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| City of Toronto |
An obstructed view looking west from the Progress Avenue overpass.
Photo taken: June 24th, 2004. Low-res: 80kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Highway 401 looking east from the
Progress Road overpass. Until the early 1990s, the
12-lane core/distributor highway narrowed to six-lanes at the
core/collector transfers visible in this photo. The core/distributor
system was extended eastwards to Brock Road in Pickering in the mid
1990s.
Photo taken: June 24th, 2004.
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Before 1998, Highway 48 continued
north of Highway 401 through Scarborough and Markham to Highway 35 at
Coboconk.
Click here for Highway 48 images. |
| City of Toronto |
Drivers view from the westbound collector lanes directing traffic to the
Markham Road off-ramp. Highway 401 marks the 1998 historic
terminus of Highway 48. Photo taken:
May 30th, 2007. Low-res: 55kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Overhead advanced signage in advance of the Markham Road interchange
from the westbound collectors. Photo taken: May 30th, 2007.
Low-res: 55kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Bilingual Highway of Heroes signage found along side the eastbound
collector lanes in Scarborough. M-C shields were once signed with
every Highway 401 marker across the province in similar fashion. Photo
taken: September 23rd, 2007. Low-res: 75kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
View looking west from the Nielson Road overpass. Between the
1970s and 1995, the complex freeway ended here as all traffic was
diverted into what is now the collector lanes. Notice the older
w-style barrier separating core and collector lanes west of this
structure.
Photo taken: June 20th, 2005. Low-res: 55kb. High-res:
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| City of Toronto |
View looking east from the Nielson Road overpass. Prior to 1995,
east of Neilson Highway 401 narrowed to a six lane cross-section
separated with a box beam barrier. Photo taken: June 20th, 2005. Low-res: 55kb.
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| City of Toronto |
View of the signage for the eastbound collector to core transfer at
Morningside Avenue. Photo taken: November 25th, 2007. Low-res:
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| City of Toronto |
Overhead advanced sign for the Meadowvale Road core to collector
transfer. Photo taken: December 24th, 2006. Low-res: 55kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Signage for the actual transfer. Since erected, the main sign has
never been centred over the exiting lanes or the corresponding downward
arrows. Photo taken: December 24th, 2006. Low-res: 65kb.
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| City of Toronto |
View looking west from the Meadowvale Road overpass. Meadowvale
Road is the main artery to Toronto's Zoo. Photo taken: August, 21st,
2006. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 205kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Opposing view from the Meadowvale Road overpass. Photo taken: August,
21st, 2006. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 205kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Overhead advanced sign for the ramp to Highway 2 and Highway 2A.
Highway 2A, while now defunct, is a short spur freeway, that was part of
Highway 401's original alignment before the Toronto by-pass was
completed in 1957.
Photo taken: November 25th, 2007. Low-res:
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| City of Toronto |
Signage at the ramp to Highway 2 and 2A.
Though Highway 2A is no longer a provincial highway, it has no other
designation, and wisely, the signs have been left in place along Highway 401. Photo taken: November 25th, 2007. Low-res:
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| City of Toronto |
Next exit signage just west of the Port Union
Road overpass in Scarborough. Picture taken: July 2007. Low-res:
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Click here for Highway 2 images and
click here for Highway 2A Images. (Coming Soon!) |
| City of Toronto |
Highway 401 looking west from the Port Union Road overpass in Scarborough.
Photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Low-res: 45kb. High-res: 190kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Highway 401 looking east from the Port Union Road overpass in Scarborough.
Port Union Road is located roughly at kilometre marker 392. This
picture looks east towards the Rouge River and the Rougemont Drive overpass.
Upper photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Low-res: 50kb. High-res:
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Lower photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Low-res: 40kb. High-res:
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| City of Toronto |
Drivers view of the eastbound collector to express transfer at Port Union
Road. This photo again highlights the scale of the 401 as
it crosses the Rouge Valley. Picture taken: November 25th, 2007.
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 401 looking west from the Rougemont Drive overpass in the very west
end of Pickering. As far as I am concerned, this is one of the most
impressive views of Highway 401's mammoth core-distributor system.
This section of Highway 401 was widened from six to 14 lanes in 1996/97. Photo taken: February 26th,
2004. Low-res: 75kb. High-res: 220kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
This view looks east from the Rougemont Drive overpass. Note the lack
of overhead signs for the collector to core transfer at this location.
