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Started by un1, January 19, 2009, 03:21:49 PM

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Shadow Assassin

Don't they usually use yellow-on-blue signs to point people towards the Queen Elizabeth Way?


haljackey

Quote from: Shadow Assassin on January 21, 2009, 06:47:44 AM
Don't they usually use yellow-on-blue signs to point people towards the Queen Elizabeth Way?

Hey, welcome SA!

No, just the QEW shield is yellow on blue.  Its the only one like that, as the rest are white on green.

agentsteel53

are any of these blue/white shields still around?  they were posted until 1993, I think.


and check out the blue guide sign!


also, when did Ontario start using green/white for trailblazers?  I don't know of any green/white shields before about 1955... I think back then the trailblazers were white/black too.

bonus picture:


now THAT is a QEW shield!  What I wouldn't give to get my hands on a cateyed QEW or King's Highway shield from the 1930s.
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un1

I believe there is one blue 401 shield still around, but the QEW shield from the 30s, no, or I don't expect there to be one.
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agentsteel53

no, I can't imagine a 1930s shield being around... maybe one of the smaller King's Highway shields from the 50s in some town with more polar bears than people... but probably not even that.

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un1

Well, 3c is long gone (and Polar Bears don't live in most of Ontario, only the extreme north of it, which is about 1000 km above the populated area of Ontario). Although, next time I see my uncle who used to work on road maintenance in Ontario who has a huge and I mean HUGE collection of highway shields, some of them are new some of them have the newer design but are far larger (like the Highway 11 shield in my house). He might have an old one, not too sure about it though.. (Last time I saw him was in 2007, so all of his shields are very vague in my memory)

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Thunder Bay Expressway - Highway 61 and 11/17 Ontario - Thunder Bay, Ontario

agentsteel53

do numbered highways go that far north?

that would be great if you could get a photo of his highway shield collection!

all the pictures I'm posting are being taken from here.  Lots of shields there to be seen.

http://www.thekingshighway.ca/
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un1

#32
No, the highest one goes to Pickle Lake (Highway 599) (Although there was one but it was closed in the 1980s, then there is just little roads, mostly winter roads that goes up 50-70 km from there), which is about 300km away from the extreme north. The only way to get there is by plane, train or boat.
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Thunder Bay Expressway - Highway 61 and 11/17 Ontario - Thunder Bay, Ontario

haljackey

Oh new page!  Time for new picture!


un1

Secondary and 800 Series highways have been added to the guide.
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Thunder Bay Expressway - Highway 61 and 11/17 Ontario - Thunder Bay, Ontario

haljackey

A rural highway (Highway 400) as it heads into the Canadian Shield:


un1

hal: that is for upgrading them to a 4 lane highway. :rolleyes:
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Thunder Bay Expressway - Highway 61 and 11/17 Ontario - Thunder Bay, Ontario

haljackey

Quote from: un1 on January 23, 2009, 04:06:48 PM
hal: that is for upgrading them to a 4 lane highway. :rolleyes:

Well its actually for 4+ lane, grade separated highways.

haljackey

Am I the only one posting stuff here?   :rolleyes:

Oh well, more pics! 


un1

How about a less freeway picture?
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Thunder Bay Expressway - Highway 61 and 11/17 Ontario - Thunder Bay, Ontario

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un1

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Thunder Bay Expressway - Highway 61 and 11/17 Ontario - Thunder Bay, Ontario

haljackey

Could it get any straiter?   :-P

un1

Interstate 37: Flat, strait and dry on almost it's whole route.
(Unrelated to Ontario)


(Photographed by me)
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Thunder Bay Expressway - Highway 61 and 11/17 Ontario - Thunder Bay, Ontario

haljackey

Quote from: un1 on February 11, 2009, 08:59:56 AM
Interstate 37: Flat, strait and dry on almost it's whole route.
(Unrelated to Ontario)

Then why are you posting it here?   :-D

un1

To show you that Highway 11 isn't the only flat/straight highway on Earth. (Just because I wanted to post it)
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Thunder Bay Expressway - Highway 61 and 11/17 Ontario - Thunder Bay, Ontario

haljackey

Quote from: un1 on February 11, 2009, 09:53:05 AM
To show you that Highway 11 isn't the only flat/straight highway on Earth. (Just because I wanted to post it)

Meh, I knew that.   :eyebrow:

haljackey

Time for another pic, Highway 401 close to #2A.  Its an impressive curve pic!


mightyace

What are the squares with the tar around the edges?

Traffic sensors of some kind?
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haljackey

Quote from: mightyace on February 18, 2009, 07:26:39 PM
What are the squares with the tar around the edges?

Traffic sensors of some kind?

I'd assume so.  Might be a measurement of AADT or something.




Here's a new pic straight from MTO.  It's the 401/404/DVP interchange in Northern Toronto.




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