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This page contains historical photos of Ontario's King's Highway 403 dating from 1980 to 1989. All photographs displayed on
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Page 2: Historical King's Highway 403 Photographs (1980-1989)
Left - Facing north across the King Road Overpass on Hwy 403 in Burlington (October 29, 1980) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Hwy 403 at the Desjardins Canal Bridge, facing west towards Downtown Hamilton. Photo taken on December 9, 1980. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Heart Lake Road (Tomken Road) Underpass on Hwy 401 and Hwy 403 in Mississauga. See an
Enlarged Photo here. Photo taken on December 5, 1980. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2015) Right - Heart Lake Road (Tomken Road) Underpass on Hwy 403 and Hwy 401 in Mississauga in 1980. The high-level ramp carries the eastbound lanes of Hwy 403 over Heart Lake Road, while the ramp below carries traffic from eastbound Hwy 401 to nearby Dixie Road across Heart Lake Road. See an Enlarged Photo here. Photo taken on December 5, 1980. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2015) 
Left - Facing west across the Aberdeen Avenue Overpass on Hwy 403 in Hamilton (June 26, 1981) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Facing west along Westbound Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 (King Street) at the Hwy 403 Interchange in Downtown Hamilton. Photo taken in July, 1981. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Hwy 403 at the Macklin Street Underpass in Downtown Hamilton (October 2, 1981) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Macklin Street Underpass on Westbound Hwy 403 in Downtown Hamilton (October 2, 1981) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Macklin Street Underpass on Eastbound Hwy 403 in Downtown Hamilton (October 2, 1981) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - West-to-North Ramp Flyover on Hwy 403 at the Hwy 6 Interchange in Burlington (August, 1982) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Facing north across the Lemonville Road Overpass on Hwy 403 in Burlington (September, 1982) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Facing east along Westbound Hwy 403 at the Desjardins Canal Bridge in Hamilton. Photo taken in November, 1982. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Facing east towards Burlington along Eastbound Hwy 403 at the Desjardins Canal Bridge in Hamilton (November, 1982) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Facing east along Mohawk Road from the Hwy 403 Interchange in Ancaster in 1983. This road has changed quite dramatically since this photo was taken. See a Present Day Photo here. The Lincoln Alexander Parkway was built along this section of Mohawk Road in the 1990s. The old route of Mohawk Road, seen climbing the hill in the background, wasn't needed for the new freeway alignment and was closed off before it reached Hwy 403. Once it was completed, the Lincoln Alexander Parkway provided a new high-speed freeway connection across Hamilton Mountain. The present day Meadowlands Shopping Centre is located where the fields are seen on the right-hand side of this photo. Photo taken on May 30, 1983. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Mohawk Road Overpass on Hwy 403 in Ancaster (May 30, 1983) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Facing east along Eastbound Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 (Main Street) at the Hwy 403 Interchange in Hamilton (June 7, 1983) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Facing east along Hwy 403 from the Macklin Street Underpass in Downtown Hamilton (June 9, 1983) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Disused Macklin Street Underpass on Hwy 403 in Downtown Hamilton (June 9, 1983) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Ramp from Westbound Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 (King Street) to Westbound Hwy 403 in Hamilton (June 9, 1983) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Facing west along Westbound Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 (King Street) at the Hwy 403 Interchange in Hamilton (June 9, 1983) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Ramp "J" Overpass in Downtown Hamilton, carrying traffic from Westbound Hwy 403 to Eastbound Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 (June 9, 1983) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Facing east along Westbound Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 (King Street) at the Hwy 403 Interchange in Hamilton (June 9, 1983) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Facing east along Hwy 403 approaching the Hwy 6 Interchange in Burlington. Photo taken in August, 1984. See an
Enlarged Photo here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Facing west towards Downtown Hamilton along Eastbound Hwy 403 at the Desjardins Canal Bridge. Photo taken in October, 1984. See an Enlarged Photo here. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Facing west towards Downtown Hamilton along Westbound Hwy 403 at the Desjardins Canal Bridge (October, 1984) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Hwy 403 at Cootes Paradise near the York Boulevard Interchange in Hamilton. Note the cedar post and cable median barrier. Photo taken in October, 1984. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Facing east along Hwy 2 & Hwy 6 (York Boulevard) at the Hwy 403 Interchange in Hamilton (October, 1984) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Aberdeen Avenue Overpass on Hwy 403 in Hamilton, facing west (May 24, 1985) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Aberdeen Avenue Overpass on Hwy 403 in Hamilton (May 24, 1985) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Ramp "D" Overpass on Hwy 403 in Hamilton, carrying traffic from Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 to Eastbound Hwy 403 (May 24, 1985) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Eastbound Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 (Main Street) Overpass on Hwy 403 in Hamilton, facing west towards Ancaster (May 24, 1985) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Facing west towards Ancaster across the Mohawk Road Overpass on Hwy 403 (July, 1985) (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Facing east along the eastbound Hwy 401 exit ramp to Dixie Road at the bridge over Tomken Road (Site #24-331). The top-level structure above
