TE24.40 - 2025 Road Openings and Closures in the Port Lands: Don Roadway and Villiers Street​

Consideration Type: ACTION

Ward: 14 - Toronto - Danforth

SEE: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.TE24.40

1750859362342.png
 

Full Closure of Lake Shore Boulevard East and Don Valley Parkway Ramp: Sunday, July 13th at 9:00 p.m. to Thursday, July 24th at 5:00 a.m. ​

The Don Valley Parkway Ramps off Lake Shore Boulevard will be closed due to construction for the new Lake Shore Bridge. Detours will be in place. For westbound traffic on Lake Shore, access to the northbound DVP will be via the Queen Street on-ramp and Carlaw Avenue. For southbound traffic on the DVP, access to Lake Shore Boulevard will be via the exit at Richmond Street and Sherbourne Street. The dedicated right-turn lane on Lake Shore Boulevard East approaching the ramps at Don Roadway will be closed.

This closure is the last step before reopening the new Lake Shore Bridge and Boulevard, which will make traffic much smoother across Lake Shore. During this closure, we will rebuild the ramps to match the higher elevation of the newly built Lake Shore Bridge and Boulevard.
 
Reecemartin said:
What thread has all the Biidaasige stuff?
Click to expand...

Ookwemin Minising | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

LOTS of people were fishing today. These two teenagers in particular were intensely focused... And one of the benches are already broken on the east bridge. That didn't take long... And Munition(?) Street is now fully accessible to cars from Commissioners Street to Villiers Street...
urbantoronto.ca urbantoronto.ca
 
Google appears to be in the process of updating in Canada (by update I mean imagery from the last 2 years).
 
I got a little adventurous this morning. Technically, there was no signage saying I couldn't 😈

Lake Shore Blvd Bridge over the Don River. Up close and personal...

20250802_090238.jpg


20250802_090243.jpg


20250802_090307.jpg


There is literally no space whatsoever on this side for a sidewalk. The Blvd, the supports for the Gardiner and the Keating Channel take up all the space once you get off this bridge on the south side. Maybe if they place some kind of concrete overhang on the Keating Channel maybe? The old ramp above it appears to be being dismantled, so maybe that will make some room for a sidewalk.

20250802_090654.jpg


I walked around to the east side of the bridge as well. They have some paving on the side of the road but I could not get close to the bridge.

20250802_093603.jpg
 
Last edited:
GameOnBrad said:
I got a little adventurous this morning. Technically, there was no signage saying I couldn't 😈

Lake Shore Blvd Bridge over the Don River. Up close and personal...

View attachment 670637

View attachment 670638

View attachment 670639

There is literally no space whatsoever on this side for a sidewalk. The Blvd, the supports for the Gardiner and the Keating Channel take up all the space once you get off this bridge on the south side. Maybe if they place some kind of concrete overhang on the Keating Channel maybe? The old ramp above it appears to be being dismantled, so maybe that will make some room for a sidewalk.

View attachment 670640

I walked around to the east side of the bridge as well. They have some paving on the side of the road but I could not get close to the bridge.

View attachment 670641
Click to expand...
With all the design consideration throughout the Portlands, these bridges are huge misstep. Maybe too difficult of a design challenge with the old Gardiner columns still in the way. Only if the reconstruction of the DVP / Gardiner ramps could have been sequenced first.
 
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top