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Page 5: Historical Highway 401 Photographs (1980 to 1989)


HWY 401 #814

Above - Facing east along Eastbound Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga in 1980. Originally, traffic entering Eastbound Hwy 401 from Southbound Hwy 410 had to use the sub-collector lanes approaching Dixie Road, which can be seen in the foreground. The Dixie Road sub-collector lanes were separated from the Eastbound Hwy 401 lanes by a steel beam guide rail median to minimize weaving conflicts. A temporary transfer existed near Tomken Road to allow traffic from Hwy 410 to leave the Dixie Road sub-collector lanes and join the Eastbound Hwy 401 lanes. This temporary transfer was removed in the early 1990s, when a new flyover was built from Southbound Hwy 410 to Eastbound Hwy 401. Photo taken on October 7, 1980.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #808

NEW Above - Facing south across the Hwy 10 (Hurontario Street) Overpass at the Hwy 401 Interchange in Mississauga (October 7, 1980)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #690             HWY 401 #691

NEW Left - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards Toronto at the Duffins Creek Bridge in Ajax (October 21, 1980)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing west along Westbound Hwy 401 from the Duffins Creek Bridge in Ajax in 1980. The acceleration lane on the right side of Hwy 401 is the on-ramp from Church Street. The Church Street Interchange (Former Exit #400) was one of Hwy 401's original 1940s-era interchanges. The Church Street Interchange was closed off to traffic permanently in 1987, when the new Westney Road Interchange was completed nearby. Photo taken on October 21, 1980.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #692             HWY 401 #674

NEW Left - Facing west along the eastbound lanes of Hwy 401 towards the Whitby Truck Scales at Lynde Creek (October 29, 1980)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing east along Hwy 401 towards the Simcoe Street Overpass, showing the completed highway widening through Oshawa (October 29, 1980)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #672             HWY 401 #673

NEW Left - Facing east along the eastbound lanes of Hwy 401 at the Henry Street Overpass in Whitby (October 29, 1980)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Soffit of the Henry Street Overpass on Hwy 401 in Whitby in 1980. The Henry Street Overpass was completed in 1940. The design is nearly identical to the original Rougemount Drive Overpass that was built on Hwy 401 in Pickering in 1939. Photo taken on October 29, 1980.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #697             HWY 401 #698

NEW Left - Western side of the Henry Street Overpass on Hwy 401 in Whitby (October 29, 1980)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing south across the Henry Street Overpass on Hwy 401 in Whitby (October 29, 1980)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #675

NEW Above - Facing east along the Eastbound Collector Lanes of Hwy 401 approaching the Weston Road Overpass in Toronto in 1981. The fact that the photographer was able to stand in the middle of the roadway to take this photo attests to the comparatively low traffic volumes using Hwy 401 through Toronto at the time. It would be impossible to stand here and take a photo from this location today.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #676             HWY 401 #677

NEW Left - Facing west from the Weston Road Overpass towards the Humber River Bridge on the Eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes in Toronto (1981)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing east along the Westbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes towards the Weston Road Overpass in Toronto (1981)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #678             HWY 401 #679

NEW Left - Facing west from the Weston Road Overpass along the Westbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes in Toronto (1981)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing west along the ramp from Southbound Weston Road to Westbound Hwy 401 in Toronto (1981)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #980             HWY 401 #788

NEW Left - Dual bridges over Oakville Creek on Hwy 401 near Milton in 1981. Before Hwy 401 was widened between Milton and Kitchener in the 1990s, most of the underpasses and watercourse crossings were dual structures. During the widening of Hwy 401, the median gap between the structures was filled in. Photo taken on July 8, 1981.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing west along Hwy 401 from Etobicoke Creek near Toronto International Airport in 1981, before the construction of the Express-Collector Lane System west of Hwy 427. Note the graded right-of-way on the left side of the highway, which is for the future Eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes. Construction of the Eastbound Collector Lanes began in this area in late 1982 and was completed in 1985. Photo taken on October 29, 1981. See an Enlarged Photo here.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #811             HWY 410 #57

