King's Highway 12 - Images
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Photos shown in this table are arranged from South to North:
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| Highway 12 ends at Highway 401, south of Downtown Whitby. Click here for Highway 401 images. | ||||
| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Highway 12 looking south from just north of Robmar Street in the town of
Whitby. This stretch of Highway 12 is
one of the last rural sections left between the community of Whitby and the
village of Brooklin. Photo taken: June 10th, 2004. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
This is the southern ends assembly for Highway 12. It is located
approximately a kilometre and a half south of Brooklin. The southern
terminus of Highway 12 marks proposed routing of
Highway 407. The
Region of Durham, already having a Durham Road 12, designated its received
portion of Highway 12 as Durham Highway 12 to avoid any renumbering. Photo size: 10kb. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Northerly view approaching Brooklin. The commercial area and
associated Roybrook Avenue intersection was added in 2003. Photo taken: October 8th, 2005. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Southbound view as Highway 12 narrows to a two lane highway. Photo taken: October 8th, 2005. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Southbound view approaching the Roybrook Avenue intersection. Photo taken: October 8th, 2005. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Northerly view approaching the Highway 7-West intersection. The
northbound signage is not well executed at this intersection. While
the signs that are included in this photo have been replaced. Notice
that while Enniskillen is signed to the right, there is no mention of Durham
Road 3 (Winchester Road). Photo taken: October 8th, 2005. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Now defunct junction assembly located northbound along Highway 12 for the
western Highway 7 junction. This sign assembly has since been replaced
with new signage that omits that Highway 7 continues straight ahead,
continuing concurrent with Highway 12 northbound. Photo size: 30kb. |
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| Highway 7 continues west from Highway 12 into Markham. Click here for Highway 7-West images. | ||||
| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Looking south along Highway 7/12 towards the southern
Highway 7 junction. Through Highway 12
traffic heads straight through the traffic lights, while traffic bound for
westbound Highway 7 must follow the ramp to the right. Photo taken: October 8th, 2005. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Junction assembly for the southern Highway 7/12
split in Brooklin. Highway 7 leads travelers west from Brooklin
towards Highway 407 and eventually Markham. Photo taken: October 8th, 2005. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
This view looks northerly towards two recently
(as of 2011) activated traffic signals in the north end of Brooklin.
MTO's jurisdiction over Highway 12 begins just north of the Carnwith Drive
intersection. Photo taken: October 9th, 2010. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking south towards Brooklin along
Highway 7/12. The pictured climbing lane was added late in 2005 as part of
a reconstruction project. Photo taken: October 9th, 2010. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking south along Highway 7/12
towards Duff's Road. The northern end of the climbing lane that is
pictured in previous photo is shown here. Photo taken: August 12th, 2006. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Looking north towards the Thickson Road
intersection. This is one of the busiest intersections along Highway
12 in Durham Region, and as of the time that this photo was taken, it is not
signalized. Photo taken: August 12th, 2006. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Looking south along Highway 7/12
from Myrtle. Despite the capacity improvements recently constructed on
along Highway 7/12 between Brooklin and
Manchester, traffic still routinely bunches up during peak times. Photo taken: August 12th, 2006. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Signage in Myrtle for Highway 7/12. This was
the last of the old school signs marked with 'The King's Highway' legend
left along the Highway 7/12 multiplex. This sign was replaced as part of
the highway construction since I took this photo. Photo taken: August 12th, 2006. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Looking north towards the signalized
intersection with Durham Road 5 in Myrtle. Traffic signals were added
in this location during in late 2004 as part of the reconstruction project.
Click here for a view of this intersection before
traffic signals were installed. Photo taken: August 12th, 2006. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Looking south towards Myrtle and the Durham Road
5 intersection. Myrtle is located about 700m south of Myrtle Station.
Despite this rural gap between Myrtle and Myrtle Station, the speed limit
along Highway 7/12 remains at 60km/h. Photo taken: August 12th, 2006. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Looking north through Myrtle Station at the
at-grade railway crossing. Photo taken: August 12th, 2006. |
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| Town of Whitby Regional Municipality of Durham |
Looking north from the north end of Myrtle
towards the start of the new northbound passing lane that leads to the top
of the Oak Ridges Moraine. Photo taken: August 12th, 2006. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
Looking south towards Myrtle from just north of
the Whitby-Scugog Townline. Photo taken: August 9th, 2006. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking northerly along Highway 7/12
from just north of the Whitby-Scugog Townline. This 4-lane section was
constructed in 2005 when the existing southbound truck climbing lane from
Scugog Line 2 was extended, and a new passing lane was constructed for
northbound traffic. Photo taken: August 9th, 2006. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
Looking south towards the Scugog Line 2
intersection, and the start of the southbound passing lane. Photo taken: August 9th, 2006. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking northerly along Highway 7/12
from just north of the Scugog Line 2 intersection. Photo taken: August 9th, 2006. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
The Medium Green Sign for
Highway 7A. Highway 7 takes a very circuitous route around Lake Scugog.
Highway 7A cuts across Lake Scugog by way of two causeways and makes for a
much more direct trip to Peterborough than Highway 7. Photo taken: August 8th, 2004. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
Two views of Highway the Highway 7A intersection
in Manchester. the upper photos is the older photo. Notice that
the highway has been narrowed since 2004. A resurfacing contract was
called in 2007 that saw the auxillliary through lanes that had existed for
decades along Highway 7/12 at this intersection converted to turn lanes.
