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The following is a list of non-numbered and numbered ( Peel Regional Roads) in Mississauga, Ontario.

History and layout

Most major roads in Mississauga are concession roads laid out in the early 19th Century, when much of the city was known as Toronto Township. East-west roads were historically called concessions, while north–south roads were called lines (with two and parts of a third still bearing that designation). East-west roads were surveyed from Dundas Street and (with the exception of Lakeshore Road) divided by Hurontario Street as East or West (e.g. Dundas Street East and Dundas Street West), while north–south roads were surveyed from Hurontario Street, although these streets are ''not'' divided into North or South sections.

Mississauga is unusual in that there were two different surveys used; with Lower Base Line (present Eglinton Avenue), being the dividing line between them. For the north–south roads, the southern survey used a spacing of about 1¼ mile (2.0 km), while those in the northern survey were spaced at 0.85 mile (1.4 km). This meant that the roads in the two surveys did not line up, except at 2½ mile (4.0 km) intervals on either side of Hurontario (although due to the relatively short distance across the city and the presence of the deep Credit River valley in the south, only present Winston Churchill Boulevard and Dixie Road actually fit this pattern). Another result of the two surveys was that there were an unequal number of lines across the township. To rectify this, short roads or extensions from the north were added to the (older) southern survey (e.g. present Tomken Road) to match up the number of roads. For example, this adjustment allowed the precursor to Dixie Road to be numbered Third Line East for its full length.

East–west roads

Lakeshore Road

A part of the former Highway 2, Lakeshore Road is the most southerly major arterial road in Mississauga, and is a continuation of Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto. Lakeshore jogs 2 km south at Southdown Road in order to remain close to the shoreline, and it continues west into Oakville, before ending in Burlington. Lakeshore is the only arterial road which crosses Hurontario Street but is not divided into east and west segments by it, instead being split by the Credit River.

Royal Windsor Drive

Royal Windsor Drive is the westerly continuation of Lakeshore Road's main (eastern) section. It was the concession road between Concession II SDS (South of Dundas Street) and Concession III SDS, which is the present western section of Lakeshore after it jogs south along Southdown Road.

Queensway

Queensway (often called The Queensway after its official name in Toronto) is designated as Peel Regional Road 20 east of Mavis Road. Once referred to as the Upper Middle Road as it was located north of The Middle Road (now part of the Queen Elizabeth Way). The road's name comes from Queen Street in Old Toronto, of which Queensway is a westerly continuation of.

Dundas Street

Dundas Street is a section of the former Highway 5, and was an important historical route running from Toronto to London. Dundas is traditionally considered Mississauga's main east–west street.

NORTH

Bloor Street

Bloor Street continues from Toronto and ends at Central Parkway, which turns from an east–west alignment (which effectively continues the street farther west) to a north–south alignment at Bloor. The street did not originally reach Mississauga, but was constructed through the city beginning in the mid-1960s, although the street was not bridged over the Etobicoke Creek (the present Mississauga/Toronto boundary) until 1971.

Central Parkway

Central Parkway is a road with an unusual course; running south from Burnhamthorpe Road as a continuation of Creditview Road, then turns east along the baseline of Bloor St. west of its terminus, where it turns back north to Eglinton Avenue and becomes Kennedy Road, forming a U-shaped loop consisting of the three streets.

The Mississauga Transitway's Central Parkway Station is located on the road's east side, north of the intersection with Rathburn Rd and just south of where it passes underneath (but does not interchange with) Highway 403.

Burnhamthorpe Road

Burnhamthorpe Road runs across the city and continues into both Toronto and Oakville, passing through the Mississauga City Centre en route. An unusual aspect of Burnhamthorpe is that, unlike other thoroughfares originating in Toronto, the road is relatively short in that city and its primary section runs through Mississauga. The road is named after the former hamlet at the intersection of Dixie Road, which was in turn named by settler John Abelson after his hometown of Burnham Thorpe, England.

Rathburn Road

Rathburn Road runs from Creditview Road to east of Fieldgate Drive. Originally intended to be an extension of a separate, older section in Toronto. However, a proposed bridge over the Etobicoke Creek to connect the two sections was never constructed due to opposition by residents. Due to the dead end at the creek, the easternmost section is bypassed, with traffic being defaulted south to Burnhamthorpe Rd. via Ponytrail Drive. Rathburn passes by the City Centre Transit Terminal across from Station Gate Rd within the City Centre, next to Square One Shopping Centre.

Centre View Drive

Centre View Drive was constructed in the early 1990s to provide direct access between Highway 403 and the City Centre. It splits off the eastbound Mavis Road offramp and passes under it (westbound traffic uses Mavis itself to access the 403) then ducks beneath Confederation Parkway and runs parallel to the freeway until just west of Hurontario Street, where it turns south, crosses Rathburn Rd., and continues as City Centre Drive.

