Queen Elizabeth Way - Images


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Photos shown in this table are arranged from South (Fort Erie) to North (Toronto):

Proper Municipality Name Photo Description Photo

Pictures taken from driver's perspective appear offset from centre-line pictures:        

Toronto-
Bound
Fort Erie-
Bound
Continued from Burlington to Oakville Images
City of Mississauga

Regional Municipality of Peel

View looking towards Hamilton at the Erin Mills Parkway interchange along the QEW.  This interchange was reconstructed from a roundabout to a standard parclo A4 in 2000.

Picture taken: April 29th, 2007.  Low-res: 45kb.  High-res: 136kb.

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City of Mississauga

Regional Municipality of Peel

Overhead signage at the ramp to Erin Mills Parkway from the Hamilton-bound QEW.  Surprisingly when the Erin Mills Road was reconstructed back in 2002, the Hamilton-bound overhead signage was not replaced.
Picture taken: May 26th, 2007.  Low-res: 40kb.  High-res: 135kb.

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City of Mississauga

Regional Municipality of Peel

Overhead advanced signage for the Erin Mills Parkway interchange.  Notice the subordinate yellow arrow signage located just before the overhead sign.  These yellow signs replaced the old 'RIGHT LANE MUST EXIT' signs when signs in Ontario went bilingual in the early 1990s.
Picture taken: May 26th, 2007.  Low-res: 50kb.  High-res: 190kb.

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City of Mississauga

Regional Municipality of Peel

This picture shows the Toronto-bound QEW over the Credit River bridge in Mississauga.  This picture is located roughly at kilometre marker 131.  Note the original 'ER' style light standards that were at one time very common along the QEW.  The ER lights are no longer in service, having been replaced many years ago with the more modern truss-style lighting.

Picture taken: May 30th, 2007.  Low-res: 40kb.  High-res: 135kb.

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City of Mississauga

Regional Municipality of Peel

View looking Hamilton-bound on the QEW from the Hurontario Street (Highway 10) cloverleaf interchange.  The cloverleaf interchange between Highway 10 and the QEW is one of only a handful of remaining cloverleaf's in the province.  It is set to be reconfigured as a partial parclo, partial diamond in the next few years.
Picture taken: May 30th, 2007.  Low-res: 45kb.  High-res: 150kb.

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Hurontario Street is the local name for Highway 10, which before downloading stretched from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron.  Click here for Highway 10 images.
City of Mississauga

Regional Municipality of Peel

Advanced signage for the Dixie Road partial interchange along the Hamilton-bound QEW.  The right-most lane exits the QEW at this interchange leaving the highway with a 6-lane cross-section.  The QEW maintains this 6-lane cross-section through Mississauga until the Highway 403 interchange in Oakville.
Picture taken: May 26th, 2007.  Low-res: 50kb.  High-res: 175kb.

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City of Toronto

The QEW looking Toronto-Bound (east) from the Evans Road overpass in Etobicoke.  Evans Avenue is located roughly at kilometre maker 138.  This picture showcases where the QEW intersects Highway 427.

 

Picture taken: May 9th, 2004.  Size: 50kb.

City of Toronto

Another view of the Toronto-bound QEW from the Evans avenue overpass.  This picture showcases the flyover ramp from the Toronto-bound QEW to the northbound 427 better then the previous picture.  The Highway 427 interchange is now the last interchange on the QEW, since 1997, when the QEW was downloaded to the City of Toronto east of the 427.

Picture taken: May 9th, 2004.  Size: 50kb.

City of Toronto View looking Hamilton-bound along the QEW from the 427 interchange.  Notice the high-speed ramp from Highway 427 joining the QEW in forefront.  Also notice the ramp from the QEW to Sherway Gardens Road.  This ramp was completed recently in 2002, improving local access to the QEW/Gardiner.
Picture taken:  July 12th, 2007.  Low-res: 60kb.  High-res: 200kb.

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Highway 427 begins at the QEW heading north through the western edge of Toronto.  Click here for Highway 427 images.
City of Toronto Overhead signage for Highway 427 from the Hamilton-bound QEW.

Picture taken: May 12th, 2005.  Size: 40kb.

City of Toronto Overhead advanced signage for the short eastbound collector lanes on the QEW (Gardiner Expressway).  A short 10-lane C-D was constructed in the 1970s to minimize disruption from three closely spaced interchanges to high-speed mainline traffic.
Picture taken: May 12th, 2005.  Size: 40kb.
City of Toronto Advanced diagaramical sign for the upcoming Highway 427 interchange.  Highway 427 leads travelers northerly from the QEW through the heart of Etobicoke to Highway 401, and eventually to Highway 7 in the City of Vaughan.
Picture taken: May 12th, 2005.  Size: 55kb.
City of Toronto Two views looking west towards Hamilton from the Kipling Avenue overpass.  The collector/distributor lanes end at the Kipling Avenue overpass.  West of Kipling Avenue, the QEW/Gardiner has a 10-lane cross-section until the large Highway 427 interchange.

Upper picture taken: May 12th, 2005.  Low-res: 40kb.  High-res: 145kb.

Upper picture taken: May 12th, 2005.  Low-res: 40kb.  High-res: 140kb.

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City of Toronto Looking towards Downtown Toronto (east) along the QEW (now Gardiner Expressway).  Between Kipling Avenue and Royal York Road, the QEW has a 10-lane Core-Distributor (C-D) configuration.

Picture taken: May 12th, 2005.  Size: 50kb.


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