King's Highway 2 - Images
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Photos shown in this table are arranged from West to East:
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Pictures taken from driver's perspective appear offset from centre-line pictures: |
East- Bound |
West- Bound |
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| London to Toronto Images | |||
| Though it is now signed and known as the Gardiner. The Humber River marks the former Western Terminus of the QEW. Click here for QEW Images. | |||
| City of Toronto | Westbound view of the Gardiner/QEW as Highway 2
departs the freeway becoming Lakeshore Boulevard. This spot marks the
former Toronto terminus of the QEW. Photo taken: August 2007. |
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| City of Toronto | Partial overhead guide signage for the exit to
the South Kingsway. Photo taken: August 2007. |
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| Yonge Street carried the Highway 11 designation until 1997. Click here for Highway 11 images. | |||
| City of Toronto | Approaching the east end of the Gardiner, this
overhead can be found for the impending split between the Don Valley Parkway
and the kilometer long ramp to Lake Shore Boulevard. Photographer: Dan Garnell. Photo taken: July 2007. |
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| City of Toronto | Butterfly gantry at the ramp to the DVP from the
Gardiner. Notice the painted arrows denoting the exiting lanes.
These would not be painted on an MTO maintained portion of freeway. Photographer: Dan Garnell. Photo taken: July 2007. |
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| The Don Valley Parkway carries traffic between Downtown Toronto and Highways 401 and 404. Click here for DVP images (Coming Soon!) | |||
| City of Toronto | Neat view from ground level at
the towering DVP/Gardiner flyover. Photographer: Josh Anderchek. |
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| Town of Ajax Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking easterly along Highway 2 from the
Wicks Drive intersection. Since this photo was taken in 2004, several
traffic lights have been added by the Region of Durham (who has jurisdiction
over Highway 2, since this section was downloaded in 1997) as the urban
limits of Ajax extend ever further easterly. Picture taken: August 31st, 2004. Size: 60kb. |
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| Town of Ajax Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking west towards the Audley Road
intersection in Ajax. Traffic lights were installed at this
intersection in late 2004, as Audley Road is being upgraded to a minor
suburban arterial. Picture taken: August 31st, 2004. Size: 60kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington Regional Municipality of Durham |
Signage denoting the ramp to Highway
35/115
southbound. Because Highway 35/115
ends just a short distance south of Highway 2 at
Highway 401, signage only indicates
Highway 401 instead of Highway
35/115.
Surprisingly, all signage for Highway 401
at this interchange uses only Toronto as a control city, despite the fact
that traffic can access both east and westbound directions. Picture size: 40kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington Regional Municipality of Durham |
Green signage denoting the northbound ramp to
Highway 35/115.
Click here for Highway 35
images and here for
Highway 115 images. Picture size: 60kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking westerly along Highway 2 towards
the Highway 35/115
underpass. This underpass was constructed in the mid 1950s, and
originally served Highway 401.
Highway 401 ended at this interchange for a
brief period of time between 1952 and 1960 before it was extended easterly
to Port Hope. Picture taken: September 1st, 2004. Size: 60kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking west towards the Highway
35/115 interchange. Before Highway 35/115
was upgraded to a RIRO expressway in the late 1980s, Highway 2 met Highway
35/115 at a
Parclo A2 interchange. However, to accommodate 4-through lanes through
the existing structure, the interchange was converted to a diamond. Picture taken: September 1st, 2004. Size: 60kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking east along Highway 2 from Highway
35/115 towards
Newcastle. Picture taken: September 1st, 2004. Size: 70kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington Regional Municipality of Durham |
A neutered junction assembly denoting the
Highway 35/115
interchange for westbound traffic. Click
here for Highway 35 images
and here for Highway 115
images. Picture size: 40kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking west into the sun in the small
community of Newtonville at the Newtonville Road intersection.
Newtonville is located about 10km east of Newcastle. Picture taken: September 1st, 2004. Size: 65kb. |
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| Town of Port Hope County of Northumberland |
View looking westerly along Highway 2 from the
Northumberland Road 10/74 intersection. Picture taken: September 1st, 2004. Size: 70kb. |
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| Town of Port Hope County of Northumberland |
Looking west towards the Northumberland Road
10/74 intersection in Welcome. At this junction, Highway 2 turns left,
heading westerly again towards Newcastle. Picture taken: September 1st, 2004. Size: 70kb. |
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| Town of Port Hope County of Northumberland |
Junction assembly for eastbound travelers in
Downtown Port Hope. Before 1998, Highway 28 started at this junction
and headed northerly to Peterborough and beyond.