(Site #24-317) carries the ramp from the eastbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes to the eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes across Tomken Road and the eastbound Hwy 401 exit ramp
to Dixie Road. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on October 3, 1985. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) Right - View of the westbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes at the Tomken Road Underpass (Site #24-314) in Mississauga, facing west. At the time this photo was taken in 1985, all westbound Hwy 401 traffic followed this roadway as the adjacent Hwy 401 Express Lanes has not been constructed yet. The top level flyover seen above (Site #24-315) carries the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes westerly towards the Mississauga City Centre. Construction got underway in 1977 on two of the ramp connections between Hwy 401 and Hwy 403. Under Contract #1976-120, the flyovers carrying the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes over both the eastbound and westbound lanes of Hwy 401 were constructed, along with the eastbound flyover for the Hwy 403 Collector Lanes across Tomken Road and the eastbound Hwy 401 exit ramp to Dixie Road. The flyover carrying the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes over the proposed Hwy 401 Express Lanes was built under a subsequent construction project. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in October 9, 1985. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) 
Left - Facing west across the newly-opened flyover on the westbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes over the eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes (Site #24-466). This new
flyover was built as part of the construction of the Hwy 403 Express Lanes from the Hwy 401 Interchange westerly to the vicinity of the Eglinton Avenue Interchange in
Mississauga. The structure itself was built under Contract #1982-108, but it wasn't opened to traffic until 1984 due to the complicated construction sequencing at
this interchange. It was not possible to open the bridge to traffic until the westbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes were completed to Matheson Boulevard under Contract
#1983-68. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on November 20, 1985. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) Right - View of the new flyover on the eastbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes crossing the future northbound lanes of Hwy 410 (Site #24-463) in 1985. This structure was constructed under Contract #1982-107, but wasn't opened to traffic until 1985. Interestingly, this structure did not initially span any road and in fact was not even fully excavated underneath until the ramp connections between Hwy 403 and Hwy 410 were constructed underneath Hwy 401 in the early 1990s. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in November 20, 1985. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) 
Left - View of the new flyover on the westbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes crossing the future northbound lanes of Hwy 410 (Site #24-464) in 1985. Similar to other
bridges at this interchange, this structure was constructed under Contract #1982-107 but sat unopened until 1984. During design of this interchange, provisions were
made for a future Hwy 403 Express-to-Collector Basketweave Transfer. This proposed transfer was roughed in, but was never actually built. Note the engineer in the
background, standing behind the concrete barrier at the point where the future basketweave transfer would have departed from the westbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes.
Under a subsequent construction contract, a simple Express-to-Collector Transfer Lane was built downstream of this location without a basketweave structure provided.
See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken in November 20, 1985. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) Right - View of the westbound Hwy 401 exit ramp to Hwy 403 & Hwy 410 over the Dixie Road Ramp Basketweave structure (Site #24-330) in 1986. Here, the sub-collector lanes from Dixie Road to the westbound Hwy 401 pass below the exit ramps to Hwy 403 & Hwy 410. Also, note that at the time this photo was taken in 1986, the westbound Hwy 401 Express-Collector Lane System collapsed into a single westbound roadway at right. It wasn't until the early 1990s that the Hwy 401 Express Lanes were completed to a point west of the Hwy 410 Interchange. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on September 24, 1986. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2011) 
Left - Facing east across the flyover carrying the eastbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes over Tomken Road and Dixie Road exit ramp (Site #24-317). This was one of
several bridges built under Contract #1976-120 as part of the connections between Hwy 403 and Hwy 401. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on September 24, 1986. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) Right - View of the new flyover carrying the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes over the proposed Hwy 401 Express Lanes (Site #24-329) in Mississauga in 1986. When this ramp to Hwy 403 was initially built in the 1970s, only the flyovers crossing the existing lanes of Hwy 401 were built. Although planned for future construction, a decision was made at that time not to construct the flyover for the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes over the proposed Hwy 401 Express Lanes until a later date. This decision ultimately created a construction sequencing problem, as it was not possible to build the structure over the Hwy 401 Express Lanes while this ramp to Hwy 403 was open to traffic. Accordingly, construction had to be accelerated on the westbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes in order for that roadway to serve as a detour for all westbound Hwy 403 traffic. The westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes were temporarily closed for a period in 1984-1985 in order to allow construction of this flyover, which was carried out under Contract #1983-68. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on October 7, 1986. 
