Ontario Transportation Links
Most of the following links lead to external websites not connected with the Ontario Highways website. The webmaster cannot guarantee the content, availability or suitability of any external website. If you notice a broken or incorrect link, please drop the webmaster a line. Feel free to also suggest any link you think should be included here as well!
The links on this page are arranged first according to an overall "category" then alphabetically within each category. You may either scroll through the entire list or choose from the category links below to jump to that section:
- Ontario
Ministry of Transportation (MTO) -
the governmental agency charged with the maintenance of the provincial
highway system. Below are several specific pages from MTO's site:
- Traveller's Information - for any of the varied modes of transportation.
- Highway Management - for current and future projects from around the province.
- About the Ministry - general information about the MTO.
- News Releases, Statements, and Events - press releases and other newsworthy information.
- Road Construction - includes Road Construction reports and more
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- Historical Highways Society of Ontario (HHSO) - a web site devoted to the preservation of Ontario's once precious (and still treasured) Provincial Highway system.
- Highways - Jay LaRochelle's personal website includes highway information and several other topics. Also available is Jay's Highway Photos page as well.
- LordSutch.com's Ontario Road Photos - Chris Lawrence's pages devoted to his photo collection from southcentral Ontario, taken in Summer 2002.
- Ontario and New York Highway Index Page - Eric Buchanan's index page for his Ontario and New York highway photos.
- Ontario Freeways - A site by S. Antonel dedicated solely to the freeway system of Ontario.
- Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) - OGRA represents the transportation and public works-related concerns of 447 municipalities and many of the First Nations communities of Ontario.
- Ontario Road Builders Association (OBRA) - the voice of over 100 road building contractors who build and maintain the majority of the provincial highway system and Ontario's municipal roads and bridges.
- Ontario Road Pictures - from Mike Wiley's website.
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Ontario's Vanishing Highways - a nice page by Jon Upton. - The History of Ontario's King's Highways - An excellent, highly-reccommended, comprehensive website about the past and present of the Ontario provincial highway system by Cameron Bevers.
- The King's Highway Ends site - Earl Washburn's site showcase all of Ontario's King's Highways ending points.
- The Road Scholar - An excellent site dedicated to Ontario's historical trails, roads, byways and highways, horseless carriages and related stuff
- www.OntHighways.com -
This webpage by Scott Steves includes a pre-1997 look at Ontario Highways.
Both Current and pre-downloading highway information is included. Also
available is:
- Secondary.OntHighways.com - focusing solely on the Secondary Highway system.
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- Kitchener-Waterloo Roadtrip - photos of roads and highways around Kitchener and Waterloo from Donovan Martin.
- Toronto Secret Routes - from Brent Hooton.
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Road Construction & Condition Links
- MTO's Road Consturction Reports - reports are available from May through October and are updated weekly.
- MTO's Winter Road Condition Reports - made available during the winter months, from the end of October to April each year.
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Links to Specific Roads/Routes/Corridors
- Hwy 11: Four-Laning - from the MTO.
- Hwy 11 Study: Barrie to Gravenhurst - from URS Canada.
- Hwy 35 Planning Study - from the MTO.
- Hwy 58: The Thorold Tunnel - from the MTO: "The underwater tunnel was built between 1965 and 1967, and allows Highway 58 to cross the Welland Canal without interrupting shipping."
- Hwy 69: Four-Laning - from the MTO.
- Hwy 69: Route Planning Study - from McCormick Rankin Corporation.
- Hwy 400 Planning Study - from the MTO.
- Hwy 407/ETR - the highway Ontarian's love to hate.
- Hwy 407: Contact The 407 ETR - A. Russel's site originaly concieved as a result of media reports about various problems with Ontario's brand spankin' new 407 ETR.
- Hwy 416: Veterans Memorial Highway - from the MTO.
- Hwy 417 Photo Gallery - from Lachlan Cranswick.
- Hwy 427 North Extension - from the 427 Extension Committee.
