Roads: Gardiner Expressway catch-all, incl. Hybrid Design (2015-onwards)

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Here is a presentation on the Gardiner work @ Exhibition Place. https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ep/bgrd/backgroundfile-240969.pdf

 

[innsertnamehere]

not looking forward to the lane closures, but good to see it finally moving forward. In a way I wish the rehabilitation was just done as one large contract to get it done all at once.

 

[kotsy]

Prepping for rehab work has started with the installation of wooden slats on the underside of carriage way in front of Exhibition GO

 

[Dan416]

I love your watermark and how seamless it is. You'll always know when someone is stealing your photo, whereas the person stealing may not notice, but it's just so immediately obvious to those in the know.

 

[UrbanFervour]

Prepping for rehab work has started with the installation of wooden slats on the underside of carriage way in front of Exhibition GO

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A cedar ceiling would be nice for the Gardiner

 

[rdaner]

Just a little reminder that this can be done. The Bonaventure Expressway in Montreal is getting the royal treatment. And this anachronism is surrounded by industrial land that bears a striking resemblance to our Portlands/Gardiner combination!

Bonaventure Expressway to be reconfigured into urban boulevard

The work is scheduled to take place from 2025 to 2029.

montrealgazette.com

 

[kotsy]

And then there were two lanes.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Just a little reminder that this can be done. The Bonaventure Expressway in Montreal is getting the royal treatment. And this anachronism is surrounded by industrial land that bears a striking resemblance to our Portlands/Gardiner combination!

Bonaventure Expressway to be reconfigured into urban boulevard

The work is scheduled to take place from 2025 to 2029.

montrealgazette.com

The Bonaventure is more akin to the eastern Gardiner which was demolished 20 years ago.

 

[kotsy]

Another rehab update.

 

[kotsy]

Additional supports have been added from Exhibition GO heading westward. Looks like a 2nd support will be added to each section soon.

 

[turbanplanner]

Additional supports have been added from Exhibition GO heading westward. Looks like a 2nd support will be added to each section soon.

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I wonder how they figure out how much pressure to put on the columns

 

[Allandale25]

Additional supports have been added from Exhibition GO heading westward. Looks like a 2nd support will be added to each section soon.

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Are the concrete columns themselves being replaced?

 

[Northern Light]

Additional supports have been added from Exhibition GO heading westward. Looks like a 2nd support will be added to each section soon.

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Every time I see these excellent updates I think about the unique couples that you must work with that want their wedding photos taken under the Gardiner!

 

[drum118]

April 25
Crews were waiting for the last load of concrete to be pour under Dufferin for the eastbound lane. The rest had been pour.

 

[kotsy]

Are the concrete columns themselves being replaced?

Don't think so. According to this they're be rehabilitated.

Section 2: Dufferin Street to Strachan Avenue

Construction of the Gardiner Section 2 from Dufferin Street to Strachan Avenue began in November 2023 and is anticipated to be completed mid-2027. About the Project The F.G. Gardiner Expressway has been in service for more than 60 years and with the effects of weathering, salt and increasing...

www.toronto.ca

Every time I see these excellent updates I think about the unique couples that you must work with that want their wedding photos taken under the Gardiner!

Hasn't happened yet but I've done wedding photos at Underpass Park because of the rain and also Graffiti Alley. One day!

April 25
Crews were waiting for the last load of concrete to be pour under Dufferin for the eastbound lane. The rest had been pour.

I'm surprised they are repaving before the girders below have been replaced for that section. I just assumed they could only be replaced when nothing is on top but I guess that is not the case.