Hurontario Street is a roadway running in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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 between Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

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 at Mississauga and Lake Huron

Lake Huron

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's Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay

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 at Collingwood

Collingwood, Ontario

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.

Within the cities of Mississauga and Brampton, it is a major urban thoroughfare. Between Caledon

Caledon, Ontario

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 and Orangeville

Orangeville, Ontario

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, it is part of busy Highway 10

Highway 10 (Ontario)

King's Highway 10, commonly referred to as Highway 10 and historically as the Toronto–Sydenham Road, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario...

, which leaves the Hurontario Street alignment north of Orangeville to head for Owen Sound. From Orangeville to Glen Huron, it is a hilly, discontinuous concession road

Concession road

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. North of there, it is part of former Highway 24

Highway 24 (Ontario)

Highway 24 is a highway in the Canadian province of Ontario which presently begins at Highway 3 in Simcoe, and ends at Highway 401, in Cambridge. Highway 24 runs in a north/south direction and has been in service since 1927...

 until its terminus in Collingwood.

Within much of the city of Brampton

Brampton

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, this road is known as Main Street.

Hurontario is one of the busiest transit corridors in the '905 Region' of the Greater Toronto Area

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. A light rail transit

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 line is tentatively planned to be built along the street in Mississauga and the southern half of Brampton (see Hurontario-Main Street LRT

Hurontario-Main Street LRT

The Hurontario-Main Street LRT is a planned light rail line in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada. This line will run along Hurontario Street, also called Main Street north of Steeles Avenue, within the cities of Mississauga and Brampton...

).

As of November 15, 2009, there is a permanent discontinuity of sorts immediately outside the northern border of Brampton, in Caledon, where Hurontario Street meets Highway 410. The street changes into Valleywood Boulevard at the Highway 410 overpass. Northbound traffic must follow the sign for Highway 10 by turning right to enter the cloverleaf ramp to Highway 410. Southbound Hurontario Street (Highway 10) traffic must now take an exit ramp to continue south on Hurontario.

Nomenclature

The street is commonly referred to solely as "Highway 10" by traffic reporters, and even by residents in the cities of Mississauga and Brampton (with the exception of the latter's downtown area), rather than by its street names – a situation made even more peculiar by the fact that the provincial highway designation is defunct in these cities. The most likely reason for this is that the areas along the road were developed during the suburban era after its identity as a highway was firmly entrenched. The Ministry of Transportation's traffic camera continues to identify Hurontario as "Hwy 10" as well. However, the street name predominates in Collingwood.

In Mississauga and Brampton, the construction of Highway 410 (as well as the road's increasingly suburban nature) was responsible for the removal of provincial highway status. The current provincially-maintained route into Brampton and Mississauga from the north consists of Highways 410 and 403.

The intersection of Hurontario and Dundas

Dundas Street (Toronto)

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 is also known as 5

Highway 5 (Ontario)

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 and 10, a reference to the former highway numbers of the two streets.

Attractions and institutions along Hurontario Street

Attractions and institutions along Hurontario Street in urban Peel Region

Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario

The Regional Municipality of Peel is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. It consists of three municipalities to the west and northwest of Toronto: the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, and the town of Caledon. The entire region is part of the Greater Toronto Area and the inner...

 include:

• Historic Port Credit
  Port Credit
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• Square One Shopping Centre
  Square One Shopping Centre
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• Britannia Farm
• Peel District School Board
  Peel District School Board
  Peel District School Board is a Canadian public board of education for the Peel Regional Municipality, headquartered in the HJA Brown Education Centre in Mississauga...
  
   Headquarters, Mississauga.
• Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
  Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
  The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is one of the largest school boards in Ontario, Canada. It oversees 148 school facilities throughout Peel Region and Dufferin County...
  
   Headquarters, Mississauga.
• A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse
  A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse
  The A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse opened in 2000, and is located at 7755 Hurontario Street in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.The court house is named in honour of Albert Grenville Davis QC, former Peel lawyer and his son William Grenville Davis, lawyer and former Premier of Ontario...
  
  , Brampton.
• Shoppers World, Brampton
  Shoppers World, Brampton
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• Peel Heritage Complex
  Peel Heritage Complex
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• Rose Theatre
  Rose Theatre, Brampton
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