Highways in Canada

[MolsonExport]

I actually enjoy the elevated part of A720, with the birds-eye views of St. Henri and Little Burgundy. And Imperial Tobacco.

[leftimage]

Speaking of Montreal highways, here's 4 of them...

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[FrAnKs]

Sometimes Montreal roads looks like it survived from a civil war...

[leftimage]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Sometimes Montreal roads looks like it survived from a civil war...

Or didn't survive at all..

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by leftimage

Or didn't survive at all..

Most likely

Hopefully the whole area at the beginning will get a major facelift in the next years. I reckon it deserve it.

[franktko]

Originally Posted by leftimage

Speaking of Montreal highways, here's 4 of them...

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There is a interesting fact we see in this video (from 0:50 until 1:45) when driving on A20 between the Turcot and the St-Pierre interchanges, the traffic is running like in England, i.e. the opposite lanes are on your right instead of your left.

Is there any other highway like this in Canada?

[hughesnick312]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Most places in the British Isles, but it gets worse the further north you go. Glasgow? Grey, grim, and dilapidated infrastructure.

You must feel right at home then. Edinburgh, york, lincoln etc are all northern and are far more beautiful and sophisticated than what your'e used to

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Sometimes Montreal roads looks like it survived from a civil war...

Sometimes ?

[vegeta_skyline]

Originally Posted by franktko

There is a interesting fact we see in this video (from 0:50 until 1:45) when driving on A20 between the Turcot and the St-Pierre interchanges, the traffic is running like in England, i.e. the opposite lanes are on your right instead of your left.

Is there any other highway like this in Canada?

Good question, I doubt there's another grade separated highway in all of Canada that does that.

Originally Posted by leftimage

Speaking of Montreal highways, here's 4 of them...

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Dude you need to stop speeding! It's looks like your doing about twice the speed limit there!

In all seriousness though, I'd like to see some of these video's without being fast tracked.

[FrAnKs]

Traffic on A15 in Laval filmed by me in 2011.
I was on Cartier Boulevard

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[SignalHillHiker]

The Captain Cook Trail, from Corner Brook to Lark Harbour along the shore of the Bay of Islands.

Very annoying video editing but nice scenery.

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[FrAnKs]

From my home to Old Québec city filmed last summer.

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[FrAnKs]

Awesome, Signal

[leftimage]

Originally Posted by vegeta_skyline

Good question, I doubt there's another grade separated highway in all of Canada that does that.




Dude you need to stop speeding! It's looks like your doing about twice the speed limit there!

In all seriousness though, I'd like to see some of these video's without being fast tracked.

Haha indeed the footage being accelerated x3 has quite an effect. There's a couple other factors that add to the illusion but that's the main one. It really does look like I'm driving recklessly though...

You'd be surprised if you saw how slow the original footage looked.

[sonysnob]

Cool link showing some of the proposed interchange improvements at the QEW/403 interchange in Oakville, ON.

http://www.oakville.ca/assets/general%20-%20residents/transportationstudy-403-QEW-execsum.pdf

[Klazu]

Here is my photo set of the new South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway 17) in Lower Mainland. This new highway is was mainly built to serve the ever increasing truck traffic between Port of Vancouver in Delta and Trans-Canada Highway 1 in Surrey. Driving eastbound on last Sunday.



New SFPR and HW17A intersection.






Approaching SFPR and HW99 intersection.






SFPR/HW91 Connector intersection.






Alex Fraser Bridge looks rather impressive from below.


New Westminster and Surrey Harbour ahead.


By far the nicest part of SFPR.


Tannery Road overpass.


Old Yale Road intersection.


At-grade railcrossing on a highway before Pattullo Bridge.


Pattullo Bridge onramp.


Bridgeview Drive intersection.


Approaching Port Mann Bridge.




Old Port Mann Bridge being dismantled.














My two cents after driving the road:

- Boring scenery most of the way.
- Speed limit could be 100km/h west of HW99 Connector and east of Bridgeview Drive. Otherwise current 80km/h is proper.
- Around Pattullo Bridge SFPR is like a street with constant traffic lights at-grade intersections. Not good.
- Curves, curves, curves. Did I mention curves?

[SignalHillHiker]

Jesus. Your pictures. Awesome.

[middeljohn]

That looks like a fun drive just get rid of the traffic lights.

I was gonna make a video of the 427 and QEW today bit I was too preoccupied swearing at the traffic. I'm so used to London's freeflowing roads now that every time I come back to Toronto it seems so strange.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Jesus. Your pictures. Awesome.

Thank you. Appreciated.

Originally Posted by middeljohn

That looks like a fun drive just get rid of the traffic lights.

It would indeed be a fun curvy road to drive if the speed limit would be higher than 80km/h.

Great timelapse of the highway below. SFPR section between 1:08 and 3:42.

Originally Posted by DKaz

BCMazda3's SFPR cruise:

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[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by Klazu

Approaching Port Mann Bridge.

Great pics all around, but the ones that show the old bridge being taken down are quite interesting to me.

It's actually a bigger and more complex job than one might think.