
Tag Archives: gardiner expressway
20191212. Bent (engineering): a traverse framework to carry lateral as well as vertical loads such as the demolished Bay off-ramp from the Gardiner Expressway that this one carried. Can we please save at least one?

20191209. A shower of sparks means workers are preparing to remove a section of decking on the Gardiner Expressway – part of its strategic rehabilitation from Jarvis to Cherry St (see https://bit.ly/37z0TYu).

20191127. The Gardiner Expressway strategic rehabilitation from Jarvis to Cherry Street (https://bit.ly/37z0TYu) continues. Here, the new Sherbourne St off-ramp decking is in place and a worker prepares a support bent for a new panel.

20191124. A fabricated section of replacement decking for the Gardiner Expressway waits at the fabrication site to be put into place. This is part of the strategic rehabilitation of the elevated highway from Jarvis to Cherry Street.See https://bit.ly/37z0TYu for more information.

20191123. A natural gas pipeline runs through it. Highland Creek.

20191121. The shortest of six bents, a temporary legacy to the bay street off-ramp, is the only one catching the setting sun.

20191120. The large tent structures at the east end of the fabrication site where sections of replacement decking are being built for the Gardiner Expressway strategic rehabilitation from Jarvis to Cherry Street.

20191115. The ramp that was.

20190921. Where Mimico Creek goes concrete. Come check it out on tomorrow’s walk: https://facebook.com/events/2091910074437770/

20190916. A ground view and aerial view of the bents that should remain to commemorate the Gardiner Expressway’s former Bay Street off-ramp in this new park. Unfortunately, the winning park design does not include them.

20190911. Makeshift stairs lead to platforms under the Gardiner as the City prepares to replace the expressway deck.

20190617. A Raptors parade means road closures which means new temporary walkways under expressways and under overpasses.

20190609. Between Evans Ave, the QEW and the Gardiner Expressway.

20190507. A pair of mobile rubber-tired Shuttlelift gantry cranes stand ready to assist in pre-constructing new sections for the Gardiner Expressway East re-build.

20180727. In between ramps by the Humber River.

20180708. Merging Ramps.

20180314. It was a good inaugural winter for thebentway skate trail under the Gardiner Expressway.

20180208. Working on the incline constructing the Gardiner Expressway’s Simcoe Ramp. Taken July 17, 2017.

20180128. The Simcoe Ramp opened earlier today. John Tory called it a happy day with the ramp opening on time and on budget.

20180118. A zamboni preps the ice for another day at the Bentway Skate Trail.

20180107. A sliver of sun sneaks through spans of this Gardiner Expressway box girder bridge.

20171103. A sunbeam steals through spans of a box girder bridge under the Gardiner on the Humber.

Gateway to The Bentway, a future innovative public urban corridor under the Gardiner Expressway.

A sneak preview of the The Bentway skating trail under the Gardiner Expressway made possible by water curing poured concrete.
