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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1475 on: May 10, 2023, 12:39:25 PM »

A long time ago, there was some plans for some upgrades of Hwy-7/8 between Stratford and New Hamburg and thanks to the Wayback Machine, I found a old article where some folks wanted a northern alignment. https://web.archive.org/web/20171205032750/http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2012/07/26/another-meeting-another-hwy-78-bypass-route  Is there some progress about this project who seems to be as long as Hwy-7 between WKC and Guelph when it come for fruitition?

No updates since 2018. Ministry has focused on other priorities both in Southwestern Ontario and elsewhere since then.
http://www.7and8corridorstudy.ca/study_schedule.html
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1476 on: May 20, 2023, 08:17:39 AM »

A new exit has opened on Highway 427 without much fanfare and the signs on Highway 427 have now been changed to reflect that: Garnet Williams Way


https://twitter.com/City_of_Vaughan/status/1655890395178336261?cxt=HHwWioCw-dDi8_otAAAA
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1477 on: May 20, 2023, 08:48:38 AM »

A new exit has opened on Highway 427 without much fanfare and the signs on Highway 427 have now been changed to reflect that: William Garnet Way


https://twitter.com/City_of_Vaughan/status/1655890395178336261?cxt=HHwWioCw-dDi8_otAAAA

If I am looking at this right, this is a no-build in regard to Travel Mapping.
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1478 on: May 23, 2023, 01:05:46 PM »

A new exit has opened on Highway 427 without much fanfare and the signs on Highway 427 have now been changed to reflect that: William Garnet Way


https://twitter.com/City_of_Vaughan/status/1655890395178336261?cxt=HHwWioCw-dDi8_otAAAA

If I am looking at this right, this is a no-build in regard to Travel Mapping.

Correct. It is not a new exit, they just added a new leg to the east ramp terminal at the existing Major Mack exit.
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.8248347,-79.6576655,130m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1479 on: June 01, 2023, 02:14:08 AM »

Well, the website is live and notices are public, so can finally share: the province has initiated a study to twin the St. Thomas Expressway and construct a bypass of Talbotville.
https://highway3elgin.ca/



From original plans in the 1960s to political motives whittling the design down in the 1970s to it finally opening as a staged freeway in the 1980s, the next chapter in the STE's story is finally being written.
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« Reply #1480 on: June 01, 2023, 10:32:00 AM »

Well, the website is live and notices are public, so can finally share: the province has initiated a study to twin the St. Thomas Expressway and construct a bypass of Talbotville.
https://highway3elgin.ca/



From original plans in the 1960s to political motives whittling the design down in the 1970s to it finally opening as a staged freeway in the 1980s, the next chapter in the STE's story is finally being written.

Neat. Are there plans to duplicate Hwy 3 all the way to Fort Erie?
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« Reply #1481 on: June 01, 2023, 10:35:44 AM »

Neat. Are there plans to duplicate Hwy 3 all the way to Fort Erie?

Barring some dramatic change like a quarter million people moving into Haldimand County, no.
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« Reply #1482 on: June 01, 2023, 01:59:00 PM »

Haldimand County could use a quarter million more people.
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1483 on: July 01, 2023, 03:53:56 AM »

Is there a website dedicated to Ontario highways ?
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1484 on: July 01, 2023, 11:01:57 AM »

Is there a website dedicated to Ontario highways ?

I can recommend a few:

The King's Highway, a good source of information and pictures
https://thekingshighway.ca/

There's also AsphaltPlanet which is also a lot of pictures.
http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/index.html

Ontario highway articles on Wikipedia are also generally very well written and I would recommend those as well.
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« Reply #1485 on: July 04, 2023, 11:00:17 AM »

Is there a website dedicated to Ontario highways ?

I can recommend a few:

The King's Highway, a good source of information and pictures
https://thekingshighway.ca/

There's also AsphaltPlanet which is also a lot of pictures.
http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/index.html

Ontario highway articles on Wikipedia are also generally very well written and I would recommend those as well.

