Bayview Avenue (Toronto)

Bayview Avenue
York Regional Road 34
Bayview within Toronto
Route information
Maintained by City of Toronto Region of York
Length:	17.5 km (10.9 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Mill Street in Toronto
	Queen Street River Street Eglinton Avenue Lawrence Avenue  Highway 401 Sheppard Avenue Finch Avenue Steeles Avenue  Highway 407 Highway 7 Major Mackenzie Drive Stouffville Road Mulock Drive
North end:	Water/Gorham Streets in Newmarket (Continues as Prospect Street)
Location
Major cities:	Toronto Markham Richmond Hill Aurora Newmarket
Highway system
Roads in Ontario Nearby arterial roads ← Yonge Street Bayview Avenue Leslie Street →

Roads in Ontario

Bayview Avenue is a major north-south route in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. North of Toronto, in York Region, Bayview is designated as York Regional Road 34.

Bayview Avenue follows the first concession line, laid 6,600 ft (2,000 m) east of Yonge Street. Over time, the concession road became known as East York Avenue, a reference to the division it formed between the city of Toronto and the township of East York. In 1931, James Stanley McLean constructed Bay View overlooking the Don Valley on the edge of Moore Park.

On August 17, 1959, Bayview was extended south from Moore Avenue in Leaside to Front Street. The northern section of this extension was routed alongside Pottery Road to Nesbitt Drive. South of this, it wraps around a hill and descends into the Lower Don Valley, travelling parallel to the route of the Don Valley Parkway.