Dixie Road (Peel Region)

Veterans Memorial Roadway in Caledon (continues as Horseshoe Hill Road)

• [[File:Peel Regional Road 20.png|16px|alt=|link=]] Queensway
• Dundas Street
• Bloor Street
• Burnhamthorpe Road
• Rathburn Road
• Eastgate Parkway
• Eglinton Avenue
• Matheson Boulevard
• Britannia Road
• Courtneypark Drive
• [[File:Peel Regional Road 5.svg|16px|alt=|link=]] Derry Road
• [[File:Peel Regional Road 15.svg|16px|alt=|link=]] Steeles Avenue
• [[File:Peel Regional Road 107.svg|16px|alt=|link=]] Queen Street
• Williams Parkway
• [[File:Peel Regional Road 10.svg|16px|alt=|link=]] Bovaird Drive
• Sandalwood Parkway
• Countryside Drive
• [[File:Peel Regional Road 14.svg|16px|alt=|link=]] Mayfield Road
• Old School Road
• [[File:Peel Regional Road 9.svg|16px|alt=|link=]] King Street
• Boston Mills Road Highway 427 Airport Road Highway 410 Highway 10

Dixie Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in the Regional Municipality of Peel in Ontario, Canada, passing through the lower-tier cities of Mississauga and Brampton, and the rural town of Caledon. It is roughly 38 km (24 mi.) It is designated and signposted as Peel Regional Road 4 in Peel's regional road system. Despite already being named, it has also been designated as Veterans Memorial Roadway (which extends along its continuation, Horseshoe Hill Road) since 2016.

Name

Dixie Road is named for the Dixie neighbourhood (a former rural hamlet at Cawthra Road and Dundas Street in Mississauga, 2 km (1.25 mi.) to the west of the street along Dundas), which was in turn named for Beaumont Dixie, a settler who paid for the establishment of the Union Chapel, a multi-denominational Protestant church in the community.

Route description

North of Steeles Avenue, Dixie passes under the Canadian National tracks carrying GO Transit Kitchener Line trains, enters residential areas again as it continues through the Bramalea district, passing the namesake Bramalea City Centre, a regional shopping mall at Queen Street, which was originally Highway 7, and is now Peel Regional Road 107.{{cite report

Dixie then enters the mostly rural Town of Caledon north of Mayfield, though it briefly passes through an area of newer industrial developments (both complete and under construction) spilling over from Brampton before the suburban environs give way to farmland.

Public transit

Dixie Road is served by two bus routes in Mississauga and Brampton. Both cities operate separate systems; MiWay in Mississauga and Brampton Transit in Brampton. MiWay's Route #5 Dixie's southern terminus is at Long Branch Loop in Toronto, where it makes connections with GO Transit commuter trains and even the city's streetcar system, which otherwise is limited to areas closer to its downtown. Brampton Transit's Route #18 Dixie travels into Mississauga as far south as Meyerside Drive, and also has limited service extending a short distance north into Caledon.

The trunk routes serving the street are:

Mississauga (MiWay):

Brampton (Brampton Transit):

Landmarks

Sites along Dixie Road include:

• Dixie Outlet Mall
• Dixie GO Station
• Canada Post Warehouse
• Toronto Pearson International Airport (Near end of Runway 05)
• Ontario Khalsa Darbar
• Bramalea City Centre
• St. Marguerite d'Youville Secondary School
• UPS Warehouse

References

References

1. "Dixie Road course and length".
2. Canadian Map Publishing. (1898). "County Map of Peel". Canadian Map Publishing.
3. Information Management Group. (June 2, 2016). "Region of Peel Regional Road Map". Peel Region.
4. (May 10, 2016). "New Peel road signs pay tribute to Canada's Armed Forces veterans". Brampton Guardian.
5. [http://www.etobicokehomes4sale.com/Mississauga-City.htm History and Heritage of Mississauga]
6. "Route of Dixie Road".
7. "Dixie Road passing the end of Runway 05".
8. "Location of Bramalea City Centre on Dixie Road".
9. "Dixie Road in the vicinity of Mayfield Rd.".
10. "Dixie Rd's. northern terminus at Olde Base Line Rd.terminus at roundabout".
11. "Horseshoe Hill Rd's. northern terminus at Olde Base Line Rd.terminus at Highway 9".
12. (April 25, 2022). "5 Dixie". City of Mississauga.
13. "System map". City of Brampton.