road, Raglan Road | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) |
Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) |
24.4 km (15.2 mi) [Map 16] |
Pickering, Claremont, Whitby, Oshawa | |||
|
Saintfield Road | Highway 7 / Highway 12 |
Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) |
7.0 km (4.3 mi) [Map 17] |
Seagrave | |||
|
Island Road |  Highway 7A (Scugog Street) |
Hood Road / Carnegie Beach Drive | 11.5 km (7.1 mi) [Map 18] |
Passes through the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation reserve, and by the Great Blue Heron Casino.[16] | |||
|
Brock Street West, Main Street South, Reach Street | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) |
Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) |
26.1 km (16.2 mi) [Map 19] [Map 20] |
Uxbridge, Epsom, Port Perry, Ontario | |||
|
Ganaraska Road | Highway 35 / Highway 115 |
Durham–Northumberberland boundary | 9.9 km (6.2 mi) [Map 21] |
Kendal | |||
|
River Street |  Regional Road 23 (Lakeridge Road) |
Highway 7 / Highway 12 |
5.7 km (3.5 mi) [Map 22] |
Sunderland | |||
|
Sandford Road | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) |
 Regional Road 1 |
12.1 km (7.5 mi) [Map 23] |
Sandford | Continues west into York Region as Herald Road and Green Lane | ||
|
Cameron Street | Regional Road 23 (Lakeridge Road) |
Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) |
7.1 km (4.4 mi) [Map 24] |
Cannington | |||
|
Zephyr Road, Brock Concession 3 |  Regional Road 39 |
Road 2 (Simcoe Street) |
24.5 km (15.2 mi) [Map 25] [Map 26] |
Zephyr, Leaskdale | |||
|
Liberty Street |  Highway 401 |
 Regional Road 4 |
8.9 km (5.5 mi) [Map 27] |
Bowmanville, Hampton | |||
|
Simcoe Street | Regional Road 23 (Osborne Street) |
Durham–Victoria Boundary Road | 8.7 km (5.4 mi) [Map 28] |
Beaverton | Continues east as Kawartha Lakes Road 8 (Glenarm Road) in the City of Kawartha Lakes | ||
|
Ritson Road |  Regional Road 60 (Wentworth Street) |
 Regional Road 3 (Winchester Road East) |
11.3 km (7.0 mi) [Map 29] |
Oshawa | |||
|
Mill Street, Main Street, Manvers Road | Highway 401 |
Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) |
6.3 km (3.9 mi) [Map 30] [Map 31] |
Newcastle | |||
|
Newtonville Road | Highway 401 |
 Regional Road 9 (Ganaraska Road) |
11.9 km (7.4 mi) [Map 32] |
Newtonville, Kendal | |||
|
Shirley Road | Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street) |
Regional Road 57 |
11.0 km (6.8 mi) [Map 33] |
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|
Mosport Road, Boundary Road, Durham Road 20 | Regional Road 57 |
Highway 35 |
12.5 km (7.8 mi) [Map 34] |
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Church Street, Goodwood Road |  Regional Highway 47 (Main Street) |
Highway 7 / Highway 12 |
18.4 km (11.4 mi) [Map 35] |
Goodwood, Utica, Manchester | Continues east as Highway 7A towards Port Perry | ||
|
Bayly Street, Victoria Street, Bloor Street |  Regional Road 38 (Whites Road) |
 Regional Road 34 (Courtice Road) |
29.9 km (18.6 mi) [Map 36] |
Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa | |||
|
Lakeridge Road, Osborne Street, Mara Road |  Regional Road 22 (Bayly Street East / Victoria Street West) |
Highway 12 |
74.4 km (46.2 mi) [Map 37] |
Ajax, Whitby, Pickering, Vallentyne, Port Bolster, Beaverton | Lakeridge Road serves as a boundary line for three-quarters of the municipalities of Durham: Ajax, Pickering, and Uxbridge to the west; Whitby, Scugog, and Brock to the east. | ||
|
Church Street | Regional Road 22 (Bayly Street) |
CN rail line bridge south of Highway 401 |
1.0 km (0.62 mi) [Map 38] |
