Highways In Canada II

Xelebes · #1 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 6:23 AM**

This thread is a continuation of the previous thread. Please proceed.

MonctonRad · #2 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 3:41 PM**

Archived previous thread here:

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=190293

haljackey · #3 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 3:50 PM**

Obligatory photo of the big boi for page 1 of a new highways thread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Evacuated_Highway_401_Color.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_401

MonctonRad · #4 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 3:52 PM**

Where are all the cars???

Hawrylyshyn · #5 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 4:17 PM**

The 401 empty might be one of the strangest things I've ever seen

Innsertnamehere · #6 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 6:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Where are all the cars???

photo was taken during the 2008 Sunrise propane explosion when the 401 was closed for a day or so:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_pr...ile:Toronto_Propane_Explosion_-_2008.jpg

WhipperSnapper · #7 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 7:04 PM**

That's a great photo.

Who will win?

Nature or nuclear meltdown?

Dengler Avenue · #8 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 7:34 PM**

And do we still need a separate thread for TCH twinning or should we simply combine that with this one?

manny_santos · #9 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 2:08 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

photo was taken during the 2008 Sunrise propane explosion when the 401 was closed for a day or so:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_pr...ile:Toronto_Propane_Explosion_-_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.

Innsertnamehere · #10 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 4:38 AM**

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.

Metro-One · #11 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 7:21 AM**

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

q12 · #12 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 1:53 PM**

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

Dengler Avenue · #13 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 2:16 PM**

The Cape Horn interchange at Coquitlam is built so nicely. I hope that Mary Hill Bypass gets grade separated eventually.

Acajack · #14 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 2:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by q12

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?

MolsonExport · #15 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 3:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by haljackey

Obligatory photo of the big boi for page 1 of a new highways thread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Evacuated_Highway_401_Color.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_401

My eyes! Those wretched pseudo Chrysler building condos. Awwghgh! My eyes!!

haljackey · #16 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 5:21 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

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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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

My eyes! Those wretched pseudo Chrysler building condos. Awwghgh! My eyes!!

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Should there be a lone girl doing yoga there with military tanks rolling behind her?

Here you go

• Video Link

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Where are all the cars???

Ok here's the big boi with traffic

https://twitter.com/g_meslin/status/1003653864330092544

Innsertnamehere · #17 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 5:26 PM**

The official slogan of the 401:

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EXPRESS AND COLLECTOR MOVING SLOWLY BEYOND NEXT TRANSFER

harls · #18 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 5:51 PM**

^think of the money they could have saved just making it a permanent sign.

MolsonExport · #19 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 5:59 PM**

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!!"

Acajack · #20 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 6:02 PM**

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.

OK, you can shoot me now.