Highways in Canada - Page 288

sonysnob · #**5741** Posted **Jan 20, 2017, 4:12 PM**

Vid of the 417 through Ottawa at dusk from last October:

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FrAnKs · #**5742** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 4:41 AM**

Good evening everyone !
Here is my first production of 2017.
Enjoy this Night drive on Montréal Freeways

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Corndogger · #**5743** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 5:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Good evening everyone !
Here is my first production of 2017.
Enjoy this Night drive on Montréal Freeways

Great video! Never knew that Montreal had so many major road tunnels.

ssiguy · #**5744** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 6:33 AM**

Fantastic video! I wish Vancouver had great roads like Montreal. We only have 3 freeways and only one is more than 2 lanes in each direction.

Corndogger · #**5745** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 6:46 AM**

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Fantastic video! I wish Vancouver had great roads like Montreal. We only have 3 freeways and only one is more than 2 lanes in each direction.

Vancouver needs to vote out the nutcase they have for a mayor and the party that supports him. For a city its size its road "system" is a disgrace. At least the BC government is starting to build major roads for the region.

Loco101 · #**5746** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 6:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by Corndogger

Vancouver needs to vote out the nutcase they have for a mayor and the party that supports him. For a city its size its road "system" is a disgrace. At least the BC government is starting to build major roads for the region.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the current mayor is the only one to blame. What about previous mayors and councils?

craner · #**5747** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 7:00 AM**

Great Montreal & Ottawa videos guys - really enjoyed those.
Is 417 through Ottawa a TCH route ?

Corndogger · #**5748** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 7:32 AM**

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Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the current mayor is the only one to blame. What about previous mayors and councils?

They're too blame as well but the current mayor and council appear to be the worst by far. My sense is that they would ban cars in Vancouver if they could get away with it.

Metro-One · #**5749** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 7:56 AM**

Done.

sonysnob · #**5750** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 2:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by craner

Great Montreal & Ottawa videos guys - really enjoyed those.
Is 417 through Ottawa a TCH route ?

Yeah it is.

Thanks for watching.

FrAnKs · #**5751** Posted **Jan 22, 2017, 4:25 PM**

Thank you guys !

LeftCoaster · #**5752** Posted **Jan 23, 2017, 6:59 PM**

Comprehensive list, thanks Metro.

While the BC Government is doing some things right they still can miss the mark such as the SFPR's intersections.

Hopefully they can continue the move towards a good balance of transit and road infrastructure going forward, as they are certainly getting better than they used to be.

eternallyme · #**5753** Posted **Jan 23, 2017, 7:30 PM**

Regarding the Vancouver proposals, the tree huggers tend to live in the city proper and nearby places like Burnaby? While south of the Fraser tends to be more economically minded and balanced?

TownGuy · #**5754** Posted **Jan 23, 2017, 7:37 PM**

Anyone watch that Heavy Rescue 401 series on the Discovery Channel? It's a little sensationalistic but good road porn nonetheless.

Innsertnamehere · #**5755** Posted **Jan 23, 2017, 8:09 PM**

apparently its one of the most watched shows on Discovery ever. I've heard quite a few people talking about it.

Metro-One · #**5756** Posted **Jan 24, 2017, 12:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Comprehensive list, thanks Metro.

While the BC Government is doing some things right they still can miss the mark such as the SFPR's intersections.

Hopefully they can continue the move towards a good balance of transit and road infrastructure going forward, as they are certainly getting better than they used to be.

Yeah, the original design of the SFPR was nearly all interchanges, but then they cut the budget. Funny thing is there are hints that the first few intersections are already being considered for interchange upgrades, including Sunbury which could end up being a pretty major interchange with the Alex Fraser Bridge. Still, would have cost less in the long run to have just built them from the get go (the exact same thing happened with the 91in the 90s). The one area that does have an excuse for not being fully built is around the Pattullo Bridge. Think the province needed to wait and see what Trnaslink was going to do with the replacement.

The #1 was a great project done right and the 99 looks like it may follow that formula. If built as is shown the 99 and Steveston Interchange will by far be the most impressive in Western Canada. Currently I feel the Cape Horn may have that title, but that is up for debate

Rollerstud98 · #**5757** Posted **Jan 24, 2017, 12:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

apparently its one of the most watched shows on Discovery ever. I've heard quite a few people talking about it.

Not the 401 as it is brand new. Highway through Hell out of BC is the one that has worldwide recognition.

Innsertnamehere · #**5758** Posted **Jan 24, 2017, 12:46 AM**

A viability study has been completed to twin 8 segments of Highways 101, 104 & 107 using tolls in Nova Scotia.

http://globalnews.ca/news/3198960/tollin...allow-twinning-decades-earlier-province/

Innsertnamehere · #**5759** Posted **Jan 24, 2017, 12:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rollerstud98

Not the 401 as it is brand new. Highway through Hell out of BC is the one that has worldwide recognition.

This was posted over at SSC:

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Originally Posted by ChrisZwolle

HEAVY RESCUE: 401 Premiere is Most-Watched in Discovery History

An audience of nearly 720,000 people tuned in to watch the Jan. 3 debut of Discovery’s newest original Canadian series HEAVY RESCUE: 401, it was confirmed today, making it the most-watched premiere in the network’s 22-year history. To date, more than 3.3 million unique viewers – or nearly one in 10 Canadians – have tuned in to the first episode.

http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/heavy-rescue-401-premiere-is-most-watched-in-discovery-history/

Infrequent Poster · #**5760** Posted **Jan 24, 2017, 2:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Yeah, the original design of the SFPR was nearly all interchanges, but then they cut the budget. Funny thing is there are hints that the first few intersections are already being considered for interchange upgrades, including Sunbury which could end up being a pretty major interchange with the Alex Fraser Bridge. Still, would have cost less in the long run to have just built them from the get go (the exact same thing happened with the 91in the 90s). The one area that does have an excuse for not being fully built is around the Pattullo Bridge. Think the province needed to wait and see what Trnaslink was going to do with the replacement.

The #1 was a great project done right and the 99 looks like it may follow that formula. If built as is shown the 99 and Steveston Interchange will by far be the most impressive in Western Canada. Currently I feel the Cape Horn may have that title, but that is up for debate

What bothers me most about the sfpr is how they built it with no way to add any extra lanes in the future. I guess thats not entirely true, with enough money anything can happen i suppose. There are a few spots though, (like where it passes under the afb) where because of the way they built it adding capacity in the future will be incredibly exspensive.

Obviously I also wish it would have opened as a proper free flowing road as well.