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Proper Municipality Name |
Photo Description |
Photo |
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Pictures taken
from driver's perspective appear offset from centre-line pictures: |
East-
Bound |
West-
Bound |
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Vaughan to Pickering Images available
here |
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Highway 407 begins its 108km journey across the top
of the GTA at this junction.
Click here for Highway 407 images. |
| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Blue signage denoting the eastern start of
Highway 407 from the Highway 7 intersection
at Pickering Sideroad 16.
Picture taken: August 21st, 2006. Size: 55kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Signage directing traffic bound for Highway 7 to
take the ramp to the right at the upcoming intersection. Picture taken:
August 21st, 2006. Size: 60kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking westerly along Highway 7 towards the Highway 407
at-grade intersection. When Highway 407
opened to traffic in 2001, Highway 7 was realigned so that through traffic
bound for Markham would be directed directly onto Highway 407.
Picture taken: October 11th, 2004. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking easterly at the western start of
the Greenwood By-pass. Note the start of the eastbound passing lane
about halfway up the hill. Picture taken: August 21st, 2006.
Low-res: 40kb. High-res: 170kb. |
Low-res
High-res |
| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking easterly towards the Westney Road
intersection along Highway 7. Westney Road is the first signalized
intersection east of Highway 407. Picture
taken: August 15th, 2005. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking west towards the Westney Road
intersection along Highway 7. Westney Road meets Highway 7 midway
around the Greenwood Bypass. Picture taken: August 15th, 2005.
Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking west from the Salem Road
intersection towards the village (and by-pass) of Greenwood. The
Greenwood By-pass was completed in 1960, to by-pass both the village of
Greenwood, and two steep grades leading in and out of the village.
Picture taken: August 15th, 2005. Size: 60kb. |
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| City of Pickering Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking east at the Lake Ridge Road signalized
intersection. The Pickering-Whitby Boundary follows Lake Ridge Road.
Picture taken: August 15th, 2005. Size: 55kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking west towards the Lake Ridge Road
intersection. Picture taken: August 15th, 2005. Size: 45kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking east along Highway 7 from just east of
the Lake Ridge Road intersection. A westbound climbing lane was added
up this long grade during Highway 7's last reconstruction in 2000/01.
Picture taken: August 15th, 2005. Size: 60kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking west towards the Ashburn Road
intersection in Brooklin. Traffic signals were installed in 2001 at
this intersection to meet the demands of Brooklin's quickly growing traffic
volumes. Picture taken: August 15th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking easterly towards the southern
Highway 12 junction in Brooklin. Picture taken: October 8th, 2005.
Size: 45kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Eastbound junction assembly denoting the
southern Highway 12 junction. At this intersection, traffic continuing
eastbound along Highway 7 must turn left following
Highway 12 northerly
towards Sunderland.
Click here for Highway 12 images.
Picture size: 50kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking south along Highway 7/12 towards the southern Highway 7 junction. Through Highway 12
traffic heads straight through the traffic lights, while traffic bound for
westbound Highway 7 must follow the ramp to the right.
Picture taken: October 8th,
2005. Size: 60kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Junction assembly for the southern Highway 7/12
split in Brooklin. Highway 7 leads travelers west from Brooklin
towards Highway 407 and eventually Markham.
Click here for Highway
12 images.
Picture size: 40kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking south towards Brooklin along
Highway 7/12. The pictured climbing
lane was added late in 2005 as part of a recent reconstruction project.
Picture taken: August 12th, 2006. Size: 45kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking south along Highway 7/12
towards Duff's Road. The northern end of the climbing lane pictured in
the previous picture is shown here. Picture taken: August 12th, 2006.
Size: 45kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View of Highway 7/12
from just south of the Thickson Road intersection. Thickson Road is
located about 3km north of the centre of Brooklin. Picture taken: August
12th, 2006. Size: 40kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking north towards the Thickson Road
intersection. This is one of the busiest intersections along Highway
12 in Durham Region, and unsurprisingly the MTO is planning on adding
traffic signals at this location in the next few years.
Picture taken: August 12th, 2006. Size: 70kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking south along Highway 7/12
from Myrtle. Despite the capacity improvements recently constructed on
along Highway 7/12 between Brooklin and
Manchester, traffic still routinely bunches up during peak times.
Picture taken: August 12th, 2006. Size: 85kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking north towards the signalized
intersection with Durham Road 5 in Myrtle. Traffic signals were added
in this location during in late 2004 as part of the reconstruction project.
