Toronto's Spadina Expressway (Construction Timelapse)

Time-lapse of the construction of Toronto's Spadina Expressway (Allen Road), between Lawrence Ave W and Eglinton Ave W.
Satellite images for Toronto retrieved at: www.toronto.ca...
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[@mastable4758]

MY EYES!! IT BURNS!!!!!!!!!

[@Co_rr_up_ted]

wdym

[@stickynorth]

The visible scar on the landscape from above is both terrifyingly sad and beautiful. Also shows you how and why good transit planning is always needed so someone's brand new dream house doesn't end up plowed under for someone's feverish nightmare...

[@thewheatgreatness]

At the time of writing, today marks 50 years since then premier Bill Davis withdrew support for the Spadina Expressway, effectively killing it.

[@thewheatgreatness]

The Spadina Expressway was first planned in the 1940's. In June 1961, the section south of the Crosstown Expressway was cancelled by Metro Council. The Spadina Expressway would now terminate at an interchange with the Crosstown Expressway and Spadina Road north of Bloor Street would be widened. This ended a dispute between the City of Toronto and Metropolitan Toronto. By 1962, the project was approved and construction on the expressway began in 1963. In February 1964, a short northbound section from Lawrence Avenue to Yorkdale Road opened in anticipation of the opening of the Yorkdale Shopping Centre. The section from Lawrence Avenue to Wilson Heights Boulevard opened on October 21, 1966. In 1969, the name was changed to the Allen Expressway The Spadina Expressway was cancelled in 1971 after being only partially constructed. The section between Eglinton and Lawrence avenues, which is featured in this video opened on September 8, 1976. The Spadina Subway between St. George and Wilson stations opened on January 28, 1978 after five years of construction. Part of this section ran on the median of the Allen Expressway. In 1995, most of the Allen-401 interchange overpasses were rehabilitated. A one stop extension of the Spadina subway to Downsview Station opened on March 30, 1996 on the TTC subway's 42nd anniversary. Between 2001 and 2004, the interchange was modified when the Ontario government widened the westbound collectors to four lanes eliminating the forced exit lane. An elevator, automatic sliding doors and an accessible fare gate was installed at Lawrence West Station in 2014. On May 7, 2017, Downsview Station was renamed to Sheppard West station. This is because a six-stop extension of the Spadina Expressway to Vaughan was opened on December 17, 2017 and one of the new stations is named 'Downsview Park'. Construction bean in November 2018 to make Wilson station accessible. There will be three elevators, automatic sliding doors and a new accessible washroom. This project was completed on December 18, 2020.

[@Skyfoogle]

to think this was going to go all the way to the gardiner. lunacy

[@thewheatgreatness]

Bill Davis, the premier who shocked Toronto when he announced the cancellation of the Spadina Expressway has died on August 8 at his home in Brampton at age 92.

[@danteeightsix9069]

People complain about highways, but no one's complaining about those highrises.

[@jake32de]

@@danteeightsix9069 why should someone complain about highrises? Highways destroy cities. Highrises provide apartments, offices, etc. To be fair, there are better ways to build city houses, like midrises, but most of the US cities have rules which don't allow those

[@thewheatgreatness]

ActiveTO has plans to close the Allen Expressway on June 6th for the 50th anniversary of the cancellation of the Spadina Expressway.

[@Humulator]

where do you get your images from?, i cant seem to find it online.

[@VanishingUnderground]

Enjoy! www.toronto.ca/city-government/accountability-operations-customer-service/access-city-information-or-records/city-of-toronto-archives/whats-online/maps/aerial-photographs/

[@MikeDS49]

@@VanishingUnderground Cool! I always wanted to see the remenants of the Beltline Railway that used to cut through Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (now the Kay Gardiner Beltline trail)

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

The Allen.

[@MGM778]

They never had to do that...

[@omrishaffer8461]

Sad!!!!

[@n1thmusic229]

One way to destroy a landscape

[@KcarlMarXs]

What a mistake

[@railfandepotproductions]

Why? Thx god it got cancelled