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48-473: (Redirected from Markham Bypass ) Markham By-Pass refers to roadways in Cornell, Ontario that were built to bypass Ontario Highway 48 or Markham Road: York Regional Road 48 , known as Markham By-Pass from 2004 to 2006 and now referred to as Donald Cousens Parkway since 2007 Old Markham By-Pass, renamed as Cornell Centre Boulevard in 2004 Topics referred to by

96-489: A widened Steeles Avenue and extend Morningside to Steeles further west near Tapscott Road. Donald Cousens Parkway is intended to relieve north-south traffic congestion on York Regional Road 68 (Main Street, former Highway 48) and York Regional Road 69 (Ninth Line), with signage suggesting drivers use the parkway as a through route past Markham. As trucks are prohibited along Main Street, signage guides them onto

144-457: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ontario Highway 48 King's Highway 48 , also known as Highway 48 , is a provincially maintained highway in southern Ontario that extends from Major Mackenzie Drive in Markham , through Whitchurch-Stouffville and East Gwillimbury , to Highway 12 south-east of Beaverton . The route

192-577: Is generally rural and straight, passing near several communities within the Regional Municipality of York . The route is 65.2 kilometres (40.5 mi) long. Most part of the road has a speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph), except within town limits, where the speed limit is reduced to 60 km/h (37 mph) or 50 km/h (31 mph). Highway 48 was first designated in 1937 to connect Port Bolster with Highway 12 in Beaverton. It

240-403: The 10.3 km (6.4 mi) Beaverton Bypass opened, routing Highway 12 to the east. A new road was opened connecting Highway 48 south of Port Bolster with the bypass on the same day, and both Highway 12 and Highway 48 were rerouted. Portions of the former route of Highway 48 and Highway 12 were renumbered as Highway 48B. However, the segment between Port Bolster and what is now Brock Sideline 17

288-484: The 8th concession of York Region ( Yonge Street being the 1st) to just south of Regional Road 32 (Ravenshoe Road), intersecting with Elgin Mills Road , former Highway 47 (Stouffville Road and Bloomington Road), York Regional Road 15 (Aurora Road), York Regional Road 74 (Vivian Road), York Regional Road 31 (Davis Drive), York Regional Road 13 (Mount Albert Road) and Queensville Sideroad along

336-649: The Box Grove Bypass along Ninth Line; the former opened in October 2006 and the latter in the spring of 2007. Construction of the most recently opened segment, connecting the Box Grove Bypass to the interchange with Highway 407, began in 2009. It opened after several delays in 2012 and included a realignment of 14th Avenue. Donald Cousens Parkway and a planned connection with Morningside Avenue in Toronto form an "East Metro Transportation Corridor", originally envisioned by

384-632: The Eighth Concession at the border with Markham township. These improvements were supervised by residents Peter Secor, Richard Houck and Robert Armstrong. By 1847, the section between Scarborough and Markham had become known as the Scarborough and Markham Road . On July 28 of that year, the parliament of the Province of Canada passed an act to establish the Scarborough and Markham Plank-road Company, which

432-527: The Highway ;401, Toronto has firmly opposed this direct link since 2005 due to the requirement for a new crossing of the Rouge River. After a lengthy and contentious debate between the two, the province brought in former York Region CAO Alan Wells as a mediator in 2007. In September 2010, York announced that it had reached a compromise to construct a discontinuous route, with Donald Cousens Parkway ending at

480-554: The Markham Bypass to honour the work of mayor Don Cousens. Following this decision, a report was prepared outlining the costs; it was presented to council on February 22, 2007, and a bylaw enacted. The name change became effective April 1, 2007. South of Highway 407, planning for the controversial link to Morningside Avenue has been underway since 2002. Although York had intended for Donald Cousens Parkway to tie directly into Morningside, thus completing and arterial link

528-517: The Regional Municipality of Durham. The highway jogs northeastward several kilometres to align with the former Brock – Thorah township line, crossing alongside a power transmission corridor several times along this segment. The final section travels eastward to Highway 12, south of Beaverton and west of Cannington and Woodville . The route is mostly rural, passing around the urban areas of Stouffville and south of Sutton . However,

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576-611: The adjacent Box Grove community. The Box Grove Bypass was constructed by the town beginning in 2005 and opened in the spring of 2007, partially utilizing the Donald Cousens Parkway alignment along the north side of the CP Havelock railway subdivision. Construction of the Box Grove Collector Road, between the Box Grove Bypass and Highway 407, began in 2009 and included a realignment of 14th Avenue. The developers of