- Mid Peninsula Highway Planning Study
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- Central Region Traffic Reports - the Traffic and Road Information System (TRIS) provides real-time information on unscheduled and scheduled traffic events for provincially maintained highways in eight Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Niagara Peninsula regions.
- COMPASS Freeway Traffic Management System - COMPASS is a high-tech Freeway Traffic Management System developed by the MTO to respond to traffic congestion problems on urban freeways.
- Ottawa's Traffic Cameras - The City of Ottawa uses video cameras to monitor traffic at various intersections throughout the City.
- Public Transit Systems in Ontario - a link page to each of the public transit systems across the province at MTO's website.
- Toronto's RESCU traffic cameras - RESCU is a traffic management system used to detect disruptions to traffic flow along the Don Valley Parkway, Gardiner Expressway and Lake Shore Boulevard.
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- Ambassador Bridge - linking Windsor to Detroit (above the water surface).
- Blue Water Bridge - linking Sarnia to Port Huron, Michigan.
- Bluewater Ferry - crossing the St Clair River between Sombra, Ontario and Marine City, Michigan.
- Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway - a complete history.
- Detroit-Windsor Tunnel - linking said cities below the water surface.
- International Bridge - linking the twin Sault Sainte Maries together.
- Kingston Area Ferry Information - Prepared May 2003 by the Ministry of Transportation Operational Services – Kingston.
- Niagara Falls Bridge Commission - operates the Queenston-Lewiston, Rainbow and Whirlpool Bridges linking the Niagara Falls-area communities in Ontario and New York.
- Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge - linking those cities across the St Lawrence River.
- Peace Bridge - spanning the Niagara River between Fort Erie and Buffalo.
- Seaway International Bridge - the international toll bridge system linking Cornwall, Ontario, Akwesasne and Massena, New York.
- Sioux Narrows Bridge Preservation Society - a group of concerned individuals who are hoping to raise public awareness of the historical importance of the Sioux Narrows Bridge.
- Thousand Islands Bridge - links Collins Landing near Alexandria Bay, New York with Ivy Lea near Gananoque, Ontario.
- Walpole Island Ferry - linking the island to Algonac, Michigan across the St Clair River.
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- Manitoba
Transportation & Government
Services -
has two basic areas of responsibility: the provincial transportation
system and services and support services to other government departments
and agencies.
- Manitoba Transportation - the transportation portal for the MT&GS website.
- Manitoba Highway Traffic Information System - This site provides traffic information for provincial highways and roads in Manitoba.
- Michigan
Department of Transportation (MDOT)
- Road Work Advisories - from MDOT.
- Michigan Highways - companion site to this one, maintained by Chris Bessert.
- Michigan Highway Ends - from Dan Garnell.
- The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page - from Steve Riner.
- North Star Highways - from Monte Castleman.
- Twin Cities Highways and Minnesota State Highway Endings - both from Adam "Froggie" Froehlig.
- Empire State Roads - from Nathan Perry.
- Excelsior! The New York State Gateway - photos from Doug Kerr.
- New York State Highways - from Doug Kelley.
- NY Routes (and Everything In Between) - from Mark Sinsabaugh.
- The Roads of Metropolitan New York City and Long Island - from Steve Anderson.
- Upstate New York Roads - from J.P. Wing.
- Quebec Autoroutes - a site devoted to the autoroutes (freeways) crisscrossing Quebec.
- Road Signs in Québec - from Martin Durocher.
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- Tour of Ontario - Doug Kerr's site containing photos taken during his Canadian roadtrips, particularly in Ontario, but divering into Québec as well.
- Yahoo Groups: Canraoads - a nationwide forum for discussing road- and highway-related topics from across Canada.
- Yahoo Groups: GreatLakesRoads - this is a regional forum discussing various road-related issues in the Great Lakes vicinity.
- Yahoo Groups: Ontroads - an active forum for the discussion of the road system past, present and future in Ontario.
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