They're great when they scrape info from the other two, but otherwise not so much.
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1486 on: July 07, 2023, 09:11:55 PM »

Looking southerly along the 400 at the 401 interchange:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_401_images/401_DJI_0505.jpg
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« Reply #1487 on: July 26, 2023, 01:17:25 PM »

Pre-dawn view of Highway 11/17 at the Ouimet Canyon rail underpass between Thunder Bay and Nipigon taken some 19 hours ago:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_11_images/11_cl_DSC05275_Jul23_24x16.jpg
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« Reply #1488 on: July 31, 2023, 11:04:12 PM »

Drone shot of Highway 17 crossing the Little Pic River west of Marathon, Ontario:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_17_images/17_DJI_0059_24x16.jpg
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1489 on: August 04, 2023, 06:35:26 PM »

LRT construction adjacent to the 417 adjacent to the Pinecrest Road interchange in western Ottawa:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_410-427_images/417_DJI_0091_24x18.jpg
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1490 on: August 04, 2023, 08:36:39 PM »

LRT construction adjacent to the 417 adjacent to the Pinecrest Road interchange in western Ottawa:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_410-427_images/417_DJI_0091_24x18.jpg

It seems like they tightened the radius of the ramps. I wonder why that is.
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« Reply #1491 on: August 04, 2023, 09:54:05 PM »

I believe the westbound off-ramp is temporary and will be restored when work is more advanced on the LRT.
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« Reply #1492 on: August 05, 2023, 01:25:23 AM »

Loop on-ramp tightening has become a thing. The Parclo A4 on-ramps at Interstate 182 and Road 68 in Pasco, Washington were tightened to improve pedestrian safety. The idea being to slow traffic down turning onto the freeway, hopefully making it more likely for them to yield to pedestrians. In California, it's also quite common for Parclo A4 ramps to meet at 90 degree angles, funneling everyone through a single intersection, achieving the same result.

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« Reply #1493 on: August 05, 2023, 04:23:14 PM »

Last weekend, I noticed that many regional routes are signed with blue shields, which others are signed with white ones.  Why are some blue and others white?
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« Reply #1494 on: August 05, 2023, 09:28:37 PM »

Last weekend, I noticed that many regional routes are signed with blue shields, which others are signed with white ones.  Why are some blue and others white?
As much variation between regions as we would have between counties in certain states (Ohio for example).

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« Reply #1495 on: August 05, 2023, 09:42:36 PM »

Last weekend, I noticed that many regional routes are signed with blue shields, which others are signed with white ones.  Why are some blue and others white?

I would say that in Ontario white is the norm for county/regional routes.

The only jurisdictions that do not conform to that standard (that I know of) are: Niagara Region (blue), Hamilton (blue), Peel Region (black and yellow), and Halton Region (green and yellow).

As to why that particular Niagara Region shield is white, I don't know. Perhaps it's the older standard? No idea.
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« Reply #1496 on: August 05, 2023, 10:07:20 PM »

Last weekend, I noticed that many regional routes are signed with blue shields, which others are signed with white ones.  Why are some blue and others white?

I would say that in Ontario white is the norm for county/regional routes.

The only jurisdictions that do not conform to that standard (that I know of) are: Niagara Region (blue), Hamilton (blue), Peel Region (black and yellow), and Halton Region (green and yellow).

As to why that particular Niagara Region shield is white, I don't know. Perhaps it's the older standard? No idea.
Given that that particular shield is at the ON 20/ON 58 intersection, could it have to do with being a MTO install?
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Re: Ontario's Highways
« Reply #1497 on: August 05, 2023, 11:00:54 PM »

Last weekend, I noticed that many regional routes are signed with blue shields, which others are signed with white ones.  Why are some blue and others white?

I would say that in Ontario white is the norm for county/regional routes.

The only jurisdictions that do not conform to that standard (that I know of) are: Niagara Region (blue), Hamilton (blue), Peel Region (black and yellow), and Halton Region (green and yellow).

As to why that particular Niagara Region shield is white, I don't know. Perhaps it's the older standard? No idea.

A few more to add:
- Grey County: white on blue
- Perth County: green on white
- Simcoe County: blue on white

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« Reply #1498 on: August 05, 2023, 11:05:33 PM »

The white signs for Niagara Region are MTO signs, while the blue ones are Niagara Regional signs.  For better or for worse, the MTO pretty much always just installs standard county route markers when it installs signage for county roads ignoring local standards or variations on the design.
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« Reply #1499 on: August 06, 2023, 09:09:17 PM »

Hwy 401 looking easterly from the James Snow Parkway interchange:

https://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_401_images/401_cl_324_east_EB_t_Aug23_24x16.jpg
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