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Though it is now signed and known
as the Gardiner. The Humber River marks the former Western Terminus of
the QEW.
Click here for QEW Images. |
| City of Toronto |
Westbound view of the Gardiner/QEW as Highway 2
departs the freeway becoming Lakeshore Boulevard. This spot marks the
former Toronto terminus of the QEW. Photo taken: August 2007. |
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| City of Toronto |
Partial overhead guide signage for the exit to
the South Kingsway. Photo taken: August 2007. |
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| City of Toronto |
Eastbound overhead signage in advance to the
ramp to York Street, Bay Street and Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto.
Photo taken: March 6th, 2010. |
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| City of Toronto |
The eastbound on-ramp to the Gardiner Expressway
from Rees Street is sandwiched between the eastbound off-ramp to York Bay
and Yonge Street, and the expressway itself.
Photo taken: May 15th, 2008. |
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| City of Toronto |
View looking westerly along
the Gardiner Expressway from near Rees Street. While the Gardiner is
often cited as being a blight on the urban landscape, it provides some
pretty spectacular views of the city.
Photo taken: August 2008. |
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Two views looking westerly along the Gardiner
Expressway from Rees Street into the setting sun. Toronto's
condominium boom has changed the pictured area forever. When the
Rogers Centre (then Skydome) opened in 1989, the venue was surrounded by
derelict industrial areas. Just a decade later, the same area is
inhabited by tens of thousands of people. Toronto Planning staff are
planning a similar transition for an area of Toronto colloquially known as
the Portlands, an area that is located at the mouth of the Don River, east
of Downtown. With government mandates
such as Ontario's Greenbelt Act, there is increasing pressure to curb
residential sprawl, and redevelop 'brownfields' with new mixed use
residential and commercial developments.
Photos taken: December 27th, 2010.
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| City of Toronto |
This view is obviously not of the Gardiner Expressway, but
is from the same vantage point as both the preceding and succeeding photo.
This view looks northerly along the Simcoe Street corridor to several new
commercial and residential skyscrapers that have been constructed in recent
years.
Photo taken: December 27th, 2010. |
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| City of Toronto |
Easterly view from Rees Street along the
Gardiner Expressway at night. Drivers along the Gardiner Expressway
are presented an unrivaled view of Downtown Toronto.
Photo taken: December 27th, 2010. |
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Yonge Street carried the Highway
11 designation until 1997.
Click here for Highway 11 images. |
| City of Toronto |
View looking easterly overtop
of the Gardiner from high atop the foot of Yonge Street.
Photo taken: November 2008. |
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| City of Toronto |
The Gardiner meets the Don
Valley Parkway in a particularly 'scenic' part of the city.
Photo taken: November 2008. |
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| City of Toronto |
At the advanced sign for the York, Bay
and Yonge Streets interchange.
Photo taken: July 1st, 2011. |
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| City of Toronto |
Driving westbound along the Gardiner at
the exit to Jarvis Street.
Photo taken: July 1st, 2011. |
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| City of Toronto |
Rounding the curve westbound
approaching the exit to Jarvis Street.
Photo taken: July 1st, 2011. |
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| City of Toronto |
Two evening views of Downtown Toronto from the Polson Street
Pier in Downtown Toronto. During the fall of 2010, I experimented
considerably with low light exposures. Low light exposures are more
difficult to capture than a conventional exposure. Some tips that I
have learned during my trials: Use a good tripod: A flimsy tripod will
reward a photographer with a blurry photo. Weather is extremely
important: Unless a photographer is looking for a specific effect, avoid
taking photos on hazy or windy days. On a hazy day, photos don't turn out
clearly, and will appear far more grainy than they would had they been taken
on a clear day. Finally, even with a good solid tripod, a windy day
can blow at tripod around every so slightly, and can make for a blurry
photo.
Photos taken: January 2nd, 2011. |
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| City of Toronto |
Obviously, not directly of Highway 2, though the
Gardiner is included in this photo. This photo is of the Toronto
Skyline taken a particularly calm November evening. This vantage point
is almost the same as the previous photos.
Photos taken: November 2nd, 2010. |
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| City of Toronto |
View looking westerly from
Lakeshore Boulevard towards the Toronto Dominion Centre.
Photo taken: June 5th, 2011. |
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| City of Toronto |
Approaching the east end of the Gardiner, this
overhead can be found for the impending split between the Don Valley Parkway
and the kilometer long ramp to Lake Shore Boulevard. Photographer: Dan
Garnell. Photo taken: July 2007. |
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| City of Toronto |
Butterfly gantry at the ramp to the DVP from the
Gardiner. Notice the painted arrows denoting the exiting lanes.
