Allen Expressway

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The Allen Expressway is a major north–south arterial roadway in Toronto, Ontario, known for its partial construction and abrupt termination that reflect the city’s cancelled expressway plans.

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Label Occurrences
Allen Expressway canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arterial road ⓘ
expressway ⓘ
abruptTerminationAt Eglinton Avenue West ⓘ
adjacentTo Line 1 Yonge–University ⓘ
cancellationBy Government of Ontario ⓘ
cancellationInfluencedBy urban expressway opposition ⓘ
cancellationYear 1971 ⓘ
connectsTo Eglinton Avenue West ⓘ
Highway 401 ⓘ
Lawrence Avenue West ⓘ
Ranee Avenue ⓘ
Yorkdale Road ⓘ
constructionCancelled true ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
formerName Spadina Expressway ⓘ
formsPartOf Toronto road network ⓘ
hasDirection north–south ⓘ
hasGradeSeparatedIntersections true ⓘ
hasInterchangeWith Eglinton Avenue West ⓘ
Lawrence Avenue West ⓘ
Yorkdale Road ⓘ
hasJunctionWith Eglinton Avenue West ⓘ
Highway 401 ⓘ
Lawrence Avenue West ⓘ
Ranee Avenue ⓘ
Yorkdale Road ⓘ
hasTrafficSignals true ⓘ
isPartiallyBuilt true ⓘ
laneCount 6 lanes (typical, 3 per direction on main section) ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
maintainedBy City of Toronto ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
namedAfter Frederick G. Gardiner’s successor William R. Allen ⓘ
notableFor abrupt southern termination ⓘ
being remnant of cancelled Spadina Expressway project ⓘ
openedInPart 1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
parallelTo Spadina subway line ⓘ
partOf Allen Road ⓘ
passesNear Yorkdale Shopping Centre ⓘ
passesThrough North York ⓘ
Yorkdale area ⓘ
plannedAs Spadina Expressway ⓘ
roadType controlled-access road ⓘ
expressway-standard arterial ⓘ
speedLimit 80 km/h (typical posted limit on expressway section) ⓘ
terminusNorth Transit Road ⓘ
terminusSouth Eglinton Avenue West ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allen Road → partOf → Allen Expressway ⓘ
Allen Road → hasLocalName → Allen Expressway ⓘ