Historical Highway 7 Photographs (1960-1999)
Above - Postcard view of the western terminus of Hwy 402 at the Bluewater Bridge in Sarnia (ca. 1960)
Photograph courtesy of Bert Knechtel
This aerial photo shows the western terminus of Hwy 402 at the Bluewater Bridge, before Hwy 402 was rebuilt as a fully controlled-access freeway through Sarnia. The concrete highway approaching from the left is Hwy 7 & Hwy 40 from Downtown Sarnia. These two routes joined into Hwy 402 at an at-grade intersection just before the Bluewater Bridge Customs Building in the background. This road configuration remained virtually unchanged for three decades following the completion of Hwy 402 through Sarnia in the early 1950s. In 1981, a new interchange was completed at Front Street and the at-grade intersection shown here was subsequently closed off.
Above - New Otonabee River Bridge on Peterborough Bypass (1961)
Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Junction of Hwy 402 and Lucasville Road east of Sarnia (November 28, 1962)
Photo Courtesy of Archives of Ontario (Series RG-14-151-7-16, Photo #3851)
This aerial photo of Hwy 402 shows the junction of Lucasville Road and the adjacent Hwy 7 junction, just east of Sarnia (facing east). Lucasville Road was later incorporated into the Sarnia Bypass and was redesignated as Hwy 40 in the mid-1960s. The at-grade intersection at Hwy 402 was eventually eliminated through the construction of a proper interchange at Hwy 40. In the 1970s, Hwy 402 was extended easterly from Sarnia towards London and was realigned through the area in the bottom left corner of the photo. The Hwy 402 connection to Hwy 7 seen here was subsequently removed and is now the site of a shopping plaza. Sarnia's present day "Golden Mile" can be seen along Hwy 7 in the top left corner of this photo.
Above - Aerial view of the reconstruction of the Hwy 400 and Hwy 7 Interchange in Vaughan in 1988. The original Hwy 7 Cloverleaf was replaced with a
new interchange and expanded structure in 1987-1988 in order to accommodate the future construction of new ramps to serve the proposed Hwy 407 Interchange.Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of the new Hwy 400 and Hwy 7 Interchange in Vaughan in 1990. During the construction of the four-level interchange at Hwy 407,
Hwy 400 was temporarily diverted onto a new alignment to the east in an effort to simplify the interchange construction staging. The start of the
Hwy 400 diversion can be seen at the bottom of this photo, along with the original lanes of Hwy 400. Traffic was restored to the original lanes following
the completion of the Hwy 407 Underpasses in 1992.Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of Hwy 7 between Hwy 400 and Jane Street in Vaughan (1990)Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of the new Hwy 7 Diversion east of Concord in 1988. During the 1980s, most of Hwy 7 between Centre Street and Bayview Avenue was
reconstructed as a limited-access expressway. Noticeably absent from this photo is Hwy 407, which was not constructed until the mid-1990s. Note the old
Hwy 7 alignment located between Centre Street and the relocated Hwy 7.Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of the new Hwy 7 Diversion at the Dufferin Street Interchange (1988)Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of the new Hwy 7 Diversion between the Dufferin Street Interchange and Bathurst Street in 1988. The section of the Hwy 7
Diversion between Bathurst Street and Hwy 11 (Yonge Street) was completed during the early 1960s, over two decades before the remainder of the Hwy 7
Diversion was built in the late 1980s. The Hwy 7 and Bathurst Street junction remained as an at-grade intersection until the 1990s, when the construction
of Hwy 407 necessitated the grade separation of this intersection in order to accommodate the new Hwy 407 Interchange.Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of the new Hwy 7 Diversion between Bathurst Street and Yonge Street (Hwy 11) in 1988. This older section of the Hwy 7
Diversion featured a wide grass median, which was typical of Ontario's earlier divided highways. The junction of Hwy 7 and Hwy 11 at Langstaff was
grade separated and reconfigured during the construction of the new Hwy 407 Interchange in the 1990s.Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of Hwy 7 between Yonge Street (Hwy 11) and Bayview Avenue (1988)Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of Hwy 7 between Bayview Avenue and Leslie Street (1988)Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of the Hwy 404 & Hwy 7 Interchange near Richmond Hill in 1978. The above photo shows the interchange while it was still under
construction. This photo is of particular interest, because it shows the rural setting of this interchange before urban sprawl encroached into this area
in the 1980s. Compare this photo with the photo below that was taken 10 years later.Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of the Hwy 404 & Hwy 7 Interchange near Richmond Hill (1988)Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of Hwy 7 between Woodbine Avenue and Warden Avenue in Markham (1988)Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of Hwy 7 between the Hwy 50 Junction and Hwy 427 Interchange near Woodbridge in 1991. The Hwy 427 Interchange was still under
construction at the time this photo was taken. During the construction of the Hwy 427 Interchange, Hwy 7 was diverted to the north onto a temporary
alignment until the grade separation was completed. Although the new structure was finished by the time this photo was taken, traces of the temporary
Hwy 7 diversion are still visible in this photo.Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Above - Aerial view of Hwy 7 between the new Hwy 427 Interchange and Hwy 27 Junction near Woodbridge (1991)Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation