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images. Picture size: 35kb. |
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| Town of Port Hope County of Northumberland |
Worn out junction assembly for westbound traffic
along Highway 2 approaching the Highway 28
intersection. As denoted by the signage, to continue westerly along
Highway 2 at Highway 28 traffic must turn
left. This is one of three jogs that travelers must follow to follow
Highway 2 through Port Hope.
Click here for Highway 28
images. Picture taken: 35kb. |
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| Town of Cobourg County of Northumberland |
Signage in Downtown Cobourg at the former
Highway 45 junction.
Highway 45 leads northeasterly from Downtown
Cobourg to Hastings and eventually meets Highway 7 at Norwood.
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images. Picture size: 25kb. |
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| Municipality of Brighton County of Northumberland |
Junction assembly at the former
Highway 30
junction in Downtown Brighton. Highway 30 leads north from Brighton to Campbellford and Havelock.
Click here for Highway 30
images. Picture size: 60kb. |
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| City of Belleville County of Hastings |
Westbound junction assembly for the eastern
Highway 62 junction in Downtown Belleville.
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images. Picture size: 25kb. |
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| City of Belleville County of Hastings |
Looking westerly along Highway 2 from just east
of the Eastern limits of the City of Belleville. Notice the highway
converges and then diverges again at the creek crossing in the photo.
This type of treatment is very common to early divided highways designed in
the 1930s. Picture taken: June 19th, 2004. Size: 55kb. |
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| City of Belleville County of Hastings |
View looking westerly along Highway 2 from just
west of the Point Anne Lane intersection. Notice that Highway 2
crosses a small creek with two separate bridges, unlike the treatment at
Bells Creek further to the west. Picture taken: June 19th, 2004. Size: 35kb. |
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| City of Belleville County of Hastings |
Looking westerly towards the Point Anne Lane
intersection. The 1930s divided highway ends at this intersection,
narrowing down to a conventional two-lane highway. Picture taken: June 19th, 2004. Size: 55kb. |
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| Tyendinaga IR 38 County of Hastings |
Signage just south of Marysville indicating both
Highway's 2 and 49. Highway 2 and
49 were co-designated for 4.2km
before Highway 2 was decommissioned in 1997. Though signage still
indicates Highway 2 following Highway 49 for much of this former multiplex,
technically (and legally) the Highway 2 designation has been removed from this section of
Highway 49. Picture size: 55kb. |
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| Tyendinaga IR 38 County of Hastings |
Advanced signage at the southern Highway 2/49
junction. At this junction, Highway 49
continues southerly across the Qunite Skyway to Prince Edward Island, while
Highway 2 turns again easterly and leads travelers to Desoronto.
Click here for Highway 49
images. Picture size: 30kb. |
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| Tyendinaga IR 38 County of Hastings |
Looking south along Highway 49 towards the
southern Highway 2 junction. Picture taken: June 2nd, 2005. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Kingston County of Frontenac |
Signage informing eastbound motorists of the
Highway 38/Gardiners Road intersection. The lower half of this sign
was erected by the City of Kingston after an errant motorist struck the
original MTO signage. Click here for Highway 38 images. Picture size: 50kb. |
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| City of Kingston County of Frontenac |
Green signage for westbound traffic approaching
the Highway 38 intersection.
Click here for Highway 38 images. Picture size: 50kb. |
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| City of Kingston County of Frontenac |
View looking easterly along Highway 2 from just
east of the Highway 38 intersection. Through western Kingston, Highway
2 has a 5-lane suburban cross-section. Picture taken: October 22nd, 2004. Size:35kb. |
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| City of Kingston County of Frontenac |
View looking easterly along Highway 2 from the
Sydenham Road intersection. The Sydenham Road and John Counter
Boulevard
intersections are located in very close proximity to one another.
Beyond John Counter Boulevard, Highway 2 crosses the CN mainline and enters the
pre-amalgamated City of Kingston. Picture taken: October 22nd, 2004. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Kingston County of Frontenac |
A poor quality photo of the Highway 2 (Princess
Street) approaching the Sir John A. Macdonald Blvd intersection.
Westbound Highway 33 is signed along Sir
John A. Macdonald Blvd as a short-cut route from eastbound Highway 2 to
avoid some closely spaced traffic signals that would be encountered
following the 'true' route.
Click here for Highway 33
images. Picture size: 30kb. |
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