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All photographs displayed on this page were taken by the Webmaster
(Cameron Bevers), unless specifically noted otherwise. Historical photographs are arranged in approximate
chronological order, while present day photographs (Year 2000 to date) are arranged by location from
east to west. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!
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Page 3: Present Day Highway 17 Photographs (Quebec Boundary to Ottawa)
 Left - Historical eastern terminus of Hwy 17 at Pointe Fortune, located on the Ontario-Quebec Boundary east of Hawkesbury. This section of Hwy 17 was bypassed in the late 1950s. The new highway passes by Pointe Fortune about 2 km to the south. (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east towards Hawkesbury along former route of Hwy 17 at Pointe Fortune. Until Pointe Fortune was bypassed in the 1950s, Hwy 17 began at this intersection. Only a small portion of the original highway can be seen at Pointe Fortune. A 4 km section of the original highway east of this point was flooded beneath the Ottawa River as a result of the Carillon Hydro-electric Dam project. (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - In the late 1950s, Hwy 17 was relocated to bypass Pointe Fortune and the Carillon Hydro-electric Dam project. In the early 1960s, the old Hwy 17 between Chute a Blondeau and Pointe Fortune was inundated by floodwaters as a result of this massive Hydro-electric Dam project. Here, an abandoned section of Hwy 17 vanishes below Lac Dollard des Ormeaux, a flooded section of the Ottawa River. (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Once Hwy 17 emerges from the water near Chute a Blondeau, the highway proceeds continuously above the floodline through to Hawkesbury (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - The abrupt end of the road at Lac Dollard des Ormeaux is guarded by a series of steel H-beam piles driven through the pavement (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Former alignment of Hwy 17 facing east towards the flooded section at Lac Dollard des Ormeaux (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing west towards Hawkesbury along former Hwy 17 alignment east of Chute a Blondeau (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Another view of the former Hwy 17 alignment near Chute a Blondeau, facing east (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing west towards Hawkesbury along former Hwy 17 alignment at Chute a Blondeau (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - A 1937-dated culvert on Hwy 17 is just barely visible above the floodwaters of the Ottawa River near Chute a Blondeau (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing east towards Montreal on current Hwy 17 alignment at Little Rideau Creek Bridge east of Hawkesbury (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Little Rideau Creek Bridge on Hwy 17 east of Hawkesbury. Structure completed in 1955. (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - The single concrete beam parapet design of the Little Rideau Creek Bridge is typical of many Ontario bridges built between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing south towards Hwy 17 Overpass and Vankleek Hill along Hwy 34 (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing north along Hwy 34 at Hwy 17 Overpass. Structure completed in 1956. (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - View of Hwy 34 facing south towards Vankleek Hill from Hwy 17 Overpass (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - View of Hwy 34 facing north towards Hawkesbury from Hwy 17 Overpass (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Ramp from/to Westbound Hwy 17 at Hwy 34 in Hawkesbury (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Advance exit sign for Hwy 17 West junction at Hawkesbury interchange (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Ramp from/to Eastbound Hwy 17 at Hwy 34 in Hawkesbury (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Advance exit sign for Hwy 17 East junction at Hawkesbury interchange (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Advance exit sign for Hwy 34 junction at Hawkesbury interchange (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Date stamp (1981) on Hwy 17 Overpass at Hawkesbury. This date refers to the last major reconstruction date, not the initial construction date of the bridge. (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east along Hwy 17 towards Montreal at Hwy 34 Underpass in Hawkesbury (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Close-up of ramps at Hawkesbury interchange on Hwy 17. This section of the Hawkesbury Bypass is essentially an undivided freeway (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Railway overhead on Hwy 17 Bypass in Hawkesbury located immediately west of the Hwy 34 interchange (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers)  Above - Close-up of date stamp (1955) on Hawkesbury railway overhead on Hwy 17 (Photograph taken on July 30, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) |
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