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[tnarduzzi]

Yes, the current north left lane.

Once all traffic lanes are done from Yonge to York, you will have an westbound lane in the current north left lane and only 2 straight through lanes with a left hand turning lane at Bay and Yonge.

@drum118 Are you sure about it being only two straight-through at York/Harbour?

The earlier drawings showed the southmost lane being optional right-turn or straight-through. Then again these renderings also showed a jog around the column at Simcoe so anything is possible. Do you have a link to more updated drawings than these here? https://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Tor...es/York-Bay-Yonge Interchange ESR - App K.pdf


YORK & HARBOUR:

 

[drum118]

@drum118 Are you sure about it being only two straight-through at York/Harbour?

The earlier drawings showed the southmost lane being optional right-turn or straight-through. Then again these renderings also showed a jog around the column at Simcoe so anything is possible. Do you have a link to more updated drawings than these here? https://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toronto/Policy, Planning, Finance & Administration/Public Consultation Unit/Studies/Transportation/York-Bay-Yonge/Files/York-Bay-Yonge Interchange ESR - App K.pdf


YORK & HARBOUR:
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As it stands to day, there will be four lanes going east of York as noted from your posting. The future plan will see only 3 with an westbound in the north lane starting east of Yonge to York under the Lower Yonge plan and will change over time to 2.

 

[tnarduzzi]

[...] The future plan will see only 3 with an westbound in the north lane starting east of Yonge to York under the Lower Yonge plan and will change over time to 2.

@drum118 Sorry I lost you on the last bit, can you expand on that any?

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

As it stands to day, there will be four lanes going east of York as noted from your posting. The future plan will see only 3 with an westbound in the north lane starting east of Yonge to York under the Lower Yonge plan and will change over time to 2.

@drum118 Sorry I lost you on the last bit, can you expand on that any?

I think @drum118 is talking about the Lower Yonge Precinct Plan. Below are graphics, although I see Harbour as being 3 EB lanes to Bay, 2 EB lanes Bay to Yonge. I don't know when/if they will reduce it to 2 EB lanes York to Bay.

 

[bgobgo]

Front page news article about this project.... http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2017/09/new-gardiner-ramp-and-harbour-street-upgrades-progressing

 

[Panontario]

They finally started construction on the bottom half of the ramp

 

[interchange42]

I wish I had gotten closer to the ramp today, but here's how the whole thing looked from the PATH bridge.

Looking east:

Looking west:

42

 

[drum118]

Hey 42, you miss the best shot. If you had walked over to Simcoe, you would have seen the retaining wall going up for the new ramp. I would say off hand, it could be completed by the end of the month. It wasn't up a week ago.

Will post something out of order once I download them to the computer later on.

 

[drum118]

Sept 18

 

[jdoe1369]

 

[tnarduzzi]

Hey @drum118 did you happen to notice where they were bringing in the backfill for the ramp from? I didn't see any stockpiles of soil onsite when I was down there.

 

[Red October]

I'll never not be disappointed at that awful bunker of a podium on Harbour.

 

[Kitsune]

Why are they using dirt for the last bit of ramp instead of pillars ?

 

[innsertnamehere]

It's too close to the ground to use pillars, you eventually have to transition from being an elevated concrete structure to an embankment.

 

[coopEng]

Why are they using dirt for the last bit of ramp instead of pillars ?

Save money now and zero structural maintenance in the future. It's simply a section of the road on the ground. No falling concrete, no rusting beams, no maintenance other than paving work.