Windsor talk

[north 42]

Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

Sorry if this sounds digressive, but any real progress on Gordie Howe International Bridge yet?
Also, MTO should fix how EC-Row intersects the 401 southwest of Highway 3. It's funny that the 401 extension was built from scratch instead of being completely linked onto EC-Row. If I were to fix it, I would probably merge EC-Row onto 401 right after Highway 3, demolish the remaining segments as they become redundant, convert EC-Row/Highway 3 into a stack interchange, and have Labelle Street overpass Highway 3.

The EC-Row Expressway was built to be a regional highway to get across the city, it was never meant to be part of the Provincial highway system!

The province tried to take the cheap route and have the 401 connect to the EC-Row, add an extra lane and call it a day. That didn't go over very well, as nobody here wanted all that international trucking traffic belching toxic fumes across our city, and hijacking our local expressway.

The city battled the province over many years to make sure we didn't get a cheap alternative, so the result is the awesome 401 extension, the Herb Gray Parkway. We got a wonderful below grade extension of the 401, with multiple land bridges that help to keep the neighbourhoods it bisects from being completely cut off from each other, and our only local expressway from being hijacked!

Work is still progressing on the new crossing.