This is the only transfer along the 401 not to be fully signed with overhead
signage. Photo taken: February 26th,
2004. Low-res: 75kb. High-res: 220kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking west from the Whites Road overpass in Pickering. Whites Road
is located roughly at kilometre marker 394. Photo taken: May 12th, 2005.
Low-res: 40kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 401 looking east from the Whites Road overpass. This picture
showcases the first (or last, depending upon travel direction)
core-collector transfer at the eastern end of Highway 401's C-D system.
Photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Low-res: 50kb. High-res: 200kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View from the eastbound collector lanes towards the Pickering CN Railway
overpass. Photo taken: November 25th, 2007. Low-res: 45kb.
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Another view looking east through the CN Railway overpass. The spans
bridging the express lanes of the highway were completed in the 1960s while
the outer spans (including the truss span) was completed between 1996 and
1997.
Photo taken: November 25th, 2007. Low-res: 60kb. High-res:
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking west from Brock Road, this picture shows the current eastern end of Highway
401's Core-Distributor system. There is talk of further extending the
401's C-D system eastwards to Lake Ridge Road, however should this work
materialize, it is years away from completion.
Photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Low-res: 60kb. High-res: 210kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
This overhead sign is affixed to the Brock Road overpass in Pickering.
This signage denotes the eastern beginning of Highway 401's collector
lanes through Toronto. Photo taken: May 25th, 2005. Low-res:
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 401 looking east from the Brock Road overpass. Highway 401
is 10-lanes from Brock Road easterly to the Sale Road interchange.
East of Salem Road, Highway 401 narrows to six lanes; a configuration it
maintains easterly to Port Hope.
Photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Low-res: 45kb. High-res: 175kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Signage for westbound exit for Brock Road, and advanced signage for the
upcoming Core-Distributor lane split. This is the second
diagramical sign denoting this split, and the first sign detailing what
interchanges exit from the collector (distributor) lanes before the next
core to collector transfer.
Photo taken: May 25th, 2005. Low-res: 35kb. |
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| Town of Ajax Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Eastbound view through the advanced overhead sign for the
Westney Road interchange. Photo taken: November 25th, 2007.
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| Town of Ajax Regional
Municipality of Durham |
This view looks east as the ramp to Westney Road departs the mainline
lanes of the 401. During the Summer of 2007, Highway 401 was
widened from eight to ten lanes between Westney and Salem Roads. Photo
taken: November 25th, 2007. Low-res: 50kb. High-res: 140kb. |
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| Town of Ajax Regional
Municipality of Durham |
This photo shows westbound signage for the Westney Road off-ramp.
Notice the green reassurance marker for Highway 401 in the median.
This sign is unique to this exit, and for a longtime perplexed the
webmaster. It was not until I realized that Westney Road was
designated as exit number 401, until the existence of this unique sign,
finally made sense.
Photo taken: May 30th, 2007. Low-res: 45kb. |
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| Town of Ajax Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 401 looking west from the Harwood Avenue overpass in Ajax.
Harwood Avenue is located roughly at kilometre marker 403. During
the summer of 2006 Highway 401 was widened from 8 to 10-lanes between
Westney Road and Salem Road.
Photo taken: August 17th, 2005. Low-res: 50kb. |
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| Town of Ajax Regional
Municipality of Durham |
This picture showcases Highway 401 looking east from the Harwood Avenue
overpass. The interchange shown in this photo is that of Salem
Road. A new intersection was constructed at Salem Road replacing
the rather old and outdated interchange at Harwood Avenue.
A short distance east of Salem Road, Highway 401 narrows to a
6-lane cross-section.
Photo taken: August 17th, 2005. Low-res: 50kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking westerly from the Henry Street
overpass in Whitby. The old chevron line paint is barely visible -
though all the signs have been removed. Similar lane markings adorn
Pennsylvania's I-80 through the Pocono's.
Photo taken: May 3rd, 2006. Low-res: 50kb. High-res: 190kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking east from the Henry Street overpass
to the Brock Street (Highway 12) interchange.
Photo taken: May 3rd, 2006. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 215kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking back towards the Henry Street overpass
from Brock Street. Having grown up in the area, I take for granted the
decorative elements these vintage structures posses. Photo taken: May 3rd,
2006. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 195kb. |
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Prior to 1998, Highway 12 began
its trek northerly to Midland from this interchange.
