Ontario's Highways

[AsphaltPlanet]

Looking southerly along Highway 17 south of Wawa as the highway descends down to Old Woman Bay in Lake Superior Provincial Park:


https://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_17_images/17_cl_DSC01120_Jul24_42x28.jpg

[AsphaltPlanet]

View looking north on the 404 from Norman Bethune Drive.  HOV lanes are being constructed along the 404 north from this point to Stouffville Road.  They should open later this month:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_404-406_images/404_cl_27-5_north_NB_Aug24_42x28.jpg

[AsphaltPlanet]

View looking easterly from Avenue Road towards North York Civic Centre.  Concrete slab repairs are underway on the westbound express lanes:


https://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_401_images/401_cl_367_east_DSC09435_24x16.jpg

[webny99]

I sure don't envy anyone commuting in the Hamilton area this morning: an accident on 403 at about the worst possible location (just north/east of the Linc) has turned 403 into a parking lot all the way back to Hwy 52, a distance of over 12km. It's showing as a 2 hour, 30 minute delay on Google Maps and I don't doubt it for a second. Complicating factors are the road closure on Garner Rd (which could normally be used to bypass the first ~6 km of congestion) and lack of viable alternate routes down the mountain to bypass the section with the accident. Consequently no one in the Hamilton area is going anywhere this morning without encountering significant congestion. It's so bad that 403 westbound is backing up coming into Hamilton as traffic comes in from alternate routes such as York Rd, Hwy 5/Hwy 6, and the QEW, which I have never seen happen in the morning rush.

[rickmastfan67]

Does anybody know if the new interchange on ON-6 just north of the 401 is open yet?  And if it is, what's it's signed for?  Wanna put that interchange into the TM file of ON-6, but need a name first.

[andrepoiy]

Does anybody know if the new interchange on ON-6 just north of the 401 is open yet?  And if it is, what's it's signed for?  Wanna put that interchange into the TM file of ON-6, but need a name first.

I personally haven't driven there yet but according to the project website, it is open now.
It also states that the intersections of Hwy6/Maltby and Hwy6/Wellington34 are also now closed.
https://highway6midblock.ca/construction-progress-updates

[rickmastfan67]

Does anybody know if the new interchange on ON-6 just north of the 401 is open yet?  And if it is, what's it's signed for?  Wanna put that interchange into the TM file of ON-6, but need a name first.

I personally haven't driven there yet but according to the project website, it is open now.
It also states that the intersections of Hwy6/Maltby and Hwy6/Wellington34 are also now closed.
https://highway6midblock.ca/construction-progress-updates

Didn't have a point @ Maltby, so that's not an issue.

They mention on that page that the new road is "Midblock Connection Road (Wellington Road 53)".  Already have a 'RR53' point for a different RR route in the ON-6 file, so, will go with 'RR53_Wel'.

[andrepoiy]

Just drove along Highway 6 where the new interchange is located:

Pretty appalled by the signage to be honest. Usually, MTO is very strict, professional, and proper with signage but for whatever reason they put up these signs which looks super unprofessional.

[AsphaltPlanet]

The signs are temporary construction signs.  They'll be replaced with proper extruded aluminum signs in the future.  There is still a years worth of work as part of this project.  An overpass still needs to be constructed at the location of the former Wellington Road 34 intersection.

[AsphaltPlanet]

View looking southerly from the Rathburn Road overpass overtop of the northbound lanes of the 427 in Etobicoke:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_410-427_images/427_cl_5-5_south_NB-t_Oct24_42x28.jpg

[vdeane]

View looking southerly from the Rathburn Road overpass overtop of the northbound lanes of the 427 in Etobicoke:

For some reason I first read that as Ratburn.

[AsphaltPlanet]

View looking southerly along the 404 from the Elgin Mills overpass in Richmond Hill:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_404-406_images/404_cl_33_south_NB_Oct24_42x28.jpg

[andrepoiy]

With the newly opened HOV lane!

[AsphaltPlanet]

View looking northbound on the 400 approaching the King Road interchange in Vaughan.  Work has been ongoing in the past week to open both the northbound and southbound fourth general purpose lane between Major Mackenzie and King Road:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_400_images/400_dv_42_north_Oct24_42x28.jpg

[AsphaltPlanet]

Hwy 400 looking southerly from King Road:

https://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_400_images/400_cl_43_south_NB_Oct24_42x28.jpg

[AsphaltPlanet]

View looking westerly along the 409 from the Iron Road overpass.  The 409 is set to undergo some reconstruction starting in either 2026 or 2027 and the two bridges (one pictured) that carry CN Railway spurs over the 409 are going to be demolished as part of this construction.


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_407-409_images/409_cl_3-5_west_WB-t_Oct24_42x28.jpg

[Molandfreak]

But there are cars on the railroad bridge. Why demolish a bridge that is still in use?

[AsphaltPlanet]

The bridges aren't in use.  Those aren't train cars on the bridge, they are a shipping container and a truck trailer that a neighbouring business has parked on the otherwise disused bridge.

[AsphaltPlanet]

The Gardiner Expressway looking east towards Downtown Toronto from the Islington Avenue overpass:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/QEW_images/QEW_cl_142_TB_Nov24_42x28.jpg

[AsphaltPlanet]

Two views looking southerly along Highway 400 from the Lloydtown-Aurora Road overpass.  Earlier this fall, traffic was shifted from the median to the outside of Highway 400 where it climbs overtop of the Oak Ridge.  Work is now ongoing to replace the tall wall median barrier.

Construction to add an additional GPL and an HOV lane in each direction should be complete in 2025.


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_400_images/400_cl_52_south_Nov24_42x28.jpg


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_400_images/400_cl_52_south_SB_Nov24_42x28.jpg

[AsphaltPlanet]

Easterly view along Highway 417 towards "the Split" in Ottawa from the Cyrville Road overpass:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_410-427_images/417_cl_113-5_east_Nov24_42x28.jpg

[AsphaltPlanet]

View looking northerly from the Derry Road overpass on the 410 from earlier this month:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_410-427_images/410_cl_3_north_SB_Nov24_42x28.jpg

[AsphaltPlanet]

Two views looking southerly along Highway 400 from the Major Mackenzie Drive overpass.  Work is ongoing to extend the HOV lane southerly in both directions from Major Mackenzie Drive to Langstaff.  So far, it looks like the contractors have been prioritizing the southbound lane:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_400_images/400_cl_35_south_SB_t_Nov24_42x28.jpg


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_400_images/400_cl_35_south_c_Nov24_42x28.jpg

[AsphaltPlanet]

Daybreak over Lake Superior

Easterly view along Highway 11/17 from just east of the Ouimet CPR overhead.  2023 photo showing the highway still under construction.  It's four-lanes through there today:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_11_images/11_cl_DSC05287_east_Jul23_42x28.jpg