Queen Elizabeth Way - Images
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Photos shown in this table are arranged from South (Fort Erie) to North (Toronto):
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| City of Hamilton |
 Looking towards Hamilton and Toronto from the Fifty Road overpass.
Fifty Road is located roughly at kilometer marker 78.
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the Fifty Road overpass.Photo taken: May 8th, 2005. Size: 35kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking Niagara-bound (east) along the QEW from the Winona Road overpass.
Given the QEW's modern 6-lane cross section, it is hard to fathom that until
the late 1960s the QEW featured many at-grade intersections.
Specifically, Winona Road was not grade-separated until 1969. Photo taken: April 19th, 2007. Low-res: 40kb. High-res: 125kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking westerly (Toronto-bound) along the QEW from the Winona Road
overpass. Notice the truck inspection station along the south side of
the highway. Photo taken: April 19th, 2007. Low-res: 35kb. High-res: 120kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Niagara-bound view of the QEW from the Glover Road overpass. Glover
Road is located at roughly kilometre marker 81. Photo taken: April 19th, 2007. Low-res: 35kb. High-res: 120kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Opposing view of the QEW from the Glover Road overpass. Photo taken: April 19th, 2007. Low-res: 35kb. High-res: 120kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
View looking Niagara Bound along the QEW from the Millen Bridge. Although
the highway is pressing into rural countryside from this point easterly to
St. Catharines, the countryside immediately surrounding the QEW is always
quite suburban. Photo taken: September 25th, 2006. |
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| City of Hamilton |
View looking to the west in towards Hamilton from Millen Bridge. Photo taken: September 25th, 2006. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Old style Changeable message sign still referencing the now long defunct
Highway 20. Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007. Low-res: 60kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Overhead advanced signage mounted to the Grays Road overpass. One of
the things that I think is lost with Ontario's municipal expressway network
is that travelers are not informed of the status of the route by its
signage. The lower sign refers to two parkways, the numbered route is
a conventional city street, while the other route is a freeway and part of
Hamilton's beltway. I wish this could be rectified somehow. Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007. Low-res: 65kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
View looking easterly towards St. Catharines from the Grays Road overpass in
Stoney Creek. Grays Road marks is the eastern end of the QEW's
continuous freeway lighting. Photo taken: September 25th, 2006. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Westerly view of a high-mast light standard and a small section of highway.
Really, this photo isn't very good, I only show it out of 'complete-ness'. Photo taken: September 25th, 2006. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Two incarnations of signage. The first is for Highway 20, back when
Highway 20 still found Hamilton. The second and lower photos is clearview signage
for the Centennial Parkway and
Red Hill Valley Parkway interchange. To my knowledge this is one of the only clearview installation along a provincial highway. Upper photo taken: Lower photo taken: November 23rd, 2007. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Unique gore signage for the Toronto-bound ramp to Centennial Parkway and the
Red Hill Valley Parkway. Centennial Parkway is exit 88 and the Red
Hill Valley Parkway is exit 89. Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007. Low-res: 70kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Photos taken: May 2008 |
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| The former Highway 20 lead southeast of Hamilton into Niagara Region. Click here for Highway 20 images. | |||
| City of Hamilton |
Upper photo taken: February 23rd, 2005.
Lower photo taken: May 2008. |
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| City of Hamilton |
This view looks towards Toronto from the Red Hill Creek Expressway.
Note all the construction activity -- during the 2008 construction
season the a collector lane will be added between Burlington Street and the
Red Hill Valley Expressway. Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007. |
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| The Red Hill Valley Parkway is a freeway running from the QEW southerly to the Linc along the former Stoney Creek Hamilton boundary. Click here for Red Hill Valley Parkway images | |||
| City of Hamilton |
Green
signage for the ramp to Centennial Parkway from the Niagara-bound QEW.
Notice the right lane ends sign has not been erected denoting the end of the
outermost lane. The QEW was widened to eight lanes between Centennial
Parkway and Woodward Avenue in the Summer of 2009. Photo taken: June 27th, 2009. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Advanced
signage for the Niagara-bound ramp to Centennial Parkway. Notice the
central-pier standing in the highway median. A pedestrian bridge is
proposed by the City of Hamilton at this location in the coming years. Photo taken: June 27th, 2009. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Signage
for the Niagara-bound exit to the Red Hill Valley Parkway. The exit
for the Red Hill exits just before the on-ramps from Burlington Street join
the highway, creating a unique collector-express like highway for a very
short distance. Photo taken: June 27th, 2009. |
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| City of Hamilton |
View
looking Niagara-bound at the ramps to Burlington Street and Woodward Avenue.
