Kitsune
Senior Member
.. don't worry, the truss bridge over the French River will remain. It just underwent rehab a few years ago and will continue as a local route.
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Roads: Ontario/GTA Highways Discussion
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Transportfan
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Had to pick a Yank video for a European topic didn't you?
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I miss the Moon River truss bridge. At least the French River one will remain - including the access to the French River Provincial Park and visitor centre.
lenaitch
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Bit of a story behind the original Moon R. bridge. The original Hwy 103 (later 69) alignment was to be approx. 100yd to the east but they couldn't find bedrock at a reasonable depth so had to move it (the current 400 is on the old 2-lane alignment. It was apparently a deep sand pocket. You can still see the intended alignment in sat photos.
Bojaxs
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Found this web page from BOT Construction that better explains what they're doing on the QEW between Trafalgar and Winston Churchill.
Key Elements:
Key Elements:
- Widening of the QEW over 1.6km for future HOV lanes
- Reconstruction of 2 interchanges - QEW/Ford Drive and QEW/Hwy 403
- Demolition of 4 structures - QEW eastbound and westbound over Hwy 403 and QEW eastbound and westbound over Ford Drive
- 2 new structural steel structures for QEW over Ford Drive
- 2 new rigid frame structures for QEW over Hwy 403
- Rehabilitation of 6 structures (Upper Middle Road/Hwy 403 eastbound; Hwy 403 westbound/Upper Middle Road; Hwy 403 eastbound/ Ford Drive ; Hwy 403 west bound/Ford Drive)
- Reconstruction of on/off ramps (QEW westbound from Ford Dr. over Joshua Creek; Hwy 403 eastbound to Ford Dr. over Josh Creek)
- Resurfacing of Hwy 403
- Excavation, grading, sewers, electrical, structures, surfacing and signage
Dan416
Senior Member
Too bad there's no 403 West to QEW East ramp.
Haljackey
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401 Widening between Tilbury and London could finish a year sooner
lfpress.com
Plan to fast track highway projects will speed up 'Carnage Alley' widening
While a $1-billion project to widen a dangerous stretch of Highway 401 between Tilbury and London will still take years, a plan by the Ontario government to…
lfpress.com
Allandale25
Senior Member
Bradford Bypass update:
Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
Slight off topic but having driven through the awkward intersection of hwy's 28 and 62 in Bancroft for the second time I'm wondering if this can't be improved somewhat.
1) Shifting a portion of hwy 62 from it's co signing with MIll street to be cosigned with Hastings street starting at the intersection with Newkirk rd. A new bridge would be built over the York (?) river and Hastings street widened to provincial highway standards.
2) a round about installed at the intersection of hwy 28, Station st, and Chemaushgon rd's
Attached is an attempted image of my suggestion.
1) Shifting a portion of hwy 62 from it's co signing with MIll street to be cosigned with Hastings street starting at the intersection with Newkirk rd. A new bridge would be built over the York (?) river and Hastings street widened to provincial highway standards.
2) a round about installed at the intersection of hwy 28, Station st, and Chemaushgon rd's
Attached is an attempted image of my suggestion.
timio
Active Member
The Station street / Chemaushgon Road intersection is very confusing if you've never been there before. I worked at one of the Ontario Travel Information Centres in my younger years and was trying to explain to a group how to get to a camp past the airport. I think I left them more confused than they came in.
Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
No kidding!
SaugeenJunction
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Haljackey
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From what I know the original bridge will go from 6 lanes to 4 lanes one-way. The current bridge does not have any shoulders so I would assume the travel lanes may be widened a bit and have shoulders. The innermost lane could be HOV as well who knows?
The new span would be built with a similar width as the original, so 4 lanes + shoulders, reconfigurable to 6 tight lanes (3 each way) while the old span is rehabilitated.
Mcurtis
New Member
Something about cutting the environmental protections and as mentioned in the article above about expropriations fast tracking sounds like a good way to end up endlessly in court over these decisions. Especially, when it comes to free and informed consent with Indigenous people's; I foresee that forgoing these may actually end up with more time spend in courthouses unnecessarily in the name of 'fast tracking' and doing something. While I think the Bradford Bypass would be a good addition to connect the 400 and 404; as long as its the farthest connector piece allowed. I feel like we end up in these back and forth of Government 1 cuts regulations and then something bad happens; government 2 adds the protections back plus more which slows everything down again. Rinse and repeat.
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
Well, until Highway 404 gets north of Lake Simcoe.
