Rodick Road

Rodick Road is an aterial route in York Region or Town of Markham. The street goes in a north-south direction from Riviera Drive to Macrill Road, then turns in an approximately 70 degree angle and head into an east-west direction. The road terminates at Riviera Drive and York Regional Road 8. West of Rodick Road, the street is referred to as Hillmount Road.

Rodick Road Summary and Map

Summary

  • Road Name:Rodick Road
  • City it passes by:Town of Markham
  • Length:6.875 km (27.5 cm measured on MapArt's Maps)
  • Transportations:TTC Route#224C(From Riviera Drive to York Regional Road 71); [[YRT Route#40 (From John Button Boulevard to York Regional Road 8
  • Attractions:First Markham Place-- A Chinese Mall ; St.Agnes Kouying Tsao Church
  • Road Status:Paved and with two lanes per direction. Frequent cars travelling on the road, with only 3 stop sign and occasional traffic lights. The road is quite busy. Recent construction has already started to build a bridge across Highway 407, in order to link the northern portion of the road up with the southern portion.
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  • Zonings: Mixed Commercial, Industrial (AbOUT 30%), mostly residental areas (70% of the time)

Map

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Description, Orginal Purpose, and Ongoing Construction

Descriptions

The road is paved and completed, with two lanes per direction. The road is very busy at all times. Frequent traffic lights found here and there. However, there are 3 stop sign found, and one of the stop signs is expected to be removed by the time the extention of the road opens. The road's maximum speed is 50km/h.

Original Purpose

The original purpose of the road is to smoothen the local traffic travelling on Woodbine Avenue, and Warden Avenue. Until now, there are a lot of cars travelling on this road.Town of Markham is considering to lower the speed limit and create more curves on the road to discourage some travellers.

Ongoing Construction

Currently, the road is separated into two parts. One is north of Highway 407, the other part is south of Highway 407. Construction had been started to link these two parts together, by building a bridge across Highway 407. However, it is expected that there ill be no access to Highway 407 at Rodick Road.

Roads that Rodick Road meets up with

(Note: S= The road meets up with Rodick Road with a four-way stop T=The road meets up with Rodick Road with a traffic light)

  • Riviera Drive, where the street terminates (S)
  • 14th Avenue (S)
  • Miller Avenue

---- ROAD IS BROKEN UP

  • Yorktech Drive(S)
  • Fairburn Drive
  • Clegg Road
  • York Regional Road 7 or Highway 7 East, where the road starts to get busy (T)
  • Cox Boulevard
  • Whitehall Drive
  • Apple Creek Boulevard (T)
  • Morrison Crescent
  • John Button Boulevard / Hollingham Drive (T)
  • York Regional Road 73 or 16th Avenue (T)
  • Lazenby Court
  • Hans Drive
  • Calvert Road (T)
  • Eyer Drive
  • Macrill Drive / Rachel Crescent (S)
  • Pilgrim Drive
  • Forester Crescent / Rachel Crescent
  • York Regional Road 8 or Woodbine Avenue (T)

Public Transit along Rodick Road

  • YRT Route#40

YRT Route#40's stops along Rodick Road

  • John Button Boulevard / Hollingham Drive
  • York Regional Road 73 or 16th Avenue
  • Lazenby Court
  • Hans Drive
  • Calvert Road
  • Eyer Drive
  • Macrill Drive / Rachel Crescent
  • Pilgrim Drive
  • Forester Crescent / Rachel Crescent
  • York Regional Road 8 or Woodbine Avenue
  • TTC Route#224C

TTC Route #224C's stops along Rodick Road

  • Riviera Drive
  • 14th Avenue

Major Attractions

  • First Markham Place, a Chinese mall
  • Saint Agnes Kouying Tsao Church, a Chinese church
  • Saint Augustine Catholic High School