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Photojunkie: 401 Closed Due to Explosion in North York
Posted on August 12, 2008 at 4:48 pm by Rannie Turingan
You never really appreciate the infrastructure you have, until you don’t have it. This past Sunday, the 401 was closed down between the 400 and the DVP/404 due to an explosion in North York at Sunrise Propane early that morning.
Strangely enough, the lack of traffic left a quiet calm in my apartment, which overlooks the 401 near the Allen. However, commuters on either end of the city were stuck in chaotic traffic.
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Amazing pics on your website of the explosions…the video clip was eerie.
Seeing the 401 completely empty is eerie. Almost seems apocalyptic.
I’ve heard the traffic was ridiculous because of the shutdown. Imagine if it had taken place on a weekday: the transportation chaos would truly be insane.
Amazing shot.
I saw a policeman say in his 30 years he’d never seen anything like it.
“…remember that weekend in two thousand and something where they had to close down the whole bloody 401 due to that propane explosion in Downsview?”
-Overheard at a Toronto area retirement home in 2045
Sameer Vasta said, “Seeing the 401 completely empty is eerie.”
I had to fly out on a business trip that afternoon and the sight of a totally vacant 401 from the air was exactly that.
While the 401 is the province’s responsibility, the city is going to have to play its hand carefully with the Gardiner between the DVP and Jarvis – while I support the decommissioning of the Gardiner, there are options available to avoid creating another Allen and Eglinton, and that will be critical for the city. If it is not well-planned, the result will be traffic chaos similar to that observed in the Sunrise aftermath.
[...] a comparison to my photo post from last week, I thought I would share what Highway 401 looks like on a regular day. This scene [...]