page_title: Allen Road
section_title: Exit list
hierarchical_section_title: Allen Road / Exit list
caption_attribution_description: A directional trailblazer pointing to Allen Road in Toronto, Canada, found on Lawrence Avenue West.
context_page_description: William R. Allen Road, also known as Allen Road and The Allen, is a short expressway and arterial road in Toronto, Ontario. It starts as a controlled-access expressway at Eglinton Avenue West, heading north to just south of Transit Road, then continues as an arterial road north to Kennard Avenue, where it continues north as the northern portion of Dufferin Street. Allen Road is named after late Metro Toronto chairman William R. Allen and is maintained by the City of Toronto. Landmarks along the road include the Lawrence Heights housing project, Yorkdale Shopping Centre and Downsview Park. A section of the Toronto subway Line 1 Yonge–University is located within its median from Eglinton Avenue to north of Wilson Avenue, and briefly runs parallel to it underground in the vicinity of Sheppard Avenue.
  The portion south of Sheppard Avenue was originally constructed as part of the Spadina Expressway project. The Spadina Expressway was a proposed north–south freeway, intended to connect downtown Toronto to the suburb of North York and to serve the Yorkdale Shopping Centre project. It was only partially built before being cancelled in 1971 due to public opposition.
context_section_description: The following table lists the interchanges along Allen Road. Like the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway, exits along Allen Road are not numbered and are identified by street name. The entire route is located within Toronto (excluding driveway to Dufferin Street stub). Wilson Heights is the last northbound interchange with all other junctions being intersections with traffic signals. 
  North of Kennard Avenue, Allen Road becomes Dufferin Street. Dufferin Street runs semi-parallel with Allen Road south from Kennard. This stub section of Dufferin is a single lane residential street from Sheppard Avenue West, ending at a cul-de-sac north of Clifton Avenue.
caption: A trailblazer to Allen Road.
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