Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

[The85]

Thanks for the info!  I'd always assumed that the Express/Collector setup was entirely because of the limitations of bridge span technology (or budget) at the time - "can't have a pylon in the middle of the lanes, so, must split lanes."

Had no idea the Frederick bridge was on the chopping blocks too.  The project scope for this whole thing is just massive, isn't it - can't wait to see it really start to come together!

Me too! Seeing the construction staging area beside Factory Shoe and Shirley Ave finally confirms physically that this thing is happening.

I should also add that when the expressway was built, the Wellington Street interchange was purposely overbuilt with the intention that it would serve the new Highway 7 simply by extending Wellington Street east past Shirley. Therefore, the MTO thought the Wellington on and off ramps would eventually get much busier and conflict with the Frederick/Victoria ramps, but now the project has grown much larger than that, with the whole interchange about to be completely reconstructed.