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Do we have any photos of trains crossing divided highways at grade?? Heck, never mind photos, I cannot even recall WHERE they cross divided highways at grade. Its early today, and I ain’t young any more, but that is one heck of a good question.
Highway 406 had an at-grade crossing until recently. QEW at Highway 20 was at-grade with the beach sub until the early 70′s or so. A couple spurs may have been at-grade in the 70′s with the 401..
I’m still stumped. Hwy 406 had at grade crossing when it was 2 lanes;(Trillium) and if it had it with 4, that was only temporary during the highway reconstruction. The old CN spur to Fonthill lumber might have been at grade but the highway was 2 lanes there too. QEW at Hwy 20 I can only remember when the line to the Beach went over top of the traffic circle. But, as I already said, a good question, and trust you to come up with it!!!
There were two at grade crossings of Hwy 401 that I’m aware of, 1) in Whitby, Ontario, where a remnant of the old Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay Rwy (CN) crossed, and 2) in Bowmanville, Ontario, where the CN spur to the Goodyear plant in town crossed on it’s way north. Not sure when the Whitby one was removed, but the recently demolished bridge over the 401 at Bowmanville that replaced the grade crossing bore a date of 1982 in the concrete abutments. These spurs were lightly trafficked to put it mildly.
Good caption and question: check out the CPR Belleville Sub highway #2 crossing east of Belleville – this may now be grade separated – some of our contributors are regularly in the area….
…also: there were three CNR crossings east of Toronto of ‘Dual Public Highway No. 401′: ( 1 )the Pickering Town Spur, Kingston Sub mile 311.1 ( near the present Brock Road ), extended 0.7 miles north ; ( 2 ) the Whitby Town Spur ( the original Whitby & Port Perry Railway ), mile 304.3 ( east of Brock Street ), extended 2.1 miles north; and (3) the Bowmanville Town Spur, mile 290.6 extended 1.1 miles north ( as of 1973 ). I recall passing over each of the crossings – many times – and as of 1973 all three crossings were in place ( and the King’s Highway 401 speed limit was 70 m.p.h. before the Metric Imposition ) by 1979 given the 401 re-build and widening eastward – only the Bowmanville crossing remained. Most interesting was that in town the Bowmanville spur crossed the front lawns (and driveways) of many houses on a street – I believe Hunt Street – north of Baseline Road, which I thought was really neat. Unfortunately never a train in sight on any of those spurs. By 1985 the Spur was at mile 291.4 indicating the rail overpass was in place and the spur extended 1.4 miles north. And recently ( within the past 5 years ? ) the 401 rail overpass at Bowmanville was removed –
See:
MLW’s at speed
Where I live we have the Perimeter Highway, a two-lane 100 KM/h highway around Winnipeg, and there are several at-grade crossings, even a CN MAIN LINE crossing (CN Reddit Subdivision)!!
A few are of them are:
CP La Riviere, a branch line, about 4 per day.
CP Winnipeg Beach, a branch line, about 2 per day.
CN Oak Point, a remnant of a branch line, up to 2 per day.
CEMR Carman, a former CN branch, about 4 – 5 a week.
I’ve got the GXR heading across there aswell. Other than that I’ve got no idea of any other place.
A short CN spur that still sees regular service crosses divided Autoroute 20 in Saint-Hyacinthe, QC.
Highway 40 in Sarnia with CN st clair spur. Six trains a day.