King's Highway 7 - Brampton to Richmond Hill

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Photos shown in this table are arranged from West to East:

Proper Municipality Name	Photo Description	Photo
Pictures taken from driver's perspective appear offset from centre-line pictures:		East- Bound	West- Bound
Guelph to Brampton Images click here
Highway 410 leads northerly from Highway 7 (Bovaird Drive) into Caledon where it meets Highway 10 (Hurontario Street). Click here for Highway 410-North images.
City of Brampton Regional Municipality of Peel	Overhead pull-through signage for the ramp to Bovaird Drive from Highway 410 North. This was the long time northern terminus of Highway 410 until the first phase of the extension opened in 2007. Photo taken: June 6th, 2010.	Low Res High Res
City of Brampton Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking northerly from the Franceschini Drive overpass. Notice that when this photo was taken, Highway 410 still terminated at the Bovaird Drive interchange. Photo taken: April 10th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
City of Brampton Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking southerly from the Franceschini Drive overpass. towards the Williams Parkway interchange. The Franceschini Drive overpass formerly served a gravel pit that existed along the west side of Highway 410. A subdivision has since been built within the gravel it, and Franceschini Drive has been converted to a pedestrian overpass. Photo taken: April 10th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
City of Brampton Regional Municipality of Peel	Northerly view from the Williams Parkway overpass along Highway 7/410. Photo taken: August 14th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Brampton Regional Municipality of Peel	Photos of three signs that used to stand at the Williams Parkway interchange highlighting Highway 7's concurrent routing with Highway 410 through Brampton. As I write this caption in October of 2010, it has been nearly 13 years since Highway 7 was downloaded through much of Peel and York. To this day I still feel this is a shame. While I definitely understand how the local municipalities would benefit over having jurisdiction of the roadway (after all Regional governments own the bulk of the underground services and control the bulk of the traffic signals within a community), however I still believe it is a shame that no signage agreement could have been instated along the Highway 7 corridor. After all, despite its suburban nature Highway 7 does serve as the principal through street through Southern York and Central Peel Regions. Photos taken: August 14th, 2006.
City of Brampton Regional Municipality of Peel	This view looks south along the Brampton By-pass from the Williams Parkway overpass. Photo taken: August 14th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Brampton Regional Municipality of Peel	View looking northerly from Vodden Street towards the Williams Parkway interchange. Photo taken: May 25th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
City of Brampton Regional Municipality of Peel	Southerly view from the Vodden Street overpass. Photo taken: May 25th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
City of Brampton Regional Municipality of Peel	Highway 410 looking north from the Queen Street overpass. From Queen Street northerly to Franceshini Road (a distance of about 1km) Highway 410 is depressed below grade. Presumably, the freeway is depressed to minimize disruption to the surrounding residents. Photo taken: May 12th, 2005.	Low-res High-res
Highway 410 continues south of Highway 7 through Brampton into Mississauga where it meets Highway 401 and 403. Click here for Highway 410-South images.
Highway 427 is a short 404 is a short commuter highway that leads north and south from Highway 7. Click here for Highway 427 images.
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	This view looks easterly along Highway 7 from the northbound Highway 427 off-ramp. Western Vaughan is predominantly industrial in nature. Photo taken: May 29th, 2009.	Low-res High-res
Highway 27 is an efficient non-freeway route between Western Toronto and Barrie. Click here for Highway 27 images.
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	Old MTO maintained distance sign on the outskirts of Woodbridge. Before the Region of York was created in 1971, Woodbridge was a standalone village. MTO generally places distance signs after a highway junction, or after a defined settlement. The second condition makes this sign somewhat interesting, since, after 40 years of being incorporated into the City of Vaughan, Woodbridge still has a tiny little vestige of its former identity as a defined settlement. Photo taken: May 3rd, 2009.
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	Easterly view towards the Weston Road intersection. This is the western reaches of the 400 & 7 commercial area -- the epitome of car culture in the Greater Toronto Area. Through this intersection, Highway 7 alone, has 9 lanes of traffic, over 30m of asphalt(!). Photo taken: May 3rd, 2009.	Low-res High-res
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	This view looks westerly towards the Weston Road intersection from the 400 interchange. York Region desires to convert the 400 & 7 commercial area into a more pedestrian friendly environment by introducing Bus Rapid Transit onto the Highway 7 corridor. Given the shear distance between individual storefronts within the commercial complex, highway 7 corridor is through York Region, I am weary of how successful any transit system will along Highway 7 will be, . For 15 years, 400 & 7 was designed and constructed exclusively for car culture. Photo taken: May 3rd, 2009.	Low-res High-res
Highway 404 is a short commuter highway that leads north and south from Highway 7. Click here for Highway 400 images.
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	View looking easterly along Highway 7 from the Highway 400 overpass. The area immediately east of Highway 400 along Highway 7 has been zoned to become Vaughan's Corporate Centre. The TTC is extending The University/Spadina Line northerly into Vaughan with the intention of terminating the line at the Vaughan Corporate Centre. Once this happens, numerous commercial buildings will likely dot the side of Highway 7. Photo taken: July 2nd, 2010.	(720x480) (1440x960) (2400x1600)
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	View looking easterly along Highway 7 at Interchange Way. In 2010, The Region of York and City of Vaughan opened a new overpass over Highway 400 immediately to the north of Highway 7 in order reduce traffic congestion surrounding the Highway 400 interchange. Note the shear volume of traffic that appears in these photos. Photo taken: July 2nd, 2010.	Low-res High-res
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	View looking westerly along Highway 7 through Concord as CN's Newmarket Subdivision crosses overtop of the highway. Note the narrow median and lack of pedestrian facilities as the highway passes underneath of the railway line. The railway overpass was likely designed for a narrower cross-section than appears along Highway 7 today. Photo taken: October 6th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	Easterly view as the highway passes over the Don River bridge. This bridge was constructed in 1986, during the first phase of Highway 7's realignment away from Centre and Bathurst Streets onto its present alignment. Photo taken: October 6th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	Green intersection sign appearing eastbound along Highway 7 approaching the Centre Street intersection. One of the most notable negative impacts of provincial highway downloading was the removal of signs such as these. Very few counties sign junctions as clearly as the MTO does. Photo taken: October 6th, 2006.
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	View of Highway 7 as it intersects Centre Street. Highway 7 has an impressive cross-section through York Region. It was constructed at a time when it wasn't yet passé to build high capacity highways through urban and suburban areas. Photo taken: October 6th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	View looking westerly along Highway 7 from just west of the Dufferin Avenue overpass. Notice the unsignalized intersection with Bostwick Drive. Picture taken: October 6th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	View looking easterly along Highway 7 towards the Dufferin Avenue overpass along Highway 7. The grade-separation at Dufferin Street was the first of the grade-separations along Highway 7 to be completed. It was first constructed in the late 1980s when Highway 7 was re-routed to this alignment away from Centre Street. Picture taken: October 6th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	View looking east along Highway 7 from the Dufferin Avenue overpass. The Langstaff Road intersection (which is visible in the photo), serves as the connector road between Dufferin Street and Highway 7. Picture taken: October 6th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	This view looks westerly through the Dufferin Avenue overpass. Picture taken: October 6th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
City of Vaughan Regional Municipality of York	This view looks easterly along Highway 7 towards the concrete rigid frame structure that carries Bathurst Street (and a ramp from Bathurst Street to Highway 407) overtop of Highway 7. These structures are reminiscent of the early rigid frame structures that were completed in the 1940s and 1950s for Highway's 400 and 401. Upper photo taken: October 6th, 2006. Lower photo taken: March 26th, 2012.	Low-res High-res (720x480) (1440x960) (2400x1600)
Vaughan - Richmond Hill Boundary Regional Municipality of York	Easterly view from the Bathurst Street overpass looking towards the Bathurst Street connector. Photo taken: October 6th, 2006.	(720x480) (1440x960) (2400x1600)
Vaughan - Richmond Hill Boundary Regional Municipality of York	Westerly view towards the Bathurst Street intersection. Note the truck on the left hand side of the photo -- this truck is waiting to turn right onto Bathurst Street from the ramp from Highway 407 West. Despite its suburban nature, the highway designers tried to use as little space as possible for both Highway 7 and Highway 407. Photo taken: October 6th, 2006.	Low-res High-res
Town of Richmond Hill Regional Municipality of York	Westbound Highway 7 route marker co-signed with a York Road 7 marker at Young Street. Several of these dual markers were erected in Western York Region when Highway 7 was transferred from provincial control on June 7, 1997. Photo taken: January 11th, 2009.
Highway 11 is Yonge Street. Click here for Highway 11 images.
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