and turning lanes at intersections, expanding its width. Development along both sides of the road is both residential and commercial, with shopping plazas at many intersections. The West Branch of the Don River crosses Bathurst Street north of Sheppard and Bathurst Park (Hinder Property) is on the east side of Bathurst Street. North of Steeles Avenue, Bathurst runs through York Region, and is also referred to as York Regional Road 38. At Steeles, Bathurst widens to become a six-lane arterial road. Bathurst Street loses 2 lanes as it passes the CN York subdivision. At Centre Street, it gains two centre bus lanes, used by VIVA Orange, which continues until Highway 7. Bathurst also widens to 6 lanes from the Highway 407 bridge before going back to 4 lanes at Autumn Hill Boulevard. Bathurst is flanked by residential subdivisions on both sides from Steeles until Elgin Mills, where then only the eastern side has residential, forming an urban-rural fringe. Bathurst continues this way for 20 km until meeting Green Lane, where it loses 2 lanes and is flanked by rural land instead. After meeting Highway 11 (York Regional Road 1), Bathurst Streets jogs for a bit until it enters Holland Landing, where it becomes a residential road. Bathurst Street loses its Regional Road status after Queensville Sideroad, where it enters the Holland Marsh. It serves as the boundary between Vaughan and Richmond Hill north of Highway 407, and between King Township and Newmarket and Aurora. Bathurst Street ends at the Holland Marsh, between Holland Landing (in East Gwillimbury) and Bradford, with the section north of Queensville Sideroad being maintained by the Town of East Gwillimbury. It was formerly interrupted for roughly 500 m due to rugged terrain north of Morning Sideroad, north of Newmarket, but the gap was closed in 2016 when a new link was completed, allowing traffic to access York Regional Road 1 (the former Highway 11) from the sousecth. Beyond a marina on the Holland River, it continues as a private driveway to a property along the Holland Marsh. Old Bathurst Street runs north of St John's Sideroad to 19th Sideroad where Bathurst Street was re-routed. Another un-signed road continues slightly east from 19th Sideroad into Koffler Scientific Reserve and intersects with the current section of Bathurst south of Sykes Road. History The street was named for Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, who organized migration from the British