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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 west to east. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!
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Page 6: Present Day Highway 7 Photographs (Sarnia to Elginfield)
 Left - Facing east along Hwy 7 towards the Perch Creek Bridge from the Hwy 40 Junction in Sarnia. For many years, this short divided section of Hwy 7 marked the end of Hwy 402. In the 1970s, Hwy 402 was rerouted onto an entirely new alignment and extended easterly towards London. (Photograph taken on October 21, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Perch Creek Bridge on Hwy 7 near Sarnia. This structure was built in 1947 to accommodate a new four-lane highway approach to the Bluewater Bridge. The Bluewater Bridge Approach was designated as Hwy 402 in 1952. The old two-lane Hwy 7 bridge over Perch Creek was subsequently demolished, but the former bridge abutments are still visible in the bush along the southern side of the existing highway. (Photograph taken on October 21, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing east towards the Perch Creek Bridge on the Westbound Lanes of Hwy 7. In 1964, the Perch Creek Bridge was extended in order to provide wider traffic lanes, a centre median and a sidewalk on the northern side of Hwy 7. The original 1947 structure carried a four-lane undivided roadway with a sidewalk on the southern side of the highway only. (Photograph taken on October 21, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Side view of the 1947 (Eastbound Hwy 7) span over Perch Creek near Sarnia (Photograph taken on October 21, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - View underneath the Perch Creek Bridge on Hwy 7. The original 1947 structure (at right) and the 1964 extension (at left) can be easily distinguished in this photo. The 1964 span is slightly higher than the 1947 span because of a superelevated curve in the highway immediately adjacent to the bridge. (Photograph taken on October 21, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Close-up of the parapet design of the Perch Creek Bridge on Hwy 7 near Sarnia (Photograph taken on October 21, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)  Above - Former highway sign in Warwick. Following the highway downloading in 1997-1998, many municipalities marked former King's Highways with dual signage, indicating the new county road number and the old King's Highway number together with a "Formerly" tab placed in between. Many of these dual signs have been replaced over the years with stand-alone county road route markers, but a small number of the old dual signs still exist throughout the province. (Photograph taken on June 6, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Bear Creek Bridge on Hwy 7 in Warwick. Structure completed in 1931. (Photograph taken on June 6, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east towards London along Hwy 7 at Bear Creek Bridge in Warwick (Photograph taken on June 6, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing west towards Warwick along Hwy 7 at Bear Creek Bridge (Photograph taken on June 6, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - South side of Bear Creek Bridge on Hwy 7 at Warwick. This concrete bowstring truss was one of the last of this bridge design ever constructed in Ontario by the Department of Highways. Only one other concrete bowstring bridge was built in 1931, and that one was located just east of Brantford on Hwy 2 at Fairchild Creek. No more concrete bowstring bridges were ever built on an Ontario King's Highway after 1931, as this bridge type was rendered more or less obsolete with the introduction of the concrete rigid frame bridge design in Ontario. (Photograph taken on June 6, 2004 - © Cameron Bevers)  Above - Inscription on culvert on Hwy 7 & Hwy 79 in Arkona - "THE KING'S HIGHWAY 1937" (Photograph taken in March 2002 - © Cameron Bevers)  Above - Long-forgotten Hwy 7 diversion at New Ontario Road just west of Ailsa Craig (Photograph taken on May 4, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers) |
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