Highway 27 (Ontario)
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| York Regional Road 27 Simcoe County Road 27 |
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| Maintained by City of Toronto the Regional Municipality of York and the County of Simcoe |
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| Length: | 2.9 km (1.8 mi) | |||
| Existed: | September 14, 1927 – January 1, 1998 | |||
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 Highway 401 – Toronto
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| North end: | Dixon Road | |||
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King's Highway 27 is a short municipal highway in southern Ontario. Much of it is now cared for by the city of Toronto, York Region and Simcoe County. The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario was once responsible for the length of the route, when it ran through much of Southern Ontario. Now only the southernmost 3 km (1.9 mi) from Dixon Road to Highway 427 is under provincial jurisdiction.
Highway 27 followed a mostly straight route throughout its length. Between Toronto and the York–Simcoe boundary at Highway 9, it travelled along the 9th concession road of Vaughan and King Township, approximately 16 km west of Yonge Street. North of there it is generally parallel to the Highway 400 and Penetanguishene Road. North of Kleinburg, the vast majority of the highway was surrounded by rural farmland. South of there, it travelled through the suburbs of Toronto.
The highway began at off-ramps from the collectors lanes of Highway 427, which was redesignated from Highway 27 in 1972, as a four-lane divided expressway. Through Etobicoke, it encountered mostly industrial surroundings. Within the Regional Municipality of York, Highway 27 passed along the western edge of suburban sprawl in Vaughan, near the community of Woodbridge. South of Kleinburg, the highway dipped into the Humber River valley, connecting with Islington Avenue. North of the valley, it continued through King Township into the Oak Ridges Moraine, dividing the village of Nobleton and entering Schomberg immediately south of Highway 9, north of which the highway entered Simcoe County.
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