Left - Facing west along Westbound Hwy 401 at the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (October 30, 1981)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - Exit from Westbound Hwy 401 to Hwy 403 & Hwy 410 in Mississauga. Although it isn't particularly clear in this photo, the left-hand overhead guide sign in the background reads "403 to 10 Mississauga". At the time this photo was taken in the Summer of 1982, Hwy 403 ended at Hwy 10 near the Square One Shopping Centre. The Mississauga-to-Oakville section of Hwy 403 wasn't opened to traffic until December, 1982. Photo taken on August 18, 1982.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #335 - © Averill Hecht             HWY 401 #336 - © Averill Hecht

Left - Facing east along the Eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes approaching Weston Road in 1982.
Photo courtesy of Averill Hecht  -  © 1982

Right - Overhead sign for Hwy 409 and Hwy 427 on the Westbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes near Weston Road in 1982.
Photo courtesy of Averill Hecht  -  © 1982





HWY 401 #809             HWY 401 #815

NEW Left - Facing north along Hwy 10 from the Hwy 401 Interchange in Mississauga (August 26, 1982)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - Facing west along Eastbound Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (October 18, 1982)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #823

Above - Facing south along the Southbound Hwy 410 loop ramp to Eastbound Hwy 401 in Mississauga in 1982. The structure in the foreground carries the eastbound lanes of Hwy 401. The Hwy 410 loop ramp was closed off to traffic in 1990 when a new flyover was completed between Southbound Hwy 410 and Eastbound Hwy 401. During the early 1990s, the hill in the background was removed in order to provide a direct ramp connection between Hwy 410 and Hwy 403. Photo taken on October 18, 1982.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 400 #239

Above - Facing south along Hwy 400 towards the Hwy 401 Interchange in Toronto (December 10, 1982)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #800             HWY 401 #801

NEW Left - Winston Churchill Boulevard Overpass on Hwy 401 in Mississauga in 1983. The original 1958 structure shown here was demolished during the construction of a new interchange at this location in 1986-1987. Photo taken on May 31, 1983.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing north across the Winston Churchill Boulevard Overpass on Hwy 401 in Mississauga in 1983. The rural two-lane road shown here has changed quite dramatically since this photo was taken. In 1987, a new interchange was built at Winston Churchill Boulevard. In addition, the road was widened to six lanes, in response to several new housing and business park developments in the area. Photo taken on May 31, 1983.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #807             HWY 401 #912

NEW Left - Facing south across the Dixie Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Mississauga (June 1, 1983)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - Facing west along Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (June 1, 1983)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #983             HWY 401 #797

NEW Left - Facing north across the McCowan Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Toronto (June 29, 1983)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - 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





HWY 401 #798             HWY 401 #799

Left - 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

NEW Right - Newly-widened section of Hwy 401 near the Hwy 25 Interchange in Milton (July, 1983)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #784             HWY 401 #785

NEW Left - New Etobicoke Creek Bridge for the future Eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes near Toronto's Pearson Airport (August 19, 1983)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Construction of the new Etobicoke Creek Bridge for the Eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes in Mississauga (August 19, 1983)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #786             HWY 401 #787

NEW Left - Facing west across the new Etobicoke Creek Bridge for the future Westbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes in Mississauga (August 19, 1983)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Widening of the existing Etobicoke Creek Bridge on Hwy 401 in Mississauga, facing west (August 19, 1983)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #665

NEW Above - Facing east along Hwy 401 towards the new Whites Road Interchange in Pickering in 1983, shortly after the new interchange was opened to traffic. Prior to 1983, there were no interchanges on Hwy 401 between Port Union Road and Liverpool Road. During the 1970s, a new interchange was planned for Moore Road (now known as Whites Road) in order to provide improved access to the quickly-developing urban areas of Pickering. The interchange at Whites Road was one of several new interchanges constructed along Hwy 401 between Toronto and Oshawa over the past 30 years. Photo taken on September 2, 1983.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #666             HWY 401 #701