Eastgate Parkway

Eastgate Parkway was also constructed in the early 1990s, as an arterial extension of the east–west leg of Highway 403 where the freeway sharply turns north to meet Highway 401 near the northern terminus of Cawthra Road. It runs east to Fieldgate Drive, where it curves north to end at Eglinton Avenue. A portion of the Mississauga Transitway runs parallel to the road for its entire length.

Eglinton Avenue

Eglinton Avenue continues west from Toronto and continues further west into Milton as Lower Baseline. From Renforth Drive west to the Etobicoke Creek, it forms part of the Mississauga-Toronto city boundary. The Mississauga Transitway runs along the north side of the street along this stretch.

Formerly called Lower Baseline, which was so named due its role as the divider between two separate concession road surveys, which resulted in it being the original termini of several north–south roads on both sides of it.

Matheson Boulevard

Matheson Boulevard is a mid-concession road built in modern times and follows a gradual diagonal course. It runs east from Terry Fox Way to Renforth Drive and has a brief 350 metre (0.2 mile) extension into Toronto via an overpass to meet Eglinton Ave. It was originally an L-shaped side street centred around Dixie Road, east of which it turned south. It was later widened and extended in both directions, with the eastern section through the Airport Corporate Centre separated from the western section until it was bridged over the Etobicoke Creek. The extension resulted in the short north–south section being bypassed, though it was not renamed, and was itself extended south to meet Eglinton. However, this is technically not a name duplication, as the main section of the street has "East" and "West" designations, while the bypassed portion does not.

Britannia Road

Britannia Road is named after the historic hamlet of Britannia, which was located at the intersection of
Hurontario St, where its historic church and cemetery still stand. It continues east from Milton, and is designated as Peel Regional Road 3 as far as Hurontario St. It then continues to Kennedy Road, where it breaks due to the presence of the Highways 401, 403, and 410 stack interchange. It resumes west of Tomken Road and ends in the cargo terminal area of Toronto Pearson International Airport. Originally extended to Indian Line (now mostly part of present-day Highway 427) but that section was cut off by the airport, though the easternmost portion still exists and is named Elmbank Drive, after the hamlet the airport displaced.

Courtneypark Drive

Courtneypark Drive is a modern, mid-concession road and runs east from Mavis Road and joins with Britannia Rd. in the western infield area of Pearson Airport.

Derry Road

Derry Road is designated as Peel Regional Road 5. It serves as the primary east–west route for the city's most northerly neighbourhoods, including Malton, Meadowvale, and Lisgar. Through Meadowvale Village a newer, six-lane bypass was built to the north of the original road to preserve the former rural hamlet; the bypassed section has since been renamed as Old Derry Road. Between Dixie and Airport Roads, Derry passes through Pearson Airport to the north. After exiting Malton at Highway 427, the street continues as Rexdale Boulevard in Toronto.

North–south roads

Mississauga's north–south roads were lines, running perpendicular to the concession roads, with Hurontario St. as the dividing line. Due to the separate survey grids on either side of Eglinton Ave., few roads run the full north–south distance through the city, except where the two grids line up.

WEST of Hurontario

Ninth Line

Ninth Line (originally Ninth Line East) was originally in Halton Region, and its designation follows the numbering sequence of roads therein: Bronte Street in Milton being First; Highway 25 Second; and so forth. Not to be confused with Ninth Line in York Region.

When Mississauga was incorporated as a city, land was transferred from Halton to Peel. At that time, Ninth Line marked much of the western boundary between Mississauga and Halton Region. Due to an additional annexation west to Highway 407 in 2010, the central section is now entirely within the city, but the road was never redesignated to reflect this. However, the stretch between Dundas St. and the vicinity of the Highways 403 and 407 interchange still serves as the west city limits, and Ninth Line also continues entirely within Halton north and south of these points.

Winston Churchill Boulevard

Winston Churchill Boulevard is designated Regional Road 19 between Lakeshore Rd. and Dundas St. It was the original western boundary of the city, and the historic boundary between Halton and Peel Counties, until the lands to the west (from Dundas St. northwards) were transferred from Halton to Peel upon their restructuring into regional municipalities. It still forms the city limits south of Dundas.

The Mississauga Transitway's Winston Churchill Station is located on the west side of the road, just north of where it interchanges with Highway 403.

Glen Erin Drive

Glen Erin Drive is a winding road that was constructed in phases to serve the planned communities of Erin Mills and Meadowvale, with the central connecting portion being completed in 1993.

