Frederick G Gardiner Expressway, commonly known as the Gardiner Expressway or simply the Gardiner, is a partially at grade and elevated municipal expressway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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14 Facts About Gardiner Expressway
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The Gardiner Expressway is wholly owned and operated by the City of Toronto.
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Gardiner Expressway has 28 cameras that are part of the Road Emergency Services Communications Unit system.
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Gardiner Expressway was one of the first projects undertaken by the newly formed government of Metro Toronto.
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The route of the Gardiner Expressway necessitated the paving over of parkland, demolition of residences and a popular amusement park, and a long elevated section to get through the downtown area.
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Plans for the highway, first named the Lakeshore Gardiner Expressway, were first developed prior to the formation of Metro Toronto.
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Gardiner Expressway rescinded his opposition to the change in March 1958 after visiting the site with a delegation from the City and historical societies.
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Gardiner Expressway proposed that Metro Toronto and the City share the costs of relocating the fort to the waterfront.
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The Gardiner Expressway passes over some of the fort's property, and its width is wider in the area to provide for a possible connection with the 400.
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The Gardiner Expressway was built in segments, with the final section being completed in 1966.
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The expressway, by then named the Gardiner Expressway, was officially opened by Gardiner and Ontario Premier Leslie Frost on August 8,1958.
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East of Fort York, the Gardiner Expressway was built entirely as an elevated route, through a predominantly industrial area, to the south of railway lands to reach downtown.
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On March 5,2007, a section of the Gardiner Expressway was closed between Spadina Avenue and Jarvis Street due to the threat of ice about the size of a kitchen table falling from the CN Tower.
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