NEW Left - Facing north across the new Whites Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Pickering (September 2, 1983)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing south towards the CNR Underpass on Hwy 401 near Keele Street in Toronto (June, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #702             HWY 401 #822

NEW Left - Facing north towards the CNR Underpass on Hwy 401 near Keele Street in Toronto (June, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing south across the Kipling Avenue Overpass on Hwy 401 in Toronto (July 22, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #680

NEW Above - Facing west along the centreline of Hwy 401 between Hwy 400 and Weston Road in Toronto (September 9, 1984). See an Enlarged Photo here.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #681

NEW Above - Facing west along the westbound Hwy 401 Express and Collector Lanes between Hwy 400 and Weston Road (September 9, 1984). See an Enlarged Photo here.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #703             HWY 401 #682

NEW Left - Approaching the Weston Road Interchange on westbound Hwy 401 in Toronto (September 9, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing east along the eastbound lanes of Hwy 401 at the Rouge River Bridge in Toronto (September 18, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #683             HWY 401 #684

NEW Left - Southern side of the Rouge River Bridge on Hwy 401 in Toronto (September 18, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing west along the westbound lanes of Hwy 401 at the Rouge River Bridge in Toronto (September 18, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #670             HWY 401 #671

NEW Left - Facing north across the Henry Street Overpass at Hwy 401 in Whitby (September 19, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Western side of the Henry Street Overpass on Hwy 401 in Whitby (September 19, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #667             HWY 401 #669

NEW Left - Whites Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Pickering (September 25, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing north along the northbound lanes of the Whites Road Overpass in Pickering (September 25, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #668             HWY 401 #696

NEW Left - Facing north along the southbound lanes of the Whites Road Overpass in Pickering (September 25, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing west across the eastbound lanes of Hwy 401 at the Lynde Creek Bridge in Whitby in 1984. Note that the Whitby Truck Scales that were visible in the 1980 photo above have been removed. Photo taken on September 25, 1984.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #693             HWY 401 #694

NEW Left - Facing east along the westbound lanes of Hwy 401 at Lynde Creek in Whitby (September 25, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing east along the eastbound lanes of Hwy 401 at Lynde Creek in Whitby (September 25, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #695             HWY 401 #816

NEW Left - Southern side of the Lynde Creek Bridge on Hwy 401 in Whitby (September 25, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - Facing west along Eastbound Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (October 3, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 410 #59             HWY 401 #699

Left - Exit from Westbound Hwy 401 to Hwy 403 & Hwy 410 in Mississauga in 1984. At the time this photo was taken, access to Hwy 403 was closed while the flyover across the future Hwy 401 Express Lanes was being constructed. During this construction project, traffic on Westbound Hwy 401 bound for Westbound Hwy 403 was able to utilize the newly-completed Hwy 403 Express Lanes instead, which had opened to traffic earlier in 1984. Photo taken on October 3, 1984.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing east along the westbound lanes of Hwy 401 towards the Pickering CNR Subway (October 18, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #700             HWY 401 #708

NEW Left - Facing south across the Pickering CNR Subway on Hwy 401 between Liverpool Road and Whites Road (October 18, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing west across the Westbound Hwy 401 structure over Duffins Creek in Ajax (October 18, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #709             HWY 401 #705

NEW Left - Facing west across the Eastbound Hwy 401 structure over Duffins Creek in Ajax (October 18, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Southern side of the Duffins Creek Bridge on Hwy 401 in Ajax in 1984, showing the extension added to the original 1941 structure when the highway was widened to six lanes in 1973. Photo taken on October 18, 1984.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #706             HWY 401 #707

NEW Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 at Duffins Creek in Ajax, showing the original dual 1941 structures (October 18, 1984)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Parapet wall of the Duffins Creek Bridge on Hwy 401 in Ajax. Note the old interchange ramps at Church Street in the background, which were closed off to traffic when the Westney Road Interchange opened in 1987. Photo taken on October 18, 1984.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #802             HWY 401 #792

