Ontario Highway 410 Photographs - Page 1 - History of Ontario's Kings Highways

Above - Aerial view of Hwy 401 at the future site of the Hwy 403 & Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga in 1974. The new freeway interchange was built immediately east of the First Line (Kennedy Road) Overpass. Construction got underway on the first phase of the Hwy 403 & Hwy 410 Interchange in 1974, shortly after this photo was taken. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1974.
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Above - Hwy 401 Overpass across the future lanes of Hwy 410 in Mississauga in 1977. Hwy 410 was opened as an undivided two-lane highway from Hwy 401 to Brampton in 1978. Photo taken on November 30, 1977.
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Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 towards Toronto from the future Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga in 1977. Note the adjacent Hwy 403 Interchange in the background, which was also under construction at the time. Photo taken on November 30, 1977.
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Right - Facing north towards Brampton along the single southbound lane of Hwy 410 from the Hwy 401 Interchange in 1979. Until the early 1990s, Hwy 410 ended at a loop ramp which connected to the eastbound lanes of Hwy 401. The loop ramp was eventually removed and replaced with a directional flyover. Photo taken in July, 1979.
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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.
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Left - Facing west along Westbound Hwy 401 at the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (October 30, 1981)
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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.
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Left - Facing west along Eastbound Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (October 18, 1982)
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Right - Facing north along Hwy 410 at the Etobicoke Creek Bridge in Brampton in 1982. This photo shows the original undivided two-lane highway, before Hwy 410 was twinned and widened into a six-lane freeway. Photo taken on October 18, 1982.
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Above - Etobicoke Creek Bridge on Hwy 410 in Brampton. The two-lane structure seen here was completed in 1977. The bridge was widened in 1988 when Hwy 410 was converted from a two-lane highway into a six-lane freeway. Photo taken on October 18, 1982.
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Above - Facing south along Southbound Hwy 410 towards the 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 seen here 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.
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Left - Facing west along Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (June 1, 1983)
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Right - Facing east across the Courtneypark Drive Overpass on Hwy 410 in Mississauga (June 3, 1983)
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Above - Facing south along Hwy 410 towards the Courtneypark Drive Overpass in Mississauga in 1983. This photo shows the original undivided two-lane highway between Mississauga and Brampton, which was built as a staged freeway. Note the graded right-of-way for the future southbound lanes of Hwy 410 at right, which were not completed until the late 1980s. The Courtneypark Drive Overpass was completed in 1980, making it the first overpass to be built on Hwy 410. The current two-ramp interchange at Courtneypark Drive was not completed until 1989. Photo taken on June 3, 1983.
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Left - Facing north along Hwy 410 at the Tomken Road Overpass in Mississauga (October 3, 1984)
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Right - Facing north along Hwy 410 at the Etobicoke Creek Bridge in Brampton (October 3, 1984)
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Left - Facing west along Eastbound Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (October 3, 1984)
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Right - 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.
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Above - Facing north towards the new Hwy 7 East (Queen Street) Overpass in Brampton, showing Hwy 410 under construction (September, 1985)
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Left - Hwy 410 Overpass on Westbound Hwy 401 in Mississauga, facing east (October 9, 1985)
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Right - Facing south along Hwy 410 at the Tomken Road Overpass in Mississauga (September 24, 1986)
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Left - Exit ramp from Westbound Hwy 401 to Hwy 403 & Hwy 410 in Mississauga, facing east (September 24, 1986)
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Right - Facing east along Eastbound Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (October 21, 1986)
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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.
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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-era 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.
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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.
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Right - Facing north along Hwy 410 at the Etobicoke Creek Bridge in Brampton in 1986. Note the increasing traffic volumes on the highway, compared to the 1982 and 1984 photos shown above. Shortly after this photo was taken, Hwy 410 was twinned. Photo taken on October 21, 1986.
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Left - Facing west along Hwy 7 towards Georgetown at the new Hwy 410 Interchange in Brampton (October 21, 1986)
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Right - Facing east across the new Hwy 7 (Bovaird Drive) Overpass on Hwy 410 in Brampton (October 21, 1986)
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Above - Northern terminus of Hwy 410 at the new Hwy 7 West (Bovaird Drive) Interchange in Brampton, facing south (October 21, 1986)
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Above - 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.
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Left - Facing west across the Courtneypark Drive Overpass on Hwy 410 in Mississauga, shortly before the bridge was twinned (July 7, 1987)
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Right - Facing east across the Hwy 7 East (Queen Street) Overpass on Hwy 410 in Brampton (July 30, 1987)
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Left - Widening the Northbound Hwy 410 Etobicoke Creek Bridge in Brampton (June 20, 1988)
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Right - Construction of a new bridge at Etobicoke Creek for the future southbound lanes of Hwy 410 in Brampton (June 20, 1988)
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Left - Facing east along Hwy 401 from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (July 6, 1988)
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Right - Facing north along Hwy 410 at the Tomken Road Overpass in Mississauga (July 6, 1988)
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Above - 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.
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Above - Facing north along Hwy 410 towards the Courtneypark Drive Overpass in Mississauga in 1990. In this photo, the southbound lanes have been constructed and new ramps have been opened between Hwy 410 and Courtneypark Drive. The Courtneypark Drive Overpass itself has also been twinned. Compare this 1990 photo of the Courtneypark Drive Overpass to the 1983 Photo shown above. Photo taken on August 22, 1990.
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Left - Looking south across the expanded northbound Etobicoke Creek Bridge on Hwy 410 in Brampton (August 22, 1990)
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Right - Eastern side of the new southbound Hwy 410 structure over Etobicoke Creek in Brampton (August 22, 1990)
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Left - Looking south across the new southbound Etobicoke Creek Bridge on Hwy 410 in Brampton in 1990. Note that construction has not yet begun on the Hwy 407 ETR Interchange, which was built at the highway curve just south of Etobicoke Creek in the mid-1990s. Photo taken on August 22, 1990.
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Right - Facing north along Hwy 410 towards the Hwy 7 East (Queen Street) Interchange in Brampton, showing the completed freeway (August 22, 1990)
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Left - Facing west along Hwy 7 (Bovaird Drive) at the Hwy 410 Interchange in Brampton (August 22, 1990)
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Right - South side of the Hwy 7 West (Bovaird Drive) Overpass in Brampton in 1990. For more than 20 years, Hwy 410 ended at this interchange. From this point north, the highway became a municipal street known as Heart Lake Road. It was not until 2007 that Hwy 410 was extended north of here. Photo taken on August 22, 1990.
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Left - Facing south along Hwy 410 towards the Steeles Avenue Interchange in Brampton (July 11, 1991)
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Right - Facing west along the widened Courtneypark Drive from the Hwy 410 Interchange in Mississauga (October 12, 1992)
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