624-576: The current Steeles Avenue / Ninth Line intersection, widening the two-laned Steeles to six west of that point, and extending Morningside north to Steeles immediately east of Eastvale Drive. The Regional Municipality of York applied for and obtained environmental assessment approval for this undertaking in July 2011 and January 2013, respectively. In July 2014 it was announced that Toronto and York would begin sharing jurisdiction over 1.5 km (0.93 mi) of Steeles west from Ninth Line in order to move forward on

672-426: The direction of this highway as north. Passing through Virginia and approximately a kilometre inland from Lake Simcoe , the highway passes through a moderately developed area, with frequent businesses lining the route. It passes south of Duclos Point Provincial Nature Reserve prior to meeting Durham Regional Road 23 (Lake Ridge Road) south of Port Bolster, where it crosses from the Regional Municipality of York to

720-542: The east–west section that lies to the south of Lake Simcoe is slightly developed and features a lower speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph). The remainder of the route is signed at 80 km/h (50 mph). Like other provincial routes in Ontario, Highway 48 is maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario . In 2010, traffic surveys conducted by the ministry showed that on average , 13,300 vehicles used

768-594: The eastern fringe of the community of Box Grove, alongside which it was built in the mid-2000s. On the west side is a new residential subdivision, while on the east side beyond the CP Havelock subdivision, which the road parallels, is the completely undeveloped Bob Hunter Memorial Park . After passing Box Grove Bypass, where for some time the route ended, the road also becomes known as Box Grove Collector Road (BGCR). The route intersects 14th Avenue ( York Regional Road 71 ) and continues as before, eventually curving north and meeting Copper Creek Drive while departing from

816-626: The environmental effects that would come from two new crossings over the Rouge River . As such, a discontinuous alignment was planned as a compromise beginning in 2010. Although the Steeles Avenue widening has a construction schedule with construction planned to start in 2020, no timeline or construction schedule for the extension of Morningside north of Oasis Boulevard has been determined. Donald Cousens Parkway will be extended north from Major Mackenzie Drive to tie in with Highway 48, becoming

864-472: The future towns of Cornell and Seaton using the greenspace between the two. However, the drive for expressway construction faded through the 1970s and 1980s as a result of opposition and the resulting cancellation of the Toronto expressway network . Studies nonetheless continued to be performed confirming the need for the route. The formation of Rouge Park in 1990 resulted in a commitment for "no new roads" through

912-405: The highway daily along the 6.0-kilometre (3.7 mi) section between York Regional Road 25 (Major Mackenzie Drive) and York Regional Road 14 (Stouffville Road) while 5,950 vehicles did so each day along the 5.8-kilometre (3.6 mi) section between Durham Regional Road 23 (Lake Ridge Road) and Brock Side Road 17 (former Highway 12), the highest and lowest counts along

960-504: The highway, respectively. Highway 48 incorporates a significant portion of the former Scarborough and Markham Plank Road, now known as Markham Road , into its length. This section was not incorporated into the highway until 1954, yet predates the Highway 48 designation entirely. Markham Road began as the eighth concession east of Yonge Street in the Home District of Upper Canada , and

1008-467: The major junctions along Highway 48, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario .   Donald Cousens Parkway Construction of the route began in 2002 north of 16th Avenue. In 2004, an interchange with Highway 407 was constructed along with a connection north to Highway 7 . Both segments and the interchange were opened by December of that year. The following year, construction began to connect these two segments as well as on

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1056-598: The municipalities of Markham, Whitchurch-Stouffville, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, and Brock. Beginning at Major Mackenzie Drive ( York Regional Road 25 ), the route progresses northward from the rural–urban fringe of the Greater Toronto Area into farmland. A future extension of Donald Cousens Parkway will bypass former Highway 48 (Main Street) through downtown Markham in 2018 just north of Major Mackenzie. The route travels northward for 34 km (21 mi) along

1104-466: The north end of the Old Markham Bypass, began in 2002, and was completed by the end of 2004. Phase 2, which included construction of a partial interchange with Highway 407, began in 2004 and was completed by the end of the year; it and the four lane section north of it to Highway 7 opened on December 17, 2004. In 2005, construction began on the third phase of the bypass, connecting