Southdown Road

Southdown Road begins where Lakeshore Rd. jogs by continuing it northwards at a 90-degree curve, functioning as the link between Lakeshore's two sections. It has two lanes until just south of the intersection of Royal Windsor Dr. and the eastern leg of Lakeshore, and widens to four lanes until it reaches the Queen Elizabeth Way, where it continues as Erin Mills Parkway.

Erin Mills Parkway

Erin Mills Parkway is designated Regional Road 1, and is a very busy six-lane arterial which begins at the Queen Elizabeth Way as a continuation of Southdown Rd. It was named after the Erin Mills community through which it predominantly runs and was built as a realignment of Fifth Line West (which still exists in two sections; the first which still runs for approximately 1 km. (0.6 mi.) on each side of Dundas St., and the second as a part of Turney Drive, which also incorporates a former section of Thomas Street) and runs north to the intersection of Mississauga and Turner Valley Roads. Mississauga Road turns in from the east and continues Erin Mills' course northwards.

The Mississauga Transitway's Erin Mills Station is located on the west side of the street, just north of where it interchanges with Highway 403.

Mississauga Road

Mississauga Road begins at J.C. Saddington Park by as a north–south road, then angles northwest from near the QEW to south of Dundas St. where it resumes its north–south course. It serves as the main drag of Streetsville where it is called Queen Street and uses Britannia Rd. as an anomalous local north–south divider. Despite its length, it's predominantly a low-capacity two-lane road until Britannia Road, where it widens to four lanes, and expands to a major six-lane artery after it merges with Erin Mills Pkwy ''(see above)'' and assumes the Regional Road 1 designation just south of Highway 401. It continues into Brampton and ends in Caledon.

From Eglinton northwards, it was formerly Fourth Line West.

Creditview Road

Creditview Road gets its name due to it running very near or within the Credit River valley, although it only runs through the valley itself within Brampton today. The southern portion between Burnhamthorpe Rd. and Eglinton Ave. was realigned to link with the western leg of Central Parkway. The old portion was renamed, on each side of Highway 403, as Perivale and Rathkeale Roads, with their former status as Creditview being evident by the utility poles which still line them. To the north, the street was also realigned near Derry and Old Derry Roads to bring it outside the Credit River valley and interline it with Meadowvale Boulevard, leaving two bypassed sections: Old Creditview Road and Bellshire Gate. Consequently, the Mississauga section of Creditview is now entirely discontinuous from the Brampton section.

Mavis Road

Mavis Road is a continuation (and formerly part) of Stavebank Road. It originally ended at Eglinton, but was extended to its present length in two phases during the 1990s, bypassing Second Line West ''(see Terry Fox Way)'' to preserve Meadowvale Village, and then merging with it just north of the city limits in Brampton.

The Canadian Pacific Railway crossing north of Dundas St. (since replaced by an underpass) was the site of the infamous 1979 train derailment.

Confederation Parkway

Confederation Parkway begins as a two-lane road at Queensway, widens to four lanes at Dundas St., and curves northwesterly towards Eglinton Ave. The section through the City Centre is rapidly developing into a condominium tower highrise node.

McLaughlin Road

McLaughlin Road is a continuation of Confederation Parkway. When it was reconstructed from a rural to a suburban road in 1989, it was built with only two lanes between Bristol Road and Matheson Boulevard to preserve a maple sugar bush on the western boundary of the historic Britannia Farm property.

Hurontario Street

Hurontario Street is Mississauga's main street. Runs north from Lakeshore Road (Lake Ontario) and continues all the way to Collingwood on Georgian Bay ( Lake Huron), hence the street's name. Formerly part of Highway 10 and still often colloquially labelled as such. The Hurontario LRT, a light rail transit line planned to run along the street, has been approved. Construction began in 2020 and the line is projected to enter service in fall 2024.

Hurontario was the centre of the land survey, and marks the division between 'East' and 'West'.

EAST of Hurontario

Kennedy Road

Kennedy Road runs north from Eglinton Ave. and continues south of it as Central Parkway. It is named after Thomas Laird Kennedy, a former local MPP and the 15th Premier of Ontario.

Cawthra Road

Cawthra Road is designated as Peel Regional Road 17 and runs from Lakeshore Road to Eastgate Parkway and then interchanges with Highway 403. The road originally continued to Eglinton Avenue, but its northernmost section was absorbed into the present interchange, though access to/from Eglinton is still provided via the ramps. Named after the Cawthra family, whose estate, today owned by the City of Mississauga, is still located on the road.

The Mississauga Transitway's Cawthra Station was named after the street, though its physical location is on Eastgate Pkwy, about 200 m to its east.

Tomken Road

Tomken Road, like Kennedy Road, is named for Thomas Laird Kennedy, with "Tomken" being a portmanteau

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