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Pre-Metric Relics

Started by ghYHZ, November 16, 2011, 05:55:43 AM

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Kniwt

Quote from: SignGeek101 on December 21, 2014, 03:44:38 PM
Seeing a speed limit in Canada end in a 5 is interesting enough. There are only a handful I know of.

45 km/h signs are somewhat common in and around Yellowknife, NT. Here's one:
http://goo.gl/maps/DMlCO



Dr Frankenstein


cbeach40

Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on January 05, 2015, 01:45:19 PM
The entire Long Sault Parkway is posted at 55 km/h.

That one is a private roadway run by the parks commission, not a public highway. It being 55 km/h is as binding under the HTA as a speed limit in a mall parking lot.
and waterrrrrrr!

SignGeek101


AsphaltPlanet

There is a similar post metric dual sign on Old Hwy 32 north of Gananoque, ON for a low railway subway.  I am guessing the proximity to the US border is the reason for the dual signage at this location:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.359504,-76.189484,3a,75y,6.59h,90.52t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sm0kbsvKZ4MF3cM0vXWvEEw!2e0?hl=en
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SignGeek101

Not official, but why not:

https://goo.gl/maps/gkw8G

I wouldn't post it here if it wasn't in a highway font, but since it's series E, it looks more "official" to me.

webfil

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Quote from: jakeroot on December 16, 2018, 09:35:14 PM
Right, right. I believe prior to the fuel economy-related rollbacks in the 70s, Canada had some higher limits (75 perhaps?) but not until BC's increase a couple years ago did Canada again see 70MPH+ limits. AFAIK, BC's highest limit in 1999 was 110.
Not a surviving relic, but certainly pre-metric. Although I have the archive classification, I can't find the exact date ― probably around the transition.


A-20 (Trans-Canada Highway), approaching La Pocatière. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (E10, S44, SS1, D73-378, PD5)

The view now.



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