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| York Regional Road 12 | |||||||||
Intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue, looking north toward Wynford Drive.
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| Maintained by | City of Toronto Region of York | ||||||||
| Length | 46 km (29 mi) | ||||||||
| Location | Toronto East York North York Markham Thornhill | ||||||||
| South end | O'Connor Drive inEast York, Toronto | ||||||||
| Major junctions | Eglinton Avenue Lawrence Avenue  Highway 401 Sheppard Avenue Finch Avenue  Steeles Avenue | ||||||||
| North end | John Street inThornhill, Markham (Continues as Leslie Street) | ||||||||
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Don Mills Road is a north-south route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, passing through the former cities of East York and North York. It begins at O'Connor Drive near ramps to the Don Valley Parkway, and ends at John Street. North of Steeles Avenue, the road is officially named as York Regional Road 12.
From south to north, it passes through the neighbourhoods Todmorden Village, Flemingdon Park, Don Mills, Graydon Hall, Henry Farm, Parkway Forest, and Don Valley Village.
Between Sheppard and Finch Avenues, Don Mills Road splits into
two one-way curved boulevards known as Don Mills Road East and Don Mills Road West.[1]
This section is called The Peanut due to its shape on a topographic map. It surrounds schools, a community centre, and the Peanut Plaza. [2]
Originally named Don Independent Road due to donations of the land by local farmers for the public improvement, the road was carrying traffic from many mills in the area: flour, grist, woollen, and sawmills, hence the current name.[3]
In the 1950s, when the urban planned communityofDon Mills was created, Don Mills Road was further extended north from this terminus into North York.
By 1990, Don Mills Road was widened from four to six lanes between Overlea Boulevard and York Mills Road. The two additional lanes became the first carpool diamond lanes in Toronto.[4]
Toronto Transit Commission bus routes that run along Don Mills Road include: 25 Don Mills, 100 Flemingdon Park, 303 Don Mills (Blue Night), and 403 South Don Mills (community route).
Since November 2002, Don Mills station located under Fairview Mall has served as a connection between the Sheppard subway line and a multitude of other bus routes.
There are plans by the Toronto Transit Commission to run streetcars on Don Mills from Steeles to Overlea Boulevard to Pape station with the Don Mills LRT, as part of the Transit City plan.[5]
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