1152-501: The northern edge of urban development in eastern Markham. A future extension, will carry Donald Cousens Parkway north, crossing over the Stouffville GO Train line on a new bridge and merging into the current southern terminus of Highway 48. As a result of this, Highway 48 and Donald Cousens Parkway (York Regional Road 48) will become the through route while Main Street will meet them at an intersection demarcating

1200-414: The old route became known as West Bay Drive. On 1975, Highway 46 was truncated at Bolsover; the severed section was renumbered as an extension of Highway 48, bringing it to its peak length of 129.2 km (80.3 mi). The new section of highway between Highway 12 and Bolsover was reconstructed over the following year, opening to traffic on August 19, 1976. The section between Highway 401 and

1248-542: The park south of Steeles Avenue, ending the potential for any expressway proposals to be approved. During 1994 and 1995, the MTO conducted two studies termed the Morningside Transportation Corridor Review . While the study once again confirmed the need for the route, it also suggested that while an expressway was the ideal solution, an arterial road would be the practical solution. It also suggested that

1296-527: The parkway. The road begins north of Steeles Avenue East, which serves as the boundary between Markham and Toronto. A two-laned Ninth Line curves northeast after crossing and being crossed by two separate railway tracks (the Canadian Pacific (CP) Havelock Subdivision and the Canadian National (CN) York Subdivision ) and becomes Donald Cousens Parkway, expanding to four lanes and travelling along

1344-447: The planned widening project. In the interim period since the debate erupted in 2005, York Region and the Town of Markham began collaboration on linking Donald Cousens Parkway between Steeles and Highway 407. Markham oversaw construction of the Box Grove Bypass (or Ninth Line Bypass) and Town Arterial Road, (or Box Grove Collector Road), with construction carried out by it and the developers of

1392-529: The province in the 1970s as a six lane municipal expressway. During the mid-1990s, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) conducted studies and identified the need for the corridor by 2011. Although York Region had intended for a continuous alignment , the Toronto City Council has opposed the direct connection between Morningside and Donald Cousens Parkway. As a result, it is now proposed to connect Morningside Avenue and Donald Cousens Parkway via

1440-546: The railway tracks and park. It passes a supercenter before an interchange with Highway 407, where it crosses over the toll route. No longer known by the BGCR name, the route meanders north, slowly edging east towards Reesor Road and now surrounded by undeveloped greenspace . It encounters Highway 7, north of which it becomes a divided roadway travelling on the eastern edge of Cornell as well as parallel to and alongside Reesor Road. Approaching and intersecting 16th Avenue,

1488-512: The road be a municipal route, rather than a provincial one. In 1997, the Environmental Assessment for the Markham Bypass extension was completed, approving construction of an interchange at the future Ontario Highway 407 (then open only as far as Ontario Highway 404 ) and a divided roadway north from there to Major Mackenzie Drive. Construction on the two lane section between 16th Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive, connecting with

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1536-502: The road makes a broad sweeping curve northwest, continuing to serve as the boundary of urban development in Markham. It narrows to a two lane road, with adjacent land along the northern side prepared for future northbound lanes, before encountering Ninth Line again. Quickly curving north then east, sandwiched between the neighbourhood of Greenborough and Little Rouge Creek, the route makes a final curve north to end at Major Mackenzie Drive on

1584-455: The route was 128 km (80 mi). However, on January 1, 1998 the province transferred the responsibility of maintaining the southern and northern sections to the regional governments that those sections lie within. Highway 48 is an L-shaped route, travelling north through York Region to the southern shores of Lake Simcoe before turning east towards Highway 12. The route is 65.2 kilometres (40.5 mi) long and travels through

1632-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Markham By-Pass . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Markham_By-Pass&oldid=1087637288 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1680-414: The section of Highway 48 between its southern junction with Highway 12 and Coboconk was transferred to the Regional Municipality of Durham and Victoria County (now Kawartha Lakes ), removing the concurrency with Highway 12 in the process. The section from Highway 12 to Highway 35 is now known as Portage Road and signed as Durham Regional Highway 48 and Kawartha Lakes Road 48. The following table lists

1728-432: The southern segment at Highway 7 with the northern segment north of 16th Avenue. This four lane section opened on October 24, 2006. The two lane road between this new section and 16th Avenue was subsequently closed and removed. Phase 1 cost an estimated $ 19.3 million; phase 2 an estimated $ 5.5 million; phase 3 an estimated $ 10.8 million. On October 19, 2006, York Regional Council voted to rename

