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This page contains historical photos of Ontario's King's Highway 6 dating from 1960 to 1969. All photographs displayed on
this page were taken by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, unless specifically noted otherwise. Historical photographs are arranged in approximate chronological
order. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!
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Page 2: Historical King's Highway 6 Photographs (1960-1969)
Left - Spanish River Bridge nearing completion on Hwy 68 (later known as Hwy 6) in Espanola. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1960. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1960) Right - New rock cut on Hwy 68 (later known as Hwy 6), 3 miles north of Whitefish Falls. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1961. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1961) 
Above - Construction of the Whitefish River Bridge on Hwy 68 (later known as Hwy 6) at Whitefish Falls in 1962, facing west. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1962) 
Above - Close-up of the construction scaffolding for the new Whitefish River Bridge on Hwy 68 (later known as Hwy 6) at Whitefish Falls in 1962. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1962) 
Above - Construction of the Whitefish River Bridge on Hwy 68 (later known as Hwy 6) at Whitefish Falls, facing east (1962) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1962) 
Above - Postcard view of a reconstructed section of Hwy 68 (later known as Hwy 6) at Tower Hill north of Whitefish Falls in 1962. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. 
Above - Map showing the proposed route of Hwy 403 between Burlington and Hwy 2 near Ancaster in 1962. This multi-year freeway construction project took more
than a decade to complete, from the time work began at the Freeman Interchange in the mid-1950s to the final completion of the Ancaster Extension in 1969. Hwy 403
effectively supplanted the route of Hwy 2 between Burlington and Ancaster. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1962) 
Left - Flyover from eastbound Hwy 403 to northbound Hwy 6 (Ramp "Q") between Burlington and Hamilton in 1963, prior to deck paving. Due to Hwy 403's
construction sequencing, the Hwy 6 & Hwy 403 Interchange sat unopened for more than two years following its construction in 1960-1961. Note that in this photo,
the grading for the future westbound lanes of Hwy 403 below the structures had been completed, but the roadway itself hadn't been built yet. A final paving contract
for Hwy 403 was awarded in 1963, in preparation for the highway's opening later that year. The Hwy 6 Interchange opened to traffic along with the rest of Hwy 403
between Burlington and the Desjardins Canal in Hamilton on December 4, 1963. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in 1963. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1963 Right - Facing west along a newly-opened section of Hwy 403 approaching the Hwy 6 Interchange between Burlington and Hamilton in 1964. This photo shows the new freeway about 6 months after opening day. Compared to the heavy traffic volumes carried along Hwy 403 today, the low traffic volumes seen in this 1964 photo certainly speaks to the incredible economic growth that Ontario has experienced in recent decades. Much of this prosperity was due to the massive investments made by the province since World War II in building new highways such as this one. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1964. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2021) 
Above - Map showing the construction progress of Hwy 403 between Burlington and Hwy 2 near Ancaster at the beginning of the 1964 construction season. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1964) 
Left - Facing south across the Ramp "M" Overpass at the Hwy 2 & Hwy 6 (York Boulevard) Interchange on Hwy 403 in Hamilton. This ramp carries traffic from
westbound Hwy 403 to the T.B. McQuesten High-Level Bridge on York Boulevard. At the time this photo was taken in 1964, it was actually the last exit ramp on Hwy 403
before the freeway came to an end at Longwood Road. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1964. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2021) Right - Approaching the Ramp "M" Overpass near the western terminus of Hwy 403 in Hamilton in 1964. For about 1 1/2 years, the route of Hwy 403 temporarily ended at the Desjardins Canal while the interchanges through Downtown Hamilton were being constructed. Note the signs placed on both sides of the westbound lanes in this photo, warning motorists that Hwy 403 ends 3000 feet ahead. All westbound traffic was forced off of the freeway and onto Longwood Road (Old Hwy 2) just beyond the Desjardins Canal Bridge. The construction of Hwy 403 actually severed the Hwy 2 connection between Longwood Road and York Boulevard. Beginning in 1963, Hwy 2 was rerouted via York Boulevard, Dundurn Street and King & Main Street. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1964. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2021) 
Left - Hwy 2 & Hwy 6 (York Boulevard) at the Hwy 403 Interchange in 1964, facing south towards the Ramp "N" Underpass structure and T.B. McQuesten
High-Level Bridge in Hamilton. During construction of Hwy 403 in the early 1960s, a partial interchange was built to connect the new freeway to York Boulevard.
