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This view looks westerly from the Boul. St-Raymond overpass in old Hull
West of this overpass, Route 148 has followed its present alignment for
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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View looking easterly from the Boul. St-Raymond overpass in old Hull.
For many years Boul. St-Raymond marked the eastern leg of Highway 148's
expressway segment through Aylmer and Hull. Many hurdles had to be
hopped to extend the expressway through the Federally administered
Gatineau Park. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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Westerly view from the Prom de la Gatineau overpass into Gatineau Park.
A considerable amount of rock was removed to punch Route 148 through
Gatineau Park. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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Easterly
views from the Prom de la Gatineau overpass in Hull. One of the
largest roadblocks in completing Route 148 was what to do with the urban
section through old Hull. For many years, this road was proposed
to be a freeway extension of Autoroute 50. The triple roundabout
configuration that was instead constructed seems to function very well. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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This view looks towards the Rue Labelle roundabout. Rue Labelle is
the western-most of the three roundabouts in Hull. These
roundabouts are extremely well designed. Note that all pedestrian
movements are directed to a set of traffic signals in the eastern leg of
the intersection. Pedestrian movements at all three roundabouts
are handled in this fashion. Also, note tab under the yield sign
that rougly translated says 'You do not have the right-of-way'. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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View looking westerly from the central pedestrian refuge at the Labelle
Road roundabout. Notice the pavement markings continue through the
dual-lane circular roadway. Typically in Ontario, line markings
are not painted through the circular roadway. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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Roundabout signage for the
central roundabout at Demontigny Street. After several years of
debate, and numerous designs, this warning sign was selected to be the
standard for a roundabout. Signage in Ontario often does not show
an advisory speed for the circular roadway. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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Green signage for the Demontigny Street roundabout. Notice the
slip ramp to Laramee Road. Roundabouts are very capable of
handling intersections with more than four legs. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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View
looking westerly at the signage for St.-Joseph Boulevard. Notice
that the signage for the roundabout is retro-reflective (which means it
is reflective from almost every angle). Green signage in Ontario
is seldom this good. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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View
looking easterly from the just east of the St. Joseph Boulevard
roundabout, towards the Autoroute 50 interchange. The R-148
extension was impeccably built through Hull, the lack of a direct
connection to A-50 is an oversight in my view. Note that left
turning traffic from R-148 onto A-50 is spilling out from the left turn
lane into the mainline lanes. This situation will be further
exacerbated as Aylmer continues to grow. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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R-148 meets the western terminus of Autoroute 50 in
Downtown Gatineau.
Click here for A-50 images.
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R-148 piggybacks along Autoroute 50 through a small section of Gatineau.
Autoroute 50 ends at Boulevard des Allumettieres, while R-148
(obviously) continues westerly. |
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Photographed by: AsphaltPlanet.ca |
Date: 9/12/2008 |
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A-50/R-148 intersects A-5 just east of A-50's western
terminus in Hull. Click here for A-5 images.
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