Present Day Highway 22 Photographs
Left - Oxbow Creek Bridge on Hwy 22 west of London. Structure completed in 1958.
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Facing east along Hwy 22 towards London at the Oxbow Creek Bridge
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Southern side of the Oxbow Creek Bridge on Hwy 22
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Below-deck view of the Oxbow Creek Bridge
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Northern side of the Oxbow Creek Bridge on Hwy 22
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Facing west along Hwy 22 towards Sarnia at the Oxbow Creek Bridge
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Close-up view of the parapet design of the Oxbow Creek Bridge on Hwy 22
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - A former alignment of Hwy 22 at Poplar Hill
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - The former Hwy 22 alignment at Poplar Hill leads into the forest
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - An abandoned steel truss bridge across the Sydenham River still stands on the former Hwy 22 alignment at Poplar Hill. The bridge has been closed off to through traffic since 1957, when the Poplar Hill diversion was completed bypassing the old bridge.
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Facing west towards Poplar Hill from the abandoned Sydenham River Bridge
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - The old Hwy 22 bridge over the Sydenham River is a Warren Truss design
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Northern side of the old Sydenham River Bridge on Hwy 22 at Poplar Hill
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - The abandoned Hwy 22 continues through the forest, and eventually emerges at the current highway
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Deck view of the abandoned Sydenham River Bridge on Hwy 22
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - The Poplar Hill Bridge dates from about 1920. It was constructed by the County of Middlesex, years before Hwy 22 was designated as a provincial highway. This is why this steel truss bridge differs slightly from the standard Department of Highways truss bridge design that was commonly used in the early 1920s.
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
Above - Southern side of the abandoned Poplar Hill Bridge on Hwy 22
(Photograph taken on April 15, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)