Historically, Hwy 6 used to follow York Boulevard into Downtown Hamilton. The construction of Hwy 403 in the early 1960s changed the routing of Hwy 2 & Hwy 6 as
these highways approached Hamilton. Previously, Hwy 2 turned west towards Dundas via Longwood Road, which connected to York Boulevard at a traffic circle about 2
miles north of Downtown Hamilton. The route of Hwy 6 followed Plains Road from south of Clappison's Corners to the community of Wolfe Island, where the highway turned
south onto York Boulevard towards Downtown Hamilton, concurrently with Hwy 2. The new directional freeway interchange built at Hwy 6 & Hwy 403 was actually
considered to be an extension of Hwy 6, with through traffic encouraged to use the freeway route into Downtown Hamilton instead of the original route of Hwy 6 via
Wolfe Island. The freeway ramps to and from Hwy 403 can be seen connecting to York Boulevard immediately north of the T.B. McQuesten High-Level Bridge in the
background of this photo. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1964. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2014) Right - Ramp "N" Underpass on Hwy 2 & Hwy 6 (York Boulevard) in 1964. For many years, this ramp carried northbound Hwy 6 traffic onto eastbound Hwy 403. Following a brief 1/2 mile concurrent routing with Hwy 403, Hwy 6 departed the freeway and headed north towards Clappison's Corners and Guelph. This route of Hwy 6 approaching Downtown Hamilton remained in place until the late 1990s. The old route of Hwy 6 through Downtown Hamilton was bypassed entirely when the Lincoln Alexander Parkway opened to traffic. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1964. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2014) 
Left - Grade separation at the Hwy 6 Interchange on Hwy 403 between Burlington and Hamilton in 1964. This structure carries the ramp connecting southbound
Hwy 6 to eastbound Hwy 403 (Ramp "R"). The roadway in the foreground is the ramp from eastbound Hwy 403 to northbound Hwy 6 (Ramp "Q"). This interesting three-level
fully directional interchange was built in 1960-1961, in advance of the construction of the mainline lanes of Hwy 403. This interchange was put into service in
December 1963, only six months before this photo was taken. A similar but much larger fully directional interchange was built at the nearby Freeman Interchange, where
Hwy 403 joins the Queen Elizabeth Way. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1964. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2014) Right - Ramp "R" Flyover from southbound Hwy 6 to eastbound Hwy 403 at the Hwy 6 Interchange between Burlington and Hamilton. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1964. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2014) 
Left - Facing north across the Ramp "Q" Flyover from eastbound Hwy 403 to northbound Hwy 6, crossing the westbound lanes of Hwy 403. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1964. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2021) Right - Westbound lanes of Hwy 403 at the Ramp "Q" Flyover to northbound Hwy 6, facing east towards Burlington. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1964. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2021) 
Above - Map showing the new section of Hwy 403 being opened through Downtown Hamilton in 1965. The 2 mile section of Hwy 403 from the Desjardins Canal to
Aberdeen Avenue opened to traffic on July 9, 1965. However, various ramps at the Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 (King & Main Street) Interchange didn't open until a later
date, due to construction sequencing. See an Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1965) 
Above - Map showing the construction progress of Hwy 403 between Burlington and Hwy 2 near Ancaster at the beginning of the 1966 construction season. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 1966) 
Above - Hwy 403 at the Desjardins Canal Bridge in Hamilton in 1967, facing east towards Burlington across the westbound structure. The eastbound lanes of Hwy 403
can be seen at right, along with the T.B. McQuesten High-Level Bridge on Hwy 2 & Hwy 6 (York Boulevard). See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in May 1967. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2014) |
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