1776-407: The surrounding communities – Box Grove Hill Developments Inc. to the north of 14th Avenue and Box Grove Developers Group to the south – were contracted to build this section, which was scheduled for completion by December 2010. Although a short portion between Copper Creek Drive and Highway 407 — including the unfinished ramps at the interchange — was opened by 2011, the remainder of the project

1824-440: The then- Highway 2 (Kingston Road) — where a cloverleaf interchange was constructed in anticipation of it developing into a freeway around the eastern side of Lake Simcoe; Highway 404 was constructed for this purpose, but along or parallel to Woodbine Avenue instead. In 1962, the highway was extended to Highway 46 at Bolsover via a concurrency with Highway 12 north from Beaverton. This routing would last until November 4, 1966, when

1872-566: The then-unopened Highway 407 interchange was turned over to the Region of York and the City of Toronto on April 1, 1995, and is known as Markham Road south of Highway 407, and Main Street thereafter to Sixteenth Avenue, where the name Markham Road resumes for 2 km (1.2 mi) until Major Mackenzie Drive. The section within York Region is also designated as York Regional Road 68 . On January 1, 1998,

1920-458: The through-route in the process and completing the Markham Bypass. Poor soil conditions at a planned overpass of the Stouffville GO Train line have required several years of ongoing soil consolidation , beginning in July 2012 and scheduled for completion in the fall of 2017. Construction was set to begin in April 2018, but was later deferred to 2026 for budgetary reasons. The following table lists

1968-539: The two. The history of Donald Cousens Parkway dates back to the 1970s when Metropolitan Toronto and the Ontario Department of Highways, (now the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario or MTO) planned out the East Metro Transportation Corridor . This corridor was originally envisioned as a six-lane expressway connecting Highway 401 with the planned but unbuilt Highway 407 to service

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2016-419: The way. North of Ravenshoe Road, the highway diverts onto the boundary between York and Durham through the community of Baldwin before jogging east at York Regional Road 79 (Old Homestead Road). Just south of Sutton, the route curves east, meeting York Regional Road 9 (High Street), which travels into the town. Despite that the highway is now travelling directly east, directional signs still reference

2064-512: The work. On March   24, 1937, the 9.6 km (6.0 mi) gravel road between Beaverton and Port Bolster , known as the Port Bolster Road, was assumed by the Department of Highways; it was paved in 1947. On February 10, 1954, the highway designation was extended 82 km (51 mi) south to the future site of Highway 401 in Scarborough   — though not all the way to

2112-589: Was blazed by settlers to whom land had been granted along the right-of-way . The right-of-way extended from Lake Ontario in the south to what is today York Region Road 8A (Baseline Road) in Sutton, just south of Lake Simcoe, in the north. Improvements to the road and the necessary funds were authorized by an act of the Upper Canada provincial parliament on February 13, 1833 for the section in Scarborough township between Danforth Road (present day Painted Post Drive) and

2160-532: Was authorized to further improve the road surface to macadamized or planked construction between Kingston Road in Scarborough and Markham Village in the north, and further north and then east to Stouffville along the Markham-Stouffville township line, a line then formed between today's Stouffville Road and Main Street Stouffville. The company was allowed to erect gates and charge tolls to pay for

2208-415: Was decommissioned entirely. The original route of Highway 48, prior to 1954, is now part of Durham Regional Road 23 . The portion of Highway   48 within Scarborough, between Highway   401 and Steeles Avenue, was transferred to Metropolitan Toronto on September 28, 1963. On June 28, 1967, the routing of Highway 46 was shifted in the vicinity of Balsam Lake on to a new inland bypass;

2256-531: Was delayed by issues involving a new railway crossing along 14th Avenue. It opened in 2012 at an estimated cost of $ 15.5 million. The original intention of the Markham Bypass was to link Highway 48 with Highway 401 via the Morningside Avenue extension through Toronto. York Region planned for a continuous connection between the bypass and Morningside, meeting Steeles Avenue west of its intersection with Ninth Line . However, Toronto resisted, citing

2304-526: Was extended south to meet with Highway 401 in the 1950s in anticipation of a planned freeway connection around the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe that ultimately became Highway 404 . In the mid-1970s, Highway 48 assumed a portion of the route of Highway 46 in Victoria Country , now the city of Kawartha Lakes , extending the route to Highway 35 in Coboconk . Between then and 1998,

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