Dougall Avenue Subway – 1930

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• Aaron is correct.

  The Essex-Windsor leg of the Canada Southern Railway was laid in 1883. The original grade separation likely dates back to that year as well, before it was widened around 1930.

  The (original) grade separation was installed due to the fact that the tracks were built up on a steep embankment connecting the two sides of the hump yard. (For those that don't know, a railroad hump yard has a large 'hump' in the middle that the rail cars are pushed/rolled down onto their correct siding).

  Here is a picture of the area back in 1946:

  http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/windsor-38.jpg

  These are the other two viaducts that crossed Dougall (which were removed in the late 90s). As you can see, there are no bikes, cars, or pedestrians on the road at this point as this was still a fairly rural area.

  So this rail line was built back in 1883 in some kind of conspiracy to separate 'old' and 'new' Windsor?? That logic makes no sense. I'd say about 80-90% of Windsor as we know it today was built after 1883.

• If this was to seperate anything it was not people in Windsor, until 1965, when you crossed the C P tracks on Dougal Rd. you where in Sandwitch West Township. The Elmwood, and Dorwin Plaza where outside Windsor. Early closing bylaws was why Dorwin was built there.

• I forgot about the other viaducts there, but after seeing the picture, it seems familiar to me. I didn't start driving on my own until the time they came out, and I didn't frequent that part of town much, anyway. I do kind of remember when they were putting in those rocks and things on the embankment. I guess that was to pretty the place up after they took the other bridge out.

• why not have someone paint a mural on both sides like the "SPIRIT " of Windsor train that is down town passing through !!! a nice touch to a awful looking over pass while i am on the subject why is it taking so long to have that bike and walking path built ? have you notice that they have destroy the grass on both sides nothing but groves and pot holes from bikes Trying to get around i live just around the corner and have seen them replace all that grass etc. more than a few times so far no one has been killed from falling on that busy stretch of road i for one have seen with my own eyes elderly people mostly falling on to the road thank God the cars were not close at the time . our mayor has said they would look into it ...look into it????? this has been place on deft ears much much too long do you agree ?