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| City of Toronto |
Exit signage for the southbound Highway 427
ramp. The ramp from westbound Highway 409 to southbound
Highway 427 is a very tight loop ramp with
a ramp speed of 30km/h. This tight ramp is unfortunate, as
considerable amounts of traffic use it to bypass a busy stretch of
Highway 401.
Click here for Highway
427 images.
Picture taken: May 25th, 2005. Size: 40kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Exit for Highway 427 northbound, and
advanced signage for the loop ramp to Highway
427 southbound.
Click here for Highway
427 images. Picture taken: May 25th, 2005. Size: 40kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Advanced signage for the northbound Highway 427
ramp. Picture taken: May 25th, 2005. Size: 30kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Signage at the split for the Highway 427
interchange. This sign was erected by the GTAA (Greater Toronto
Airport Authority) who now owns and maintains the mainline freeway lanes
westerly to Pearson Airport. The collector lanes (leading to the
427 exit) are still under the jurisdiction
of the MTO as far west as the ramps to and from the
427.
Picture taken: May 27th, 2006. Size: 35kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Diagramical sign denoting the upcoming 427
interchange. This sign is located just west of the Atwell Drive
interchange. Picture taken: May 25th, 2005. Size: 35kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Looking west from the Highway 27 overpass
towards Pearson Airport on Highway 409.
Highway 27 cannot be directly accessed from the 409, however it can be
indirectly accessed to and from the west via the Atwell Drive partial
interchange.
Picture taken: May 27th, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Looking east from the City View Drive overpass. City View Drive is
located directly on the east side of Highway 27,
performing the task of a east-side service road in the vicinity of Highway
409. Picture taken: May 27th, 2006. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Looking west through the depressed section of Highway 409 from the Iron
Street overpass. Highway 409 passes through an industrial area for
virtually its entire length. This short (roughly 1km in length)
depressed section of highway is the only example of an Ontario freeway to be
depressed with outer retaining walls as is pictured.
Picture taken: May 27th, 2006. Size: 55kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Looking east from the Iron Street overpass towards the Martin Grove Road
interchange. The Iron Street overpass is located roughly 500m west of
Martin Grove Road. Picture taken: May 27th, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Looking west from the Martin Grove Road overpass. Highway 409 is among
the only vintage 1960s-1970s era freeways left unaltered in Ontario.
Until the last decade or so, most urban Ontario freeways very much resembled
Highway 409, before being 'modernized' to the rather bland standards
commonly seen today.
Picture taken: May 1st, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Looking east from the Martin Grove Road overpass. Martin Grove Road is
the only full interchange located along Highway 409. Picture taken: May
1st, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Advanced signage for the Highway 401 interchange at the eastern end of
Highway 409. Only the eastbound 401
is accessible from Highway 409. Traffic bound for
Highway 401 west is directed to follow
Highway 427 southbound.
Picture taken: May 27th, 2006. Size: 30kb. |
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| City of Toronto |
Signage at the eastern end of Highway 409. At the time this photo was
taken, one lane was closed on the ramp to the collector lanes.
Typically, two lanes depart the 409 for both the express lanes and collector
lanes on the eastbound 401.
Click here for Highway
401 images.
Picture taken: May 27th, 2006. Size: 50kb. |
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