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Gardiner Expressway bridge inspection: TTC detour, April 22



From 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. Saturday, April 22, the City of Toronto is closing

  • Bathurst Street between Fort York Boulevard and Fleet Street,

while City contractors inspect the overhead structure carrying the Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway over the street.

The TTC is detouring streetcars along this route, while the street is closed:

  • 511 Bathurst.

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Shuttle buses replace the cars south of Queen Street West.


511 Bathurst

From 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. Saturday, April 22, southbound streetcars operate along their regular path to Bathurst Street and Queen Street West, then detour:

eastward along Queen West;
southward along Spadina Avenue;
eastward along Adelaide Street West; and then
southward along Charlotte Street to Oxley Street,
ending their trips.

Southbound cars skip their regular stops

  • on Bathurst Street at King Street West, Niagara Street and Fort York Boulevard,
  • on Fleet Street beyond Bathurst and Bastion streets and Fort York Boulevard,
  • on Manitoba Drive beyond Strachan Avenue and
  • on Exhibition Loop.

Instead, southbound cars drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Queen Street West at Augusta and Spadina avenues,
  • on Spadina Avenue beyond Queen Street West and
  • on Charlotte Street at Oxley Street.

Shuttle buses replace the cars south of Queen Street West. Southbound streetcar passengers may transfer to southbound buses on Bathurst Street at Queen Street West.

Northbound cars start their trips on Charlotte Street at Oxley Street, then proceed:

southward along Oxley;
westward along King Street West;
northward along Spadina Avenue; and then
westward along Queen Street West to Bathurst Street,
resuming their regular path northward along Bathurst.

Northbound cars skip their regular stops

  • in Exhibition Loop,
  • on Manitoba Drive at Strachan Avenue,
  • on Fleet Street beyond Fort York Boulevard, across from Bastion Street and at Bathurst Street and
  • on Bathurst Street at Fort York Boulevard and at Niagara Street and King and Queen streets west.

Instead, northbound cars drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • on Charlotte Street at Oxley Street,
  • on Spadina Avenue beyond King Street West and at Richmond Street West,
  • on Queen Street West at Augusta Avenue and Bathurst Street.

Shuttle buses replace the cars south of Queen Street West.

511 Bathurst shuttle buses

From 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. Saturday, April 22, buses replace streetcars along the 511 Bathurst route south of Queen Street West.

Southbound buses start their trips in Wolseley Loop (on the east side of Bathurst Street, just north of Queen Street West), then proceed:

southward along Bathurst;
west- and southward along Fort York Boulevard;
westward along Lake Shore Boulevard West;
northward along Strachan Avenue; and then
westward along Manitoba Drive and the Exhibition Loop access road into Exhibition Loop,
ending their trips.

Southbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • in Wolseley Loop,
  • on Bathurst Street at Queen and King streets west, Niagara Street and Fort York Boulevard
  • on Manitoba Drive beyond Strachan Avenue and
  • in Exhibition Loop.

Northbound buses start their trips in Exhibition Loop, then proceed:

eastward along the Exhibition Loop access road, Manitoba Drive and Fleet Street;
north- and eastward along Fort York Boulevard;
northward along Bathurst Street; and then
eastward into Wolseley Loop,
ending their trips.

Northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • in Exhibition Loop,
  • on Manitoba Drive at Strachan Avenue,
  • on Bathurst Street at Niagara Street and at King and Queen streets west.

Northbound bus passengers may transfer to northbound streetcars on Bathurst Street at Queen Street West.