Ajax | Regional Road 24 designation was retired from the CN Rail line towards Regional Highway 2 (Kingston Road West) in 2015. | ||
|
Consumers Drive, Stellar Drive, Champlain Avenue | Brock Street |  Regional Road 53 (Stevenson Road) |
5.1 km (3.2 mi) [Map 39] [Map 40] |
Whitby, Oshawa | |||
|
Champlain Avenue |  Regional Road 25 (Stellar Drive) |
 Regional Road 52 (Thornton Road) |
1.7 km (1.1 mi) [Map 41] |
Whitby, Oshawa | |||
|
Thickson Road | Regional Road 60 (Wentworth Street West) |
Highway 7 / Highway 12 |
15.3 km (9.5 mi) [Map 42] |
Whitby, Brooklin | |||
|
Altona Road | Regional Highway 2 (Kingston Road) |
Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) |
10.5 km (6.5 mi) [Map 43] |
Pickering, Whitevale | |||
|
Rossland Road, Peter Matthews Drive (Future road segment) |  Regional Road 43 (Cochrane Street) |
 Regional Road 33 (Harmony Road) |
9.9 km (6.2 mi) [Map 44] |
Whitby, Oshawa | Peter Matthews Drive is a future road segment in Pickering | ||
|
Liverpool Road | Regional Road 22 (Bayly Street) |
 Regional Road 37 (Finch Avenue) |
2.0 km (1.2 mi) [Map 45] |
Pickering | |||
|
York–Durham Line |  Regional Road 40 / Regional Highway 47 |
Regional Road 39 (Queensville Sideroad) |
18.4 km (11.4 mi) [Map 46] |
Stouffville, Mount Albert | Continues east as Regional Road 39 (Scott Concession 3) | ||
|
Westney Road, 7th Concession |  Regional Road 44 (Harwood Avenue) |
Regional Road 1 (Brock Road) |
18.7 km (11.6 mi) [Map 47] |
Ajax, Greenwood | |||
|
Harmony Road | Regional Road 22 (Bloor Street East) |
Regional Road 3 (Winchester Road East) |
10.3 km (6.4 mi) [Map 48] |
Oshawa | |||
|
Courtice Road, Enfield Road | Highway 401 / Service Road East |
Regional Road 3 |
14.7 km (9.1 mi) [Map 49] [Map 50] |
Courtice | |||
|
Wilson Road | Regional Road 22 (Bloor Street East) |
Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road East) |
6.2 km (3.9 mi) [Map 51] |
Oshawa | |||
|
Hopkins Street, Anderson Street | Regional Road 25 (Consumers Drive) |
Regional Road 28 (Rossland Road East) |
3.7 km (2.3 mi) [Map 52] |
Whitby | |||
|
Finch Avenue |  Regional Road 27 (Altona Road) |
Regional Road 1 (Brock Road) |
5.8 km (3.6 mi) [Map 53] |
Pickering | |||
|
Whites Road | Petticoat Creek Conservation Area | Highway 7 |
12.4 km (7.7 mi) [Map 54] [Map 55] |
Pickering | Extended north to Highway 7 in February 2021 in order to have an interchange with Highway 407 as part of local development. | ||
|
Scott Concession 3, Durham Road 39 | Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) |
Regional Road 32 (Ravenshoe Road) |
10.1 km (6.3 mi) [Map 56] |
Zephyr | Continues south as Regional Road 30 (York–Durham Line) | ||
|
Alexander Knox Road | Future road segment | Pickering | Future road segment in Pickering | ||||
|
Salem Road | Regional Road 22 (Bayly Street) |
Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) |
6.4 km (4.0 mi) [Map 57] |
Ajax | |||
|
Darlington–Clarke Townline | Regional Highway 2 (King Street) |
Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) |
8.1 km (5.0 mi) [Map 58] |
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Cochrane Street | Dundas Street West | Regional Road 28 (Rossland Road West) |
2.1 km (1.3 mi) [Map 59] |
Whitby | |||
|
Harwood Avenue | Lake Driveway | Regional Highway 2 (Kingston Road) |
4.7 km (2.9 mi) [Map 60] |
Ajax | |||
|
Henry Street | Regional Road 22 (Victoria Street) |
Dundas Street West | 2.0 km (1.2 mi) [Map 61] |
Whitby | |||
|
Brock Street South | Water Street | Highway 401 |
1.3 km (0.81 mi) [Map 62] |
Whitby | Continues north as Durham Regional Highway 12 | ||
|
Shore Line Road | Regional Road 23 (Mara Road) |