These would not be painted on an MTO maintained portion of freeway.
Photographer: Dan Garnell. Photo taken: July 2007. |
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The Don Valley Parkway carries
traffic between Downtown Toronto and Highways 401 and 404.
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| City of Toronto |
Neat view from ground level at
the towering DVP/Gardiner flyover. Photographer: Josh Anderchek. |
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| City of Toronto |
This unique sign is found in Scarborough.
It is formerly a Highway 12 shield that has been overlaid with a Highway 2
shield. Re-uses of highway signs in this manner is fairly common
practice in
Ontario.
Photographer: Josh Anderchek. |
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| City of Toronto |
Easterly view along Kingston Road at the Markham
Road intersection. A very faint Highway 48 shield advises motorists
that Markham Road leads to Highway 48. Despite the fact
that the signage is white, Highway 48 never progressed further south than
Highway 401.
Photo taken: February 5th, 2011. |
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| City of Toronto |
Westbound signage at the Markham Road
intersection. The 48 lettering has almost entirely faded from this
signage.
Photo taken: February 5th, 2011. |
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| City of Toronto |
Broader view of the Kingston Road and Markham
Road intersection. Kingston Road is a fairly efficient six-lane
arterial highway through most of Scarborough.
Photo taken: February 5th, 2011. |
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| City of Toronto |
This view looks easterly along Highway 2 as
Kingston Road approaches the Highway 2A
freeway. Highway 2 traffic is directed to leave the divided highway at
Lawson Road. Straight ahead is Highway 2A which carries traffic
between Kingston Road and Highway 401.
Photo taken: February 5th, 2011. |
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Highway 2A serves as a short
connector freeway linking Kingston Road to Highway 401 at Port Union Road.
Click here for Highway 2A images. |
| Town of Ajax Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking easterly along Highway 2 from the
Wicks Drive intersection. Since this photo was taken in 2004, several
traffic lights have been added by the Region of Durham (who has jurisdiction
over Highway 2, since this section was downloaded in 1997) as the urban
limits of Ajax extend ever further easterly.
Picture taken: August 31st, 2004. Size: 60kb. |
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| Town of Ajax Regional
Municipality of Durham |
View looking west towards the Audley Road
intersection in Ajax. Traffic lights were installed at this
intersection in late 2004, as Audley Road is being upgraded to a minor
suburban arterial. Picture taken: August 31st, 2004. Size: 60kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington
Regional Municipality of Durham |
Signage denoting the ramp to Highway
35/115
southbound. Because Highway 35/115
ends just a short distance south of Highway 2 at
Highway 401, signage only indicates
Highway 401 instead of Highway
35/115.
Surprisingly, all signage for Highway 401
at this interchange uses only Toronto as a control city, despite the fact
that traffic can access both east and westbound directions.
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Highway 2 crosses the 35/115 between Bomanville and Newcastle. Click
here for Highway 35 images, and
here for Highway 115 images. |
| Municipality of Clarington
Regional Municipality of Durham |
Green signage denoting the northbound ramp to
Highway 35/115. Picture
taken: September 1st, 2004. |
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| Municipality of Clarington
Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking westerly along Highway 2 towards
the Highway 35/115
underpass. This underpass was constructed in the mid 1950s, and
originally served Highway 401.
Highway 401 ended at this interchange for a
brief period of time between 1952 and 1960 before it was extended easterly
to Port Hope.
Picture taken: September 1st, 2004. Size: 60kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington
Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking west towards the Highway
35/115 interchange. Before Highway 35/115
was upgraded to a RIRO expressway in the late 1980s, Highway 2 met Highway
35/115 at a
Parclo A2 interchange. However, to accommodate 4-through lanes through
the existing structure, the interchange was converted to a diamond.
Picture taken: September 1st, 2004. Size: 60kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington
Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking east along Highway 2 from Highway
35/115 towards
Newcastle. Picture taken: September 1st, 2004. Size: 70kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington
Regional Municipality of Durham |
A neutered junction assembly denoting the
Highway 35/115
interchange for westbound traffic. Picture size: 40kb. |
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| Municipality of Clarington
Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking west into the sun in the small
community of Newtonville at the Newtonville Road intersection.
Newtonville is located about 10km east of Newcastle. Picture taken:
September 1st, 2004. Size: 65kb. |
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
View looking westerly along Highway 2 from the
Northumberland Road 10/74 intersection. Picture taken: September 1st,
2004. Size: 70kb. |
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
Looking west towards the Northumberland Road
10/74 intersection in Welcome. At this junction, Highway 2 turns left,
heading westerly again towards Newcastle. Picture taken: September 1st,
2004. Size: 70kb. |
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
Easterly
view towards Downtown Port Hope, from Pine Street. You can tell the former importance of Port Hope by
looking at the size of the communities Downtown. Note that most of the
old buildings are three stories tall, and that they stretch for quite a
distance. Port Hope was at one point a sizeable and important Port
town. Port Hope has become a bedroom community for the larger
communities to the west, and a Tourist draw.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
Westerly
view through Downtown Port Hope from the Ontario Street intersection.
