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	0.5 km north of Bond Avenue 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.^[1]

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),^[2] but are now cut and blocked off.^[3]

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).^[4]

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.^[5] The northern portions of the trail still have reminders of the trail's railway past.^[2]

Other Toronto railpaths

References

External links

Jake Schabas (July 25, 2012). "Searching for a network on the new CN Leaside bike trail". spacingTORONTO. Retrieved January 2014.

Landmarks in Toronto

Sports venues	Air Canada Centre BMO Field Maple Leaf Gardens Rogers Centre Woodbine Racetrack

Cultural	Art Gallery of Ontario Canadian Broadcasting Centre (CBC Museum) Hockey Hall of Fame Ripley's Aquarium Ontario Science Centre Riverdale Farm Royal Ontario Museum Toronto Zoo Casa Loma

Amusement	Canadian National Exhibition Centreville Amusement Park CN Tower Exhibition Place Canada's Wonderland Ontario Place Sunnyside Amusement Park

Parks and squares	Toronto Islands High Park Yonge-Dundas Square Nathan Phillips Square

Shopping	Eaton Centre Harbourfront Centre Kensington Market St. Lawrence Market Yorkdale Yorkville

Institutional and infrastructure	Old City Hall Ontario Legislative Building Union Station

By type	Attractions National Historic Sites Oldest buildings Parks and ravines Shopping centres Skyscrapers

Italics indicate structures now defunct or demolished.

Bike and Hiking Trails in Canada

Coordinates: 43°44′06″N 79°21′16″W / 43.73500°N 79.35444°W / 43.73500; -79.35444

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