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| Township of Blandford Blenheim
County of Oxford |
Looking east from Blandford Line towards
Cambridge. Notice how quickly traffic begins to bunch together along
the highway since narrowing to four lanes. The MTO will widen this
stretch of Highway 401 to six lanes tentatively starting in 2008.
Picture taken: September 9th, 2005. Low-res: 40kb. High-res:
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| Township of Blandford Blenheim
County of Oxford |
View looking westerly from the Oxford Road 22
overpass. Picture taken: September 9th, 2005. Size: 45kb. |
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| Township of Blandford Blenheim
County of Oxford |
Looking easterly around a long curve from the
Oxford Road 22 overpass. Picture taken: September 9th, 2005.
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| Township of Blandford Blenheim
County of Oxford |
View looking westerly from the Oxford Road 29
overpass. Just west of Oxford Road 29, Highway 401 passes overtop of
the CP mainline railway between London and Cambridge. Picture taken:
September 9th, 2005. Size: 40kb. |
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| Township of Blandford Blenheim
County of Oxford |
Highway 401 looking east from the Oxford Road 29
overpass. Oxford Road 29 is located at kilometre marker 250. Picture taken: June 6th, 2004.
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| Township of Blandford Blenheim
County of Oxford |
Looking westerly from the Oxford Road 3
overpass. Just west of Oxford Road 3 marks the western boundary of
contract # 2005-3031, which will see Highway 401 widened from 4- to 6-lanes
and a tallwall barrier installed throughout the median.
Picture taken: September 9th, 2005. Size: 35kb. |
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Highway 401 is being widened through northeastern Oxford County in
2006-2007.
Click here for more information and photos. |
| Township of Blandford Blenheim
County of Oxford |
Looking west from the Trussler Road overpass
towards the Nith River bridge on Highway 401. The Ninth River bridge
was rehabilitated and widened in the late 1990s to accommodate a six-lane
highway. Picture taken: September 9th, 2005. Low-res: 40kb.
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| Township of North Dumfries
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking easterly towards Cambridge from the
Trussler Road overpass. Trussler Road is located in the vicinity of
kilometre marker 261. Picture taken: September 9th, 2005. Size:
40kb. |
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| Township of North Dumfries
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking westerly towards the Trussler Road
overpass from the Northumberland Road overpass. Picture taken: September
9th, 2005. Size: 35kb. |
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| Township of North Dumfries
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 401 looking east from the Northumberland
Road overpass. Northumberland Road is located roughly at kilometre
marker 262. Just beyond the gentle curve in the picture, Highway 401
widens from 4- to 6-lanes.
Picture taken: September 9th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| Township of North Dumfries Regional
Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 401 looking west from the Cedar Creek
Drive (Waterloo Road 97) overpass. As part of the 401 widening project
this interchange underwent a major reconfiguration. Note the overhead
signs in the distance, the MTO's Southwestern Region installs overhead signs
as it reconstructs all 6-lane or wider freeways in its jurisdiction.
Picture taken: September 9th, 2005. Low-res: 30kb. High-res:
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| Township of North Dumfries Regional
Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 401 looking east from the Cedar Creek
Drive overpass. This section of Highway 401 (from Cedar Creek Drive
easterly to Homer Watson Boulevard) was widened to 6-lanes in 2004. Cedar Creek
Drive is located at kilometre marker 268.
Picture taken: September 9th, 2005. Low-res: 50kb. High-res:
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| Township of North Dumfries
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 401 looking west from the Roseville Road overpass. In 2004,
when the highway was widened, this long curve east of Roseville Road was
notably broadened. Notice the old graded alignment to the left of the
current highway. Because of the terrain, an extra-wide right shoulder
was also constructed in the westbound carriageway to improve sightlines.
Picture taken: September 9th, 2005. Size: 40kb. |
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| Township of North Dumfries
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 401 looking east from the Roseville Road overpass. Roseville
Road is located roughly at kilometre marker 271. Picture taken: September
9th, 2005. Size: 40kb. |
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| Cambridge - Kitchener Boundary
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking west from the Homer Watson Boulevard overpass. The Homer
Watson interchange was extensively reconfigured during the 2006/07
construction seasons. Photo taken: April 25th, 2008. |
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| Cambridge - Kitchener Boundary
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
A single overhead sign at the Homer Watson interchange enhances the suburban
feel of this part of Kitchener and Cambridge. Photo taken: April 25th,
2008. |
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| Cambridge - Kitchener Boundary
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Looking east from Homer Watson towards the new pedestrian overpass servicing
Conestoga College and the Doon Valley. Photo taken: April 25th, 2008. |
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| Cambridge - Kitchener Boundary
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking east from the Doon Valley Pedestrian overpass towards the Homer
Watson Boulevard interchange. Interestingly, high-mast lighting and
overhead signage was installed during the Homer Watson interchange
reconstruction, yet was not installed during the Townline Road interchange
project finished in 2006, a few kilometres easterly.
Photo taken: April 25th, 2008. |
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| Cambridge - Kitchener Boundary
Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 401 crosses the Grand River atop two high level structures just west
of Highway 8. Photo taken: April 25th, 2008. |
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City of Cambridge Regional
Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 401 looking west towards the Highway 8 flyover from Fountain Drive. At this
interchange, both old conventional Highway 8, and the
Highway 8 Bypass
(Highway 7187) are accessible. The Bypass is currently only accessible
from the westbound lanes.