NEW Left - Facing south across the Winston Churchill Boulevard Overpass on Hwy 401 in Mississauga in June, 1985. The structure shown here was demolished and replaced with a new structure in 1987.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - New Airport Basketweave structure on Eastbound Hwy 401 in Mississauga, shortly before being opened to traffic in 1985. The Airport Basketweave was one of the most important features of the Hwy 401 Express-Collector Lane expansion through Mississauga. Today, thousands of eastbound Hwy 401 motorists use the tunnel daily to access Hwy 427 and Toronto's Pearson Airport. Photo taken on June 13, 1985. See an Enlarged Photo here.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #793             HWY 401 #794

NEW Left - Facing east across the new Airport Basketweave structure on Eastbound Hwy 401 in 1985. Note that the structure was designed to accommodate three lanes of traffic during the various construction stages. Once construction was completed, the overpass was restriped to allow two lanes of traffic only. Photo taken on June 13, 1985.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing west across the new Airport Basketweave structure on Eastbound Hwy 401 in Mississauga (June 13, 1985)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #984             HWY 401 #812

NEW Left - Yorkdale Road exit ramp from Eastbound Hwy 401 in Toronto (September, 1985)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - Hwy 410 Overpass on Westbound Hwy 401 in Mississauga, facing east (October 9, 1985)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #790             HWY 401 #791

NEW Left - Facing west along the Westbound Hwy 401 Express Lanes at Etobicoke Creek in Mississauga in 1985. Compare the 1985 photo to the 1981 photo shown above, taken from the eastbound lanes before the highway was widened. Photo taken on October 17, 1985.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Newly-completed Westbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes, facing west from Etobicoke Creek (October 17, 1985)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #710             HWY 401 #711

NEW Left - Facing west along Hwy 401 at the Basketweave in Toronto (May, 1986)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Northern side of the Basketweave Overpass on Hwy 401 in Toronto (May, 1986)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #685             HWY 401 #689

NEW Left - Facing west along the westbound lanes of Hwy 401 at the Rouge River Bridge in Toronto (July 15, 1986)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Eastern side of the new Liverpool Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Pickering (July 15, 1986)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #712             HWY 401 #817

NEW Left - Western side of the new Liverpool Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Pickering (July 15, 1986)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - Facing east along Eastbound Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (October 21, 1986)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #818             HWY 401 #819

Left - Reversed speed limit sign on Hwy 401 at Hwy 410. It was common practice up until the 1980s to remove or reverse regulatory speed limit signs in construction zones where advisory speed signs were in use, so that the regulatory speed limit was not visible to traffic. However, in many cases, the regulatory signs were not restored after construction ended, as was the case here. Also note the absence of the Hwy 401 Express Lanes at left, which were not built until the early 1990s. Photo taken on October 21, 1986.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - Reversed speed limit sign on Hwy 401 at the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga in 1986. In the background of this photo, the approaches to the old 1950s Kennedy Road Overpass have been removed, in preparation for the structure's demolition. The removal of the Kennedy Road Overpass was required in order to construct the Hwy 401 & Hwy 410 Interchange. Photo taken on October 21, 1986.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #820             HWY 401 #813

Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in 1986. The sub-collector lanes at right were used to separate traffic exiting from Eastbound Hwy 401 to Dixie Road and traffic entering Eastbound Hwy 401 from Hwy 410 from the through lanes of Eastbound Hwy 401 at left. Photo taken on October 21, 1986.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - Facing west across the Hwy 410 Underpass on Westbound Hwy 401 in Mississauga in 1987. Note that the construction of the flyovers at Hwy 410 had not yet commenced, Compare this photo to the 1989 photo below, showing the Hwy 410 flyovers under construction. Photo taken on July 17, 1987.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #795             HWY 401 #789

