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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 8: Present Day Highway 7 Photographs (Stratford to Kitchener)
 Left - Abandoned Hwy 7 & 8 alignment west of New Hamburg, looking west (Photograph taken on May 4, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Abandoned Hwy 7 & 8 alignment west of New Hamburg, looking east (Photograph taken on May 4, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Another view of old Hwy 7 & 8 alignment west of New Hamburg, looking west (Photograph taken on May 4, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - End of four-lane section of Hwy 7 & 8 west of New Hamburg. From here to Stratford, most of Hwy 7 & 8 is a two-lane highway. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing east along New Hamburg Bypass (Hwy 7 & 8) approaching Waterloo Road 1 (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing west along New Hamburg Bypass (Hwy 7 & 8) approaching Waterloo Road 1 (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing east along Hwy 7 & 8 Bypass at Peel Street in New Hamburg. This section of Hwy 7 & 8 is an undivided four-lane arterial highway. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Nith River Bridge on Hwy 7 & 8 Bypass at New Hamburg. Structure completed in 1988. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - View of original Hwy 7 & 8 (Snyder's Road) in Baden, facing west (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Junction of original Hwy 7 & 8 (Snyder's Road) at the Old Baden Bypass, facing east towards Petersburg. This rather interesting intersection has changed very little since its construction in 1957, when a new highway was completed which bypassed New Hamburg and Baden. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing east towards junction of original Hwy 7 & 8 at the Old Baden Bypass (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing west towards New Hamburg along the current route of Hwy 7 & 8 from Sandhills Road Overpass near Baden (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing west along Old Baden Bypass (Gingerich Road). The current route of Hwy 7 & 8, completed in the early 1970s, lies just beyond the trees. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east along Old Baden Bypass (Gingerich Road). This was the route of Hwy 7 & 8 from the late 1950s until the early 1970s. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing west towards Baden along Old Hwy 7 & 8 (Snyder's Road) (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east towards Petersburg along Old Hwy 7 & 8 (Snyder's Road) (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)  Above - King's Highway 7 & 8 shield near Kitchener. The routing of Hwy 7 & 8 between Kitchener and Stratford is the oldest overlapped highway route in Ontario. The two highways have shared the road between these two cities since route numbering was introduced in Ontario in 1925. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing east towards Kitchener along Hwy 7 & 8 near Trussler Road (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Close-up view of Hwy 7 & 8 west of Fischer-Hallman Road. Note the change in median width near the bottom of the hill. Originally, the dual roadways of Hwy 7 & 8 converged at this point into a single roadway. When the highway was four-laned in 1993, this anomaly in the median width was retained, presumably to simplify construction staging. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing west towards New Hamburg along Hwy 7 & 8 near Trussler Road (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Aerial view of Hwy 7 & 8 facing west towards Homer Watson Boulevard Interchange in Kitchener. The inconsistent median width between Fischer-Hallman Road and Trussler Road is quite obvious in this photo. (Photograph taken on June 22, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers)  Above - Aerial view of Hwy 7 (Conestoga Parkway) and Hwy 8 Interchange in Kitchener, facing north. The new flyover to Hwy 8 East was completed in June 2004. The new flyover replaced the old loop ramp seen in the upper-left (northwest) interchange quadrant, removing one of Southwestern Ontario's most serious bottlenecks. Compare this photo with a 1970 Photo of this interchange taken shortly after the highway opened to traffic. (Photograph taken on June 22, 2005 - © Cameron Bevers) |
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