Posted Jan 12, 2017, 4:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 1overcosc
This is true, but it's starting to change especially amongst the younger generation and more people are just calling it "417".
I know exactly what sign you're talking about! It's this one here and it's a real blast to the past:
Not only does it say "Queensway" with no mention of the 417 number at all... it's also in English only. Based on those two factors it probably dates back at least 40 years.. quite possibly to the original opening of the freeway in the 1960s. It's font is also different from every other highway sign in Ontario... must be whatever font was standard back then. Strange that it was never replaced.
I'm pretty sure that's the only sign in the city that still mentions "Queensway", though. There used to be on Lees Avenue until not too long ago, but it was recently replaced. |
Did I miss something? Why are they killing the name "Queensway"?
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