Click here for a view of this intersection before
traffic signals were installed.
Picture taken: August 12th, 2006. Size: 80kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking south towards Myrtle and the Durham Road
5 intersection. Myrtle is located about 700m south of Myrtle Station.
Despite this rural gap between Myrtle and Myrtle Station, the speed limit
along Highway 7/12 remains at 60km/h.
Picture taken: August 12th, 2006. Size: 60kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking north through Myrtle Station at the
at-grade railway crossing. Picture taken: August 12th, 2006. Size:
95kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking north from the north end of Myrtle
towards the start of the new northbound passing lane that leads to the top
of the Oak Ridges Moraine. Picture taken: August 12th, 2006. Size:
65kb. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking south towards Myrtle from just north of
the Whitby-Scugog Townline. Picture taken: August 9th, 2006. Size:
65kb. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking northerly along Highway 7/12
from just north of the Whitby-Scugog Townline. This 4-lane section was
constructed in 2005 when the existing southbound truck climbing lane from
Scugog Line 2 was extended, and a new passing lane was constructed for
northbound traffic.
Picture taken: August 9th, 2006. Size: 40kb. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Looking south towards the Scugog Line 2
intersection, and the start of the southbound passing lane. Picture taken:
August 9th, 2006. Size: 60kb. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking northerly along Highway 7/12
from just north of the Scugog Line 2 intersection. Picture taken: August
9th, 2006. Size: 65kb. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional
Municipality of Durham |
The Medium Green Sign for
Highway 7A. Highway 7 takes a very circuitous route around Lake Scugog.
Highway 7A
cuts across Lake Scugog by means of two causeways and is a much more
direct route to Peterborough then its 'parent' route.
Click here for Highway 7A images.
Picture size: 15kb. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 7/12 looking north from just south of
Highway 7A in Manchester. Picture taken: August 8th, 2004. Size:
40kb. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional
Municipality of Durham |
This picture shows Highway 7/12 looking south
from Greenbank. This section of Highway 7/12 was resurfaced about 4
years ago, and is in immaculate condition. At the top of
the hill in the distance is the intersection with
Highway 47.
Highway 47 heads west towards Uxbridge
and Stouffville.
Picture taken: June 2nd, 2004. Size: 70kb. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 7/12 looking north from the northern
approach to Greenbank, as I mentioned in the previous picture description,
this stretch of highway is simply immaculate. Highway 7/12 travels
through a small moraine from Highway 47 in
the south, to Sunderland in the north. As such, this type of rolling terrain is fairly typical for the area.
Picture taken: May 29th, 2004. Size: 40kb |
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| Township of Brock Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 7/12
looking north from just north of Brock 2nd Line. Currently, there is
ongoing construction that will extend the current northbound passing lane
from its current terminus (shown in this picture) northerly to the junction
of Brock Concession 2.
Picture taken: June 1st, 2005. Size: 65kb. |
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| Township of Brock Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 7/12
looking north towards the intersection with Durham Road 13. The
intersection with Durham Road 13 is being substantially improved as part of
an ongoing construction project. This includes wider lanes, better
turning tapers, and improved sightlines and grades along Durham Road 13.
Picture taken: June 1st, 2005. Size: 60kb. |
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| Township of Brock Regional
Municipality of Durham |
Highway 7/12 looking north through Blackwater from
just north of the Durham Road 13. Blackwater is a very small hamlet
located solely on Highway 7/12. The
bridge over the Beaver River (pictured here) is being rehabilitated in
the summer of 2006.
Picture taken: June 1st, 2005. Size: 65kb. |
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| Township of Brock Regional
Municipality of Durham |
This picture is looking north along
Highway 12
towards the northern junction of Highway 7. Highway 7 east leads
traffic to Lindsay, and is locally know as the Lindsay Highway.
Click here for Highway 12 Images.
Picture taken: June 1st, 2005. Size: 55kb. |
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| Township of Brock Regional
Municipality of Durham |
The junction assembly for the northern split of
Highways 7 and 12. This photo is noteworthy, as it denotes the only
example (I have seen at least) where Trans-Canada Highway shields
are shown at a junction. Typically motorists are not given any
Trans-Canada Signage at junctions, and as such can not follow when a TCH
route turns or switches highways.
Picture size: 45kb. |
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Sunderland to Peterborough Images available
here |
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