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City of Thunder Bay |
View looking easterly along the Highway 11/17
(the Thunder Bay Expressway) from just east of the Arthur Street
intersection. Notice the dual-left turning lanes for traffic turning
eastbound on Arthur Street. The Arthur Street intersection is the
busiest on the Thunder Bay Expressway.
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here for high resolution image (205kb).
Picture taken: August 30th, 2006. Size: 40kb. |
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| City of Thunder Bay |
Green signage denoting the Highway 61 junction on the Thunder Bay
Expressway. Highway 11/17 depart the Thunder Bay Expressway at this
junction. Highway 61 follows the expressway southerly for 5km before
the Expressway ends at Chippewa Road (Highway 61B).
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Highway 61 images.
Picture size: 35kb. |
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City of Thunder Bay |
View looking easterly along the Thunder Bay Expressway towards the Harbour
Expressway intersection. The Harbour Expressway was built jointly by
the MTO and the Cities of the Port Arthur and Fort William and was
originally designated as Highway 131.
Picture taken: September 4th, 2006. Size: 40kb. |
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City of Thunder Bay |
View looking westerly towards the Harbour Expressway intersection along the
Thunder Bay Expressway. In 2007, an western extension of the Harbour
Expressway will open locally known as the Shabaqua Highway. This new
highway will carry
Trans-Canada Highway traffic around busy Arthur Street.
Picture taken: September 4th, 2006. Size: 30kb. |
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City of Thunder Bay |
Looking easterly towards the Oliver Road intersection from just east of the
Harbour Expressway intersection.
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here for high resolution image (170kb). Picture taken: September 4th,
2006. Size: 40kb. |
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City of Thunder Bay |
The Oliver Road intersection along the Thunder Bay Expressway is dwarfed by
Mount McKay in the distance. Oliver Road was at one time designated as
Secondary Highway 590. A number of highways in the Thunder Bay area
were decommissioned during municipal reorganizations that took place in the
1970s.
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Picture taken: August 30th, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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City of Thunder Bay |
Looking easterly along the Thunder Bay Expressway from just east of the
Oliver Road intersection. Notice that the hatch markings in the
centre-line of the highway are only used approaching intersections, and not
along the length of the expressway.
Picture taken: August 30th, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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City of Thunder Bay. |
Green sign denoting the Highway 102 intersection for eastbound motorists.
Signage along the Thunder Bay expressway is an interesting cross between
standard two-lane highway signage and extruded aluminum signage that would
appear on freeways. Click here for Highway 102 Images.
Picture size: 60kb. |
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City of Thunder Bay |
Looking easterly along the Thunder Bay Expressway towards the Balsam Street
intersection. Balsam Street is the first signalized intersection
westbound travelers encounter upon entering Thunder Bay. Picture taken:
August 30th, 2006. Size: 40kb. |
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| Thunder Bay - Shuniah Boundary
District of Thunder Bay |
View looking east along Highway 11/17 from the Hodder Street (Highway
11B/17B) junction along the Thunder Bay Expressway. At Hodder Street,
the Thunder Bay expressway narrows from a 4-lanes to 2. Picture taken: July 13th, 2004. Size: 50kb. |
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| Thunder Bay - Shuniah Boundary
District of Thunder Bay |
View looking easterly from just east of the Highway 527 junction. From
Highway 527 to just east of Lakeshore Drive Highway 11/17
was reconstructed during the 2005 construction season. Picture taken: August 30th, 2006.
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Continues easterly on
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