Ontario Highways

[Innsertnamehere]

407 phase 1 was the part that opened in 2016 - the 412 and the 407 to Harmony Road.

[Dengler Avenue]

I just noticed that Google Streetview for Sudbury’s Maley Drive extension is finally up.
https://goo.gl/maps/p6t69asHMfcfcNrK6
Edit: Never mind, only for that part but not for the rest.

[swimmer_spe]

Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

I just noticed that Google Streetview for Sudbury’s Maley Drive extension is finally up.
https://goo.gl/maps/p6t69asHMfcfcNrK6
Edit: Never mind, only for that part but not for the rest.

That is still technically Lasalle Blvd.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

https://globalnews.ca/news/2957484/d...ridge-failure/

" The bearing design did not comply with the requirements of the contract, the reports said. And the shoe plate, the bolted connection between shoe plate and girder, the bolted connection between shoe plate and bearing, and the bearing design all failed to meet the requirements of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code."

Construction of the bridge was finished, but done wrong.

Yes, I recall reading that too. I meant why in terms of the oversight part of bridge engineering -- why didn't the contractor's engineers, or MTO's, discover the deficient parts before they were installed, or when inspected after installation.

I don't recall that ever being made public, and an internal investigation into that part of the build process would have happened.

Half finished.

[Dengler Avenue]

And then, it was quietly closed once again over the night of May 29, 2018, and I didn’t recall O.P.P. ever saying why...

Ps: I give full credits to ONLib for twinning 11-17 east of Thunder Bay nevertheless, particularly Michael Gravelle. It’s incredible that even NWO has divided highways too (since 2010).

[Dengler Avenue]

I just thought of something.
Highway 11 between Huntsville and North Bay doesn’t have animal fencing, let alone animal passes. I guess the area around it isn’t as wild as that around 400?

Edit: I stand corrected. There actually is. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/eco-kare...animals/%3famp

[swimmer_spe]

Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

I just thought of something.
Highway 11 between Huntsville and North Bay doesn’t have animal fencing, let alone animal passes. I guess the area around it isn’t as wild as that around 400?

Edit: I stand corrected. There actually is. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/eco-kare...animals/%3famp

That is how it should be. You should not know that either are there.

[Dengler Avenue]

Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

That is how it should be. You should not know that either are there.

“If you can see them, they can see you too.”

[sonysnob]

View of the 407 looking easterly from the Martin Grove Road overpass. The towers at 400 and 7 are sprouting taller by the day it seems:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_4...ay21_24x16.jpg

[Dengler Avenue]

Bradford Bypass’ coming with a price tag of $0.8 B. Sheesh, why is it so expensive to build in GTA these days...

[swimmer_spe]

Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

Bradford Bypass’ coming with a price tag of $0.8 B. Sheesh, why is it so expensive to build in GTA these days...

All the land is privately owned and they need to pay fair market value.

[sonysnob]

Another photo from me, this one looking north on the 410 from the Courtneypark Drive overpass in Mississauga. Work is underway to make this a full movement interchange. The southbound off-ramp is visible in this photo:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_4...ay21_24x16.jpg

[Dengler Avenue]

The distance between Courtneypark Drive and Derry Road though...

[sonysnob]

There will be a southbound subcollector lane between the Derry and Courtneypark interchanges. There is a bit of weaving in the subcollector lane between Derry and Courtneypark, but nothing that should be too problematic.

[swimmer_spe]

The 410/403 confuse me. Int he Mississauga area, they look like a continuation of the other. I really feel they should change it all to 410, and get rid of the concurrency with the QEW.

[sonysnob]

Renumbering the 403 through Mississauga to the 410 was considered, but the renumbering committee thought it would have been too disruptive so we were left with the QEW/403 multiplex.

But I agree, the numbering is awkward.

[Dengler Avenue]

Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

The 410/403 confuse me. Int he Mississauga area, they look like a continuation of the other. I really feel they should change it all to 410, and get rid of the concurrency with the QEW.

Originally Posted by sonysnob

Renumbering the 403 through Mississauga to the 410 was considered, but the renumbering committee thought it would have been too disruptive so we were left with the QEW/403 multiplex.

But I agree, the numbering is awkward.

This is not to mention that 403 & 410 in Peel Region carry very different connotation or association nowadays. Go figure.

[haljackey]

The 410 should at least be designated a bit south of the 401 to where it curves by the Eastgate Parkway / Cawthra Road interchange.

IMO it should start NB here
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6232...7i16384!8i8192


And finish SB here
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6208...7i16384!8i8192

[sonysnob]

I don't really care about where the 410 is legally designated from, but it would be a mistake to sign the 410 south from the 401 in it's current configuration.

The 400 extends southerly from the 401 for a couple of kilometres and the MTO has made a deliberate decision to only indicate the 400 south as Black Creek Drive.

[swimmer_spe]

Originally Posted by sonysnob

I don't really care about where the 410 is legally designated from, but it would be a mistake to sign the 410 south from the 401 in it's current configuration.

The 400 extends southerly from the 401 for a couple of kilometres and the MTO has made a deliberate decision to only indicate the 400 south as Black Creek Drive.

The northern end of Black Creek drive does not seem to be built to 400 series standards.