Conestoga Parkway
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| Conestoga Expressway | |
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| Length: | 31.1 km (19.3 mi) |
| Existed: | 1969 – present |
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| West end: |
  Highway 7 / Highway 8 near Baden
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Highway 8 – Cambridge Highway 7 – Guelph
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| To: | 350 metres (383 yd) north of King Street North interchange |
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| Major cities: | Kitchener, Waterloo |
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| Roads in Ontario | |
The Conestoga Parkway is a freeway in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in the Canadian province of Ontario. It runs northeast/southwest through the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, and is connected to Highway 401 via the Highway 8 Freeport Diversion and King Street East. The name "Conestoga Parkway" is not a formal designation, but rather a local name applied to the divided expressway portions of Highway 7, Highway 8 and Highway 85 through Kitchener and Waterloo. When the parkway opened in the late 1960s there were a few large green and white signs reading "Conestoga Parkway" with a picture of a Conestoga wagon on them located along the parkway. By the 1990s after several sections of the parkway had undergone reconstruction and expansion, these signs had been removed but many maps still show this as the name of the freeway. Most residents of Kitchener and Waterloo refer to the parkway as "The Expressway". By contrast, the portion of Highway 8 which departs from the parkway at King Street East in Kitchener and runs to Highway 401 is often referred to as "The Highway 8 Expressway" by local residents.
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