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City of Welland Regional Municipality of Niagara |
View looking southerly as Highway 406 passes over the Welland River on a
long sweeping curve. Photo taken: April 2nd, 2008. |
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City of Welland Regional Municipality of Niagara |
View looking northerly along the 406 towards the Merrit Road junction.
Photo taken: April 2nd, 2008. |
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City of Thorold Regional Municipality of Niagara |
View looking southerly along Highway 406 as the highway approaches the
Merritt Road intersection. Highway 58 departs Highway 406 at this
junction leading through Downtown Welland. This is the first traffic
signal located on Highway 406 south of the freeway segment.
Photo taken: July 9th, 2007. Low-res: 45kb. High-res: 175kb. |
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City of Thorold Regional Municipality of Niagara |
Looking north along Highway 406 towards the Port Robinson Road at-grade
intersection. Between East Main Street and Port Robinson Road, Highway
406 has a concrete driving surface (the end of which is pictured in the
photo).
Picture taken: July 7th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Thorold Regional
Municipality of Niagara |
This sign denotes the upcoming southern terminus of Highway 406 at the East
Main Street junction. East Main Street is located about 5km ahead.
Until quite recently (1997) Highway 406 ended at junction with Merritt Road
(located a few hundred metres southerly) only to restart at Woodlawn Road,
on the opposite side of the Old Welland Canal.
Picture size: 50kb. |
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City of Thorold Regional Municipality of Niagara |
This picture shows Highway 406 looking south towards the Port Robinson Road
intersection. Port Robinson Road will mark the southern end of the
current freewayalization project. Picture taken: July 7th, 2005.
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| City of Thorold Regional
Municipality of Niagara |
View looking northerly at the new southern end of the divided highway, just
to the north of the Port Robinson Road intersection. Photo taken: October
22nd, 2007. Low-res: 60kb. High-res: 220kb. |
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| City of Thorold Regional
Municipality of Niagara |
Southbound overhead gantry denoting the southern end of the divided freeway.
Notice the Divided Highway ends sign is written in text, rather then a
pictogram sign. Photo taken: October
22nd, 2007. Low-res: 60kb. High-res: 250kb. |
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| City of Thorold Regional
Municipality of Niagara |
Centre-line view of Highway 406 looking south from the Highway 20
interchange. Highway 20 intersects Highway 406 via a parclo a-2
interchange. Photo taken: October
22nd, 2007. Low-res: 65kb. High-res: 235kb. |
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| City of Thorold Regional
Municipality of Niagara |
Northbound view of Highway 406 from the Highway 20 interchange.
Surprisingly, the northbound lanes of Highway 406 were only resurfaced in
the immediate vicinity of the former Highway 20 intersection, and not for
the entire length of the project.
Photo taken: October
22nd, 2007. Low-res: 75kb. High-res: 260kb. |
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| City of Thorold Regional
Municipality of Niagara |
Drivers view of the new signage denoting the Highway 20 exit. Photo taken:
April 2nd, 2008. |
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| City of Thorold Regional
Municipality of Niagara |
View looking north along the 406 from the site of the former railway
overhead. The railway overhead was demolished and replaced with a new
culvert. The railway was abandoned several years ago and is now a
multiuse trail facility.
Photo taken: October
22nd, 2007. Low-res: 55kb. High-res: 205kb. |
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City of Thorold Regional Municipality of Niagara |
View looking southerly as the freeway crosses Lake Gibson from the Decew
Road overpass. Photo taken: September 20th, 2006. Low-res: 60kb. High-res:
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City of Thorold Regional Municipality of Niagara |
This view looks northerly towards St. Catharines from he Decew Road
overpass. Photo taken: September 20th, 2006. Low-res: 65kb. High-res:
240kb. |
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City of Thorold Regional Municipality of Niagara |
Overhead advanced sign for the upcoming and very large
Highway 58 interchange. Photo taken: September 20th, 2006. Low-res:
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City of Thorold Regional Municipality of Niagara |
View looking northerly at the signage for the Highway 58 interchange.
as is often the case, the overhead sign that previously existed at this
location was replaced with a semi-permanently
mounted ground sign that is much too small a sign for a large systems interchange.
Photo taken: September 20th, 2006. Low-res: 50kb. High-res:
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City of Thorold Regional Municipality of Niagara |
Signage for St. David's Road East from Highway 406-south. The
interchange between St. David's Road and Highway 406 is tightly intertwined
with the Highway 58/406 interchange. Picture taken: July 9th, 2007.
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City of St. Catharines Regional Municipality of Niagara |
Butterfly gantry for Highway 406 at the ramp to St. David's Road West.
St. David's Road meets Highway 406 at a parclo b4 interchange. There
are only a handful of interchanges with this design in the province.
Picture taken: July 9th, 2007. Low-res: 35kb. High-res: 115kb. |
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Highway 58 leads to the east side of the Welland
Canal before rejoining Highway 406 at the Highway 20 interchange a short
distance southerly.
Click here for Highway 58 images. |
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City of St. Catharines Regional Municipality of Niagara |
This view looks southerly towards the Glendale avenue interchange from the
CN Railway overhead.
Picture taken: July 9th, 2007. Low-res: 75kb. High-res: 260kb. |
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City of St. Catharines Regional Municipality of Niagara |
View looking northerly CN Railway overhead towards Downtown St. Catharines.
Photo taken: September 20th, 2006. Low-res: 65kb. High-res:
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City of St. Catharines Regional Municipality of Niagara |
a southerly view of the CNR overhead. Concrete rigid frame girder
structures is an uncommon design for a freeway constructed in the 1960s.
Rigid frames were most common along freeways constructed in the 1950s.
Photo taken: September 20th, 2006. Low-res: 50kb. High-res: 180kb. |
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City of St. Catharines Regional Municipality of Niagara |
View looking southerly from the Westchester Drive overpass in St.
Catharines. Highway 406 has an 80km/h speed limit between Westchester
Drive and Fourth Avenue, due to some very sharp curves and overall tight
geometry.
Upper photo taken: September 20th, 2006.
Lower photo taken: April 2nd, 2008. |
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City of St. Catharines Regional Municipality of Niagara |
Looking north along the 406 from Westchester Drive. Highway 406 skirts
the south side of Downtown St. Catharines. Until 1982, Highway 406
terminated at this interchange with the long ramp from Highway 406 north to
Geneva Street.
Upper photo taken: September 20th, 2006.
Lower photo taken: April 2nd, 2008. |
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City of St. Catharines Regional Municipality of Niagara |
Brand new partial overhead sign in advance of the Winchester Road overpass.
Notice the new and rather substantial barrier that has been installed to
protect the Burgoyne Bridge pier. Picture taken: July 9th, 2007.
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City of St. Catharines Regional Municipality of Niagara |
View looking southerly from the Third Avenue overpass in the former township
of Louth. Photo taken: September 20th, 2006. Low-res: 50kb. High-res:
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City of St. Catharines Regional Municipality of Niagara |
View looking northerly from the Third Avenue overpass towards the QEW
interchange. Photo taken: September 20th, 2006. Low-res: 65kb. High-res: 220kb. |
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Highway 406 ends at a trumpet
interchange with the QEW in western St. Catharines.
Click
here for QEW images. |