These ramps split apart for their respective destinations a short distance
from this signage. Photo taken: June 27th, 2009. |
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| City of Hamilton |
View looking towards the Burlington Skyway from the Woodward Avenue
overpass. At the time of this photo, the Woodward Avenue underpass was being widened for
an extra lane in each direction as part of the Burlington Street interchange
reconstruction. Photo taken: June 29th, 2007. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Advanced
signage for the ramp to Burlington Street and Woodward Avenue. I got a
little excited for all the new signs in Hamilton it would seem. Photo taken: June 27th, 2009. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Hamilton
exits from the QEW. Does it make sense that the only route that isn't
a freeway from the QEW is the one that is numbered? Roads in Ontario
don't make any sense. Photo taken: June 27th, 2009. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Green signage at the Toronto-bound ramp to Eastport Drive at the south end
of the Burlington Skyway. Eastport Drive serves as an alternate route
to the Skyway that is used in the event of a Skyway closure. Photo taken: November 15th, 2006. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Niagara-bound view of the QEW from the foot of the Burlington Skyway.
The QEW has an eight lane cross-section between the Skyway and Woodward
Avenue. Photo taken: June 29th, 2007. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Two
views of the Skyway Bridge from Eastport Drive. This elegant truss span was
completed in 1959, while the modern concrete structure was opened in 1987.
When first completed, the Skyway bridge was the largest undertaking in
Ontario Highway history. The structure was originally tolled, one of
two toll bridges along the QEW. Upper photo taken: June 29th, 2007. Lower photo taken: February 2nd, 2009. |
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| City of Hamilton |
The
Toronto-bound lanes of the Burlington Skyway is comprised of an elaborate
truss-design. Photo taken: November 1st, 2008. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
New
triangular truss overhead sign for North Shore Boulevard. Photo taken: November 1st, 2008. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
It
really is a shame seeing Ontario's distinct rounded truss gantries being
replaced by these bland generic triangular truss overheads. Photo taken: November 1st, 2008. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
View looking across the Burlington Bay James N. Allen Skyway from North
Shore Boulevard. The original truss span was completed in 1959, and
was subsequently twinned with a concrete structure in 1987. The
Burlington Skyway is without a doubt the most impressive freeway structure
on an Ontario freeway. Photo taken: February 28th, 2007. Low-res: 45kb. High-res: 180kb. |
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| Highway 2 leads east and west of the QEW through Hamilton and Oakville. Click here for Highway 2 images (Coming Soon!) | |||
| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
Green distance sign just north of the North Shore Boulevard interchange.
Destination specific distance signs appeared on Central Region's Freeway's
shortly after the SAR's induced tourism decline of 2003. Photo taken: June 29th, 2007. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
View looking Niagara-bound approaching the North Shore Boulevard (Highway
2) and Eastport Drive (Highway 7189) interchange. Photo taken: April 19th, 2007. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
Overhead signage in advance of the North Shore Boulevard and Eastport Drive
interchange. The right-most lane along the QEW departs the highway at
this interchange. Photo taken: April 19th, 2007. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
COMPASS sign in advance of the North Shore Boulevard interchange and the
Burlington Skyway. The Burlington COMPASS CMS system debuted in 1986
on the QEW in response to congestion at peak times along the Skyway bridge.
This LED board has been retrofitted from its original flip-disk design. Photo taken: April 19th, 2007. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
This
overhead diagram sign was erected in the Fall of 2008. It is one of
Ontario's more complex overhead's -- reminiscent of the sign approaching
Highway 7 on Highway 8 in Kitchener. Photo taken: November 1st, 2008. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
Overhead
sign in advance of the ramp to Highway 403 West and Highway 407 East.
Odd, MTO chose this advanced arrow design on a new sign. Photo taken: November 1st, 2008. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
The
QEW is four-lanes through the Freeman interchange. This is the only
section of highway between St. Catharines and Toronto to be four-lanes. Photo taken: November 1st, 2008. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
Looking Toronto-bound towards the Freeman (Highway
403/407)
Interchange from the median of the QEW. The current Freeman
Interchange was completed in stages between 1990 and 2001. The Freeman
Interchange is the largest interchange along the QEW between Niagara Falls
and Toronto. Photo taken: April 19th, 2007. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
View
looking towards Niagara from the top of the Freeman interchange. This
is the only four-lane section of QEW between Toronto and St. Catharines. Photo taken: June 2007. |
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| In Burlington, Highway 403 leads west of the QEW towards Hamilton and Brantford. Click here for Highway 403 images, and here for Highway 407 ETR images. | |||
| Continues on Burlington to Oakville Images | |||
Page 3 - Aerials
Photos shown in this table are arranged from West to East:
| Proper Municipality Name | Photo Description | Photo |
| City of Hamilton |
A view of the QEW/Highway 20 interchange
from the air. Notice the advanced grading for the Red Hill Valley
Expressway just to the west of the Highway 20 interchange. The new
expressway will open in the Fall of 2007. Photo taken: November 3rd, 2006. Low-res: 85kb. High-res: 290kb. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
A centre-line view of the QEW from 2500ft. This view highlights the
twin Burlington Bay Skyway bridges that cross Hamilton's Harbour. Photo taken: November 3rd, 2006. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 195kb. |
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| City of Burlington Regional Municipality of Halton |
View looking northerly towards the QEW at the Fairview Street and Freeman
interchanges. Note the abandoned loop ramp from Fairview Street to the
Fort Erie-bound QEW. This ramp was abandoned when
Highway 407 was connected to the QEW in
2001. Photo taken: November: 3rd, 2006. Low-res: 85kb. High-res: 300kb. |
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