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Photos shown in this table are arranged from South (Fort Erie) to North (Toronto):

Proper Municipality Name	Photo Description	Photo
Photos taken from driver's perspective appear offset from centre-line Photos:		Toronto- Bound	Fort Erie- Bound
Continued from Burlington to Oakville Images
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking Toronto-bound from the Winston Churchill Boulevard overpass. Note the ramp-metering visible on the Toronto-bound ramps to the highway. Winston Churchill represents the western boundary of Peel Region, as such the opposing centre-line is found on Page 4. Photo taken: June 14th, 2007.	Low-res High-res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking back towards Hamilton and the Winston Churchill Boulevard. The Winston Churchill Boulevard overpass seems a little oversized for the six-lane freeway that passes underneath of it. Photo taken: June 14th, 2007.	Low-res High-res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking towards Hamilton at the Erin Mills Parkway interchange along the QEW. This interchange was reconstructed from a traffic circle to a standard parclo A4 in 2000. Photo taken: April 29th, 2007. Low-res: 45kb. High-res: 136kb.	Low-res High-res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	Overhead signage at the ramp to Erin Mills Parkway from the Hamilton-bound QEW. Surprisingly when the Erin Mills Road was reconstructed back in 2002, the Hamilton-bound overhead signage was not replaced. Photo taken: May 26th, 2007. Low-res: 40kb. High-res: 135kb.	Low Res High Res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	Overhead advanced signage for the Erin Mills Parkway interchange. Notice the subordinate yellow arrow signage located just before the overhead sign. These yellow signs replaced the old 'RIGHT LANE MUST EXIT' signs that appeared in Ontario before bilingual signage was introduced in the early 1990s. Photo taken: May 26th, 2007. Low-res: 50kb. High-res: 190kb.	Low Res High Res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	This Photo shows the Toronto-bound QEW over the Credit River bridge in Mississauga. This photo is located roughly at kilometre marker 131. The 'ER' light standards that adorn the Credit River bridge are no longer in use, standing just for decoration. New functional 'ER' style lights have been introduced along both the Bronte and Sixteen Mile Creek bridges in Oakville. Photo taken: May 30th, 2007. Low-res: 40kb. High-res: 135kb.	Low Res High Res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking Hamilton-bound on the QEW from the Hurontario Street (Highway 10) cloverleaf interchange. The cloverleaf interchange between Highway 10 and the QEW was one of only a handful of remaining cloverleaf's in the province. It was reconfigured as a partial parclo, partial diamond during 2008 and 2009. Photo taken: May 30th, 2007. Low-res: 45kb. High-res: 150kb.	Low-res High-res
Hurontario Street is the local name for Highway 10, which before downloading stretched from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron. Click here for Highway 10 images.
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking Hamilton-bound along the QEW from the Cawthra Road overpass. Photo taken: May 27th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	Toronto-bound from the QEW at Cawthra Road. Notice how congested the Hamilton-bound lanes are. Both the Cawthra Road and neighbouring Hurontario Street are very heavy merges and can often slow mainline QEW traffic. Photo taken: May 27th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	Hamilton-bound view from the Ogden Avenue pedestrian overpass. There are surprisingly few pedestrian-exclusive overpasses in Ontario. Photo taken: May 27th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	Toronto-bound view from the Ogden Avenue Pedestrian overpass. Note the back-side of the Cawthra Road advanced overhead truss. Since this photo was taken this truss was removed and the signage was replaced with a new partial overhead gantry. Partial gantry's are becoming more common on Ontario's freeways. Photo taken: May 27th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	Toronto-bound view between Ogden Avenue and Dixie Street, at a very old changeable message sign. Modern CMS' have the Ontario logo in the upper right hand side of the signage to remind drivers they are still in Ontario. Photo taken: September 20th, 2009.	Low Res High Res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking Toronto-bound towards the Dixie Road overpass. Notice that Dundas Street is signed via the West Mall. Dundas Street is not directly accessible from the 427 Express lanes, as it is from the collector lanes. The ramps both directions of the QEW form the express lanes of the 427. The collector lanes are derived from Browns Line and the Queensway. Photo taken: September 20th, 2009.	Low Res High Res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking Hamilton-bound from the Dixie Road overpass. Notice just how narrow the highway right-of-way is through Mississauga. The narrow right-of-way, old steel guiderail, and truss lighting make the QEW through Mississauga one of Ontario's best freeway drives -- particularly at night. Photo taken: May 27th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	This view looks towards Toronto from the Dixie Road overpass. Ontario's current (2009) politicians have suggested that the QEW through Mississauga is a good candidate for HOV lanes. I don't know where they would put the lanes. Photo taken: May 27th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Mississauga Regional Municipality of Peel	Advanced signage for the Dixie Road partial interchange along the Hamilton-bound QEW. The right-most lane exits the QEW at this interchange leaving the highway with a 6-lane cross-section. The QEW maintains this 6-lane cross-section through Mississauga until the Highway 403 interchange in Oakville. Photo taken: May 26th, 2007. Low-res: 50kb. High-res: 175kb.	Low Res High Res
