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This page contains present day photos (Year 2000 to date) of Ontario's King's Highway 401, arranged by location from the Highway 35 & Highway 115 Interchange near Newcastle easterly to Cobourg. All photographs displayed on this page were taken by the Webmaster (Cameron Bevers), unless specifically noted otherwise. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!

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Page 30: Present Day King's Highway 401 Photographs (Hwy 35 & Hwy 115 to Cobourg)


HWY 401 #1351 - © Cameron Bevers

Above - "Highway of Heroes" sign on Hwy 401 between Bowmanville and Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on September 23, 2007  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1352 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1644 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - "Highway of Heroes" extruded aluminum sign on Hwy 401 between Bowmanville and Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on September 23, 2007  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards the Hwy 35 & Hwy 115 Interchange from the Cobbledick Road Overpass near Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1648 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1649 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Western side of the Cobbledick Road Overpass on Hwy 401 near Newcastle (Clarke Township Bridge #5). This three-span prestressed concrete girder structure was built under Contract #1958-238 and was completed in 1959. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing north towards the Hwy 2 Junction at the Cobbledick Road Overpass on Hwy 401 near Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1647 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1646 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Close-up of the concrete and steel handrail on the Cobbledick Road Overpass on Hwy 401. This structure features a very innovative and unusual handrail design that is quite unlike many other structures built by the Department of Highways of Ontario (DHO). Typically, DHO bridges of this era used a solid concrete parapet wall section before the steel handrail begins, rather than the innovative C-shaped concrete handrail seen here. Historically, the East Townline Road Overpass near Newtonville also featured this same handrail treatment. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing south across the Cobbledick Road Overpass on Hwy 401 near Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1650 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1645 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Eastern side of the Cobbledick Road Overpass on Hwy 401 near Newcastle. As a decorative embellishment, the bridge's designer employed the use of special panels with quartz crystals set into a green mortar that were affixed to the outer curb and approach handrails. The bridge's designer was reportedly inspired by Durham County's bucolic rural scenery and wanted to have the new structure blend in with the surrounding landscape as much as possible. While this was a very thoughtful aesthetic consideration, these decorative panels began to deteriorate as the years went by and eventually had to be removed from the structure above the travelled portion of the freeway for safety reasons. The Cobbledick Road Overpass is one of the most interesting structures located along Hwy 401 between Toronto and Port Hope. The aging structure was replaced in 2014, but many of the designer's original aesthetic elements, including the iconic angled design of the bridge piers, was replicated as closely as practicable into the design of the new structure. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing east along Hwy 401 towards Port Hope from the Cobbledick Road Overpass. During widening of Hwy 401 from four to six lanes through the Newcastle area in 1997-1998, the highway received an "hourglass" treatment, whereby the traffic lanes gradually taper in towards the median to fit across the Wilmot Creek Bridge. Although it may look odd, construction was accelerated considerably by avoiding a bridge widening here. There are often "in water" timing windows for construction projects which must be adhered to in order to mitigate potentially negative environmental impacts to watercourses. While these timing window measures are critical for environmental protection and good stewardship, they do pose challenges for construction schedules, as they prohibit certain works for portions of the year. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1384 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1635 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 approaching the Mill Street Interchange in Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 29, 2010  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Mill Street Overpass on Hwy 401, facing north towards Downtown Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2011  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1636 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1637 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Steel handrail design on the Mill Street Overpass on Hwy 401 in Newcastle. The steel handrails of this bridge have been retrofitted with steel thrie-beam guide rail for additional reinforcement. During a recent bridge rehabilitation, the old steel handrails seen here were replaced with concrete barrier walls. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2011  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards Bowmanville from the Mill Street Overpass in Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2011  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1638 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1639 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing south across the Mill Street Overpass on Hwy 401 in Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2011  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Western side of the Mill Street Overpass on Hwy 401 in Newcastle. This single-span concrete rigid frame girder structure was built under Contract #1958-151 and was completed in 1959. Although this general bridge design was used extensively on Ontario's earliest freeways, this design fell out of favour with designers after 1960. Once wider freeway medians were adopted to improve traffic safety, it became necessary to employ the use of multi-span girder bridges to span over freeways, rather than the use of a single-span rigid frame structure. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2011  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1640 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1642 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing north along Mill Street from the Hwy 401 Interchange. The north interchange ramps, which provide connections to and from westbound Hwy 401, are in a half-diamond configuration. Interestingly, Hwy 35 once began at the Hwy 2 Junction in Downtown Newcastle and followed Mill Street northerly towards Lindsay. The original route of Hwy 35 leading into Newcastle was supplanted by a new highway route west of town in the mid-1950s. