"Oh, good Lord! A highwayman!" -J.L. Picard


A semi-random collection of my photos and thoughts regarding highways and transportation, with particular focus on Ontario.

Links to check out:
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OntHighways - Scott Steeves' unrivaled collection of present-day Ontario Highway photos and information.

est. 2009
By: Chris Beach
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~ Sunday, September 11 ~
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A little departure today. It’s at a ferry dock, but I wanted to use this photo today for the obvious reasons. I took this photo just before my class got on the ferry in Jersey City. After taking the ferry across the river and went up the World Trade Center. I was always interested in the WTC towers from when I was a kid, and am glad I was able to visit them at least once. Of course, my own little experience pales in gravity to the events of ten years ago today. RIP to all the victims of that terrible tragedy. Scan from print, photo taken November 1999

A little departure today. It’s at a ferry dock, but I wanted to use this photo today for the obvious reasons.

I took this photo just before my class got on the ferry in Jersey City. After taking the ferry across the river and went up the World Trade Center. I was always interested in the WTC towers from when I was a kid, and am glad I was able to visit them at least once.

Of course, my own little experience pales in gravity to the events of ten years ago today. RIP to all the victims of that terrible tragedy.

Scan from print, photo taken November 1999

Tags: Foreign Fridays New York State New York City ferry New Jersey World Trade Center
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~ Tuesday, November 17 ~
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Keeping with the theme of the last post, this is the Rainbow Bridge between Niagara Falls and its NY State counterpart. photo taken October 2009

Keeping with the theme of the last post, this is the Rainbow Bridge between Niagara Falls and its NY State counterpart.

photo taken October 2009

Tags: Hwy 420 border crossings Niagara Falls Niagara RM New York State
~ Saturday, November 14 ~
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Directing motorists on the QEW to the multiple bridges over to New York State. One of only a few places where specific cities outside of Ontario are used on an MTO directional sign. photo taken October 2009

Directing motorists on the QEW to the multiple bridges over to New York State. One of only a few places where specific cities outside of Ontario are used on an MTO directional sign.

photo taken October 2009

Tags: Border Crossings Niagara RM QEW Hwy 420 Hwy 405 New York State
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