I recently paid a visit to the newly leveled Wyandotte St. section just east of Walker Rd.
Then
Now
It sure looks funny to see that underpass gone.
However as you can see by the two photos above, your tax dollars are hard at work, and nothing but the highest quality sidewalks were installed. 🙂
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PS - What was the city thinking with that green colour they painted the refurbished Drouillard Road bridge in?!? Don't they know that everything goes with black?
I got a riddle for you. How many city hall department heads does it take to change a light bulb? One. They'll stand on the ladder with the bulb in their hand and try to make the world revolve around them.
I remember approaching the underpass with terror when I started driving a stick shift - and wondering how people in other, "hilly" places coped. I finally got rather good at negotiating the incline without burning out the clutch - and now it's gone.
I'm completely disoriented looking at these photos!
Wasn't this thing starting to flood near the end? I thought it was filled in because it's cheaper to maintain and safer all around.
does anyone know why they never got rid of the underpass at Drouillard and wyandotte?
They need the overpass at Drouillard so the trains can get to the via station @ walker.
ok so why did they knock the walker and wyandotte one down?was it no longer in use?
The overpass at Walker Rd, was used by the Hiarm Walkers Railroad/Pere Marquette/C&O/CSX Railroad up until the early 90's, then CSX pulled out of Essex County. As for the Drouillard Rd overpass, well that had to be cleaned up and structurally checked out, because its over 60 years old and was in need or some nice TLC. Not only was the bridge fixed, but the side walls were touched up, and a new coat of rust proof paint was applied. VIA Rail still uses the north track and some time CN Rail uses the South track to get to Hiarm Walkers. VIA does use the South track at Walker Rd, but only to the Wye (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Windsor,+Essex,+Ontario,+Canada&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,42.317820,-83.033910&ll=42.323897,-83.006837&spn=0.003942,0.007296&t=h&z=17&om=0) to turn the engines at the station.
The Drouillard bridge/underpass is heroic 1930s depression civic infrastructure. If only they build things to that standard today.
Here's a riddle, can anyone answer,using old maps, how long it took to build with true man power using picks and shovels. The old plaque on the underpass stated it was undertaken by 1931 Walkerville council, I have come across an aerial photo dated 1931 where it appears to have be completed, which would give it a duration of less than 12 months, pretty impressive considering the technology of the day.