Leaside Spur Trail
| Leaside Spur Trail | |
|---|---|
| Length | 3 km (2 mi) |
| Location | east of Leslie Street from Bond Park to just north of Eglinton Avenue East |
| Designation | Toronto Bike Trail 41 |
| Trailheads | To York Mills Road[1] and 1 km south of Overland Drive |
| Use | cycling and walking |
| Hiking details | |
| Season | Year-round |
The Leaside Spur Trail is a 3 km cycling and walking trail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Acquired in 2003 from CN Rail by the City of Toronto, the trail is under construction with portions north of Lawrence Avenue completed.[2]
A grade crossing at Lawrence Avenue was replaced with a signalized crossing.
Most of the trail runs between residential areas and southern portion through industrial and commercial properties. Both ends of the trail still meet with active rail lines (CN Bala Subdivision and CP Belleville Subdivision),[3] but are now cut and blocked off.[4]
Extensions north to York Mills Road and South to Leslie Street are planned, with the trail being declared pedestrian-only north of Bond Avenue (with signs along Bond and Scarsdale Road, already designated as Toronto Bike Trail 41A, for cyclists).[5] The extension to York Mills Road was completed Tuesday August 2, 2016.[1]
History
The trail was part of a spur line for CN Rail's Leaside corridor and has a 100-year-old overpass at Bond Park.[6] The northern portions of the trail still have reminders of the trail's railway past.[3]
Other Toronto railpaths
References
- 1 2 "Way: 435267559".
- ↑ The Grid http://www.thegridto.com/city/local-news/what-happened-to-the-cn-leaside-spur-line/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - 1 2 "Ghosts of Raillines Past - Leaside Spur". The Railfanning Runner. July 24, 2012.
- ↑ "Leaside Spur I: Orphan Trail Needs Linkages". Don Watcher. September 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Leaside CN Rail Spur Multi-Use Trail Development" (PDF). City of Toronto. August 31, 2010.
- ↑ Mosleh, Omar (November 14, 2011). "Is Bond Park bridge falling down?". The Town Crier. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013.
External links
- Jake Schabas (July 25, 2012). "Searching for a network on the new CN Leaside bike trail". spacingTORONTO. Retrieved January 2014. Check date values in:
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Coordinates: 43°44′06″N 79°21′16″W / 43.73500°N 79.35444°W