General Road and Highway Discussion

[jeffster]

Highway 401 bridges over Grand River to be replaced starting this spring
https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...pring.html

Does anybody have a timeline of how often the Waterloo Region section of the 401 has been redone since it was initially built?

Not sure. But for as long as I can remember, there has always been construction going on.

80’s was the highway 8 by-pass. 90’s was widening 401 from highway 8 through to Milton. Extending expressway through to New Hamburg, and past Northfield, 2000’s widening 401 to 3 lanes from highway 8 through to London, the highway 8 flyover, widening the expressway from Ottawa St to Fischer-Hallman and adding NJ barrier, 2010’s widening highway 8 to 4 lanes each way from expressway to cut off and NJ barrier, twinning the bridge over the Grand, widening 401 to 8-12 lanes from highway 8 to Hespeler Road, more work on expressway to accommodate new highway to Guelph.

I am sure I am missing lots of things. But it been no-stop construction it seems.