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King's Highway 169 - Images

Photos shown in this table are arranged from South to North:

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Highway 169 ends at Highway 12 between Orillia and Beaverton.  Click here for Highway 12 images.
Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

View looking southerly at the southern terminus of Highway 169 at the Highway 12 junction.

Photo taken: June 5th, 2012.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Southerly view as Highway 169 rounds a sharp curve just before the end of the highway at Highway 12.

Photo taken: June 5th, 2012.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Distance signage for Gravenhurst just north of Highway 12.  There are not any notable settlements along Highway 169 through Simcoe County.  Highway 169 serves traffic as a high-speed link for motorists between Durham Region and Muskoka District.
Photo taken: June 5th, 2012.
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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Ends assembly in advance of the Highway 12 junction.

Photo taken: June 5th, 2012.
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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Northerly view along Highway 169 from just north of the Highway 12 intersection.  A large late afternoon storm cloud had blown in from Lake Simcoe when this photo was taken; casting the pastoral countryside of northern Simcoe County in shadow.
Photo taken: June 5th, 2012.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Southerly view along Highway 169 from just south of the Black River Bridge

Photo taken: September 3rd, 2013.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Northerly view across the Black River Bridge.

Photo taken: September 3rd, 2013.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

The Black River Bridge is typical of 1950s era steel bridges with the exception of the concrete railings which were added during a rehabilitation project completed in 1989.

Photo taken: September 3rd, 2013.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Southerly view across the Black River Bridge.

Photo taken: September 3rd, 2013.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Two views northerly as Highway 169 passes overtop of the Severn River south of Washago.  The Trent-Severn Waterway does not follow this arm of the Severn River, instead following a dredged channel that by-passes a winding part of the river.

Photos taken: September 3rd, 2013.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Side view of the Servern River truss bridge.  A steel cage has been installed along this bridge, presumably to discourage people from diving or fishing from the highway bridge.

Photo taken: September 3rd, 2013.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Before the truss bridge was constructed, traffic used this single lane concrete barrel arch bridge which stands immediately adjacent to the existing truss bridge.

Photo taken: September 3rd, 2013.

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Township of Ramara

County of Simcoe

Southerly view across the Severn River truss bridge.

Photo taken: September 3rd, 2013.

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Township of Severn

County of Simcoe

View looking southerly along Highway 169 from just south of the Highway 11 overpass.  The intersection in this photo links Highway 169 to the east side of the Highway 11 RIRO expressway.

Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.  Size: 120kb.

Township of Severn

County of Simcoe

View looking southerly from the Highway 169 overpass along Highway 11.  The southern Highway 11/169 ramp is a bit of a mix between a trumpet interchange and a typical RIRO interchange.  Notice the guidance measures directing traffic around the loop ramp on the right hand side of the photo.
Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.  Low Res: 90kb.

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South of Highway 169, Highway 11 continues to Orillia and now terminates at Highway 400.  Click here for Highway 11-South images.
Township of Severn

County of Simcoe

View looking northerly along Highway 11/169 from the southern Highway 169 overpass.  The Washago By-pass was completed in 1955 as a controlled access highway.  Because the Washago By-pass is a controlled access highway, it lacks private driveways and this short section of highway can be considered a full freeway.
Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.

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Township of Severn

County of Simcoe

View driving south along Highway 11 approaching the Highway 169 overpass near Washago.

Picture taken:  July 13th, 2006.  Size: 35kb.

Township of Severn

County of Simcoe

Advanced signage for the Highway 169 interchange.  Notice that the signage used on Highway 11 is not the typical aluminum extruded signage that would normally be present on freeways.  Signage along the RIRO portions of Highway 11 is very similar to what would normally adorn a conventional 2-lane highway.
Picture taken: July 13th, 2006.  Size: 40kb.
Township of Severn

County of Simcoe

Looking south from the Coopers Falls Road overpass.  The Washago By-pass starts at Coopers Falls Road and by-passes roughly 4km of Highway 11s former routing through Downtown Washago.

Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.


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Township of Severn

County of Simcoe

Highway 11 looking north from the Coopers Falls Road overpass located about 17km south of Gravenhurst.  This picture highlights Highway 11/169crossing the Severn River Bridge.  The route via Severn Bridge was at one point the only route between Toronto and the Muskoka Region.  Later, Highway 103 (now 69/400) was constructed to the west.
Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.  Low Res: 50kb.  High Res: 245kb.

