Portion of major Toronto street to fully shut down for over a week

Residents out and about enjoying Toronto as spring-like weather returns to the city this month should be advised of a number of construction projects that will lead to some localized travel headaches, including one along bustling Danforth Avenue.

Metrolinx has just issued a PSA that it will be commencing work on a railway bridge passing over the east-end thoroughfare in the coming days and will be shutting down a significant stretch of the road for more than a week, which will lead to lengthier travel times around the area.

From 12:01 a.m. next Wednesday, March 19, until 11:59 p.m. the following Thursday, March 27, Danforth will be completely shuttered to all traffic — yes, that includes vehicular, transit and pedestrian — between Warden Avenue and Eastwood Avenue.

The closure will extend across more than nine full days, until 11:59 p.m. the following Thursday, March 27, as the transit agency completes the necessary widening of the bridge as part of the ongoing GO Expansion project, which includes installing metal girders between the bridge piers using a mobile crane.

Along with not being able to access the 350 m segment of what is the neighbourhood's main street, locals will also unfortunately have to deal with round-the-clock construction, which, based on past experience in other pockets of the city, will likely be pretty darn loud, potentially even "unbearable."

The agency warns that prep work will also be taking place on the night of Tuesday, March 18.

In the lead-up to this phase, those around the Danforth-Warden corner already dealt with months of racket from drilling and piling for the same bridge project, which took place day and night over 20 weeks last year.

People across the city have been pretty fed up with Metrolinx-related construction noise, which, though necessary, has kept many up all hours of the night and seriously tested their patience.