York Regional Road 71

York Regional Road 71 is a suburban east-west thoroughfare, formerly a concession road that runs through southern York Region, Ontario, Canada. It's western segment was originally a segment of Highway 7. fact|date=July 2007

Road Information

*Local Names: 14th Avenue ; Centre Street
*Municipalities: Markham ; Vaughan
*Length: 17 km
*Transportation: Predominantly served by YRT Route # 2A, Brampton Transit # 77; 14th Vivastation on the Viva Green line, Viva Purple
*Attractions: Milliken Mills Park, The Promenade Mall
*Road Status: Paved, 2 lanes rural thoroughfare between York Regional Road 69 to York-Durham Line; 4-lanes urban thoroughfare west of York Regional Road 69 and thoroughout the whole route.
*Zonings: Mainly industrial, especially north of 14th Avenue, and residential area spread out along the route.
*Eastern Terminus:
*Western Terminus: l

Public Transit

On 14th Avenue section of the road, the road is predominantly served by YRT Route # 2A (named "Milliken") and 14th Vivastation on the Viva Green line; on Centre Street, there are more varieties, including the Brampton Transit # 77 and Viva Purple from Bathurst Street to Highway 7.

Trivia

The road is broken up into two section, however, it should be noted that John Street and Esna Park Drive are responsible of connecting the two sections up though they are not officially recognized as a York Regional Road.

Recent Construction

Constructions have been going on between McDowell Gate and York Regional Road 65 recently. The purpose of the construction is to widen the road into a 6-lanes avenue to accommodate future, expected traffic provided by Downtown Markham. Another purpose is to smoothen the landscape of the road.

Naming of the Road

Portions of the road is named 14th Avenue, as this road is previously listed as Concession Road 14, the 14th main road counting from Lake Ontario. The concession system was set before 1954 when York County existed. The name retains to current use.

Communities along YRR71

*Box Grove
*Milliken
*Hangerman Corners
*Thornhill
*Concord

Major Roads that cross YRR71

"(From West to East)"
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*New Westminister Drive
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*Birchmount Road
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*Brimley Road
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*Middlefield Road
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*Reesor Road
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Major Roads that are parallel to YRR71

"(From North to South)"
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* 14th Avenue / Centre Street
*Steeles Avenue
*Finch Avenue
*Sheppard Avenue
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*York Mills Road / Wilson Avenue / Ellesmere Road

ee also

*John Street

References

Atlas

*Map Art Golden Horseshoe

* [http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=14th+Avenue+and+Warden+Avenue,+Markham,+ON&sll=43.888986,-79.248505&sspn=0.050599,0.115356&ie=UTF8&z=13&ll=43.839108,-79.30069&spn=0.050641,0.171661&om=1 Google Map of York Regional Road 71]

Transit Map

*York Region Transit / VIVA Map Winter'07

Geolinks/Canada Streetscale