The old historic buildings in Downtown Port Hope have generally lovingly
been cared for.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
Westerly view across the the Ganaraska River
into Downtown Port Hope. I really like Downtown Port Hope, it's a very
nice community; its well worth getting off of the 401 to see it.
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
View looking easterly towards the
Highway 28
junction in Port Hope. Eastbound travelers must turn to the right
towards Lake Ontario to continue along Highway 2.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
Junction assembly for eastbound travelers in
Downtown Port Hope. While virtually all of the Highway 2 signage has
been removed from Port Hope, most Highway 28 signs remain. Picture size: 35kb. |
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Historically Highway 28 began in Port Hope, trekking north through
Peterborough, to Bancroft and eventually Denbigh.
Click here for
Highway 28 images. |
Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
Worn out junction assembly for westbound traffic
along Highway 2 approaching the Highway 28
intersection. As denoted by the signage, to continue westerly along
Highway 2 at Highway 28 traffic must turn
left. This is one of three jogs that travelers must follow to follow
Highway 2 through Port Hope.
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
Port Hope's Town Hall is visible from Highway 2
on the west side of the Ganaraska River.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009.
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
View looking westerly as Highway 2 approaches
the Ontario Street junction from the East. Highway 2 turns to the
right at this intersection, passing under the high level CP Railway
overpass.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
View looking easterly as Highway 2 departs Port
Hope for Cobourg. These short 4-lane segments of highway without
centre turn lanes or flush medians seem most common in Eastern Ontario.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Municipality of Port Hope
County of Northumberland |
View looking easterly at the eastern end of
Highway 2's 4-lane segment. The CP Railway overhead can be seen in the
distance. Highway 2 is seldom more than a kilometer away from the CN
Railway across the length of Ontario.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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| Town of Cobourg County of
Northumberland |
Signage in Downtown Cobourg at the former
Highway 45 junction.
Highway 45 leads northeasterly from Downtown Cobourg to Hastings and
eventually meets Highway 7 at Norwood.
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Highway 45 begins its diagonal trajectory northeasterly to
the east side of Rice Lake at the Highway 2 junction in Cobourg.
Click here for Highway 45 images. |
| Municipality of Brighton County
of Northumberland |
Junction assembly at the former
Highway 30
junction in Downtown Brighton. Highway 30 leads north from Brighton to Campbellford
and Havelock. Picture size: 60kb. |
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Highway 30 starts at Highway 2 in Brighton en route to Havlock via
Campbellford.
Click here for Highway 30 images. |
| City of Belleville |
Easterly view approaching the Walbridge-Loyalist
Road intersection. Walbridge-Loyalist Road is the most important
north-south arterial road between Trenton and Belleville.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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| City of Belleville |
Easterly view towards the CP Railway overhead
located just to the east of the Walbridge-Loyalist Road overpass.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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| City of Belleville |
Easterly
view from the east end of the CP Railway overhead looking towards the
Avonlough Road intersection. Avonlough Road travels a considerable
distance to the north of Highway 2, by passing underneath of the highway via
the CP Railway overhead.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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| City of Belleville |
Easterly
view through the Sidney Street intersection. Sidney Street is
Belleville's primary north-south arterial road on the west bank of the Moira
River.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Highway 30 starts at Highway 2 in Brighton en route to Havlock via
Campbellford.
Click here for Highway 30 images. |
| City of Belleville |
This
is an impressive junction assembly in a post-download world. There are
several Highway 2 shields left in Belleville -- I hope they are never
removed.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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| City of Belleville |
Easterly view from the Bay Bridge Road junction
towards Downtown Belleville. Belleville is the largest City between
the GTA and Kingston, at about 45,000 residents.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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| City of Belleville |
Westbound junction assembly for the eastern
Highway 62 junction in Downtown Belleville.
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| City of Belleville County of
Hastings |
Looking westerly along Highway 2 from just east
of the Eastern limits of the City of Belleville. Notice the highway
converges and then diverges again at the creek crossing in the photo.
This type of treatment is very common to early divided highways designed in
the 1930s.
