King's Highway 7 - Images
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Photos shown in this table are arranged from West to East:
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| City of Stratford | View looking
westerly along Highway 7/8 through Downtown Stratford. Photo taken: July 2007 |
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Township of Perth East County of Perth |
Looking east from the east
limits of Stratford. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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Township of Perth East County of Perth |
Highway 7/8 curves around a
small lake to create this very pleasant scene. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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Township of Perth East County of Perth |
View looking
west from Highway 59 in Shakespear. Photo taken: August 1st, 2004 |
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Township of Perth East County of Perth |
Easterly view
from Highway 59 along Highway 7/8. Photo taken: August 1st, 2004. |
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Township of Perth East County of Perth |
The drive from New Hamburg to
Stratford is very pleasant, despite the long lines of traffic that drivers
inevitably encounter. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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Township of Perth East County of Perth |
View of the New Hamburg CPR
overhead -- looking east. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Easterly view at the western
start of the New Hamburg By-pass. Traffic signals were added to this
intersection in 2007. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking easterly
approaching the Peel Street intersection. The New Hamburg By-pass was
reconstructed during 2006 and 2007 improving the pavement condition and
intersection geometry. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking
west towards Peel Street. Photo taken: August 1st, 2004. |
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Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Temporarily mounted traffic
signals at the Bleams Road interchange. Unlike neighbouring
Michigan, traffic signals are
very seldom mounted on overhead wires. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking westerly from
Waterloo Road 5. The New Hamburg By-pass was completed in 1957 to
avoid a very awkward routing through the town. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking easterly at the
west end of the divided highway at the eastern end of the New Hamburg
By-pass. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking westerly from
Sandhills Road towards New Hamburg and Waterloo Road 51. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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| Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking easterly from
Sandhills Road. Despite the high design standard, Highway 7/8 is only
posted at 90km/h. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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| Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
This picture is looking west off of the Waterloo
Road 12 overpass west of the city of Kitchener. Before the mid-1990s
the 4-lane divided expressway ended at this interchange, only to restart as
an at grade 4-lane undivided expressway a few kilometres west near New
Hamburg. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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| Township of Wilmot Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking easterly from
the Waterloo Road 12 interchange. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
This view looks west towards
the Trussler Road interchange along Highway 7/8. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Easterly view of Highway 7/8
towards the Fischer Hallman Road interchange. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
This photo shows Highway 7/8 looking west from
the Fisher-Hallman Road overpass in Kitchener. The carriageways split
in the foreground only to rejoin a short distance later, the only reason
that I can think of for why the carriages way split and rejoin in this
fashion, is that in the early 1990s the divided Highway 7/8 ended here.
Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Easterly view of the
Conestoga Parkway from Fischer Hallman Road. The MTO is in preliminary
design to widen the Parkway from Fischer Hallman Road easterly to Courtland
Road. Photo taken: June 10th, 2005. |
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 7/8 looking west towards the Courtland
Avenue. interchange from the pedestrian overpass just east of Courtland
Avenue. West of Courtland Avenue, Highway
7/8 has a 4-lane cross-section westerly to
New Hamburg. Picture taken: September 18th, 2005. Size: 45kb. |
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 7/8 looking east from the same pedestrian
overpass as the previous picture. The Highway 7/8 interchange is located about 500m east of
this overpass. Highway
7/8 has a 6-lane cross section between
Courtland Avenue and Highway 8-East. Picture taken: September 18th, 2005. Size: 45kb. |
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
The advanced signage for the
Highway 8 split
from the Conestoga heading eastbound.
Highway 8 leads currently leads
to Highway 401. Before provincial downloading,
Highway 8 continued
eastwards through Cambridge and into Hamilton. Picture taken: August 1st, 2004. Size: 45kb. |
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
At the eastern Highway 7/8
split the left three most lanes continue eastbound for Highway 7 (and
towards Highway 85). Highway 8 departs
to the Highway 8 freeway via a directional
ramp posted at 50km/h. Picture taken: August 1st, 2004. Size: 30kb. |
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| Highway 8 heads east from Kitchener to Highway 401, Cambridge and finally Hamilton. Click here for Highway 8 images. | |||
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Overhead signage denoting the split for Highway 8
eastbound, from Westbound Highway 7. This interchange was recently
reconstructed, with a new flyover replacing the former loop-ramp for this
movement. Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Advanced signage for the upcoming Highway 8
split from Westbound Highway 7. Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 45kb. |
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Looking west along Highway 7 from the Ottawa
Street overpass in Kitchener. Ottawa Street is the only interchange
along Highway 7 between Highways 8 and
85. Picture taken: September 18th, 2005. |
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 7 looking north from the Ottawa Street
overpass. Highway 7 has an eight-lane cross-section between Highways 8
and 85. This portion of the Conestoga Expressway was widened from
four- to eight-lanes in 2000. Picture taken: September 18th, 2005. |
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City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Diagaramical sign located just north of the
Ottawa Street overpass. This sign denotes the Highway upcoming Highway
7/85 split. Picture taken: April 16th, 2004. Size: 60kb. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Advanced warning sign for the Highway 7/85 split
driving eastbound. At this interchange, the Conestoga Parkway has a
short C-D system. The core (through lanes) become
Highway 85, where as
the distributor lanes provide access to both the Highway 7 and Wellington
Road interchanges. Picture taken: April 16th, 2004. Size: 35kb. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Sign denoting the start of the short C-D on the
Conestoga. Highway 85 begins ahead shortly. Highway 7 bound
traffic must be in the right two lanes at this point to head towards Guelph. Picture taken: April 16th, 2004. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
View looking westerly as
night falls on the Parkway near Fredrick Street. Photo taken: August 2nd, 2007. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Easterly view towards
Fredrick Street at dusk. Photo taken: August 2nd, 2007. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
This picture is looking west from
Fredrick Street down upon Highway 7. This picture showcases the
southern beginning of the short collector-distributor (C-D) system that runs
from Fredrick street northwards to Guelph Street. Picture taken September 24th, 2005. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 7 looking east from the Frederick Street
overpass. Notice the Highway 7 slip ramps shown on both the extreme
left and extreme right sides of the photo. North of this interchange,
the Conestoga Parkway is designated as Highway 85. Picture taken: September 24th, 2005. Size: 50kb. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Highway 7 exits from the Conestoga Expressway at
this interchange. At the end of this ramp, to stay on Highway 7, turn
left on Bruce Street, and then right on Victoria Street. Highway 7 heads east out of Kitchener on Victoria
Street, which is a busy conventional city street through eastern Kitchener. Picture taken: January 21st, 2005. Size: 45kb. |
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| City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
An interesting view of the
ramps connecting Highway 7 (Victoria Street) to the Parkway. The ramps
before the freeway carry Stratford-bound traffic onto the freeway, while the
ramps on the other side of the freeway carry traffic bound for Guelph
towards Victoria Street. Photo taken: August 2nd, 2007. |
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| Highway 85 continues northerly along the Parkway from Highway 7 to the north end of Waterloo. Click here for Highway 85 images. | |||
| Guelph to Thornhill Images available here | |||
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