Click here for Highway 12 images. |
| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking east from the Brock Street
overpass. The Brock Street interchange is a myriad of different design
eras. The ramps in the northeast quadrant were reconstructed in the
early 1990s. The southern ramps were reconfigured in the 1970s, while
the lone ramp in the Northwestern quadrant dates back to when the 401 opened
in 1947.
Photo taken: May 3rd, 2006. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 190kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Older style Thickson Road sign heading eastbound through Whitby.
This Thickson Road sign is of an older style, and is totally
non-reflective. Though I really like older style signs, this sign
should be replaced with a new more reflective sign.
Photo taken: December 20th,
2004. Low-res: 55kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking west from the Thickson Road overpass.
The Thickson Road overpass was one of the first interchanges to be
reconfigured from its 1947 design. The current Thickson Road overpass
was completed in 1982.
Photo taken: May 3rd, 2006. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 190kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking easterly towards the Stevenson Road
construction site from the Thickson Road overpass. Photo taken: May 3rd,
2006. Low-res: 50kb. High-res: 170kb. |
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Overhead gantry that denotes the eastbound exit for Park Road in Oshawa.
The Park Road interchange is scheduled to be permanently closed in the
next few years. It will be replaced with a new more modern
connection to Stevenson Road.
Photo taken: December 20th,
2004. Low-res: 50kb |
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking west from the Stevenson Road overpass. Work is
currently underway to construct a new interchange at Stevenson Road to
replace the aging Park Road interchange. As part of this
construction, the 1960s era Stevenson Road overpass will be replaced.
Click here to view a picture of the eastern facade of
the vintage Stevenson Road overpass.
Photo taken: May 20th, 2005. Low-res: 50kb. |
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking west from the new Stevenson Road overpass midway through
the highway construction. The view from the overpass offers a
rather striking comparison of how far north the centreline of the
highway is being shifted for the new interchange.
Photo taken: November 25th, 2007. Low-res: 85kb.
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 401 looking east from the Stevenson Road overpass. The
Park Road interchange is visible in this photo, this interchange will be
permanently closed once the Stevenson Road interchange is fully
constructed.
Photo taken: May 20th, 2005. Low-res: 50kb. |
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Eastbound view towards the Simcoe Street
interchange. The 401 is quite narrow through Oshawa with some of
the oldest freeway infrastructure in the province. I have included both the new sign and the older angled sign image
for comparison. Before the 1980s, virtually all exit signs in Ontario
were of this angular design. Top Photo taken: November 25th, 2007.
Low-res: 75kb. High-res: 195kb. Lower Photo taken: December 20th,
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking west from the Simcoe Street overpass in South Oshawa.
Though not discernable from the photo, only a west-side partial
interchange links Simcoe Street to Highway 401. When Highway 401
was first constructed, this was a full interchange, however the eastern
loop ramps were removed in the late 1970s to allow the 401 to be 6-laned
through the Simcoe Street underpass.
Photo taken: May 20th, 2005. Low-res: 45kb. High-res: 210kb. |
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking east from the Simcoe Street overpass towards the Albert Street
overpass in Oshawa. Simcoe Street is located at roughly kilometre
marker 417. Photo taken: May 20th, 2005. Low-res: 55kb.
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking west from the Albert Street overpass towards the Simcoe Street
overpass. As noted above, it is easy to see why the old loop ramps
were removed at the Simcoe Street interchange considering how narrow
these old historic overpasses are.
Photo taken: May 20th, 2005. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 275kb. |
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking east from the Albert Street overpass towards the Abandoned CNR
rail spur overpass. This overpass was decommissioned in the early
1990s, and is now entirely fenced off. This overpass is the only
surviving vintage (not rehabilitated) structure original to Highway 2A
(Highway 401's original designation) left in the province.
Photo taken: May 20th, 2005. Low-res: 70kb. High-res: 260kb. |
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 401 driving eastbound at the Harmony Road exit. East of
Harmony Road, Highway 401 leaves urban Oshawa, heading out of the GTA
and to a more rural part of Ontario.
Surprisingly no reference of the connection to Oshawa's Farwell
Street, which is effect Harmony Road's continuation south of the 401.
Upper photo taken: November 25th, 2007. Low-res: 70kb.
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Lower photo taken: December 20th,
2004. Low-res: 50kb
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| City of Oshawa Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking west from the Harmony Road overpass
towards Oshawa. Notice the odd lighting that is found exclusively on
Highway 401 throughout Oshawa. Though the mast is conventional, each
mast carries 4 bulbs; two-bulb truss lighting was typical during this time
period.
Photo taken: May 30th, 2007. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 190kb. |
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