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Highway 27
Highway 27 Highway 27 is a major arterial highway running through the Etobicoke suburb of western The freeway section between the QEW and Highway 401 was widened to a collector-express system in the late 1960s, and was re-designated Highway 427 upon completion in 1971, making it a 400-Series Highway. The section of Highway 27 south of the QEW was downloaded to Metropolitan Toronto and renamed Browns Line (which was the original name of all of Highway 27). The portion north of Highway 401 remained designated as Highway 27 and the collectors of Highway 427 default onto this remnant. It was planned to turn the remainder of Highway 27 north of Highway 401 to the now-built Highway 407 into an extension of Highway 427. However, due to property requirements, this plan was dropped in 1970 in favour of utilizing the Airport Expressway for the 427 Extension instead. Mainline/express 427 traffic was rerouted to the Airport Expressway in 1971 (which was incorporated as part of 427 in 1979) or Highway 401, so the remainder of Highway 27 north of Highway 401 declined in importance afterwards. After provincial downloading to municipalities in 1997, most of the remaining sections of Highway 27 south of Today, the road is simply named as Highway 27 in The section just north of Highway 401 to just south of Partial exits and cloverleaf are: · northbound off ramps and overpass to · northbound on/off ramps renamed as · southbound on/off exit to · partial cloverleaf and overpass at There are green signs used on most 400 series highways along Highway 27 from Highway 401 to Highway 27 looking north from its present southern terminus at Highway 401 where it continues south as Highway 427. This section is built like an expressway Highway 27 looking north from Belfield Road. This section is more like an arterial highway with signalized intersections, but with wide turning lanes and some off-ramps
History
Highway 27 was originally a King's Highway that extended from Highway 2 in Long Branch (Etobicoke Township) to Penetanguishene on Georgian Bay. In the 1950’s, the highway was upgraded to a four-lane freeway between the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) and Highway 401. In 1964, the province opened the nearby Airport Expressway to connect to Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Despite being a highway, since Highway 27 has traffic signals for most of its length, it was decided by the City of Toronto to designate it as a major arterial road and not as an expressway. Therefore, it is shown as part of the street system and not as part of the expressway system. It has also had the unofficial name of 'Etobicoke Parkway'.
