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All photographs displayed on this page were taken by the
Webmaster (Cameron Bevers), unless specifically noted otherwise. Historical photographs are
arranged in approximate chronological order, while present day photographs (Year 2000 to date)
are arranged by location from south to north. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!
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Page 4: Present Day Highway 69 Photographs (Musquash River to MacTier)
 Above - End of Hwy 69 near Musquash River, facing north towards MacTier. Hwy 400 & Hwy 69 continue northerly towards Parry Sound from this point as a two-lane highway. The two-lane portion of Hwy 69 from the Musquash River to the Moon River was widened to four lanes by 2008. (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)  Above - Hwy 400 & Hwy 69 sign just south of the Moon River Bridge (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing south along Hwy 69 towards Port Severn from Twelve Mile Bay Road. Note the advance tree and shrub clearing for the future four-lane highway taking place at right. (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing north along Hwy 69 towards Moon River Bridge from Twelve Mile Bay Road (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - In the mid-1950s, the Department of Highways embarked on an ambitious project to link Hwy 103 at Port Severn to MacTier. The route of Hwy 103 (later known as Hwy 69) was diverted around the proposed site of a bridge across the Moon River. The soil conditions at the bridge site were not adequately tested during the highway's design phase, reportedly as a result of an engineering oversight. Contracts were tendered and construction of the new highway began. When the results of the soil tests became available, engineers learned that the proposed bridge would have to be moved due to unfavourable soil conditions at the initial bridge site. As a result, a considerable portion of the planned highway was rendered useless. This aborted Hwy 103 alignment south of Moon River is now a Jeep trail. (Photograph taken in September, 2002 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - The construction of Hwy 103 progressed to the point that culverts had been constructed underneath the proposed highway. Had the soil tests been carried out early in the design phase, construction would not have proceeded. An abandoned concrete culvert (centre of photo) is visible from the current highway. (Photograph taken in September, 2002 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Another view of the aborted alignment south of the cancelled Moon River Bridge on Hwy 103. Note the disused concrete culvert to the right of the hydro pole. (Photograph taken in September, 2002 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Several rock cuts were blasted, and the grading was practically completed before the oversight was discovered. This is a small rock cut on the aborted Hwy 103 alignment north of Moon River. (Photograph taken in September, 2002 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - A large rock cut on the aborted Hwy 103 alignment. Note the height of the truck for scale. The soil conditions at the Moon River Bridge site resulted in the relocation of almost 2 km of the proposed highway. (Photograph taken in September, 2002 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Grading was halted after the proposed bridge at Moon River was cancelled due to unfavourable soil conditions. What makes this situation so unique is that the highway approaches were almost complete when engineers decided to relocate the bridge site. While the exact sequence of these events will never be known for sure, it can be said with great certainty that the Department of Highways would not have allowed construction to proceed if the soil tests were in fact carried out properly. By the time the results of the soil condition tests were known, it was too late to salvage the planned highway. This unfortunate oversight likely cost the Department of Highways millions of dollars to rectify. (Photograph taken in September, 2002 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - View of aborted Hwy 103 alignment immediately north of the proposed Moon River Bridge (Photograph taken in September, 2002 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - North end of aborted Hwy 103 alignment at Moon River. The actual Hwy 103 (later known as Hwy 69) is seen in the background. (Photograph taken in September, 2002 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing north along Hwy 69 at Moon River Bridge south of MacTier (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing south along Hwy 69 across Moon River Bridge. Structure completed in 1959. (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing south towards Moon River Bridge along Hwy 69. When Hwy 69 was twinned in 2006-2007, the steel truss bridge across the Moon River was replaced with two new structures. (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing south towards Port Severn north of the Moon River Bridge (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing north towards MacTier north of the Moon River Bridge (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Hwy 69 realignment at Hwy 400 interchange south of MacTier (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Close-up of abandoned Hwy 69 alignment at Hwy 400 interchange. This short section of Hwy 69 was bypassed entirely when the new Hwy 400 Extension was completed in October, 2003. (Photograph taken on June 5, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Old 1930s alignment of Hwy 69 in MacTier (at left), facing south towards Bala (Photograph taken on September 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers) |
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