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Highway 6 pictures continue via
Highway 403 Images and
Highway 6: Highway 24 to Hamilton Images |
| Hamilton - Burlington Boundary |
Driving south approaching the Highway 403
interchange along Highway 6. Notice the overhead signage makes no
reference to Highway 6 continuing further southerly along
Highway 403. This is likely because
Highway 6 is doesn't technically exist concurrent with
Highway 403 through Hamilton.
Click here for Highway 403
Images.
Picture taken: July 31st, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| Hamilton - Burlington Boundary |
Looking south along Highway 6 towards the
Highway 403 interchange, and the signalized intersection with Plains
Road West. This is the only signalized intersection between
Clappison's Corners and Highway 403 along
Highway 6.
Picture taken: July 31st, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| Hamilton - Burlington Boundary |
Looking north along Highway 6 towards Clappison's Corners and the Niagara
Escarpment. This stretch of Highway 6 was 4-laned in the 1965,
and has since become quite congested. Construction is currently underway to freewayalize this portion of Highway 6.
Picture taken: July 31st, 2005. Size: 70kb. |
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| Hamilton - Burlington Boundary |
Driving south towards the
Highway 403 interchange along Highway 6.
This photo shows the green guide sign directing QEW-bound traffic along the
eastbound
403. This picture also shows the very busy York Road
intersection. Notice the recently constructed Service Road bridge on
the left side of the photo. Click
here for more information.
Picture taken: March 21st, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking southerly from just south of Clappison's Corners towards
Highway 403. Surprisingly, this portion of Highway 6 has changed very little
since it was first widened in 1965. Construction is presently underway
to convert this section of Highway 6 to a 5-lane freeway, with 2-southbound
lanes and 3-northbound (uphill) lanes.
Picture taken: March 21st, 2006. Size: 55kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking south along Highway 6 towards the Niagara Escarpment. Highway
6 disappears down the Niagara Escarpment down a steep 7% grade. Picture
courtesy: Josh Anderchek. Taken: March 21st, 2006. Size: 55kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking north towards the signalized intersection with
Highway 5 at Clappison's Corners.
Because of the high amount of turning traffic at this intersection, two-way
left turns facilitate movement from westbound to southbound and from
northbound to westbound.
Picture taken: March 21st, 2006. Size: 55kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking south towards the Highway 5 intersection. This intersection is one of the busiest
between two active king's highways in Ontario. Unfortunately, it is
not being altered as part of the Highway 6 freewayalization project between
Highway 403 and
Highway 5.
Picture taken: March 21st, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Junction assembly for Highway 5 heading
southbound along Highway 6. Before downloading, this assembly would
have reflected Highway 5 continuing east of Highway 6 into Waterdown.
The Highway 5 junction is very poorly signed
southbound along Highway 6, and is not signed at all for northbound traffic.
Click here for Highway 5 Images.
Picture size: 40kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking north along Highway 6 towards Guelph. Highway 6 has been
constructed with this 5-lane suburban configuration from Clappison's Corners
northerly to just north of Regional Road 97 on the Freelton By-pass.
Picture taken: March 21st, 2006. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking south along Highway 6 towards Clappison's Corners and the Parkside
Drive intersection. Parkside Drive serves as the northern access route
into Waterdown and has a busy intersection with Highway 6.
Picture taken: May 6th, 2006. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking north along Highway 6 from just north of Parkside Drive. The
section of Highway 6 immediately north of Parkside Drive is fairly built up
with numerous residential and commercial accesses. Picture taken: July
31st, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking north towards Harper Coerners from just south of the Concession Road
6W junction. Picture taken: July 31sts, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking south from about 1km south of the Hamilton Road 97 junction towards
Beezy's Corners. Picture taken: March 6th, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking north along Highway 6 towards the Hamilton Road 97 junction and the
southern start of the Freelton By-pass. Picture taken: September 24th,
2005. Size: 60kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking south towards the Hamilton Road 97 junction. Before the mid
1980s, Hamilton Road 97 was a provincial highway designated as
97. Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking north along the Freelton By-pass from just north of the Hamilton
Road 97 junction. The Freelton By-pass is a controlled access highway.
