Regional Municipality of York - Transportation

Transportation

See List of numbered roads in York Region

The arterial road network in York Region is a grid, with most roads running north-south or east-west. This was done under the orders of British surveyor Augustus Jones during the 1790s. York Region assigned approximately 50 roads as York Regional Routes, meaning that the cost of maintaining of these roads is paid for by York Region.

The major highways in the Region are:

• Highway 7 (east-west)
• Highway 9 (east-west)
• Highway 27 (north-south)
• Highway 48 (north-south
• Highway 50 (north-south)
• Highway 400 (north-south)
• Highway 404 (north-south)
• Highway 407 (east-west)
• Highway 427 (north-south)

Former highways include:

• Highway 11 (north-south)
• Highway 47 (east-west)
• Highway 49 (east-west)