21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #8: Don River Canal Wall

Leg #8
Don River Canal Wall (The River)

This is Leg #8 of a December 6, 2014 preliminary walk of the 21 Don Roadway site (navy blue line on the map). See a full list of all 10 Legs of the walk-about below, or at the link (also on the map - top-left, menu icon):

Ward 30 Bikes | A Map: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - December 6, 2014 | http://ward30bikes.blogspot.ca/2014/12/a-map-21-don-roadway-walk-about.html



This blog is a pictorial investigation of the Don River west of the Don Roadway under the ramps connecting the Gardiner Expressway to the Don Valley Parkway.

I look at the effect on the transportation infrastructure on the Don River; and then take a view back east - from the river's edge over to the proposed community at 21 Don Roadway.

Clumps of clay on the concrete wall which forms the east side of the Don River canal wall
- looking west at a Trail user on the Lower Don Trail near the westbound ramp

Looking South along the Don River's edge at a concrete pier for the northbound DVP ramp in the middle of the river, the Lower Don Recreation Trail Bridge - and behind that, the Gardiner Expressway

Looking north from the east edge of the Don River, on the left, at the westbound exit ramp off the DVP crossing the river - and the off-ramp heading to the Don Roadway on the right

Looking north under the westbound on-ramp heading across the river to the Gardiner Expressway.

Dec 2013 Ice Storm debris(?) piled up-river in front of a pier (not shown) which supports the westbound Gardiner ramp from southbound DVP

In the next series of images I try to get an impression of the landscape looking east from the river's edge towards the Lever Plant
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Don River Canal Wall (lever Plant Panorama)

Don River Canal Wall (relationship to the Lever Plant)

Lever Plant panorama from the west side of the Don Roadway on the Don River canal wall

Looking northeast from the River - southbound DVP exit ramp to Don Roadway (foreground); ramp heading to northbound DVP; and the Lever Plant behind them

List of Blog posts for each Leg of the walk-about:

Leg #1: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #1: Railway Service Road | http://ward30bikes.blogspot.ca/2014/12/21-don-roadway-walk-about-leg-1-railway.html

Leg #2: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #2: Radio Tower Service Road | http://ward30bikes.blogspot.com/2014/12/21-don-roadway-walk-about-leg-2-radio.html

Leg #3 and Leg #4: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #3 & #4: Transportation Services Yard | http://ward30bikes.blogspot.ca/2014/12/21-don-roadway-walk-about-leg-3-4.html

Leg #5: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #5: Booth Ave Google Bike Route | http://ward30bikes.blogspot.com/2014/12/21-don-roadway-walk-about-leg-5-booth.html

Leg #6: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #6: CineSpace Lot |  http://ward30bikes.blogspot.ca/2014/12/21-don-roadway-walk-about-leg-6.html

Leg #7: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #7: LDRT/Don Roadway Boulevard | http://ward30bikes.blogspot.com/2014/12/21-don-roadway-walk-about-leg-7-ldrtdon.html

Leg #8: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #8: Don River Canal Wall | http://ward30bikes.blogspot.ca/2014/12/21-don-roadway-walk-about-leg-8-don.html

Leg #9: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #9: Don Roadway / LDT | http://ward30bikes.blogspot.ca/2014/12/21-don-roadway-walk-about-leg-9-don.html

Leg #10: 21 Don Roadway Walk-about - Leg #10: Lake Shore Boulevard Bridge | http://ward30bikes.blogspot.ca/2014/12/21-don-roadway-walk-about-leg-10-lake.html



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