The Queensway

The Queensway
Queensway

Peel Regional Road 20
Route of the Queensway through Toronto and Mississauga (blue line)
NamesakeAs a continuation of Queen Street from Old Toronto
Maintained byCity of Toronto
Region of Peel
City of Mississauga
West endGlengarry Road
Major
junctions
Mavis Road
Hurontario Street
Cawthra Road
Dixie Road
 Highway 427
Kipling Avenue
Islington Avenue
Royal York Road
South Kingsway
East endRoncesvalles Avenue / King Street (continues as Queen Street)
Construction
Inauguration1941 (name)
Nearby arterial roads

The Queensway (or Queensway) is a major street in the municipalities of Toronto and Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is a western continuation of Queen Street, after it crosses Roncesvalles Avenue and King Street in Toronto. The Queensway is a divided roadway from Roncevalles westerly until 600 metres of the South Kingsway (accessed by ramps) with its centre median dedicated to streetcar service. The road continues undivided west from there to Etobicoke Creek as a four- or six-lane thoroughfare.

After crossing the creek, it enters Mississauga under Peel Region jurisdiction as Peel Regional Road 20, as far west as Mavis Road, with the westernmost portion to Glengarry Road being a two-lane road maintained by the city. There is a road allowance with hydro lines, cutting into the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club on the shores of the Credit River. In the 1990s, the name Queensway was eliminated on the roads on this allowance west of the river. The street gives its name to Etobicoke's the Queensway-Humber Bay neighbourhood.

From 1953 to 1954, the Queensway was signed briefly as Highway 108 when it was under the then–Department of Highways from Highway 27 (prior to being renamed Highway 427) and the eastern end of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW). While the Highway 27-QEW interchange was reconstructed in the late 1960s, the QEW was temporarily diverted to an overpass that would later be permanently used for the Queensway.