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Warden Avenue is a major north-south throughfare in Scarborough, Ontario Canada .


ROAD INFORMATION

  • Official name: Warden Avenue

  • Municipalities: Toronto (Scarborough)

  • Length: 15 Km

  • Transportation: Served mainly by TTC Route 68. Warden Station on the Bloor Danforth Subway , and junction with Highway 401 .

  • Road status: Paved with 4 lanes for most of the road's length. The road begins as a two-lane residential street from a point south of Kingston Road , becoming a 4-lane road when it reaches Danforth Avenue .

  • Zonings: Originally rural, rezoned and now mainly residential along the route, with occasional commercial developments where the road meets other major intersections (Eglinton Town Centre, Bridlewood Mall). Industrial areas are being rezoned between Danforth Road and Eglinton, which were initially developed as World War II munitions plants. Centennial College Ashtonbee Campus is also located on road.

  • Southern terminus: Two blocks south of Kingston Road

  • Northern terminus within Toronto:




NAMING OF THE ROAD


Warden Avenue is named after Warden House found on Warden Avenue In Markham, Ontario . It is the north-south lot division of lots 31 and 32, of the former Township of Scarbrough, and was surveyed in 1865.


PUBLIC TRANSIT

Warden Avenue is served by TTC Routes 68 (Warden), 69 (Warden South), 135 (Gerrard), and 324 (Blue Night). TTC Route 68 starts at Warden Station , and work its way towards the north, with an off-street loop just beyond the Toronto boundary at Steeles Avenue . TTC Route 68B travels into York Region . Night bus service is provided between Steeles and Sheppard, as well as at Danforth, as a connector between routes 300 (Bloor-Danforth) and 302.

The Bloor-Danforth Line of TTC also provides a subway station named Warden , where Warden Avenue meets St. Clair Avenue East. The station is the 27th busiest out of 69 TTC subway stations.


ARTERIAL ROUTES THAT CROSS WARDEN AVENUE

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ARTERIAL ROUTES THAT ARE PARALLEL WITH WARDEN AVENUE

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