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Toronto highway closures for planned roadwork on Sept. 22

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Torstar Open Data Team. (2026, September 22). Toronto highway closures for planned roadwork on Sept. 22. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/highway-closures/toronto-highway-closures-for-planned-roadwork-on-sept-22/article_57fd0eae-73fe-5789-8555-93b4dd0fac04.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-22 · by Torstar Open Data Team

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The article reports on planned road closures for highway maintenance in Toronto scheduled for September 22, 2026. It lists 27 specific closures affecting various sections of highways such as Highway 401, Highway 404, and Queen Elizabeth Way, detailing the dates and times each closure will occur. The article takes a straightforward reporting angle, providing drivers with information to plan their routes around these scheduled disruptions.
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Toronto is set to experience significant highway closures starting September 20, 2026, for planned roadwork aimed at improving infrastructure. Among the scheduled disruptions are three left lanes of Highway 401 eastbound between Morningside Avenue and Brock Road in Pickering, which will be closed until September 25 at 5 a.m. Additionally, nightly closures include one alternating lane on Highway 401 eastbound from September 16 to October 6, affecting commuters traveling through Toronto. Another ongoing closure involves one left lane of the southbound off-ramp from Highway 427 to Highway 409 in Toronto, which started on July 15 and will end on November 30 at 11:59 p.m., causing inconvenience for drivers navigating this area. These planned closures are part of a broader set of 27 scheduled disruptions across various highways in Toronto aimed at enhancing road safety and efficiency, though they may cause temporary traffic congestion during specified hours.

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three left lanes closed from Sept. 20 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 25 at 5 a.m. - Nightly Highway 401 eastbound between Morningside Ave, Toronto and Brock Road, Pickering: one alternating lane closed from Sept. 16 at 11 p.m. until Oct. 6 at 5 a.m. - Continuous Highway 427 southbound off-ramp at Highway 409, Toronto: one left lane closed from July 15 at 5 a.m. until Nov. 30 at 11:59 p.m.
framing: assertive · carried by 2 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-22
2026-09-22 · Toronto Star
Toronto highway closures for planned roadwork on Sept. 22 · assertive framing
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star
Toronto highway closures for planned roadwork on Sept. 25 · assertive framing

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You shouldn’t have to sit in traffic — 27 closures are scheduled for roadwork on provincial highways in Toronto on Sept. 22, 2026: asserted
closures → have → Sept.
- Daily Highway 401 westbound off-ramp at Leslie Street, Toronto: one left lane closed from Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. until Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. - asserted
lane → close → p.m.
Nightly Highway 404 northbound between Finch Avenue and Finch Ave, Toronto: one alternating lane closed from Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. until Sept. 29 at 6 a.m. - Nightly Queen Elizabeth Way Fort Erie bound between Highway 427, Toronto and Cawthra Road, Mississauga: two alternating lanes closed from Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 29 at 6 a.m. - asserted
lane → close → a.m.
one right lane closed from Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. until Sept. 25 at 6 a.m. - Nightly Highway 401 eastbound express between Warden Avenue and Neilson Road, Toronto: two alternating lanes closed from Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 26 at 5 a.m. - asserted
lane → close → a.m.
one left lane closed from Oct. 7 at 11 p.m. until Oct. 9 at 5 a.m. - asserted
lane → close → a.m.
three alternating lanes closed from Sept. 20 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 26 at 5 a.m. - Nightly Highway 401 eastbound express between Avenue Road and Bayview Ave, Toronto: three alternating lanes closed from Sept. 28 at 10 p.m. until Oct. 3 at 9 a.m. - Nightly Highway 404 northbound between Finch Ave, Toronto and Steeles Ave, Toronto-Markham: asserted
lanes → alternate → Ave
one alternating lane closed from Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. until Sept. 25 at 6 a.m. - Continuous Highway 401 westbound off-ramp at Markham Road, Toronto: asserted
lane → close → Road
one right lane closed from July 16 at 10 p.m. until Oct. 9 at 5 a.m. - asserted
lane → close → a.m.
two alternating lanes closed from Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 26 at 5 a.m. - Nightly Highway 401 westbound between Warden Avenue and Highway 404, Toronto: asserted
lanes → close → Avenue
one left lane closed from Sept. 23 at 11 p.m. until Sept. 25 at 5 a.m. - Nightly Highway 401 westbound off-ramp at Leslie Street, Toronto: asserted
lane → close → Street
two left lanes closed from Sept. 20 at 11:59 p.m. until Sept. 25 at 5:30 a.m. - Continuous Highway 427 southbound off-ramp at Highway 409, Toronto: one right lane closed from July 15 at 5 a.m. until Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. - asserted
lanes → close → p.m.
one left lane closed from Sept. 20 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 25 at 5 a.m. - Nightly Highway 401 westbound express between Warden Avenue and Highway 404, Toronto: two alternating lanes closed from Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 29 at 5 a.m. - asserted
lane → close → a.m.
two left lanes closed from Sept. 25 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 28 at 5 a.m. - Nightly Highway 401 westbound between Bayview Avenue and Bayview Ave, Toronto: one right lane closed from Sept. 30 at 11 p.m. until Oct. 1 at 5 a.m. - asserted
lanes → close → a.m.
Nightly Highway 427 northbound express between Eglinton Avenue and Eglinton Ave, Toronto: one left lane closed from Sept. 20 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 26 at 5 a.m. - asserted
lane → close → a.m.
three left lanes closed from Sept. 20 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 25 at 5 a.m. - Nightly Highway 401 eastbound between Morningside Ave, Toronto and Brock Road, Pickering: one alternating lane closed from Sept. 16 at 11 p.m. until Oct. 6 at 5 a.m. - Continuous Highway 427 southbound off-ramp at Highway 409, Toronto: one left lane closed from July 15 at 5 a.m. until Nov. 30 at 11:59 p.m. asserted
lane → close → p.m.
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