Highways in Canada - Page 7

haljackey · #**121** Posted **Apr 16, 2011, 9:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by P Unit

Looks like that guy has a ton of highway videos, he's got one for the Gardiner and DVP as well.

Yeah I checked it out and he has a video of the section of the 401 by Pearson Airport- the widest road in Canada.

18 through lanes, not to mention all those auxiliary and transfer lanes:

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View in HD here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltcme5qIL9s

Crazy to see all those lanes merge down to 6, but there's currently a constriction project in Mississauga that will extend the collector/express system further west.

BretttheRiderFan · #**122** Posted **Apr 17, 2011, 12:29 AM**

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patboy · #**123** Posted **Apr 17, 2011, 8:32 PM**

Highway 40 west in Montreal ... Picture took from the Anjou interchange, I was stuck in the traffic !

vid · #**124** Posted **Apr 17, 2011, 10:43 PM**

Is that construction in the lower right, or did someone have some fun?

haljackey · #**125** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 3:20 PM**

The Don Valley Parkway: the 10th most congested highway in North America.

Traffic is so bad that the highway has received the nickname "Don Valley Parking Lot".

Also it was built through environmentally-sensitive lands. The route would not have been built if it were by today's design standards.

vid · #**126** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 3:26 PM**

Yes it would. Hamilton just built a freeway through a river a couple years ago. Might be a better design but the principle is the same.

roccerfeller · #**127** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 3:49 PM**

Man the roads are so awesome in Southern Ontario.

*sniff*

give us some money!

vid · #**128** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 3:50 PM**

They don't support the parts of Ontario adjacent to Manitoba, what makes you think they'll support Manitoba, too?

flar · #**129** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 3:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

Yes it would. Hamilton just built a freeway through a river a couple years ago. Might be a better design but the principle is the same.

I'd say the design is a failure. The road still functions as a river whenever there's a heavy rain.

trucks by RiddimRyder, on Flickr
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/redhillvalleyparkway/interesting/

SteelTown · #**130** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 4:00 PM**

The City has hired a crew that goes up and down the Red Hill to unclog any drains when it rains or when it's wet. So far it's been working.

vid · #**131** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 4:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by flar

I'd say the design is a failure. The road still functions as a river whenever there's a heavy rain.

Well done.

Kitchissippi · #**132** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 6:52 PM**

Some of Canada's northernmost highways:

Klondike Highway (Yukon #2)

Dempster Highway (Yukon #5/NWT #8)

Top-of-the-World Highway (Yukon #9)

Dwils01 · #**133** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 6:54 PM**

That picture of the DVP reminded me of my commute last fall.
So glad thats over.

Phil McAvity · #**134** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 6:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by jigglysquishy

I'm just going to pop in and say freeways are disgusting and a detriment to a city's urban fabric.

He's right.

All freeways do are help the economy.

Who needs jobs or money?

eemy · #**135** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 11:51 PM**

Two additional photos of the Dempster and Top-of-the-World Highways.

Dempster Highway

Top-of-the-World Highway

I'd really love to go on a trip up to the Yukon and travel on some of these highways sometime.

Ayreonaut · #**136** Posted **Apr 18, 2011, 11:57 PM**

I've been on the Top of the World Highway. I don't remember much from my trip to the Yukon/Alaska (I was 6), but I do remember Dawson, the dredges, and that highway.

Airboy · #**137** Posted **Apr 19, 2011, 5:38 AM**

Dempster is a spectacular drive. I will try to find my photos from my drive on the ice road from Tuk to Inuvik. In a cab.

The Canol road from Whitehorse to Ross River is special as well.