Highways in Canada

[swimmer_spe]

Originally Posted by sonysnob

Yeah, I mean, there are still 22 other possibilities for suffixed routes for Hwy 97 in BC.

Don't give the province any ideas.

[craner]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Some pics from the Kicking Horse Canyon project.

Gives a good sense of why building highways in BC is so expensive and why a true national highway program has been needed for decades...

Blackwall Bridge - Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4 by B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, on Flickr

Lynx Viaduct Aerial by B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, on Flickr

BC Highway 1 - Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4 - Cut 3 construction by B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, on Flickr

BC Highway 1 - Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4 - Construction of Frenchman's Bridge by B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, on Flickr

BC Highway 1 - Kicking Horse Canyon - Phase 4 - Frenchman's from below by B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, on Flickr

When done, combined with the Kicking Horse Canyon Bridge this will be the most impressive stretch of rural highway in Canada. Just wish the Feds would get a fu***** move on with the Yoho project...

Man this is exciting!
Really appreciate you posting those photos Metro.

[craner]

Originally Posted by manny_santos

On another topic with BC highway numbering, I think it would be worthwhile to consider moving the Highway 1 designation to the Coquihalla. I understand why it wasn’t done back when it was opened, but it’s been toll free since 2008.

Yes - I’ve been hoping for this re-designation for years too.

[craner]

Alberta uses letter designations for highways as well (eg. 1A, 2A, 11A) although I’m not aware of any Bs, Cs, etc. The ‘A’ designations are placed on the old highways when a new one is built and provide an “Alternate” route to the main highway they share a number with.

Alberta also uses ‘X’ for connecting highways such as 22X south of Calgary. It connects two legs of N-S Highway 22 with the E-W 22X.

[sonysnob]

View looking easterly at the Turcot Interchange as a westbound VIA train leaves Montreal bound for Ontario:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/PQ/R/136/R136_cl_0-1_east_train_Sep22_24x16.jpg

[sonysnob]

Entering Calgary from the east, heading west on TCH-1:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/AB/1/AB1_dv_AB201E_west_Jul20_24x16.jpg

[Dengler Avenue]

Originally Posted by sonysnob

View looking easterly at the Turcot Interchange as a westbound VIA train leaves Montreal bound for Ontario:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/PQ/R/136/R136_cl_0-1_east_train_Sep22_24x16.jpg

I’ve always wondered why MTQ uses an undivided roadway for median HOV lanes further west.
Then the highway’s improved so much that the speed limit should go from 70 kph to 90 kph at least.

[sonysnob]

Yeah, the bidirectional carriageway for the HOV lanes has always seemed like an awkward design choice. I guess they can get away with it because the HOV lane isn't open to any general purpose traffic, but only buses and taxis.

[sonysnob]

Traveling southerly along BC-91 over the Alex Frasier Bridge:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/BC/91/BC91_dv_8-5_south_Jul20_24x16.jpg

[craner]

Alberta Highway 2 improvements on the way in Calgary (Deerfoot Trail):

http://https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/province-to-upgrade-bottleneck-section-of-deerfoot-trail-in-southeast

[sonysnob]

Night view of the 401 in Mississauga. (The army had yet to fully clear the snow from the highway):


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_401_images/401_cl_337_east_EB_Nov22_night_24x16.jpg

[harls]

Originally Posted by sonysnob

Yeah, the bidirectional carriageway for the HOV lanes has always seemed like an awkward design choice. I guess they can get away with it because the HOV lane isn't open to any general purpose traffic, but only buses and taxis.

I miss that weird criss-crossing of lanes beyond Turcot on the 20 where you were driving on the 'wrong' side of the road.

[harls]

Throwback pics.

Quebec City - 2009



Hull - Oct 2007.

These signs are gone now.



Queensway - 28 Aug. 2010



30 March 2010 - this pedestrian bridge has been demolished and replaced now.

[Airboy]

Originally Posted by craner

Alberta Highway 2 improvements on the way in Calgary (Deerfoot Trail):

http://https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/province-to-upgrade-bottleneck-section-of-deerfoot-trail-in-southeast

I believe during the Klien years they did an upgrade to reduce the bottle neck.

[LightingGuy]

I drove north on the 400 for the first time in a while about a month ago and noticed through Vaughan they upgraded the sections where the HOV lanes merge with the regular lanes. Rather than it just changing to a dashed line, they added short lane in between for cars to adjust their speed. I thought this was a really neat idea, hadn't seen it done before.

Dropped pin
https://maps.app.goo.gl/PsrrkS193goGrqZJA

[MolsonExport]

Quebec city has got to have the most freeway kilometres per capita of all Canadian metros. Whereas Winnipeg, of similar size, must have the fewest.

[Innsertnamehere]

Winnipeg has a whopping 0 freeway kilometres, so it definitely wins on that front.

[LightingGuy]

Not entirely true, the Perimeter Highway in Wiinipeg meets freeway standards in some sections where it has Jersey barriers. Other sections it only has concrete curbs like you would see on an arterial, but it's still got a separate ROW.

It is very old though.

[Dengler Avenue]

We shall call Winnipeg Perimeter Highway a staged freeway.
I wonder if any jurisdictions outside of Ontario really use that moniker though.

[Luisito]

Originally Posted by sonysnob

View looking easterly at the Turcot Interchange as a westbound VIA train leaves Montreal bound for Ontario:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/PQ/R/136/R136_cl_0-1_east_train_Sep22_24x16.jpg

Awesome pic with the skyline and the train.