King's Highway 401 - Oxford County Construction

During the late fall of 2005 construction started on a project to widen Highway 401 from 4- to 6-lanes from west of Oxford Road 3 to west of Waterloo Road 97 in the County of Oxford and Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The project includes installation of a concrete tallwall barrier throughout the median of the contract, as well as the construction of two emergency accesses to be used only during highway closures and other such incidents. These emergency accesses are the first of their kind on an Ontario freeway, and have been constructed in the vicinity of both Oxford Road 3, and Trussler Road (see below for photos). The bulk of the construction was carried out during the summer of 2006; work should be completed during the summer of 2007.

Photo Location	September 9th, 2005	September 29th, 2006	Completed Construction
Looking west from the Oxford Road 3 overpass			photo not available
Looking east from the Oxford Road 3 overpass	photo not available		photo not available
Looking west from the Trussler Road overpass	Low-res High-res	Low-res High-res	photo not available
Looking east from the Trussler Road overpass			photo not available
Looking west from the Northumberland Road overpass			photo not available
Looking east from the Northumberland Road overpass			photo not available

Taken September 29th, 2006:

View looking east towards the northern emergency connector between Highway 401 and Oxford Road 3	View looking westerly towards the Blenheim Road underpass. These twin structures were widened to allow a 6-lane cross-section	An offset view looking east towards the Trussler Road emergency entrances. Notice gates have been installed here.