NEW Left - Airport Basketweave on Eastbound Hwy 401 in Mississauga in 1987. Note that the roadway across the structure has been re-striped with only two through lanes. The 1985 photos above show the structure with three lanes, which were required temporarily during construction due to the project staging. Photo taken on July 21, 1987.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing east along the Eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes at Etobicoke Creek in Mississauga (July 28, 1987)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #704             HWY 401 #810

NEW Left - Eastern side of the Morningside Avenue Overpass on Hwy 401 in Toronto in 1987. This handsome 1950s-era structure was demolished in the 1990s to make way for the expanded Hwy 401 Express-Collector Lane system through Scarborough and Pickering. Photo taken on August 25, 1987.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing south along Hwy 10 at the Hwy 401 Interchange in Mississauga (June 23, 1988)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #821             HWY 401 #687

NEW Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (July 6, 1988)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Southern side of the Rouge River Bridge on Hwy 401 in Toronto (September 29, 1988)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #688             HWY 401 #686

NEW Left - Facing east along Eastbound Hwy 401 from the Rouge River Bridge in Toronto (September 29, 1988)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing east along Westbound Hwy 401 towards the Rougemount Drive Overpass in Pickering (September 29, 1988)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #783             HWY 401 #981

NEW Left - Overhead guide signs for Hwy 401 at the northern end of the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto in 1988. Note the use of the phrase "Express Lanes" on the middle sign. When bilingual signs were introduced on Hwy 401 in Toronto in the early 1990s, these signs were changed so that only the word "Express" was indicated. Photo taken in September, 1988.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Oakville Creek Bridge on Hwy 401 west of Milton. This bridge was extended into the median in 1993-1994 when Hwy 401 was widened to six lanes west of Milton. Photo taken on May 24, 1989.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #982             HWY 401 #536

NEW Left - Facing west along Hwy 401 towards Guelph Line at the Oakville Creek Bridge in 1989. By the late 1980s, traffic volumes on Hwy 401 between Milton and Cambridge had grown to the point where the original four lane highway was no longer able to accommodate the booming economic and travel demands of the province. In 1993, the first in a series of construction contracts was awarded to widen Hwy 401 from Milton to Cambridge to six lanes. The widening work was more or less completed by the end of 1996. Photo taken on May 24, 1989.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Right - Construction of the new Hwy 410 Flyover on Hwy 401 in Mississauga in 1989. This massive construction project took place between 1988 and 1990 and resulted in the completion of new ramps between Hwy 401 West and Hwy 410. In addition, the original 1970s loop ramp from Southbound Hwy 410 to Eastbound Hwy 401 was replaced with a directional flyover. The falsework required to construct these cast-in-place concrete flyovers at Hwy 401 and Hwy 410 was quite astonishing! Photo taken on July 4, 1989.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #803             HWY 401 #804

NEW Left - New Winston Churchill Boulevard Overpass on Hwy 401 in Mississauga in 1989. The new interchange at Winston Churchill Boulevard was completed and opened to traffic on December 10, 1987. Photo taken on July 28, 1989.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing south across the Winston Churchill Boulevard Overpass on Hwy 401 in Mississauga (July 28, 1989)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #805             HWY 401 #806

NEW Left - Approaching the James Snow Parkway Interchange on Hwy 401 in Milton (July 28, 1989)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Facing north across the James Snow Parkway Overpass on Hwy 401 in Milton in 1989. The deck of the James Snow Parkway Overpass was badly damaged as a result of a collision that took place on Hwy 401 below the structure in March, 1986. The entire superstructure of the bridge was subsequently replaced. Photo taken on July 28, 1989.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #796             HWY 401 #714

NEW Left - Facing east towards Toronto from the Airport Basketweave Structure on Eastbound Hwy 401 in Mississauga (August 9, 1989)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation

NEW Right - Liverpool Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Pickering in 1989. Note that the Collector Lanes have not yet been built. They were constructed as part of a highway widening project in 1996. Photo taken on August 10, 1989.
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation





HWY 401 #713

NEW Above - Eastern side of the Liverpool Road Overpass on Hwy 401 in Pickering (August 10, 1989)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation




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