Ontario Highway 404 Photographs - Page 4 - History of Ontario's Kings Highways

Left - Aerial view of the Don Valley Parkway at the Lawrence Avenue Cloverleaf, facing south towards Downtown Toronto.
(Photograph taken on May 30, 2004 - © Mark Mirrlees)

Right - Aerial view of the Hwy 404 & Don Valley Parkway Interchange on Hwy 401 in Toronto, facing north along Hwy 404 towards Markham. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on May 30, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Aerial view of the Hwy 404 & Don Valley Parkway Interchange on Hwy 401 in Toronto, facing southeast. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on May 30, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Aerial view of Hwy 401 at Don Mills Road, facing east towards the Hwy 404 & Don Valley Parkway Interchange in Toronto. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on May 30, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Aerial view of Hwy 401 approaching the Hwy 404 & Don Valley Parkway Interchange in Toronto, facing west towards Don Mills Road. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on May 30, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Aerial view of the Hwy 404 & Don Valley Parkway Interchange in Toronto, facing south along the Don Valley Parkway towards Downtown Toronto. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on May 30, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Aerial view of the Hwy 404 & Don Valley Parkway Interchange on Hwy 401 in Toronto, facing southwest.
(Photograph taken on May 30, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Aerial view of the Sheppard Avenue Interchange on Hwy 404 in Toronto, facing southeast. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on May 30, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Southbound Hwy 404 facing south from the Van Horne Avenue Overpass in Toronto. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane on Southbound Hwy 404. This recently-completed HOV lane allows carpool and public transit vehicles to bypass the congested section of Hwy 404 approaching the Hwy 401 & Don Valley Parkway Interchange. A special HOV Tunnel was constructed below the Don Valley Parkway ramps, in order to allow vehicles in the HOV lane direct access to Westbound Hwy 401. Vehicles wishing to continue south along the Don Valley Parkway or use Eastbound Hwy 401 must depart from the HOV lane into the general purpose lanes in order to exit from Hwy 404. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Northbound Hwy 404 at the Van Horne Avenue Overpass in Toronto, facing south. Most of Hwy 404 through Toronto was constructed below-grade in an earth cut, in an effort to attenuate highway noise and minimize the construction footprint of the overpasses. The slopes beside the highway give some clues as to how high the original ground line was above the highway's finished grade. A substantial amount of earth had to be excavated and removed in order to construct the highway. The freeway was constructed with curb-and-gutter along the outer lanes, since all roadway drainage had to be contained within the earth cut without the use of roadside drainage ditches. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Van Horne Avenue Overpass on Hwy 404 in Toronto. Structure completed in 1976.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Northbound Hwy 404 at the Van Horne Avenue Overpass in Toronto, facing north. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Start of the Northbound Hwy 404 High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane between Van Horne Avenue and Finch Avenue in Toronto. The Northbound HOV Lane continues north from this point to the Hwy 7 Interchange in Markham, located 6 km away. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing north along Hwy 404 from the Van Horne Avenue Overpass in Toronto. In recent years, the southern terminus of Hwy 404 has become one of the Greater Toronto Area's most serious traffic bottlenecks, where all access ramps to Hwy 401 are only a single lane. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Van Horne Avenue Overpass on Hwy 404 in Toronto, facing east.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Facing north along Hwy 404 approaching the McNicoll Avenue Overpass on Hwy 404 in Toronto.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Northbound Hwy 404 at the McNicoll Avenue Overpass in Toronto, facing north. A service road follows Hwy 404 from Finch Avenue northerly to the McNicoll Avenue area. The McNicoll Avenue Overpass spans the service road (Gordon Baker Road) as well as Hwy 404. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - Southbound Hwy 404 at the McNicoll Avenue Overpass in Toronto, facing north. When this section of Hwy 404 was first constructed in the 1970s, it was built along an existing road's right-of-way (Woodbine Avenue). The section of Woodbine Avenue between Sheppard Avenue and Steeles Avenue was reconstructed as a freeway, tying into the existing Hwy 401 & Don Valley Parkway Interchange just south of Sheppard Avenue. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Southbound Hwy 404 at the McNicoll Avenue Overpass in Toronto, facing south. The original cross-section of Hwy 404 was six lanes (three lanes per direction) when the highway first opened to traffic in 1977. A fourth lane was added in each direction in 1999, and the High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane was opened in 2005. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - McNicoll Avenue Overpass on Hwy 404 in Toronto, facing east.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Northbound Hwy 404 at the McNicoll Avenue Overpass in Toronto, facing south. The Finch Avenue Overpass can be seen just over the crest of the hill. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Left - McNicoll Avenue Overpass on Hwy 404 in Toronto. Structure completed in 1976.
(Photograph taken on August 19, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Aerial view of the Steeles Avenue Interchange on Hwy 404 in Toronto, facing south. See an Enlarged Photo here.
(Photograph taken on May 30, 2004 - © Mark Mirrlees)