Because of the lack of residential and business entrances, the centre turn
lane narrows to a flush median along the by-pass.
Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking southerly from the northern junction of Freelton Road at the
northern start of the Freelton By-pass. Picture taken: September 24th,
2005. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Hamilton |
Looking northerly along Highway 6 towards the Flamborough - Puslinch
Townline Road. As is visible in the photo, Highway 6 narrows from a 4-
to 2-lanes at the boundary. The MTO is planning to eventually bypass
both Morriston and Puslinch to the west with a new Highway 6 alignment that
would link up to the existing highway at the end of the pictured 4-lane
highway.
Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking south through Puslinch towards the 4-lane portion of highway.
Northbound traffic bunches up very quickly through Puslinch as Highway 6
becomes a very congested 2-lane route. Picture taken: September 24th, 2005.
Size: 55kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking northerly through Puslinch towards the CP railway overhead.
This railway overhead is being replaced in 2006, and the surrounding highway
is being reconstructed. This construction project will not see Highway
6 widened through Puslinch.
Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 55kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking north through Morriston along Highway 6. Morriston is the most
notable community along Highway 6 between Hamilton and Guelph, and features
the only 50km/h speed limit through this section of highway. The
portion of Highway 6 between Puslinch and Morriston will be resurfaced
during the summer of 2006.
Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 70kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking south towards the signalized intersection with Wellington Road 36 in
Morriston. This traffic signal causes significant backups during peak
travel periods on Highway 6. Morriston is located about 1km south of
Highway 401.
Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 55kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking northerly towards the Highway 401 interchange from just north of Morriston. Highway 6 meets
Highway 401 at a parclo-A2 interchange.
Surprisingly, this interchange was never a cloverleaf design, and was the
only interchange between two highways to not have been originally constructed
as a cloverleaf between Kitchener and Toronto.
Picture taken: June 10th, 2006. Size: 50kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
View of the end of the ramp terminal for southbound Highway 6 travelers.
At these signals, traffic must turn right to continue southerly along
Highway 6. It is quite surprising that a channel was never constructed
at this intersection to so that southbound traffic could by-pass the traffic
signal.
Picture taken: May 6th, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Advanced signage for the westbound Highway 401 ramp. As noted by the
sign, Highway 6 follows Highway 401 westerly for roughly 4km before heading
north through the west side of Guelph via the Hanlon Parkway.
Picture size: 65kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking north towards the northern Highway 401 ramp terminals. Traffic
must turn right at this intersection to continue northerly along Highway 6.
Straight ahead is Wellington Road 46 which formed Highway 6's original
routing through Guelph before the Hanlon Parkway opened in the 1970s.
Click here for Highway 401 Images.
Picture taken: June 10th, 2006. Size: 55kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking west along Highway 6/401 towards London. Highway 6 piggybacks
along Highway 401 for roughly 4km to the south of Guelph. Picture taken:
June 10th, 2006. Size: 50kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Signage at the eastbound ramp at the southern Highway 6/401 interchange.
Click here for Highway 401 images. Picture taken: May 6th, 2006.
Size: 35kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Advanced signage for the southern Highway 6/401
interchange. Picture taken: May 6th, 2006. Size: 40kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking east along Highway 6/401 from the Concession Road 7 overpass.
Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking west towards London from the Concession Road 7 overpass. The
Concession Road 7 overpass is located about halfway between the Highway 6
interchanges at 401 kilometre marker 297.
Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Signage eastbound along Highway 401 taken
from just beyond the northern Highway 6 interchange. Signs reading
"next exit" are not generally used on provincial freeways, however it is
useful in this application as a reassurance sign for Highway 6 traffic.
Picture taken: May 6th, 2006. Size: 20kb. |
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| Township of Puslinch County of
Wellington |
Looking east towards Toronto from the western Highway 6 overpass. The
western Highway 6 overpass is located roughly at kilometer marker 295 along
Highway 401. Picture taken: June 10th,
2006. Size: 40kb. |
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