tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post3781276879797499395..comments2024-03-28T07:44:26.834-04:00Comments on The Toronto Dreams Project Historical Ephemera Blog: The QEW Looked A Whole Lot Different in 1939Adam Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07330281017966163295noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-40564471904771454402020-12-04T19:25:01.444-05:002020-12-04T19:25:01.444-05:00In the 1960s, one thing I remember all the "g...In the 1960s, one thing I remember all the "ghost" gas stations which were forced out of business when the QEW became more (but not completely) controlled access. There was a really cool one (Cities Service) on the northeast corner of QEW and 3rd Line (no interchange then).<br />When the Burlington Skyway opened in 1958, it was a toll bridge. My dad had a little plastic dispenser for tokens that had a magnet on the bottom so that it would stick to his metal dash. Can you imagine the tie-ups if you had to stop and pay a toll today??John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08941395184752207837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-20086722446853679412014-06-12T15:52:41.699-04:002014-06-12T15:52:41.699-04:00The lamps on the picture that says "entrance ...The lamps on the picture that says "entrance to QEW in Toronto" are in use in Oakville now at Bronte bridge in OakvilleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982001955061069353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-85372107719849303112012-01-19T10:14:58.814-05:002012-01-19T10:14:58.814-05:00I remember the traffic circles very well - strange...I remember the traffic circles very well - strange but in those times we didn't seem to mind it as much. With today's traffic could you imagine living in St. Catharines and working in Toronto?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-68491902018216567152012-01-10T18:18:20.035-05:002012-01-10T18:18:20.035-05:00Until the 1960s there was a certain love-affair wi...Until the 1960s there was a certain love-affair with the highway. Often it was seen as a Parkway and people would pull over and picnic at the side of the road (e.g. at Jordan Harbour in the Town of Lincoln) or admire the blossoms in the extensive peach and cherry orchards alongside the QEW in Niagara. It was also a local road as there were no accompanying service roads; imagine school buses dropping off kids on the soft shoulder. In Niagara Falls the inter-urban street-car line crossed the QEW at grade (it didn't in St. Catharines). The love-affair, however, did not extend to the at-grade bridge crossings of Hamilton Harbour and the Welland Canal where summer traffic would be seriously backed up by local pleasure craft as much as lakers and ocean-going vessels. As for the traffic circles in Hamilton and Niagara Falls, I never knew whether to laugh or cry when I watched the uninitiated ahead of me make their moves!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-20566952747034529182012-01-10T01:18:41.296-05:002012-01-10T01:18:41.296-05:00As I recall, there were 21 level crossing sideroad...As I recall, there were 21 level crossing sideroads between the traffic circle and St. Catharines. Cars would drive across 2 lanes when there was a break in traffic, stop in the median, then merge with traffic in the opposite 2 lanes! Suicidal scary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-19547081124065769002012-01-06T11:04:42.040-05:002012-01-06T11:04:42.040-05:00yes i was terrified to go round tht circle,my husb...yes i was terrified to go round tht circle,my husband(now) rolled his car onthat circleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-36513711888511157612011-11-21T21:00:22.790-05:002011-11-21T21:00:22.790-05:00IN fact, there was a traffic circle outside Hamilt...IN fact, there was a traffic circle outside Hamilton in the early sixties. A traffic circle on a high speed thruway???!?!!!?!?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com