Picture taken: June 19th, 2004. Size: 55kb. |
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| City of Belleville County of
Hastings |
View looking westerly along Highway 2 from just
west of the Point Anne Lane intersection. Notice that Highway 2
crosses a small creek with two separate bridges, unlike the treatment at
Bells Creek further to the west.
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| City of Belleville County of
Hastings |
Looking westerly towards the Point Anne Lane
intersection. The 1930s divided highway ends at this intersection,
narrowing down to a conventional two-lane highway. Picture taken: June
19th, 2004. Size: 55kb. |
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| Tyendinaga IR 38 County of
Hastings |
Signage just south of Marysville indicating both
Highway's 2 and 49. Highway 2 and
49 were co-designated for 4.2km
before Highway 2 was decommissioned in 1997. Though signage still
indicates Highway 2 following Highway 49 for much of this former multiplex,
technically (and legally) the Highway 2 designation has been removed from this section of
Highway 49.
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| Tyendinaga IR 38 County of
Hastings |
Advanced signage at the southern Highway 2/49
junction. At this junction, Highway 49
continues southerly across the Qunite Skyway to Prince Edward Island, while
Highway 2 turns again easterly and leads travelers to Desoronto.
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| Tyendinaga IR 38 County of
Hastings |
Looking south along Highway 49 towards the
southern Highway 2 junction.
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Highway 49 is a short Highway that links Highway 401 with
Prince Edward County.
Click here for Highway 49 images. |
Town of Greater Napanee
County of Lennox & Addington |
View looking easterly along Highway 2 as the
highway passes through Desoronto. I don't know the full history, but
Highway 2 passes to the north of Desoronto's business district. I have
a sneaking suspicion that Highway 2's alignment has been moved northerly in
this area due to the Shannonville Indian Reserve.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Town of Greater Napanee
County of Lennox & Addington |
Easterly view towards the eastern limits of
Deseronto. The Deseronto Road intersection is seen at the bottom of
the hill.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Town of Greater Napanee
County of Lennox & Addington |
View
looking easterly from the Robert Street intersection towards the Highway 41
intersection.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Town of Greater Napanee
County of Lennox & Addington |
Junction
assembly for the county roads that represent the former highways in Napanee.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Town of Greater Napanee
County of Lennox & Addington |
The
four corners of Napanee is located at the Highway 2 and 41 junction.
Downtown Napanee isn't anything special, but isn't particularly rundown
either.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Highway 41 runs the long distance from Napanee northerly to
Pembroke via Kaladar and Denbigh.
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Town of Greater Napanee
County of Lennox & Addington |
Easterly
from the John Street intersection along Dundas Street in Napanee.
Napanee is a very typical Eastern Ontario small town.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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Town of Greater Napanee
County of Lennox & Addington |
View
looking easterly along Highway 2 between Napanee and Odessa.
Photo taken: March 14th, 2009. |
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| City of Kingston |
Signage informing eastbound motorists of the
Highway 38/Gardiners Road intersection. The
lower half of this sign was erected by the City of Kingston after an errant
motorist struck the original MTO signage.
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Highway 38 begins its trek northerly to Sharbot Lake and Highway 7 at
Highway 2 in Kingston.
Click here for Highway 38 images. |
| City of Kingston |
Green signage for westbound traffic approaching
the Highway 38 intersection. Picture size: 50kb. |
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| City of Kingston |
View looking easterly along Highway 2 from just
east of the Highway 38 intersection. Through western Kingston, Highway
2 has a 5-lane suburban cross-section. Picture taken: October 22nd, 2004.
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| City of Kingston |
View looking easterly along Highway 2 from the
Sydenham Road intersection. The Sydenham Road and John Counter
Boulevard
intersections are located in very close proximity to one another.
Beyond John Counter Boulevard, Highway 2 crosses the CN mainline and enters the
pre-amalgamated City of Kingston.
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Highway 33 begins westerly at this intersection in Kingston, following the
northern shore of Lake Ontario closely until the Glenora Ferry. Click
here for Highway 33 images. |
| City of Kingston |
A poor quality photo of the Highway 2 (Princess
Street) approaching the Sir John A. Macdonald Blvd intersection.
Westbound Highway 33 is signed along Sir
John A. Macdonald Blvd as a short-cut route from eastbound Highway 2 to
avoid some closely spaced traffic signals that would be encountered
following the 'true' route.
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| City of Kingston |
Easterly view of Princess Street in Downtown
Kingston. Princess Street is lined with trendy shops in beautifully
restored historic buildings.
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| City of Kingston |
Easterly view of Highway 2 as it crosses the
LaSalle Causeway. Historically, the LaSalle Causeway was the Eastern
Kingston City Limit. With the amalgamation of Kingston with its
surrounding townships in the early 2000s this is no longer the case.
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