Highway 2A | ||||
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(Toronto section) | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by City of Toronto (Toronto Transportation) |
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Length: | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end: | Highland Creek overpass (continues as Kingston Road) |
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Lawson Road Kingston Road Port Union Road |
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East end: | Highway 401 – Kingston | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Highway 2A | |
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Location: | Tecumseh Road – Mill Street |
Length: | 54.7 km (34.0 mi) |
Existed: | 1927–1938 Renumbered as Highway 98 |
Highway 2A | |
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Location: | Richmond Street/Keil Drive South – Grand Avenue East/Thames Street |
Length: | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) |
Existed: | 1957–1961 (renumbered as Highway 2B 1961-1970) |
Highway 2A | |
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Location: | Highway 4 (Wharncliffe Road South)/Stanley Street – Dundas Street/Highbury Avenue |
Length: | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) |
Existed: | 1956–1968 |
Highway 2A | |
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Location: | Vincent Massey Drive/Power Dam Drive – Brookdale Avenue/Second Street |
Length: | 5.2 km (3.2 mi) |
Existed: | 1965–1967 |
King's Highway 2A, commonly referred to as Highway 2A, was the designation of five separate provincially maintained highways in the Canadian province of Ontario. Highway 2A was an alternate route to Highway 2 in Chatham, London and Cornwall; these routes were all eventually redesignated. Highway 2A was also a highway that extended from Windsor to Tilbury, which was redesignated as Highway 98 in 1938.
The final and most familiar section of highway to be designated Highway 2A was the bypass of Highway 2 between Toronto and Newcastle, most of which became part of Highway 401 in July 1952. The short stub of dual carriageway connecting Kingston Road with Highway 401 was renumbered 2A in 1956 with the completion of the Toronto Bypass. Despite losing its provincial highway status in 1998, Highway 2A was never renamed and is now part of Toronto's municipal expressway system. The speed limit is 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph), and it is patrolled by the Toronto Police Service.