Durham–Simcoe boundary | 2.0 km (1.2 mi) [Map 63] |
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|
Portage Road, Canal Road, Durham Road 50 | 5.2 km (3.2 mi) [Map 64] |
Brock | Section from Regional Road 51 to just north of Trent-Severn Waterway was the Old Highway 12 before diverting to the west. | ||||
|
Old Highway 12 / Talbot Road | Talbot River |  Regional Road 50 |
0.190 km (0.118 mi) [Map 65] |
Brechin, Ontario, Beaverton, Ontario | Continues south as Regional Road 50 and north as Simcoe County Road 51. Original route of Ontario Highway 12 over Talbot River before being re-routed to the west. Road ends where bridge crossing beyond Durham Region into Simcoe County. | ||
|
Phillip Murray Avenue, Boundary Road, Thornton Road |  Regional Road 54 (Park Road) |
Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) |
7.8 km (4.8 mi) [Map 66] [Map 67] [Map 68] |
Oshawa, Whitby | Split into three sections; two sections are south of Highway 401 and the Canadian National Railway, while the northern section resumes on Thornton Road at Regional Road 25A (Champlain Avenue) | ||
|
Stevenson Road | Regional Road 52 (Phillip Murray Avenue) |
Regional Road 28 (Rossland Road West) |
6.4 km (4.0 mi) [Map 69] |
Oshawa | |||
|
Park Road | Regional Road 52 (Phillip Murray Avenue) |
Regional Road 28 (Rossland Road West) |
6.4 km (4.0 mi) [Map 70] [Map 71] |
Oshawa | |||
|
Townline Road |  Regional Road 59 (Olive Avenue) |
Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road) |
5.2 km (3.2 mi) [Map 72] |
Oshawa, Courtice | |||
|
Farewell Street | Approx. 220 m south of Harbour Road | Regional Road 22 (Bloor Street East) |
1.8 km (1.1 mi) [Map 73] |
Oshawa | |||
|
Waverley Road, Martin Road, Durham Road 57, New Scugog Road, Blackstock Road, Caesarea Road, Bowmanville Avenue | Highway 401 |
Durham–Kawartha Lakes boundary | 41.9 km (26.0 mi) [Map 74] [Map 75] |
Bowmanville, Blackstock, Caesarea | Continues east as Kawartha Lakes Road 57 | ||
|
Manning Road, Adelaide Avenue | Brock Street |  Regional Road 55 (Townline Road) |
10.1 km (6.3 mi) [Map 76] [Map 77] |
Whitby, Oshawa | Manning and Adelaide are separated at the Whitby–Oshawa boundary by the Mount Lawn Cemetery. Closing this gap is part of the Durham Region Transportation Master Plan.[4] There is also an environmental assessment underway for a planned eastern extension of Adelaide Avenue from Regional Road 55 (Townline Road) to Trulls Road.[17] | ||
|
Gibb Street, Olive Avenue | Regional Road 52 (Thornton Road) |
Regional Road 55 (Townline Road) |
6.6 km (4.1 mi) [Map 78] [Map 79] |
Whitby, Oshawa | Gibb Street and Olive Avenue are separated at Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street). This corridor has been identified as a bottleneck and an environmental assessment is underway to determine a solution.[18] | ||
|
Wentworth Street |  Regional Road 26 (Thickson Road South) |
 Regional Road 56 (Farewell Street) |
5.5 km (3.4 mi) [Map 80] [Map 81] |
Whitby, Oshawa | Wentworth Street is discontinuous between Stevenson Road and Park Road by the General Motors of Canada Oshawa Assembly Plant. |
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Notes
- In Ontario, all roads are legally known as highways. However, Road is the more prevalent term for common use. The Regional Municipality of Durham Act (1990), though now superseded by the Ontario Municipal Act (2001), defines both synonymously.[1] The Ontario Municipal Act defines a highway as any road, street or bridge that is not a Provincial Highway.[2]
References
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