Gardiner Expressway closed this weekend for spring maintenance

TORONTO – The Gardiner Expressway will be closed this weekend for spring maintenance.

The highway will be closed from from Carlaw Avenue to Highway 427/QEW from 8 p.m. on Friday, May 1 to 6 a.m. on Sunday, May 3.

Motorists can use Lake Shore Boulevard, the Queensway, Richmond Street, King Street, Queen Street and Evans Avenue as alternative routes during the weekend closure.

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Meanwhile, more closures are on the way Sunday for the Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon.

The race begins at the North York Civic Centre at 7:30 a.m. Sunday but road closures begin at 6 a.m. The main segment of the race will take place on Yonge Street from Finch Avenue to Davenport Road.

Some lane restrictions will take effect in the area bounded by Bayview Avenue in the east, South Kingsway in the west, Lake Shore Boulevard in the south and Finch Avenue in the north.

To accommodate the marathon, a number of ramps on the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.:

• Gardiner Expressway ramp to eastbound Jarvis Street: Access to Jarvis Street will be closed; access to Lake Shore Boulevard will remain open.
• Gardiner Expressway ramp to northbound Spadina: Access to westbound Lake Shore boulevard will be closed.
• Spadina ramp to the westbound Gardiner Expressway: Access to westbound Lake Shore Boulevard will be closed.
• Don Valley Parkway Bayview/Bloor ramp: Access to southbound Bayview Avenue will be closed.