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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 east to west. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image!
Please note that all photographs displayed on this
website are protected by copyright. These photographs must not be reproduced, published,
electronically stored or copied, distributed, or posted onto other websites without
my written permission. If you want to use photos from this website, please
email me first for permission. Thank-you!
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Present Day Highway 83 Photographs
 Left - Facing east along Hwy 83 towards Russeldale at Flat Creek Bridge (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Northern side of Flat Creek Bridge on Hwy 83. Structure completed in 1949. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Gardiner's Grove on Hwy 83 was once the site of an MTO Picnic Area (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - The former entrance to this abandoned picnic area lies behind the orange fence (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - The Gardiner's Grove Picnic Area was closed in the 1990s, but traces of the old roadways through the park are still faintly visible. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Sign commemorating the planting of Gardiner's Grove in 1937 (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing east along Hwy 83 towards Russeldale at Ausable River Bridge east of Exeter (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Southern side of Ausable River Bridge on Hwy 83. Structure completed in 1938. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Close-up of parapet design on Ausable River Bridge. The parapets of this structure were replaced during a recent bridge rehabilitation project, but are at least somewhat similar to the original design. All too often, older steel bridge parapets are replaced with ugly concrete Jersey Barriers, which seriously detract from the bridge's overall aesthetic and historic appeal. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Northern side of Ausable River Bridge on Hwy 83 east of Exeter. At a length of 65 feet (20 metres), this bridge was one of the longest concrete rigid frame structures built in Ontario during the 1930s. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing east along Hwy 83 towards Exeter at Ausable River Bridge (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Northern side of Ausable River steel truss bridge on Hwy 83. Structure completed in 1949. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - The Ausable River Bridge on Hwy 83 west of Exeter is a Warren type steel truss bridge (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Southern side of Ausable River Bridge on Hwy 83 west of Exeter (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Facing west along Hwy 83 towards Grand Bend at Ausable River Bridge (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Bridge manufacturer's plaque on the Ausable River Bridge on Hwy 83 west of Exeter. Note that the manufacturing date was 1947, two years before the bridge was opened to traffic. This situation was common in Ontario in the late 1940s, as post-war shortages of materials and labour often resulted in construction project delays. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Northern side of Ausable River Bridge on Hwy 83 west of Exeter (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Facing east towards Exeter at the Black River Bridge (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - Parapet design of the Black River Bridge on Hwy 83 west of Exeter (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Southern side of the Black River Bridge. Structure completed in 1948. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) 
 Left - A 1947-dated catch basin/storm drain cover on the Black River Bridge (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) Right - Northern side of the Black River Bridge on Hwy 83 west of Exeter (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)  Above - Stylish curved parapet of Black River Bridge on Hwy 83 near Exeter (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers)  Above - Close-up of curved parapet of the Black River Bridge on Hwy 83. Modest decorative features such as this are so simple to incorporate into bridge designs, yet they seldom are these days. It is very unfortunate that the style and imagination that went into bridge design in the first half of the 20th Century were carelessly tossed aside over the past five decades in the interest of uniformity, minimalism and gratuitous economy. (Photograph taken on October 7, 2006 - © Cameron Bevers) |
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