Brimley Road is a north-south street in Toronto and the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. In Toronto, it is located entirely within Scarborough and carried 32000 vehicles daily in May 2007 Hence, it is classified as a major arterial road by the city of Toronto. Beginning at Scarborough Bluffs by Lake Ontario, Brimley goes straight through Scarborough, past Steeles Avenue and ends at 14th Avenue in Markham. The Scarborough portion is mainly residential with small strip plazas along the way, and the super-regional mall, Scarborough Town Centre. North of Finch Avenue is Brimley Woods (Macklin's Bush), a small forest patch and now city park of what the area once looked like. Past Steeles, Brimley weaves through the residential areas of the Milliken community of Markham. History The origins of the street's name is unknown, but it could be named for a village in Teignbridge in England given the origins of many of Scarborough's early settlers. Before the name came into use it was sixth concession east of Yonge Street. The corner of Brimley Road and Sheppard Avenue marks the central location around which the community of Agincourt was formed during the mid-19th century. The road has also come to border the neighbourhood Kennedy Park and the electoral districts Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River. A museum off Brimley north of Lawrence Avenue East in Thomson Park pays tribute to the founding family of the former Township of Scarborough; West Highland Creek, a tributary of the Highland Creek, runs through the park. 401 overpass The section south of Sheppard was once interrupted at Highway 401. The construction of the highway lead to the break since the late 1940s and fully by 1956. An $11 million overpass and partial interchange of the freeway was built and opened on October 18, 1987 over the objections of many area residents on concerns over increased traffic volume. In an attempt to address these concerns, it was initially restricted to transit buses and emergency vehicles. After a few months of widely reported public pressure, Scarborough City Council voted February 18, 1988 to open the overpass to general traffic. A partial interchange is provided between Brimley Road and Highway 401, with westbound access to Highway 401 from northbound Brimley Road, and southbound access to Brimley Road from eastbound Highway 401. Eastbound traffic may also access northbound Brimley Road via the Progress Avenue exit. Public transit The main Toronto