Ontario Highways

[sonysnob]

Another 407 photo, looking easterly from Roddick Road over the 407:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_4...ay21_42x28.jpg

[sonysnob]

Photo of the 115 looking easterly over top of the westbound lanes from the Victoria Road 32 overpass (Porter Road). Shot yesterday:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_1...ul24_42x28.jpg

[sonysnob]

Looking southerly along Highway 17 south of Wawa as the highway descends down to Old Woman Bay in Lake Superior Provincial Park:


https://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_...ul24_42x28.jpg

[Dengler Avenue]

I wonder whether the imposing slopes at the back mark the boundary between the superior and southern geological provinces.
The geological history of this area is intriguing.

[F. Lionel]

Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

I wonder whether the imposing slopes at the back mark the boundary between the superior and southern geological provinces.
The geological history of this area is intriguing.

The Superior Geologic Province actually stretches all the way down to the North Shore of Lake Huron.The east side of Lake Superior lies entirely (or mostly) in the Wawa subprovince of the Superior Province.
The cliffs you see are the result of the east-west movement of the glaciers as they retreated.

There are so few things I remember from geomorphology 20 years ago. This is one of the few things.

I do agree: the geological history of the area is pretty incredible.

[sonysnob]

View looking north on the 404 from Norman Bethune Drive. HOV lanes are being constructed along the 404 north from this point to Stouffville Road. They should open later this month:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_4...ug24_42x28.jpg

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by sonysnob

Another 407 photo, looking easterly from Roddick Road over the 407:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_4...ay21_42x28.jpg

hardly any traffic. It is good that they are building highways for the wealthy.

[sonysnob]

^ That 407 shot was taken in 2021 during a covid lockdown.

I don't disagree with your sentiments, but the traffic levels in this photo aren't representative of reality either.

[FrostyMug]

407 traffic is still light particularly in comparison to other 400 series highways.

Speaking of which. This was my absurd (but quickest) route from Windsor to Ottawa on Wednesday. 401, 403, QEW, 403, 410, 407, 418, 401, 416, 417. The 401 through Toronto is a time sink in summer particularly with all the construction and my travel through the GTA was midday.

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by FrostyMug

407 traffic is still light particularly in comparison to other 400 series highways.

Speaking of which. This was my absurd (but quickest) route from Windsor to Ottawa on Wednesday. 401, 403, QEW, 403, 410, 407, 418, 401, 416, 417. The 401 through Toronto is a time sink in summer particularly with all the construction and my travel through the GTA was midday.

Did you look at what the time would have been to simply stay on the 401 to the 407 east of Milton? If that other route was quicker, I bet it was only by a minute or 2. You may have had a bit of a slowdown on the 401 through Kitchener, depending on the time of day (I've seen the time clock at Woodstock say 50 minutes around 330pm to Highway 6, which is about 65km from that sign), but usually it flows along pretty nice and the 403 is no picnic with the single lane construction east of the 401 either.

[FrostyMug]

Originally Posted by Djeffery

Did you look at what the time would have been to simply stay on the 401 to the 407 east of Milton? If that other route was quicker, I bet it was only by a minute or 2. You may have had a bit of a slowdown on the 401 through Kitchener, depending on the time of day (I've seen the time clock at Woodstock say 50 minutes around 330pm to Highway 6, which is about 65km from that sign), but usually it flows along pretty nice and the 403 is no picnic with the single lane construction east of the 401 either.

I did. Kitchener was a mess that particular day headed eastbound and Milton is always a bottleneck. I also had the choice to access the 407 in Burlington but chose the 403/410 with no delays and a break for my wallet.

[DieselXL]

With my sons travel ball team having tournaments in both Mississauga and Vaughan in July, coming from Windsor, I, for the life of me will never understand how traffic from KW through to Milton on the 401 averaged 65km/h on both trips. Coming up on Fridays between 3pm and 4pm both trips. There was no construction between the Dorchester overpass and Milton during those trips and yet multiple stand still and stop n go's after KW.
Make it make sense please.

[Innsertnamehere]

Kitchener grew by 7% last year.

The 401 hasn’t changed since the 1970’s.

THATs how.

[MolsonExport]

Kitchener-Waterloo at least has an arterial freeway running through it.

London? Nothing of the sort.

And the 401 through KW is being expanded to five lanes each direction. Much of this is completed.

London? Nothing of the sort.

