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This page contains historical photos of Ontario's King's Highway 25 dating from 1927 to 1999. All photographs displayed on
this page were taken by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, unless specifically noted otherwise. Historical photographs are arranged in approximate chronological
order. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!
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Page 1: Historical King's Highway 25 Photographs
Above - Aerial view of the Burlington Canadian National Railway (CNR) Subway on the Middle Road & Hwy 25 between Campbell's Corners and Freeman, facing
east towards Toronto. This structure was built in 1936 over the widened dual highway. Note the end of the four-lane divided pavement just east of the subway, which
was constructed under Contract #1936-73. In 1937, this divided concrete pavement was completed between Burlington (Freeman) and Port Credit. This CNR subway still
stands today on a bypassed section of the highway (Plains Road) near the Mapleview Shopping Centre in Burlington. This section of Plains Road used to be a part of the
Queen Elizabeth Way up until 1958, when a new diversion was opened to traffic which provided an improved link to the new Burlington Skyway. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1936. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1936) 
Above - Aerial view of the New Niagara Falls Highway Junction on the Middle Road & Hwy 25 near Burlington in 1937, facing northeast. Constructed in 1936,
the Burlington Interchange was actually Ontario's first grade-separated highway interchange. This "trumpet" interchange was fully opened to traffic in the summer of
1937, several months prior to the completion of the more famous Port Credit Cloverleaf west of Toronto. In the late 1950s, the Queen Elizabeth Way was realigned onto
a new diversion around the community of Freeman. The present day location of the Freeman Interchange (Junction of QEW, Hwy 403 & Hwy 407 ETR) can be found at the
extreme upper left corner of this photo. The present day location of the Burlington IKEA store can be found where the farm is situated in the bottom left corner,
while the Mapleview Shopping Centre is located in the upper right corner of this photo. The old interchange was taken out of service gradually starting in 1958. The
last remnants of the old Burlington Interchange were demolished to make way for the construction of the new Fairview Street Interchange in 1984. Note the incredibly
low traffic volumes on the highway during the 1930s! See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in
1937. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1937) 
Left - View of the Middle Road & Hwy 25 at the Burlington Interchange in 1937, facing east towards Toronto. While highway overpasses and interchanges are
ubiquitous in today's landscapes, these were very novel concepts during the 1930s and became quite the curiosity for people at the time. A photographer captured this
interesting angled perspective of the Burlington Overpass, where the Middle Road & Hwy 25 intersected with the Burlington leg of the New Niagara Falls Highway.
Just beyond the structure, traffic could turn right onto Maple Avenue, which entered Burlington's town centre. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1937. (Photo courtesy of Photographic Arts) Right - New Niagara Falls Highway facing east towards Burlington Beach from the Middle Road & Hwy 25 Junction. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1937. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1937) 
Above - Route map of the Middle Road from 1939, showing the new dual highway between Toronto and Burlington. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1939) 
Above - Aerial view of the Queen Elizabeth Way & Old Hwy 25 Cloverleaf (Guelph Line) in Burlington, facing west. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in June, 1960. (Photo © Archives of Ontario - RG-14-151-5-26, Box B1106, Photo #ES-13-968) 
Above - View of the Hwy 25 Cloverleaf on Hwy 401 in Milton, facing east towards Toronto. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1960. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1960) 
Left - Hwy 25 Cloverleaf on Hwy 401 in Milton, facing east towards Toronto. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on April 28, 1961. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011) Right - Facing north across the Hwy 25 Overpass on Hwy 401 in Milton. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on April 28, 1961. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011) 
Above - Aerial view of the Hwy 25 Interchange on Hwy 401 in Milton in 1974. The Hwy 25 Interchange was originally constructed in 1958-1959 as a full
eight-ramp cloverleaf. In 1988, the two far-side loop ramps were removed, creating a "Parclo A-4" interchange that is seen today. At the time this photo was
taken, this was very much a rural interchange. Nearly all of the land around Hwy 401 in Milton has been developed over the past 20 years. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1974. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013) 
Left - Western side of the Hwy 25 Overpass on Hwy 401 in Milton in 1977. Note that the centre pier of the bridge is now protected by steel beam
guide rail and crash attenuators (Fitch barrels). Compare this photo to the 1961 photo above, which shows the unprotected bridge pier. Photo taken on
November 15, 1977. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011) Right - Facing south along Hwy 25 towards Milton from the Hwy 401 Interchange (November 15, 1977) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011) 
Left - Western side of the Hwy 25 Overpass on Hwy 401 in Milton, shortly after the freeway was widened to six lanes in 1982. During the
reconstruction, the concrete curb and gutter installations within the cloverleaf ramps were removed and replaced with drainage swales. Photo taken in July,
1983. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011) Right - Facing north across the Hwy 25 Overpass on Hwy 401 in Milton in 1983. Note that the original cloverleaf ramp configuration at the Hwy 401 & Hwy 25 Interchange was retained, even though Hwy 401 had just been reconstructed and widened to six lanes the previous year. The full cloverleaf interchange at Hwy 401 & Hwy 25 was replaced with a standard "A-4 Parclo" interchange in the late 1980s. Photo taken in July, 1983. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011) 
Above - Dual Hwy 24 & Hwy 25 route markers north of Guelph (1995) (Photo courtesy of Roger Fox - © 1995) 
Left - Facing north along Hwy 25 from the Hwy 401 Interchange in Milton (July 31, 1996) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011) Right - Eastern side of the Hwy 25 Overpass on Hwy 401. Note that the original aluminum handrails were still in place. The handrails were removed and replaced with concrete parapet walls during a rehabilitation of the Hwy 25 Overpass in 1998. Photo taken on July 31, 1996. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011) 
Above - Western side of the Hwy 25 Overpass on Hwy 401 in Milton (July 31, 1996) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011)
Continue on to Present Day King's Highway 25 Photos: Oakville to Milton
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