Dixie Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in the

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, Canada, passing through the lower-tier cities of

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and

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, and the rural town of Caledon. It is roughly 38 km (24 mi.) long and is the third

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east of

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, and before being named was concession-numbered as 3rd Line East. 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

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neighbourhood (a former rural

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at Cawthra Road and

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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

Dixie begins at

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in southeast Mississauga at

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in the Lakeview neighbourhood, just west of the

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near the

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city limits. A short distance north of Lakeshore, it dips under

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tracks. It then interchanges with the

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and passes through the Applewood (where it passes under the

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tracks which host GO Transit's

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trains, with

Dixie GO station Dixie GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Milton line in the Dixie, Mississauga, Dixie neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 2445 Dixie Road (Mississauga), Dixie Road, just south of Dundas Street, Toronto, ...

a short distance southeast of the

) intersection) and Rockwood Village neighbourhoods. At Eastgate Parkway, a road running through a

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, it crosses the

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, an east–west bus rapid transit line also running through the corridor, with a station at Dixie. It then enters a major industrialized zone with heavy truck traffic and is often congested as a result. In the centre of this industrial district, it interchanges with

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. Some distance north of that freeway the industrial development thins out as Dixie passes the western outfield of

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and the end of Runway 05. North of Derry Road, it crosses through another hydro corridor and the tolled Highway 407 and enters

. North of

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, Dixie passes under the

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tracks carrying GO Transit

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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. It enters both the Springdale district north of

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, and narrows to a two-lane semi-rural road as it passes through a mixed residential/commercial area still under development as it approaches Mayfield Road. Dixie then enters the mostly rural Town of Caledon north of Mayfield, though it briefly passes though an area of newer industrial developments (both complete and under construction) spilling over from Brampton before the suburban environs give way to farmland. It ends at Olde Base Line Road (Peel Regional Road 12) at a

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where it becomes Horseshoe Hill Road, which continues to and ends at Highway 9.

Public transit

Dixie Road is served by two bus routes in Mississauga and Brampton. Both cities operate separate systems;

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in Mississauga and

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in Brampton. MiWay's Route #5 Dixie's southern terminus is at

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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 (

): Brampton (

Landmarks

Sites along Dixie Road include: *

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Dixie GO Station Dixie GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Milton line in the Dixie, Mississauga, Dixie neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 2445 Dixie Road (Mississauga), Dixie Road, just south of Dundas Street, Toronto, ...

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Warehouse *

(Near end of Runway 05) * Ontario Khalsa Darbar * Bramalea City Centre * St. Marguerite d'Youville Secondary School * UPS Warehouse

References

04 Roads in Brampton Roads in Mississauga {{Peel Regional Roads