[haljackey]

Originally Posted by DieselXL

With my sons travel ball team having tournaments in both Mississauga and Vaughan in July, coming from Windsor, I, for the life of me will never understand how traffic from KW through to Milton on the 401 averaged 65km/h on both trips. Coming up on Fridays between 3pm and 4pm both trips. There was no construction between the Dorchester overpass and Milton during those trips and yet multiple stand still and stop n go's after KW.
Make it make sense please.

Once the 401 finally gets fully widened from Highway 8 to 410, you'll see it flow better. Until then the bottlenecks where the wider sections in Cambridge and Milton narrow to the old 6 lane 401 will cause backups on busy days when there aren't any collisions or construction projects. I don't see a date for this other than the stretch between the 2 Highway 6 interchanges being a upcoming expansion sometime in the future.

The Kitchener to Guelph freeway (Highway 7) has been delayed for decades and is only going to go to Highway 6. It should be extended to the 413 at some point so you have an alternate route between Waterloo Region and Greater Toronto.

While there have been improvements to the commuter rail network, there's still a ways to go here as well. Getting people out of cars is another way to alleviate congestion. The High Speed Rail projects have all been canned since the 1960s and we really should have one across the Quebec City - Windsor corridor by now (and continuing in the US to Detroit and Chicago).
-Missed opportunity to build some placeholder HSR tracks on Gordie Howe bridge, IMO.

[Marshsparrow]

Travelling anywhere between Oshawa in the east, Barrie in the north and KW or Hamilton in the west is never any fun and sadly you have to travel through it to get to any points east, north or west...

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by haljackey

Once the 401 finally gets fully widened from Highway 8 to 410, you'll see it flow better.

Until it doesn't.

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Kitchener grew by 7% last year.

The 401 hasn’t changed since the 1970’s.

THATs how.

It hasn't? I remember in 1990 when I got my AZ license that the 401 only had a 3 lane stretch from 8 to 24 where it went back to 2 lanes until you got to 25 at Milton, and there was zero 3 lane sections west of 8. Unrecognizable through there today.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Djeffery

It hasn't? I remember in 1990 when I got my AZ license that the 401 only had a 3 lane stretch from 8 to 24 where it went back to 2 lanes until you got to 25 at Milton, and there was zero 3 lane sections west of 8. Unrecognizable through there today.

Number of through lanes on Highway 401 (excludes ongoing or planned widening projects)[53]
Location Lane count Distance
E C Row Expressway to Essex County Road 42 6 lanes 55.7 km (34.6 mi)
Essex County Road 42 to Highway 402 4 lanes 127.5 km (79.2 mi)
Highway 402 to Highway 8 6 lanes 94.6 km (58.8 mi)
Highway 8 to Highway 24 (Hespeler Road) 12 lanes 3.0 km (1.9 mi)
Highway 24 (Hespeler Road) to Townline Road 10 lanes 3.8 km (2.4 mi)
Townline Road to Halton Regional Road 25 6 lanes 33.3 km (20.7 mi)
Halton Regional Road 25 to James Snow Parkway 10 lanes 4.3 km (2.7 mi)
James Snow Parkway to Highway 407 12-lane collector-express system 5.3 km (3.3 mi)
Highway 407 to Winston Churchill Boulevard 10 lanes 3.3 km (2.1 mi)
Winston Churchill Boulevard to Highway 403 / 410 12-lane collector-express system 10.5 km (6.5 mi)
Highway 403 / 410 to Highway 427 18-lane collector-express system 5.8 km (3.6 mi)
Highway 427 to Highway 27 8 lanes 0.8 km (0.50 mi)
Highway 27 to Highway 409 10 lanes 3.9 km (2.4 mi)
Highway 409 to Brock Road 12–16-lane collector-express system 43.3 km (26.9 mi)
Brock Road to Salem Road 10 lanes 6.0 km (3.7 mi)
Salem Road to 4.5 km east of Baltimore Road 6 lanes 74.8 km (46.5 mi)
4.5 km east of Baltimore Road to Frontenac County Road 38 4 lanes 131.7 km (81.8 mi)
Frontenac County Road 38 to Highway 15 6 lanes 12.2 km (7.6 mi)
Highway 15 to ON–QC border 4 lanes 205.0 km (127.4 mi)

[MolsonExport]

for the history of the 401: https://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway401.htm