Left - Facing east across the flyover carrying the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes over the eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes (Site #24-318) in 1986. This
was one of two flyover structures constructed across Hwy 401 under Contract #1976-120 on the westbound ramp to Hwy 403. Both structures were completed in 1977, with
the centre bridge over the Hwy 401 Express Lanes completed in 1984. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on October 7, 1986. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) Right - View of the flyover on the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes over the future northbound lanes of Hwy 410 (Site #24-326). This structure was built under Contract #1978-60, and interestingly, did not span any roadway until the connections between Hwy 403 and Hwy 410 were constructed in the early 1990s. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on October 7, 1986. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) 
Left - Rehabilitation of the Westbound Hwy 403 Desjardins Canal Bridge in Hamilton. Photo taken in November 1986. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - New waterproofing membrane on the Westbound Hwy 403 Desjardins Canal Bridge in Hamilton. Photo taken in November 1986. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Facing east across the Ramp "D" Overpass on Hwy 403 in Hamilton. Photo taken on May 5, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Ramp "D" Overpass on Hwy 403 in Hamilton, facing west towards Dundas. Photo taken on May 5, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - View of the flyover on the westbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes crossing the future northbound lanes of Hwy 410 (Site #24-464). An overhead freeway guide
sign was installed for the upcoming Express-to-Collector Transfer Lane, which initially just listed the Eglinton Avenue Interchange. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on July 17, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) Right - Facing west across the flyover carrying the westbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes over the eastbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes (Site #24-466). See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on July 17, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) 
Left - View of the flyover on the westbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes crossing the future Hwy 401 Express Lanes (Site #24-467). This structure was built across
Tomken Road and the proposed Hwy 401 Express Lanes under Contract #1982-108. This structure was opened to traffic in 1984, along the remainder of the new
westbound Hwy 403 Express Lanes between Hwy 401 and Matheson Boulevard. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on July 17, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) Right - Facing west along the westbound lanes of Hwy 401 at the Tomken Road Underpass (Site #24-314) in Mississauga. The top-level structure above (Site #24-315) carries the ramp from the westbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes to the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes across Tomken Road and the westbound Hwy 401 Collector Lanes. A vintage yellow-and-black "This Lane Ends 200 m" sign can be seen at right. Although commonly seen along Ontario's freeways up until the 1980s, these unconventional warning signs were phased out and replaced with the current diamond-shaped warning signs that we see out on the highways today. Instead of having the "Lane Ends" message conveyed in text, newer signs show this information graphically. Over the decades, traffic engineers have attempted to minimize the use of text on signs whenever it can be substituted by a commonly-understood graphical representation of the intended message. See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on July 17, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) 
Left - Facing east along Hwy 403 at the Hwy 6 Interchange in Burlington. See
an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on July 21, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Old Hwy 6 Overpass at Hwy 403 in Burlington. Photo taken on July 21, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Westbound Hwy 403 Exit Ramp to Main Street in Hamilton (Ramp "J"). Note that the off-ramp has now been painted with two lanes. Photo taken on November 19, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Ramp "J" Overpass at the Eastbound Hwy 2 & Hwy 8 (Main Street) Interchange on Hwy 403 in Downtown Hamilton. Photo taken on November 19, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Facing east along Ramp "J" at the Main Street Interchange in Hamilton. Photo taken on November 19, 1987. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Ramp "N" Underpass at Hwy 2 (York Boulevard) in Hamilton, carrying traffic from Northbound Hwy 6 to Eastbound Hwy 403. Photo taken on July 12, 1988. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Approaching the York Boulevard Interchange (Old Hwy 6) on Hwy 403, facing west towards Downtown Hamilton. Photo taken on August 31, 1988. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Traffic jam on the York Boulevard Exit Ramp (Old Hwy 6) from Hwy 403 in Hamilton. Photo taken on August 31, 1988. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Hwy 403 at the Desjardins Canal Bridge, facing west towards Downtown Hamilton. Photo taken on August 31, 1988. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Rehabilitated Desjardins Canal Bridge on Westbound Hwy 403 in Hamilton. Photo taken on August 31, 1988. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) 
Left - Depressed grass median on Hwy 403 at the King & Main Street Interchange in Downtown Hamilton in 1989. When Hwy 403 was originally
constructed in the 1960s, some sections of the freeway did not have a median barrier. During the late 1990s, a continuous concrete median barrier was
constructed along Hwy 403 through Downtown Hamilton, in conjunction with the installation of a new high-mast illumination system. Photo taken on July 17,
1989. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2012) Right - Facing west across the flyover carrying the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes over the future Hwy 401 Express Lanes (Site #24-329). See an Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on August 9, 1989. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025) 
Above - Future site of the Hwy 401 Express Lanes below the flyover carrying the westbound Hwy 403 Collector Lanes (Site #24-329), facing east towards Dixie
Road. Construction began on the Hwy 401 Express Lanes through the Hwy 403 and Hwy 410 Interchange in the Spring of 1993 under Contract #1993-45. See an
Enlarged Photo Here. Photo taken on August 9, 1989. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation - © King's Printer for Ontario, 2025)
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