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The road network inWindsor, Ontario is agrid system with elongated blocks, generally aligned with theDetroit River, with East-West roads runningparallel to it, and North-South streets runningperpendicular (90 Degrees) to it. This is an adoption from whenFrench Canadian settlers first builtfarms and streets in the area. Many streets haveFrench names in result, such asLauzon Parkway, Marentette Avenue (a quiet residential street),Ouellette Avenue (considered by many Windsorites to be its "Main Street"), and Pelissier Street. The current street system of Windsor (grid with elongated blocks) reflects theFrench method ofagricultural land division where thefarms were long and narrow, fronting along the river (this originates from French methods oftax collection, with moretaxes being paid bypropertyowners withwaterfront properties, thus whyriverfront lots were usually narrow).
Most of the city is uniform in its grid, but a fewneighbourhoods have their own system.Forest Glade and TheVillages of Riverside were built recently (in the 1960s and 1970s, and have circular patterns, whileSandwich has its own grid roughly 45 degrees off from the rest of the city, in atriangle fromHuron Church Road and the Detroit River, south toTecumseh Road and Prince Road. This is due to the river turning southwest-ward just west of theAmbassador Bridge. Another major part of the city where the streets "jog" across Tecumseh Road isFountain Bleu, when Tecumseh Road was the former city limit with the former Township of Sandwich South until the 1960s.
Windsor has twofreeways, theE. C. Row Expressway and theDougall Parkway.
Highway 401[1] skirts the City Limits from Provincial Rd (exit 14), to Cabana West/Todd Lane (exit 6), and enters the city in the far west end to Ojibway Pkwy (exit 1).Dougall Parkway is a former spur of Highway 401, and is a limited access freeway between the 401 and Howard Avenue, just north of Howard Avenue before it becomes Dougall Avenue.
There are a few otherdivided highways/dual carriageways with varying levels of development, access, and intersections, such asOjibway Parkway,Lauzon Parkway,Ouellette Avenue, andHuron Church Road.
These main East-Westarterial roads are listed from the Detroit River, heading towards the south:
These main North-South arteries are listed from west to east:
These other North-South routes tend to be short, but busy, as they serve heavily built-up areas in Downtown and other areas:
Many of these roads in Windsor pass byBig ThreeAutomaker plants, such asFord Motor Company of Canada,General Motors Canada andChrysler Canada, which is why they are so busy.