Highways In Canada II
 

This thread is a continuation of the previous thread. Please proceed.

Archived previous thread here:

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=190293

Obligatory photo of the big boi for page 1 of a new highways thread

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._401_Color.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:E..._401_Color.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_401

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Where are all the cars???

The 401 empty might be one of the strangest things I've ever seen

photo was taken during the 2008 Sunrise propane explosion when the 401 was closed for a day or so:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ion_-_2008.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toront...ion_-_2008.jpg

That's a great photo.


Who will win?

Nature or nuclear meltdown?

And do we still need a separate thread for TCH twinning or should we simply combine that with this one?

It was perhaps the emptiest the 401 in Toronto has ever been. Even emptier than during the first Covid shutdowns in late March 2020 - I drove through Toronto on the 401 in the early evening on March 19, 2020 and there were still some vehicles, though it was like a Sunday morning at 6pm on a Thursday.

I remember driving in the 401 at 5pm on a weekday in the first week of April 2020 and flying along at 115-120. Crazy really looking back.

It eventually got busier again of course, but traffic stayed noticeably lighter in the GTA for probably 2 years after before really returning to normal.

So while in BC this summer I took some shots of what I consider to be the most impressive segment of highway in Western Canada, the Cape Horn Interchange and Port Mann Bridge.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...dede1213_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f3ea59b7_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...89b901a9_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6daf857f_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7299cc39_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...79cfe53f_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ce71c4fb_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6b046f19_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b51cfd81_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f05c5d80_h.jpgCape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

The 401 picture above reminds me of this empty 20 lane highway in Burma (shown in an old BBC Top Gear episode):

:tumbleweed:

https://www.indy100.com/media-librar...=0%2C0%2C0%2C0

The Cape Horn interchange at Coquitlam is built so nicely. I hope that Mary Hill Bypass gets grade separated eventually.

Should there be a lone girl doing yoga there with military tanks rolling behind her?

My eyes! Those wretched pseudo Chrysler building condos. Awwghgh! My eyes!! :runaway:

I recall the morning of the Gold Medal Olympic hockey game in Sochi 2014- 401 was empty (as were other roads). That was maybe the quietest it has ever been other than being closed for one reason or another.

Stereotypical Canadian logic.

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Here you go

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Ok here's the big boi with traffic

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/De2x3UhX4AANTOT?format=jpg
https://twitter.com/g_meslin/status/1003653864330092544

The official slogan of the 401:

^think of the money they could have saved just making it a permanent sign.

Nothing worse than being stuck on the far left lane of the "Express" lanes configuration, during one of the usual 401 traffic jams, and having one of your kids needing to "go to the bathroom very badly, Dad!!"

I actually don't mind those Chrysler Building ripoff condos in Scarborough. They've always been a bit of a "welcome to Toronto" sign for me.

OK, you can shoot me now. :shitstorm: :runaway: