Ontario Highway 25 Photographs - Page 3 - History of Ontario's Kings Highways

Left - Facing south along Hwy 25 at the Niagara Escarpment, about 7 km north of Milton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 3, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - View of Hwy 25 ascending the Niagara Escarpment north of Milton, facing north towards Acton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 3, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing south along Hwy 25 towards Milton from the Hwy 7 East Junction in Acton. The section of Hwy 25 between Milton and Acton was first assumed as a King's Highway by the Department of Highways of Ontario (DHO) in August 1937. Prior to 1937, the Milton-Acton Road was a Halton County Road. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - View of Hwy 25 approaching the Hwy 7 East Junction at Mill Street in Acton. Between 1937 and 1963, Hwy 25 reached its northern terminus at this intersection. The route of Hwy 25 was extended northerly from Acton to the Hwy 24 Junction at Ospringe in 1963, which resulted in a short concurrent route between Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 through Acton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Junction sign assembly on northbound Hwy 25 at the Hwy 7 East Junction at Mill Street in Acton. Jurisdiction over Hwy 25 in the Acton area was transferred from the province to the Regional Municipality of Halton in 1998. The route is now officially known as Halton Regional Road 25. Through Acton, black-and-white "Formerly Hwy 25" sign tabs are in place adjacent to the newer Halton Road 25 route markers, to indicate the former King's Highway designation. Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 share a concurrent, overlapped route for a distance of about 600 metres along Main Street through Acton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - View of the Hwy 25 and Hwy 7 East Junction at the intersection of Main Street and Mill Street in Downtown Acton, facing south. At this junction, Hwy 7 turns left onto Mill Street and continues east towards Brampton via Georgetown, while Hwy 25 continues straight through at this intersection and heads south via Main Street to Milton. Note the GO Transit bus turning northbound onto Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 (Main Street). Traffic bound for Hwy 401 is directed to follow Hwy 25 southerly to Milton from this highway junction. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing east along Hwy 7 (Mill Street) towards Brampton from the Hwy 25 Junction in Downtown Acton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - Approaching the Hwy 25 Junction on Hwy 7 (Mill Street) in Downtown Acton, facing west. At this intersection, Hwy 7 turns right and briefly heads north via Main Street concurrently with Hwy 25. At the northern entrance to Acton, these two highways part ways where Hwy 7 curves west again towards Guelph. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Intersection of Mill Street and Main Street in Downtown Acton, facing west. At left, Hwy 25 heads south towards Milton, while at right, Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 begin their brief overlapped route through Acton via Main Street. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - Facing south along Main Street (Hwy 7 & Hwy 25) approaching Mill Street in Downtown Acton. At this intersection, Hwy 7 turns left and heads easterly towards Brampton while Hwy 25 continues straight ahead towards Milton. The extension of Hwy 25 between Milton and Acton in 1937 provided a new continuous north-south King's Highway link between Hwy 7 and other major highway routes through Halton County (Hwy 2, Hwy 5 & the Queen Elizabeth Way). See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing north along Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 (Main Street) from Mill Street in Downtown Acton. During the early 1960s, Hwy 25 was extended northerly from Acton so that it connected with Hwy 24 at Ospringe. The overlapped highway route along Main Street through Acton was created in 1963, when the DHO acquired jurisdiction over the Acton-Ospringe Road and designated the new route as an extension of Hwy 25. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - View of Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 (Main Street) facing south from Guelph Avenue in Acton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Route marker assembly on southbound Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 (Main Street) in Acton, facing south from Guelph Avenue. Prior to Hwy 25's downloading in the 1990s, there would have been a King's Highway 25 route marker at right. This overlapped route of Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 through Acton existed from 1963 up until 1998. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - Junction sign assembly on northbound Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 (Main Street) approaching the Hwy 7 West Junction in Acton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing north along Main Street (Hwy 7 & Hwy 25) in Acton approaching the intersection of Guelph Avenue. At the northern entrance to Acton, Hwy 7 and Hwy 25 part ways. The route of Hwy 7 curves to the left onto Guelph Avenue and resumes its route west towards Guelph while Hwy 25 continues straight ahead via Main Street towards Ospringe. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - Junction sign assembly at the Hwy 7 & Hwy 25 Junction at the intersection of Main Street and Guelph Avenue in Acton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - View of the Hwy 7 and Hwy 25 Junction in Acton, facing south. This skewed highway junction is set up with southbound Hwy 25 under Stop-control. Although Hwy 25 may appear at first glance to be the "through" move at this highway junction, it is in fact a left turn onto Hwy 7. The northern leg of Hwy 25 lying to the north of Acton was a county road for many decades and didn't become a King's Highway until 1963. The intersecting highway (Hwy 7) was considered to be the "through highway" at this junction, since Hwy 7 was established several decades earlier in 1921. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - Facing north along Hwy 25 towards Ospringe from Guelph Avenue (Hwy 7 West). The section of Hwy 25 between Acton and Ospringe was first assumed as a King's Highway in April 1963. Like the southern section of Hwy 25 from Milton to Acton, jurisdiction over the section of Hwy 25 between Acton and Ospringe was transferred from the province to the municipal tier in 1998. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing east along Guelph Avenue (Hwy 7 West) at the intersection of Main Street (Hwy 25). At this junction, traffic can either turn left and follow Hwy 25 north to Ospringe or curve to the right and follow Main Street (Hwy 7 & Hwy 25) into Downtown Acton. This photo was taken during the 2015 Canadian Federal Election campaign, so the roadside was absolutely littered with political party signs. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - View of Guelph Avenue (Hwy 7 West), facing west from the Hwy 25 Junction in Acton. From Acton, Hwy 7 heads westerly via Rockwood to Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo. Until the completion of Hwy 401 west of Milton in November 1960, most long-distance traffic travelling between Toronto and Guelph would have utilized this section of Hwy 7. Traffic volumes on Hwy 7 plummeted following the completion of Hwy 401. It wasn't until the 1970s that traffic volumes on Hwy 7 finally exceeded the peaks observed during the 1950s prior to the completion of Hwy 401. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Junction sign assembly on eastbound Hwy 7 approaching the Hwy 25 Junction in Acton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

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Right - Hwy 7 route marker and a black-and-white "Formerly Hwy 25" sign tab on Guelph Avenue in Acton. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on October 12, 2015 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing north along Hwy 24 towards the Hwy 25 Junction at Ospringe. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 13, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing north along Hwy 24 from the Hwy 25 Junction at Ospringe. The highway passes through a glacial drumlin field northeast of Guelph, resulting in some surprisingly steep and rather abrupt hills along the road. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 13, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing south along Hwy 25 towards Acton from the Hwy 24 Junction at Ospringe. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 13, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Southern approach to the Grand River Bridge on Hwy 25 north of Grand Valley. Note the flashing warning beacon at right approaching the bridge. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on April 24, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Western side of the Grand Valley Bridge on Hwy 25. This single-span concrete "bowstring" arch truss structure was completed around 1925. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on April 24, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Eastern side of the concrete "bowstring" truss bridge on Hwy 25 over the Grand River north of Grand Valley. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on April 24, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Looking south across the Grand Valley Bridge. Note the narrow lane widths across this structure! See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on April 24, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - A small sedan passes across the Grand Valley Bridge on Hwy 25, occupying the majority of its lane. This bridge is really only one lane in width when used by trucks and other large vehicles. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on April 24, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Looking north along Hwy 25 across the Grand Valley Bridge. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on April 24, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Advance warning sign for Grand Valley Bridge on Hwy 25. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on April 24, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)