King's Highway 403 - Burlington to Oakville

City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Two views looking west along the QEW/403 from Brant Street. In the upper photo, notice the overhead signage supports are centred in the median of the highway allowing for easy expansion of the QEW to six lanes through the Freeman interchange. The lower photo highlights the collector lane that lead both northbound and southbound on-ramps from Brant Street into a single lane that joins the westbound 403 after its split from the QEW.

Photos taken: May 22nd, 2007.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

This overhead sign denotes both the Brant Street exit from the Niagara-bound QEW as well as serves as an advanced sign for the upcoming QEW/403 split.

Photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Advanced signage for the Hamilton-bound ramp to Brant Street. The exit to Brant Street takes the fourth Hamilton-bound lane of the QEW/403 from the freeway mainline as it exits. This leaves a short segment of highway with only three Hamilton-bound lanes between Brant Street and the QEW/403 split.
Photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Two views looking westerly along the QEW/403 from between Brant Street and Guelph Line. In the upper photo, observe the abutment for the CN Railway structure. The pier was designed do that additional beams could be rested on top of the existing abutment without substantial modification to the pier. This construction will allow for the addition of one travel lane in each direction located to the outside of the roadway overtop of the CN Railway. The neighbouring Brant Street underpass was similarly designed. In its case, however, the additional lanes will be added to the median of the highway.

Photos taken: April 19th, 2007.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Overhead changeable message sign along the Hamilton-bound QEW approaching the Freeman Interchange. When this sign is not advising motorists of traffic congestion or lane closures, this sign defaults to a message advising motorists continuing Niagara-bound on the QEW to keep to the left two lanes.
Photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Advanced signage for the Toronto-bound exit to Guelph Line. This signage omits the fact that Guelph Line is Halton Regional Road 1.

Photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Driver's perspective of the Toronto-bound exit to Guelph Line. The Toronto-bound HOV lane begins at this interchange.

Photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking towards Fort Erie from the Guelph Line overpass in Burlington. The Guelph Line interchange and structure were both significantly reconfigured and replaced during the 2004 and 2005 construction seasons. This reconstruction work was a precursor to the reconstruction that saw High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes added to the QEW/403 between Guelph Line and Trafalgar Road.

Upper photo taken: March 27th, 2006.

Lower photos taken: October 11th, 2011.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Facing Toronto Bound from the Guelph Line overpass. Today, the Guelph Line interchange is a standard parclo A4 configuration, however, historically Guelph Line met the Queen Elizabeth Way at a cloverleaf interchange.

Upper photo taken: March 27th, 2006.

Lower photos taken: October 11th, 2011.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Overhead signage for the Guelph Line interchange. This is the first westbound reference to Highway 403-Hamilton.

Photo taken: July 20th, 2007.

City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking Hamilton-bound from the Walkers Line overpass. Steel guide rail has been used intermittently along the QEW through Burlington and Oakville between long segments of concrete barrier.

Upper photo taken: June 11th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking Toronto-bound from the Walkers Line overpass.

Upper photo taken: June 11th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: October 11th, 2007.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Two views looking towards Hamilton from the Appleby Road overpass.

Upper photo taken: June 11th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: October 11th, 2007.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking Toronto-bound from the Appleby Road overpass.

Upper photo taken: June 11th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Views of the QEW/403 as it enters Burlington from Burloak Drive.

Upper photo taken: June 11th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

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City of Burlington

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking into Oakville from the Burloak Drive overpass. During the 2007 construction season some minor ramp realignments are taking place at this interchange for a commercial development that is now located to the southeast of the interchange. This construction is visible in the upper (2007) photo.

Upper photo taken: June 11th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking towards Hamilton from the Service Road overpass. In the past, the Queen Elizabeth Way met the Service Road at a full interchange. Upon completion of the nearby Burloak Drive interchange, the Service Road interchange diminished in importance, and subsequently ramps were gradually removed until the entire interchange was permanently closed in 2008.
Photo taken: May 8th, 2005.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking towards Toronto from the Service Road overpass in western Oakville. The deck of the high-level Bronte Creek structure is shown in this photo. Since this photo was taken a parallel structure was completed on the south (right) side of the current bridge. Today, the new bridge carries Toronto-bound traffic, while the existing structure carries Hamilton-bound traffic exclusively.
Photo taken: May 8th, 2005.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

View looking towards Hamilton towards the now defunct Service Road overpass that was situated immediately southwest of the Bronte Creek bridge. This structure was demolished and not replaced in 2008.
Photo taken: May 8th, 2005.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Toronto-bound advanced signage for the ramp to Bronte Road. An auxiliary lane was constructed in both directions between Burloak Drive and Bronte Road as part of the HOV lane widening construction.

Photo taken: July 30th, 2011.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

This early 2012 view of the Bronte Creek bridge shows the newly twinned ten lane structures. The Toronto-bound lanes (the nearer structure) was completed in 2007, and although is obviously not a twin of the spectacular open spandrel concrete arch bridge that it compliments -- it is still attractive in its own right. Decorative elements of the new structure include the arched pier caps as well as the decorative barrier wall and light standards.
Photo taken: January 21st, 2012.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

View looking Hamilton-bound as the QEW/403 crosses both Highway 25 and the Bronte Creek. The Freeway crosses the large Bronte Creek valley via a magnificent concrete arch bridge. This arch bridge was originally completed in 1936, having been widened and upgraded since. Visit Cameron Bevers' The History of Ontario's King's Highways Website for more photos of this structure.
Photo taken: May 2nd, 2007.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Old style sign in advance of the Service Road interchange just before the Bronte Creek Bridge. Keep Right and Next Exit signage was quite common on freeways during the 1960s and1970s but has been phased out almost entirely in recent years. With the permanent closure of the Service Road interchange, this sign has since been removed.
Photo taken: May 2nd, 2007.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

View looking towards Toronto at the former low-standard ramps to and from Bronte Road. The Bronte Road interchange was greatly improved between 2008 and 2011.

Photo taken: May 2nd, 2007.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Hamilton

Toronto-bound view of the signage at the exit to Bronte Road.

Photo taken: July 30th, 2011.

Before it was downloaded, Highway 25 extended northerly from the QEW towards Milton and beyond. Click here for Highway 25 images.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Hamilton

View taken from the driver's seat along the Hamilton-bound QEW at the exit to Bronte Road.

Photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Hamilton

Two versions of the Hamilton-bound advanced signage in advance of the Bronte Road (former Highway 25) interchange.

Upper photo taken: July 23rd, 2006.

Lower photo taken: July 30th, 2011.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking towards Hamilton and Fort Erie from the Third Line Road overpass in Oakville. The Third Line Road interchange was reconstructed during 2004 and 2005 from a rather dated diamond configuration into a standard (albeit somewhat tight) parclo A-4 configuration.

Upper photo taken: May 7th, 2007.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking towards Toronto from the Third Line Road overpass.

Upper photo taken: May 7th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking towards Fort Erie along Highway QEW/403 from the 4th Line Road overpass.

Upper photo taken: June 6th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: September 25th, 2011.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking towards Toronto from the 4th Line Road overpass. 4th Line Road is located roughly at kilometre marker 115.

Upper photo taken: June 6th, 2007.

Lower photos taken: September 25th, 2011.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Photo of the now replaced single span rigid frame bridge that carried Forth Line overtop of the QEW/403. This structure was replaced by a two-span concrete beam bridge in 2009-2010 as part of the freeway widening through Halton Region.
Photo taken: June 6th, 2007.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking Fort Erie bound from the Dorval Drive overpass in central Oakville.

Upper photo taken: June 6th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: September 25th, 2011

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking towards Toronto from the Dorval Drive overpass. In the distance of this photo the Sixteen Mile Creek overpass is visible.

Upper photo taken: June 6th, 2007.

Lower photos taken: September 25th, 2011.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Signage for the ramp to Kerr Street. Kerr Street is only accessible from the Hamilton-bound QEW. During the widening project for the HOV lanes, the ramps to Dorval Drive and Kerr Street were consolidated and now depart the Hamilton-bound QEW at a single bullnose before later splitting.

Upper photo taken: May 2nd, 2007.

Lower photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Two views looking southeasterly towards the new Hamilton-bound Sixteen Mile Creek bridge. Work on the new structure commenced in 2006 and was substantially completed by the fall of 2007. Once work was completed on the new structure, attention was then focused on the existing Sixteen Mile Creek Bridge. All lanes were shifted onto the new bridge while the deck was replaced on the existing structure. The piers of the new structure were designed to support a future deck widening to accommodate all lanes of the QEW/403 in the future for when the vintage 1936 structure needs to be replaced.

Upper photo taken: May 8th, 2005.

Lower photo taken: January 21st, 2012.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

The southern side of the magnificent 1936 vintage Sixteen Mile Creek Bridge.

Photo taken: January 21st, 2012.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Advanced diagram sign for the Kerr Street and Dorval Drive interchanges. Despite the consolidation of Kerr Street and Dorval Drive into a single exit ramp, the newly erected (as of 2011) diagram sign still showed both exits as having unique exit ramps from the freeway.

Upper photo taken: May 2nd, 2007.

Lower photo taken: October 11th, 2011.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

The QEW/403 looking towards Hamilton from the Trafalgar Road overpass. Prior to the HOV lane implementation, the section of freeway in the vicinity of Trafalgar Road, still had a very vintage design. Prior to the addition of HOV lanes, this part of the highway highway had not seen a major rehabilitation since it was first 6-laned in the 1960s.

Upper photo taken: May 2nd, 2007.

Middle photo taken: July 20th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: November 5th, 2011.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking towards Toronto along the QEW/403 from the Trafalgar Road overpass.

Upper photo taken: May 2nd, 2007.

Middle photo taken: July 20th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: November 5th, 2011.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Overhead signage for the Trafalgar Road interchange.

Upper photo taken: July 30th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: July 30th, 2011.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

The fourth Hamilton-bound (general purpose) lane defaults off at the Trafalgar Road interchange.

Upper photo taken: July 30th, 2007.

Lower photo taken: July 30th, 2011.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Changeable message sign located at the Royal Windsor Drive overpass. Note the travel time estimates displayed on this sign. Travel time to Highway 427 is displayed on this sign alone during the morning rush hour. Travel time estimates are not given on any other changeable message signs in Ontario.
Photo taken: May 30th, 2007.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Two views looking towards Hamilton from the Royal Windsor Drive overpass. Finishing in 2001, the QEW was reconstructed and widened from six to eight lanes through the Royal Windsor Drive interchange. This was the first major contract completed as part of the long term plan to construct an additional lane along the QEW through Oakville and Burlington.

Photos taken: August 12th, 2006.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

View looking easterly from the Royal Windsor Drive overpass along the QEW/403.

Photo taken: August 12th, 2006.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Looking east from just east of Royal Windsor Drive towards the eastern QEW/403 interchange.

Photo taken: August 12th, 2006.

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Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Advanced signage for the eastern Highway QEW/403 split. Traffic bound for Toronto, and Pearson International Airport is directed along the 403 through Mississauga instead of the more direct route via the QEW. Presumably, the 403 is suggested to minimize traffic volumes along the often congested QEW through southern Mississauga.
Photo taken: July 30th, 2011.

Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Halton

Signage at the eastern QEW/403 split.

Photo taken: July 30th, 2011.