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Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

View looking southerly across the Severn River bridge along Highway 11/169.  Late in 2006 construction started to rehabilitate the Severn River bridge.  The structure was completed in two phases in 1966, when Highway 11 was first 4-laned.
Picture taken: August 26th, 2006.  Low Res: 60kb.  High Res: 270kb.

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Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

View looking northerly from just north of the Severn River bridge.  Highway 11 ended at the Severn River bridge until 1937 when the DHO (predecessor to the MTO) merged with the Department of Mines, who, prior to that had had jurisdiction over trunk roads in Northern Ontario.  The Highway 11 designation was extended northerly almost 900km to just west of Hearst at that time.
Picture taken: August 26th, 2006.  Low Res: 55kb.  High Res: 230kb.

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Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

View looking southerly from the Sparrow Lake Road 'D' overpass.

Picture taken: June 30th, 2006.


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Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

Looking northerly through a scenic reversing curve along Highway 11/169 from the Sparrow Lake Road 'D' overpass.  North of the Severn River Highway 11/169 quickly makes the transition from the Great Lakes Lowlands to the Canadian Shield.
Picture taken: June 30th, 2006.

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Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

View looking southerly from the South Kahshe Lake Road overpass.

Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.  Low Res: 55kb.  High Res: 235kb.


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Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

Looking northerly along Highway 11/169 from the South Kahshe Lake Road overpass.

Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.  Size: 55kb.

Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

View looking northerly along Highway 11/169 across Beaver Creek just south of Luigi Road.

Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.  Size: 70kb.

Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

Looking south along Highway 11/169 from the Sedore Road overpass.

Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.  Size: 65kb.

Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

Looking north towards Gravenhurst from the Sedore Road overpass.  The Sedore Road overpass is located roughly 4km south of Gravenhurst.

Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.  Size: 65kb.

Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

Advanced signage for the upcoming northern split of Highway 169 from Highway 11.

Picture taken: October 1st, 2011.

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Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

Diagramical signage approaching the northern Highway 11/169 interchange.  Notice that the speed limit drops to 80km/h just before the interchange.  This speed limit drops due to the rather sharp right-hand curve just beyond the off-ramp.  At Highway 169, Highway 11 curves easterly as it swings around Gull Lake on the Gravenhurst By-pass.
Picture taken: October 1st, 2011.
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Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

View looking northerly along Highway 11/169 at the northern interchange between the two highways.  Notice the diagramical sign is placed at the beginning of the ramp in this photo rather then in advance of the interchange.  The diagramical sign was erected late in June of 2006 at the start of the off-ramp but was quickly moved to the existing gantry downstream of the interchange.
Picture taken: June 30th, 2006.

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Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

Overhead signage at the Highway 169 exit from Highway 11 in Gravenhurst.  North of Gravenhurst, Highway 11 has been extensively realigned and is now a mixed at-grade expressway and full freeway northerly to Emsdale.
Picture taken: October 1st, 2011.
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North of Highway 169, Highway 11 progresses north past North Bay to Rainy River.  Click here for Highway 11-North images.
Town of Gravenhurst

District Municipality of Muskoka

View looking southerly along Highway 169 approaching the Highway 11 interchange in Gravenhurst.  Southbound traffic along Highway 169 can only access southbound Highway 11.  To access Highway 11 northbound, traffic must follow Bethune Drive, which is itself an old alignment of Highway 11.
Picture taken: June 30th, 2006.  Size: 45kb.
Township of Muskoka Lakes

District Municipality of Muskoka

View looking southerly towards the Highway 118 junction at Glen Orchard.  Notice Butterfly Lake in the distance to the southeast side of the junction.

Picture taken: June 1st, 2005.  Low Res: 65kb.  High Res: 300kb.


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Township of Muskoka Lakes

District Municipality of Muskoka

View looking northerly along Highway 169 towards the Highway 69 junction at Foot's Bay.

Upper photo taken: June 1st, 2005.

Lower photo taken: September 3rd, 2013.



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Township of Muskoka Lakes

District Municipality of Muskoka

Junction assembly at the north end of Highway 169.  Highway 169 was downloaded to the District of Muskoka in 1998.  Notice that northbound traffic bound to Highway 400 is directed northerly along Highway 69 to the Highway 141 interchange.
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During the summer of 2012, Highway 69 between MacTier and Parry Sound was re-designated as Lake Joseph Road.  Click here for Lake Joseph Road images.

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