Picture taken: September 18th, 2005. Low-res: 65kb. High-res:
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City of Cambridge Regional
Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 401 looking east from the Fountain Road
overpass. Fountain Road is located roughly at kilometre marker 279. Picture taken:
September 18th, 2005.
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Highway 8 leads east and west of
Highway 401 to Hamilton and Stratford.
Click
here for Highway 8 images. |
| City of Cambridge Regional
Municipality of Waterloo |
Exit from the westbound 401 for Highway 8.
Both conventional Highway 8 (King Street) and
the Highway 8 Bypass (Highway 7187) are
accessible from this exit. King Street exits from the left side of
this slip ramp about 300m ahead. Both the Fountain Road overpass and
the Highway 7187 flyover are visible in the distance of this photo.
Picture taken: September 18th, 2005. Size: 40kb. |
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| City of Cambridge Regional
Municipality of Waterloo |
Advanced signage for the upcoming Highway 8
interchange. The Highway 8 interchange
is quite busy as Highway 8 forms the major
route from Highway 401 into Kitchener/Waterloo. Kitchener/Waterloo has a
combined population of 303,000 residents.
Picture taken: September 18th, 2005. Size: 40kb. |
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| City of Cambridge Regional
Municipality of Waterloo |
Looking westerly along a very pink Highway 401 in Cambridge.
Surprisingly, Ontario's red asphalt is chemically died for aesthetic
reasons. Picture taken: September 18th, 2005. Low-res: 50kb.
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| City of Cambridge Regional
Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking easterly from the Speedsville Road overpass in Cambridge.
Highway 401 passes over the top of the Speed River between Speesville Road
and Highway 24. Picture taken: September 18th, 2005. Size: 55kb. |
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| City of Cambridge Regional
Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking westerly from the Highway 24
overpass in Cambridge. Click here to jump to the view looking
east from the Highway 24 overpass. Picture taken: June 10th, 2006.
Size: 35kb. |
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Click here for
Cambridge to Milton Images |
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| City of Woodstock |
Looking southerly overtop Woodstock at Highway 401 and both the Highway 59
and Sweaburg Road interchanges. Picture taken: April 28th, 2006.
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| City of Woodstock |
Looking westerly along Highway 401 from overtop
of the Highway 59 interchange. Highway 401 disappears from view at
roughly the Middlesex County Line. Picture taken: April 28th, 2006.
Size: 55kb. |
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| Woodstock - Norwich -
Blandford-Blenhiem Boundary County of Oxford |
Looking southeasterly towards both the Highway
403 interchange (right) and Towerline Road interchange (left). Picture
taken: April 28th, 2006. Size: 60kb. |
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| Norwich - Blandford-Blenhiem
Boundary County of Oxford |
Looking down upon the Highway 401/Towerline Road interchange. This
interchange will be reconfigured to a more standard and modern interchange
starting this year. This work is part of the project to widen Highway
401 to 6-lanes from Highway 403 easterly to
just east of Highway 2.
Picture taken: April 28th, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| Norwich - Blandford-Blenhiem
Boundary County of Oxford |
Looking northeasterly towards the Highway 2/401
cloverleaf. Highway 401 will be widened to 6-lanes from
Highway 403 to roughly the start of the
grassed median beyond the Highway 2
interchange. Click here for more detailed construction information and
photos. (Coming Soon!)
Picture taken: April 28th, 2006. Size: 60kb. |
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| Norwich - Blandford-Blenhiem
Boundary County of Oxford |
Looking east through the Highway 2/401
cloverleaf. This is the last example of two divided highways meeting
at a cloverleaf interchange in Ontario. Construction is currently
underway to reconstruct this interchange into a standard 5-ramp parclo.
Picture taken: April 28th, 2006. Size: 85kb. |
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| Norwich - Blandford-Blenhiem
Boundary County of Oxford |
A zoomed in perspective of the Highway 2/401
cloverleaf interchange looking southeast. Picture taken: April 28th, 2006.
Size: 75kb. |
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| Norwich - Blandford-Blenhiem
Boundary County of Oxford |
Looking southeasterly through the Highway 2/401.
This photo shows the western extent of the 1930s divided
Highway 2, as well as the Highway 53/403
interchange in the distance. Picture taken: April 28th, 2006. Size:
110kb. |
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| Norwich - Blandford-Blenhiem
Boundary County of Oxford |
Looking westerly through the Highway 2/401
cloverleaf. Notice the large cleared area in the upper right of this
photo. This is the future site of a Toyota manufacturing facility.
Picture taken: April 28th, 2006. Size: 105kb. |
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| Norwich - Blandford-Blenhiem
Boundary County of Oxford |
Looking southwesterly towards the Highway 2/401
cloverleaf. Notice the construction in the nearest quadrant of the
interchange. Temporary ramps are being constructed while the
Highway 2 and CNR overpasses are being
replaced and rehabilitated during the 6-laning project.
Picture taken: April 28th, 2006. Size: 95kb. |
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