max
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They're renaming the old Cherry Street to something other than "Old Cherry Street"! Won't someone think of Cherry Street BBQ!?!?!
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Full Closure of Lake Shore Boulevard East and Don Valley Parkway Ramp: Sunday, July 13th at 9:00 p.m. to Thursday, July 24th at 5:00 a.m.
The Don Valley Parkway Ramps off Lake Shore Boulevard will be closed due to construction for the new Lake Shore Bridge. Detours will be in place. For westbound traffic on Lake Shore, access to the northbound DVP will be via the Queen Street on-ramp and Carlaw Avenue. For southbound traffic on the DVP, access to Lake Shore Boulevard will be via the exit at Richmond Street and Sherbourne Street. The dedicated right-turn lane on Lake Shore Boulevard East approaching the ramps at Don Roadway will be closed.This closure is the last step before reopening the new Lake Shore Bridge and Boulevard, which will make traffic much smoother across Lake Shore. During this closure, we will rebuild the ramps to match the higher elevation of the newly built Lake Shore Bridge and Boulevard.
EnviroTO
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GameOnBrad
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With Biidaasige Park opened, you're able to walk over to the north east shore line. You just gotta step across all the boulders and you can get some good shots of the new bridge on Lake Shore Blvd...
Reecemartin
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What thread has all the Biidaasige stuff?
mburrrrr
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Ookwemin Minising | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto
LOTS of people were fishing today. These two teenagers in particular were intensely focused... And one of the benches are already broken on the east bridge. That didn't take long... And Munition(?) Street is now fully accessible to cars from Commissioners Street to Villiers Street...
hawc
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Interesting to see Apple Maps has a slightly more recent image than Google which is hopelessly old.
Contra
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Google appears to be in the process of updating in Canada (by update I mean imagery from the last 2 years).
Aplus23
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Is the top pic current? I thought there would be more greenery down there
hawc
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Nope not at all. But it is more recent than Google's.
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DavidCapizzano
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Google maps does not have up to date imagery but Google Earth has a flyover as recent as early July - just look through the historical imagery options.
GameOnBrad
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I got a little adventurous this morning. Technically, there was no signage saying I couldn't 
Lake Shore Blvd Bridge over the Don River. Up close and personal...
There is literally no space whatsoever on this side for a sidewalk. The Blvd, the supports for the Gardiner and the Keating Channel take up all the space once you get off this bridge on the south side. Maybe if they place some kind of concrete overhang on the Keating Channel maybe? The old ramp above it appears to be being dismantled, so maybe that will make some room for a sidewalk.
I walked around to the east side of the bridge as well. They have some paving on the side of the road but I could not get close to the bridge.
Lake Shore Blvd Bridge over the Don River. Up close and personal...
There is literally no space whatsoever on this side for a sidewalk. The Blvd, the supports for the Gardiner and the Keating Channel take up all the space once you get off this bridge on the south side. Maybe if they place some kind of concrete overhang on the Keating Channel maybe? The old ramp above it appears to be being dismantled, so maybe that will make some room for a sidewalk.
I walked around to the east side of the bridge as well. They have some paving on the side of the road but I could not get close to the bridge.
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AMOR
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With all the design consideration throughout the Portlands, these bridges are huge misstep. Maybe too difficult of a design challenge with the old Gardiner columns still in the way. Only if the reconstruction of the DVP / Gardiner ramps could have been sequenced first.I got a little adventurous this morning. Technically, there was no signage saying I couldn't
Lake Shore Blvd Bridge over the Don River. Up close and personal...
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There is literally no space whatsoever on this side for a sidewalk. The Blvd, the supports for the Gardiner and the Keating Channel take up all the space once you get off this bridge on the south side. Maybe if they place some kind of concrete overhang on the Keating Channel maybe? The old ramp above it appears to be being dismantled, so maybe that will make some room for a sidewalk.
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I walked around to the east side of the bridge as well. They have some paving on the side of the road but I could not get close to the bridge.
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GameOnBrad
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My problem with ALL the Portlands bridges so far is the lazy design where they put sidewalks on both sides or bike lanes on both sides but not both.
Ookwemin Minising:
The Cherry Street Bridge, bike lanes on one side, sidewalks on both sides.
The Don River Bridge, bike lanes on both sides, sidewalks on one side.
The Lake Shore Blvd. Bridge: Are there going to be bike lanes on both sides? From what I could see, with the pictures I took, there is no bike lane on the south side of that bridge, only on the north side.
It's literally the reason cyclists keep biking down Cherry Street on the east side instead of using the bike lanes on the west side. It's also the reason pedestrians keep walking across the south side of the Don River bridge (on the bike lane), in Ookwemin Minising, instead of crossing the road and using the sidewalk on the north side.
It's really, REALLY, lazy design work.