In spite of the fact that Victoria County ceased to exist in 2001, signs for Victoria County Rd 32 were still present on Highway 115 south of Peterborough last summer.
Photo taken July 2011
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A semi-random collection of my photos and thoughts regarding highways and transportation, with particular focus on Ontario.
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est. 2009
By: Chris Beach
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~ Thursday, February 23 ~
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~ Saturday, February 18 ~
Sign on Highway 35/115 denoting the location where the 407 extension will come in. Currently that’s slated to happen by 2020, when the 407 will offer a northern bypass of the communities in southern Durham Region.
Photo taken May 2011
~ Monday, September 26 ~
Exit’s coming up, better move over!
Reassurance sign along west bound 401. Given the proximity of the Hwy 403 interchange and traffic coming in there it makes some sense, but it is still a rather excessive warning.
Photo taken October 2009
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~ Friday, April 15 ~
Looking north along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, approaching the MD-197 exit. The Parkway is a pleasure to drive- running through forested areas, with stone and wood guiderails and no transports. A definite pleasure compared to the parallel I-95, and more convenient when accessing DC from BWI Airport.
This photo also shows the unique signage along the Parkway, using unconventional fonts and a white-on-brown colour scheme. Certainly a unique road.
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~ Wednesday, March 23 ~
Protest sign in Shakespeare on Highway 7/8. One of the proposals for the upgrades to to that road called for it to be widened through the community. Needless to say there was substantial opposition to that. The most recent preferred option I’ve seen has the town bypassed to the south, so seemingly the opposition were able to sway MTO on that.
Photo taken January 2011
~ Sunday, January 30 ~
A quick fix for a route redesignation? Oxford County took the cheapest way out when they needed to change this sign for former Highway 2. thankfully this sign, which was on former Highway 53 approaching 2 at Eastwood, has been replaced by a properly designed one.
Scanned from print, photo taken May 2004
~ Sunday, July 4 ~
Given the control cities you could describe this as Ontario’s most “European” reassurance sign. Highway 5 westbound, leaving the Hwy 6 junction at Clappison’s Corners.
photo taken November 2009
~ Sunday, April 18 ~
For those familiar with the whole “Clearview vs. Highway Gothic” font debate, this should provide a laugh. This is on Highway 3, near Tillsonburg.
Photo taken July 2007
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~ Friday, October 30 ~
A wrong-way multiplex of Québec highways 101 and 117, near Rouyn-Noranda.
~ Monday, October 26 ~
Awesomely non-standard sign in Niagara Falls.
photo taken October 2009
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