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Old Posted Oct 22, 2023, 3:50 PM
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Obligatory photo of the big boi for page 1 of a new highways thread


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Old Posted Oct 22, 2023, 3:52 PM
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Where are all the cars???
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The 401 empty might be one of the strangest things I've ever seen
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Where are all the cars???
photo was taken during the 2008 Sunrise propane explosion when the 401 was closed for a day or so:


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Old Posted Oct 22, 2023, 7:04 PM
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That's a great photo.


Who will win?

Nature or nuclear meltdown?
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And do we still need a separate thread for TCH twinning or should we simply combine that with this one?
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photo was taken during the 2008 Sunrise propane explosion when the 401 was closed for a day or so:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toront...ion_-_2008.jpg
It was perhaps the emptiest the 401 in Toronto has ever been. Even emptier than during the first Covid shutdowns in late March 2020 - I drove through Toronto on the 401 in the early evening on March 19, 2020 and there were still some vehicles, though it was like a Sunday morning at 6pm on a Thursday.
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Old Posted Oct 23, 2023, 4:38 AM
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I remember driving in the 401 at 5pm on a weekday in the first week of April 2020 and flying along at 115-120. Crazy really looking back.

It eventually got busier again of course, but traffic stayed noticeably lighter in the GTA for probably 2 years after before really returning to normal.
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Old Posted Oct 23, 2023, 7:21 AM
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So while in BC this summer I took some shots of what I consider to be the most impressive segment of highway in Western Canada, the Cape Horn Interchange and Port Mann Bridge.

Cape Horn Interchange by Ian, on Flickr

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The 401 picture above reminds me of this empty 20 lane highway in Burma (shown in an old BBC Top Gear episode):



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The Cape Horn interchange at Coquitlam is built so nicely. I hope that Mary Hill Bypass gets grade separated eventually.
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The 401 picture above reminds me of this empty 20 lane highway in Burma (shown in an old BBC Top Gear episode):



Should there be a lone girl doing yoga there with military tanks rolling behind her?
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Obligatory photo of the big boi for page 1 of a new highways thread


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:E..._401_Color.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_401
My eyes! Those wretched pseudo Chrysler building condos. Awwghgh! My eyes!!
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I remember driving in the 401 at 5pm on a weekday in the first week of April 2020 and flying along at 115-120. Crazy really looking back.
I recall the morning of the Gold Medal Olympic hockey game in Sochi 2014- 401 was empty (as were other roads). That was maybe the quietest it has ever been other than being closed for one reason or another.

Stereotypical Canadian logic.

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Where are all the cars???
Ok here's the big boi with traffic


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Old Posted Oct 23, 2023, 5:26 PM
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The official slogan of the 401:

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EXPRESS AND COLLECTOR MOVING SLOWLY BEYOND NEXT TRANSFER
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^think of the money they could have saved just making it a permanent sign.
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Nothing worse than being stuck on the far left lane of the "Express" lanes configuration, during one of the usual 401 traffic jams, and having one of your kids needing to "go to the bathroom very badly, Dad!!"
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Old Posted Oct 23, 2023, 6:02 PM
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I actually don't mind those Chrysler Building ripoff condos in Scarborough. They've always been a bit of a "welcome to Toronto" sign for me.

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