The Don Valley Parkway, often referred to as the DVP, is a 15 kilometre long expressway that runs from the Gardiner Expressway in downtown Toronto to Highway 401 and is one of the City’s most vital transit arterial roads.
Approximately 135,000 (weekday average) vehicles travel daily on the Don Valley Parkway.
This summer, work will begin to rehabilitate four bridges over the Don Valley Parkway. This includes work on:
This important work will ensure that the bridges meet today’s standards and remain safe for vehicles and pedestrians into the future. The most extensive work is required on the Don Mills Road bridge and the City has bundled the rehabilitation of three other bridges into this project to complete the work as quickly as possible during the summer months (when there are typically lower traffic volumes) and avoid occupying more lanes on the DVP in coming years.
July 2, 2019
October 2019
So crews can complete important work on the four bridges over the DVP and begin to remove traffic staging, there will be some overnight lane reductions:
11 p.m. Monday, September 23 to 5 a.m. Tuesday, September 24
11 p.m. Tuesday, September 24 to 5 a.m. Wednesday, September 25
Work Stages & Dates (Dates subject to change) | Traffic Impact | Work Hours |
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Stage 1 July 2 to Mid to late August |
Update – This construction stage is complete
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24 hours a day 7 days a week |
Stage 1a Early August – For 8 nights (Dates subject to work progress) |
Update – This construction stage is complete
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Overnight
12 a.m. to 5 a.m. |
Stage 2 Mid to late August to October |
Update – Work impacting ramps is complete
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24 hours a day 7 days a week |
Stage 2a Late September – For 10 nights (Dates subject to work progress) |
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Overnight Monday to Friday 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Weekends 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. |
At Don Mills Road Bridge
At Lawrence Avenue East Bridge
Bridge Rehabilitation over the Don Valley Parkway on:
Don Mills Road bridge
Spanbridge Road bridge
Wynford Drive bridge
Lawrence Avenue East bridge
The City performs regular spring or fall maintenance every couple of years on the Don Valley Parkway. This maintenance typically involves highly coordinated work across multiple City of Toronto divisions, agencies and stakeholders and includes a full or partial closure of the expressway over one weekend. The maintenance and improvements performed keep the expressway in the best state of good repair.
A full closure of the Don Valley Parkway (Gardiner Expressway to Highway 401) took place on Friday, August 6, 2021 at 11 p.m. until Monday, August 9, 2021 at 5 a.m.
Work completed during the closure included:
View the 2020 DVP maintenance video