Red Hill Valley Parkway - Construction Photos

The Red Hill Valley Parkway opens to traffic on Friday November 15th, 2007. The Red Hill Valley Parkway was first proposed some 50 years ago, in a time when the urban freeway was king across North American cities. This project is being touted as a tool to help develop Hamilton's east side and east mountain -- of course, there have been naysayer's, those who proclaim history will remember the destruction of one of Hamilton's only truly natural valleys as the Cities greatest mistake. Only time will tell who is correct. Whatever the outcome, the city has constructed an extremely interesting freeway, that resembles its 1960s counterparts far more than its contemporary brethren. The new freeway greatly shortens travel time between East Hamilton and the East Mountain.

Photos taken September 10th, 2007
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Looking west along the Linc from the Prichard Road intersection. This is the southern boundary of the Red Hill Construction project.	View looking east towards the east end of the Linc at Mud Street.	View looking southerly towards the Mud Street interchange.	View across the 'Punch Bowl' structures. Lines were stripped along the Parkway just days before this photo was taken.
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Line paint is striped onto the Red Hill just south of the Mud Street interchange	Eastern side of the mammoth 'Punch Bowl' structures. The concrete i-beams stand about 6 feet tall.	View looking north towards the Greenhill Road interchange	Looking south towards the Queenston Road interchange. Notice the impressively curved Mount Albion Road overpass.
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Mount Albion Road crosses the Parkway just south of the King Street intersection	Looking north from the King Street overpass towards Queenston Road. Notice the close spacing of the interchanges.	Looking north along the Red Hill Valley Parkway from Queenston Road.	Two structures carry the Southbound on-ramp and off-ramps to and from Queenston Road over the Red Hill Creek.
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The completed Barton Street overpass. Note the all steel outer railing.	Southbound view across a storm water management pond from Barton Street.	Looking North from the Barton Street interchange	Looking South towards Barton Street from the CN Railway overpass.
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Looking north from the CN Railway overpass towards the QEW interchange.	This westbound view from the Centennial Parkway overpass highlights the Red Hill and QEW interchange.	View looking north at Centennial Parkway as it meets the North Service Road just beyond the ramp from the QEW to the Red Hill Valley Parkway.	Looking easterly along the QEW from Centennial Parkway. The ramps from Centennial Parkway and the Red Hill Valley Parkway run parallel to the mainline freeway for roughly 1km

Photos Taken October 28th, 2007
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Overhead guide signage for the Linc and Red Hill Valley Parkway.	The font on this ramp speed design is slightly different then what would be found on an MTO freeway.	View looking west from the northbound on-ramp to the Parkway towards the Mud Street connection.	Looking west from the Stone Church Road off-ramp towards the transition from the Linc to Mud Street.
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Mud Street and Stone Church Road intersect the Linc/Red Hill at a complicated trumpet interchange.	Another view of the interchange pictured to the left. This time showing the loop ramp which carries Mud Street to the Linc.	Overhead signage for the southbound interchange to Mud Street and Stone Church Road	Signage for the southbound split of the ramps to Mud Street and Stone Church Road
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View looking northerly at the Red Hill Valley Parkway from the on-ramp from Stone Church Road	Looking south towards the Mud Street and Stone Church Road intersection	View of the Red Hill as it crosses the large 'Punch Bowl' structures.	The City of Toronto Skyline can be seen in the distance across Lake Ontario from the top of the Red Hill Valley Parkway.
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The northern end of the concrete median along the Red Hill is located on a curve between Mud Street and Greenhill Avenue.	Overhead signage for the Greenhill Avenue interchange. Note the lack of an 8 'flowerpot' for the Queenston Road interchange.	View of the northern side of the Greenhill Avenue structure.	Green sign for Greenhill Avenue at the ramp terminal from the northbound off-ramp.
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Greenhill Avenue looking east from the western Red Hill ramp terminals. Greenhill Road ends at this diamond interchange.	View looking south along the Red Hill from the Greenhill Avenue overpass. Note the start of the southbound climbing lane.	View looking north along the southbound off-ramp from the Red Hill Valley Parkway.	Looking north along the Red Hill Valley Parkway from the Greenhill Avenue overpass.