While I can appreciate that left turning vehicles were not well addressed
with the previous configuration, the opportunity for overtaking slow trucks
at the intersection is missed in the new configuration. Upper photo taken: August 8th, 2004. Lower photo taken: July 5th, 2009. |
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| Highway 7A departs easterly from this junction, bound for Peterborough by way of Port Perry and Bethany. Click here for Highway 7A images. | ||||
| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
This view looks northerly approaching the Reach
Street intersection. Reach Street links Port Perry to Uxbridge. Photo taken: July 5th, 2009. |
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| Highway 47 departs westerly from Highway 7/12 from just south of Greenbank, bound for Uxbridge, and Stouffville. Click here for Highway 47 images. | ||||
| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
This view looks northerly along Highway 7/12
from just north of the Highway 47 intersection into Greenbank. Photo taken: October 10th, 2010. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
This photo shows Highway 7/12 looking south
from Greenbank towards the Highway 47 intersection. Click
here for this same view taken in
June, 2004. Photo taken: August 14th, 2013. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
Highway 7/12 looking north from the northern
approach to Greenbank Highway 7/12 travels
through a small moraine from Highway 47 in
the south, to Sunderland in the north. As such, this type of rolling terrain is fairly typical for the area.
Photo taken: May 29th, 2004. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
Northerly view approaching Saintfield from just
north of the Blue Mountain Road intersection. Photo taken: July 28th, 2012. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
This view looks southerly as Highway 7/12 passes
through the Saintfield Road intersection. Photo taken: September 27th, 2013. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
This view looks southerly along Highway 7/12
towards Saintfield from just south of the Brock Concession 1 intersection. Photo taken: July 30th, 2013. |
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| Township of Scugog Regional Municipality of Durham |
Northerly view through the Brock Concession 1
intersection. Brock Concession 1 runs along the boundary between Brock and
Scugog townships. Photo taken: July 30th, 2013. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
Sign advising motorists they have entered the
township of Brock. Brock has the smallest population of any
municipality in the Region of Durham. Photo taken: July 30th, 2013. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
Northerly view through a particularly bucolic
landscape north of Brock Concession 1. Photo taken: July 30th, 2013. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
Southerly view from just south of the Brock 2nd
Concession intersection. Photo taken: July 30th, 2013. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
Highway 7/12 looking north from just north of
Brock 2nd Concession. I have included two
photos to highlight the pre- and post-reconstruction condition of the
highway. Note that a passing lane has been added to the highway in the
most recent photo. A short truck climbing lane had long existed
southerly from the Durham Road 13 intersection, however it was extended
during the 2005 reconstruction. Further, notice the state of decay
that Highway 7/12 was in prior to the 2005 reconstruction. Upper photo taken: June 1st, 2005. Lower photo taken: May 10th, 2006. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
This view looks northerly approaching the Durham
Road 13 intersection. Traffic signals were added to the Durham Road 13
intersection during the 2005 reconstruction. Because of the steep
grades on both Durham Road 13 approaches a split phase signal was installed,
allowing only one direction of Regional Road 13 traffic to progress through
the intersection at a time. Photo taken: May 10th, 2006. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
Highway 7/12
looking north towards the intersection with Durham Road 13. The
intersection with Durham Road 13 was substantially improved as part of the
2005 construction project. Notice the wider lanes, longer
turning tapers, and turning lanes, and improved sightlines and grades along Durham Road 13. Upper photo taken: June 1st, 2005. Lower photo taken: May 10th, 2006. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
Highway 7/12 looking north through Blackwater from
just north of the Durham Road 13. Blackwater is a very small hamlet
located solely on Highway 7/12. The
bridge over the Beaver River (pictured here) was rehabilitated in
the summer of 2006. Photo taken: June 1st, 2005. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking easterly towards the
Beaver River bridge along Highway 7/12. Photo taken: July 30th, 2013. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
This view looks southerly approaching Blackwater
from the Brock 4th Concession Road intersection. Photo taken: May 10th, 2006. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
Northerly view along Highway 7/12 approaching
the Albert Street intersection. Albert Street is Sunderland's main
north-south street and is a former alignment of Highway 7/12. Before
the 1960s, Highway 7/12 entered Downtown Sunderland via Albert Street, and
jogged along River Street before returning to the current highway alignment
north of town. Photo taken: May 10th, 2006. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
This southerly view is approaching the River
Street intersection in Sunderland. Traffic signals were added to the
River Street intersection during a 2005 reconstruction project. In
fact, the overall number of traffic signals along Highway 12 nearly doubled
in the period between the year 2000 and 2010. Photo taken: October 10th, 2010. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
View looking northerly along Highway 7/12 from
just north of Sunderland. Note how white the 'A' gravel is within the
shoulders of this highway. Photo taken: May 10th, 2006. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
This Photo is looking north along
Highway 12
towards the northern junction of Highway 7. Highway 7 east leads traffic to
Lindsay, and is locally know as the Lindsay Highway. Upper photo taken: June 1st, 2005. Lower photo taken: October 10th, 2010. |
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| Township of Brock Regional Municipality of Durham |
The junction assembly for the northern split of
Highways 7 and 12. This photo is noteworthy, as it denotes the only
example (I have seen at least) where Trans-Canada Highway shields
are shown at a junction. Typically motorists are not given any
Trans-Canada Signage at junctions, and as such can not follow when a TCH
route turns or switches highways. Photo taken: June 1st, 2010. |
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| Highway 12 continues north from Highway 7 through Beaverton into Orillia. Click here for Highway 7-East images. | ||||
| Sunderland to Orillia Images available here | ||||
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