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2011  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - The south ramps at the Mill Street Interchange are in a "Parclo B-2" configuration, with a loop ramp exiting from eastbound Hwy 401 on the downstream side of the Mill Street Overpass. Interchanges with Parclo B-2 configurations are relatively uncommon in Ontario, although several of them have existed along this section of Hwy 401 historically. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2011  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1641 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1643 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 towards Port Hope from the Mill Street Overpass in Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2011  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Eastern side of the Mill Street Overpass on Hwy 401 in Newcastle (Clarke Township Bridge #16). See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2011  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1653 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1651 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - View of Hwy 401 facing west towards Bowmanville from the Morgans Road Overpass east of Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing north across the Morgans Road Overpass on Hwy 401 east of Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1655 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1654 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Western side of the Morgans Road Overpass on Hwy 401. This single-span concrete rigid frame girder structure was completed in 1959. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing south across the Morgans Road Overpass on Hwy 401 east of Newcastle. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1657 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1656 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Close-up of the concrete and steel handrail on the Morgans Road Overpass on Hwy 401. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Eastern side of the Morgans Road Overpass on Hwy 401 between Newcastle and Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1652 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1658 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 towards Port Hope from the Morgans Road Overpass. When this section of Hwy 401 was originally being designed in the 1950s, the designers used a comparatively short horizontal curve to unite two long tangent sections. This resulted in the highway having a rather kinked appearance. Although this highway curve functions exactly as the designers intended and has provided safe and efficient traffic operations to this day, it is a rather unsightly curve, particularly when viewed from an elevated vantage point like this. The use of a longer horizontal curve would have resulted in a better and more flowing road appearance. Highway design is both an engineering science as well as an art form. In addition to the highway's more technical aspects, designers always need to be mindful of aesthetics - that is, how will the road actually look once it is constructed? See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Newtonville Road Underpass on Hwy 401 between Newcastle and Port Hope. The ramps at the Newtonville Road Interchange are in a diamond configuration today. However, when this section of Hwy 401 first opened to traffic in 1960, the ramps at Newtonville Road were in a "Parclo B-2" configuration. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1659 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1630 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Northern side of the Newtonville Road Underpass on Hwy 401 south of Newtonville. This single-span concrete rigid frame structure was built under Contract #1957-234 and was completed in 1958. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Former Port Hope Service Centre sign on eastbound Hwy 401, which had been temporarily covered up during the facility's reconstruction in 2010. In recent decades, many of Ontario's older Service Centres have been reconstructed and re-branded as "OnRoute Centres". The Port Hope OnRoute opened in 2011. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 29, 2010  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1631 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1660 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - During the closure of the Port Hope Service Centre on eastbound Hwy 401 in 2010, signs were placed to guide motorists to 24-hour service stations located off of Hwy 401. While the Service Centres were closed, access to 24-hour fuelling facilities was fairly limited along many sections of Hwy 401. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 29, 2010  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards Bowmanville from the East Townline Road Overpass. The East Townline Road structure marks the boundary line between the Regional Municipality of Durham and the County of Northumberland. The bridge also marks the boundary line between MTO's Central and East Regions. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1661 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1664 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing north across the East Townline Road Overpass (Hope Township Bridge #1) on Hwy 401 between Newcastle and Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Western side of the East Townline Road Overpass on Hwy 401 between Newcastle and Port Hope. This three-span prestressed concrete girder structure was built under Contract #1958-48 and was completed in 1958. As originally built, this structure was of a nearly identical design to the Cobbledick Road Overpass near Newcastle, but just with slightly longer approach spans. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1662 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1663 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - View of Hwy 401 facing east towards Port Hope from the East Townline Road Overpass. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing south across the East Townline Road Overpass on Hwy 401 between Newcastle and Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1665 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1666 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Eastern side of the East Townline Road Overpass on Hwy 401. This structure was badly damaged when an over-height truck ran into it in 1994. As a result of the collision damage, the concrete girders on the eastern side of the structure were removed and replaced by a prefabricated steel box girder. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Close-up of the retrofit steel box girder superstructure at East Townline Road. Like the Cobbledick Road Overpass on Hwy 401 near Newcastle, special panels with quartz crystals set into a green mortar were affixed to the outer curb and approach handrails as a decorative measure. The panels were removed over the travelled portions of the freeway in recent decades, but were allowed to remain on the outer portions of the bridge. The East Townline Road structure was replaced in 2014. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1669 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1670 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards Bowmanville from the Wesleyville Road Overpass. The ramps at the Wesleyville Road Interchange are in a diamond configuration. Interestingly, this interchange was built many years after this section of Hwy 401 was originally constructed. Although Hwy 401 was completed and opened to traffic between Newcastle and Port Hope in 1960, the new interchange at Wesleyville Road didn't open to traffic until the mid-1970s. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Wesleyville Road Overpass on Hwy 401 between Newcastle and Port Hope, facing north towards the Hwy 2 Junction. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1668 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1667 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Western side of the Wesleyville Road Overpass on Hwy 401 west of Port Hope. This single-span concrete rigid frame girder structure was completed in 1958. From this vantage point, it is easy to see why a diamond interchange configuration was selected here for this retrofit interchange. This structure was only designed to accommodate a maximum of six through lanes on the highway below. The selection of a diamond ramp configuration allowed this structure to remain in service for many more years and avoided a premature replacement of the bridge when Hwy 401 was eventually expanded to six lanes in the 1990s. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing south across the Wesleyville Road Overpass on Hwy 401 between Newcastle and Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #361 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Above - A green-and-white "TO 2" trailblazer route marker at the Wesleyville Road Interchange directing traffic to nearby Hwy 2. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1671 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #248 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Eastern side of the Wesleyville Road Overpass on Hwy 401 west of Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing east along Hwy 401 towards Port Hope from the Wesleyville Road Overpass. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1672 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1674 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - View of Hwy 401 facing west towards Bowmanville from the Deer Park Road Overpass. The Wesleyville Road Interchange can be seen in the background. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Western side of the Deer Park Road Overpass on Hwy 401 near Port Hope. This single-span prestressed concrete girder structure was completed in 1959. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1675 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1673 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Eastern side of the Deer Park Road Overpass (Hope Township Bridge #8) on Hwy 401 near Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing east along Hwy 401 towards Port Hope from the Deer Park Road Overpass. The Hwy 2 Interchange can be seen at the crest of the hill in the background, as Hwy 401 enters Port Hope. Throughout Eastern Ontario, Hwy 2 mostly runs along the Lake Ontario side (south) of Hwy 401. However, between Scarborough and Port Hope, Hwy 2 actually runs just to the north of Hwy 401. The two highways run roughly parallel to each other for about 70 km, yet are never more than 4 km apart. In some places, one can easily see Hwy 2 from Hwy 401. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1496 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1497 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Southern side of the Hwy 2 Underpass (Hope Township Bridge #11) on Hwy 401 near Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on September 24, 2016  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Northern side of the Hwy 2 Underpass on Hwy 401. This single-span concrete rigid frame girder structure was completed in 1959. Although Hwy 2 crosses Hwy 401 several times throughout Southern, Central and Eastern Ontario, this is the only location where Hwy 401 intersects with the original "Provincial Highway". This 46-mile route between the Rouge River and Port Hope became Ontario's very first provincially-maintained highway when it was established back in 1917. This part of the Provincial Highway became a part of Hwy 2 once route numbers were assigned to the province's highways in 1925. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on September 24, 2016  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1500 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1501 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing west along Hwy 2 from the Hwy 401 Interchange near Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on September 24, 2016  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Distance guide sign on westbound Hwy 2 at the Hwy 401 Interchange near Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on September 24, 2016  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1498 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1499 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Below-deck view of the concrete rigid frame girder superstructure of the Hwy 2 Underpass near Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on September 24, 2016  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing east along Hwy 2 towards Port Hope from the Hwy 401 Interchange. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on September 24, 2016  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1682 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1677 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Western side of the Cranberry Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. This single-span concrete rigid frame girder structure was completed in 1959. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards the Hwy 2 Interchange from the Cranberry Road Overpass in Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1678 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1680 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing south across the Cranberry Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. Cranberry Road becomes Port Hope's Victoria Street south of Hwy 401. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - View of Hwy 401 facing east towards the Hwy 28 Interchange from the Cranberry Road Overpass. The eastbound and westbound lanes of Hwy 401 briefly follow independent horizontal and vertical alignments east of the Cranberry Road Overpass. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1679 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1681 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 from the Cranberry Road Overpass. Note that the centre median of Hwy 401 widens substantially between Cranberry Road and the Ganaraska River Bridge. A gentler grade was provided for westbound Hwy 401 traffic, as the highway climbs fairly quickly out of the Ganaraska River Valley. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Eastern side of the Cranberry Road Overpass (Hope Township Bridge #13) on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1676 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1683 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing north across the Cranberry Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Northern side of the Choate Road Underpass (Hope Township Bridge #15) on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. This three-span concrete girder structure was completed in 1959. Since Hwy 401 ascends a grade west of the Ganaraska River, the Choate Road Underpass has an extraordinarily high vertical clearance. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1684 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1685 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Facing north along Cavan Street in Port Hope towards the Choate Road Underpass on Hwy 401. Port Hope's Cavan Street becomes Choate Road north of Hwy 401. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

NEW Right - Northern side of the Ganaraska River Bridge (Hope Township Bridge #16) on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. This three-span steel girder structure was completed in 1959. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #1686 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1576 - © Cameron Bevers

NEW Left - Southern side of the Ganaraska River Bridge on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on June 29, 2012  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing north along Hwy 28 from the Hwy 401 Interchange in Port Hope. The ramps at the Hwy 28 Interchange are in a modified "A-B Parclo" configuration. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on August 16, 2008  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #364 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1574 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards Newcastle from the Hwy 28 Overpass in Port Hope in 2006, before the six-laning of Hwy 401 was completed east of Port Hope. The outermost eastbound lane drops immediately east of the Hwy 28 Overpass, while the outermost westbound lane commences from the Hwy 28 on-ramp and becomes an "away" lane. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 7, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - View of Hwy 401 at the Hwy 28 Overpass in Port Hope in 2008, facing west towards Newcastle. Note that there are now six through lanes on the highway, and the westbound on-ramp coming from Hwy 28 now has a dedicated speed-change lane. When the Hwy 401 & Hwy 28 Interchange first opened to traffic in 1960, the exit ramps from Hwy 401 had direct tapers with no speed change lanes. The exit ramps were elongated through the construction of speed change lanes as part of an interchange retrofit project carried out in 1971. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on August 16, 2008  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #362 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1573 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 towards Trenton from the Hwy 28 Overpass in Port Hope in 2006. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 7, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Widened section of Hwy 401 through Port Hope in 2008, facing east from the Hwy 28 Overpass. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on August 16, 2008  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #363 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1575 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - End of the six-lane section on Hwy 401 in Port Hope in 2006, before being widened east of the Hwy 28 Interchange. Note the arrows painted on the pavement directing traffic to change lanes before the lane drop. After Hwy 401 was widened east of the Hwy 28 Interchange, the right-most lane became continuous. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 7, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Western side of the Hwy 28 Overpass on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. This three-span concrete rigid frame girder and slab structure was completed in 1959. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on August 16, 2008  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #383 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #378 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing north across the Hamilton Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Hamilton Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. Structure completed in 1960. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on August 16, 2008  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #379 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #380 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing south across the Hamilton Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Close-up of the parapet design on the Hamilton Road Overpass. The embossed elements on the concrete section are an interesting addition to this Hwy 401 Overpass. Minor embellishments such as this greatly improve the aesthetics of a freeway structure. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #382 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #381 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - The embossed concrete elements on the Hamilton Road Overpass on Hwy 401 are visible from both the bridge deck and the bridge's exterior profile. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing east along Hwy 401 from the Hamilton Road Overpass. The highway was widened from four to six lanes between Port Hope and Cobourg in 2006-2007. The existing lanes on Hwy 401 had to be realigned in preparation for the construction. Note that at the time this photo was taken, the eastbound lane realignment was almost complete, but the westbound lane realignment was still being set up. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #384 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1157 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing north across the Hamilton Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Port Hope. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards Port Hope from the Hamilton Road Overpass. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 401 #385 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 401 #1156 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Theatre Road Underpass on Hwy 401 near Port Hope. Structure completed in 1960. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on July 8, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards Port Hope from the Burnham Street Overpass in Cobourg. See an Enlarged Photo Here.
(Photograph taken on May 7, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)





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