Sorry for the off-topic subject, but I spotted this French article about some instigator who want to re-establish a small railroad network since the costs of...
Correction Maybe I am wrong Dan... However there is a nursery near the Sarcee Trail Interchange along with Totem Building Supplies... The nursery there is not...
... The nursery is at the north end of Sarcee Trail at the junction with 16th Avenue NW (the TCH). It is next to the railway tracks. Turn east at Sarcee and 34...
Some local comments are appreciated... I've always thought the proper nomenclature for limited-access highways in the Montreal-area has been "autoroute" (e.g.,...
Hiho, ... I could be wrong, but I do think that they are officially *supposed* to be all called "autoroutes" even in English, but what people actually call ...
I've always referred to Quebec freeways as autoroutes, and so have most of the people I've known. However, I have noticed "highway" used in a number of...
... heard ... highways as ... or to ... Andrew, I've noticed the same tendency in parts of southern Ontario; ie. to refer to the 400-series roads as "highways"...
In Newfoundland, the Trans-Canada is referred to as the "TCH" by most motorists. Lived on the rock for over 18 years, never once heard a highway referred to by...
Looks like google maps has made some satellite updates, as the tree clearing for the new overland route on highway 99 can be seen in West Vancouver. If anyone...
... You will never, ever, ever see someone in Ontario call a highway 'route.' They will simply be called 'Highway' as in "Highway 17" or, unique to Ontario,...
Here is my list of mouse mazes (very complex interchanges)... BC-99 and BC-91 TCH-1 and BC-5 BC-91 and BC-91A Deerfoot Trail and Bow Bottom Trail and Anderson...
the Viau bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahuntsic_Bridge who allow PQ-335 to span des Prairies river between Laval and Montreal is closed since this...
after an inspection, the Viau Bridge is re-opened http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/regional/archives/2006/12/20061202-155917.html Stéphane Dumas after an...
... In quebec A15/A40/Boul Marcel Laurin/Boul Decarie A40/Boul L'acadie A40/A25 A20/A15/A720 A20/A73 A73/A540 All of these would probably be safe bets. Theres...
... in ... Yep, defiantely the clearing of the trees for the right of way. There's a bit of rock work going on there as well. To the east of Eagleridge...
... highway 'route.' I was wondering about what would be referred when thinking Queen Elizabeth Way. Is it "Keeyou Eee Double You" (Q-E-W) or simply spoken as...
... Mostly the former, but when a direction is mentioned, especially by locals or in traffic broadcasts, the W can be left out: "east bound keeyou eee". ...
... I have usually heard it described by spelling out the letters, ie. something like "kyou-eee-double-you". Less commonly, I've heard Queen-e ("queen-eee"),...
... somewhere ... 6-26MB is a ... You are correct about home broadband penetration in Canada, and our American friend can be forgiven for assuming similar...
... This is as much a part of the problem as anything. Keep in mind that a lot of people are still running computers based on old Pentium II and III and K6...
I agree that we never use the word 'route' in Ontario to refer to a highway. I disagree completely however that the term highway is only used when referring to...
The Q-E-W, The Q-E, The Queen-E all get used interchangably. What I miss are the days when the DVP was jokingly referred to on radio traffic reports as the Don...
... Most people you run into in Niagara will call a surface highway "Number" more than anything else. For example, "Old Number 8" runs between Hamilton and...
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