City of Toronto	Overhead diagram signage in advance of the Highway 427 interchange. Interestingly, in both directions from the QEW, diagram signs are used instead of advanced arrow signs. Not that my opinion carries any weight, but I like this approach. Photo taken: September 20th, 2009.	Low Res High Res
City of Toronto	Hamilton-bound view from the Evans Avenue overpass. The QEW quickly narrows from an eight-lane freeway with shoulders to a much narrower six-lane cross-section beyond Etobicoke Creek. Upper photo taken: September 20th, 2009. Lower photo taken: June 16th, 2007.	Low-res High-res Low-res High-res
City of Toronto	View of the Toronto-bound QEW from the Evans avenue overpass. The QEW/427 interchange was the first four-level freeway interchange completed in the province of Ontario. The Highway 427 interchange is now the northernmost interchange on the QEW, since 1997, when the QEW was downloaded to the City of Toronto east of the 427. Upper photo taken: September 20th, 2009. Lower photo taken: June 16th, 2007.	Low-res High-res Low-res High-res
City of Toronto	Overhead signage for the ramp to Highway 427, from the QEW. I've always kind of found it odd that Highway 401 isn't shown with a 'To' banner, but is instead just shown as if its a direct interchange. Photo taken: September 20th, 2009.	Low Res High Res
City of Toronto	View looking through through the Highway 427 interchange at the overhead sign that notes Etobicoke's exits. Really, I just wanted to include another photo of the Highway 427 interchange. The 1971 DHO Annual Report featured a two-page spread of the just finished QEW/427 interchange, with a quote from the premier talking about how this interchange would improve the life of all Ontarians. I can't imagine seeing this in a modern Annual Report. Photo taken: September 20th, 2009.	Low Res High Res
City of Toronto	View looking Hamilton-bound along the QEW from the 427 interchange. Notice the high-speed ramp from Highway 427 joining the QEW in forefront. Also notice the ramp from the QEW to Sherway Gardens Road. This ramp was completed recently in 2002, improving local access to the QEW/Gardiner. Photo taken: July 12th, 2007.	Low-res High-res
Highway 427 begins at the QEW heading north through the western edge of Toronto. Click here for Highway 427 images.
City of Toronto	View looking towards Toronto on the QEW through the Highway 427 interchange. Photo taken: July 12th, 2007.	Low-res High-res
City of Toronto	Overhead signage for Highway 427 from the Hamilton-bound QEW. Photo taken: August 28th, 2007.	Low Res High Res
City of Toronto	Overhead advanced signage for the short eastbound collector lanes on the QEW (Gardiner Expressway). A short 10-lane C-D was constructed in the 1970s to minimize disruption from three closely spaced interchanges to high-speed mainline traffic. Photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Size: 40kb.
City of Toronto	Advanced diagaramical sign for the upcoming Highway 427 interchange. Highway 427 leads travelers northerly from the QEW through the heart of Etobicoke to Highway 401, and eventually to Highway 7 in the City of Vaughan. Photo taken: August 28th, 2007.	Low Res High Res
City of Toronto	Two views looking west towards Hamilton from the Kipling Avenue overpass. The collector/distributor lanes end at the Kipling Avenue overpass. West of Kipling Avenue, the QEW/Gardiner has a 10-lane cross-section until the large Highway 427 interchange. Upper Photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Low-res: 40kb. High-res: 145kb. Upper Photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Low-res: 40kb. High-res: 140kb.	Low-res High-res Low-res High-res
City of Toronto	Looking towards Downtown Toronto (east) along the QEW (now Gardiner Expressway). Between Kipling Avenue and Royal York Road, the QEW has a 10-lane Core-Distributor (C-D) configuration. Photo taken: May 12th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
City of Toronto	Westerly view of the QEW from Islington Avenue. Collector lanes were very common during the 1970s in Ontario to separate through traffic from tightly spaced local interchanges. Photo taken: May 12th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
City of Toronto	Easterly view of the QEW from the Islington Avenue overpass. I love this stretch of the QEW. Photo taken: May 12th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
City of Toronto	Westerly view from the Royal York Road overpass. It always seemed counterintuitive to me that the collector lanes on the QEW were never extended to the 427 or Lakeshore Boulevard interchanges. Photo taken: May 12th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
City of Toronto	Easterly view from Royal York Road towards Downtown Toronto. The residential density outside the Downtown Core of Toronto is impressive. Considering the sprawling nature of the Cities surrounding Toronto proper, Toronto really does attempt to be a dense and compact urban centre. Upper photo taken: May 12th, 2005. Lower photo taken: January 8th, 2012.	Low-res High-res (720x480) (1440x960) (2400x1600)
City of Toronto	View looking westerly from the Grand Avenue overpass. Photo taken: May 12th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
City of Toronto	Easterly view from Grand Avenue towards the Lakeshore Boulevard Interchange and the Humber River. The QEW ends at the Lakeshore Boulevard Interchange, becoming Highway 2 and the Gardiner Expressway. Photo taken: May 12th, 2005.	Low-res High-res