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WEST TORONTO RAILPATH EXTENSION 17 February 26, 2020 Delaney Crescent Connection St. Clarens Avenue Connection February 26, 2020 WEST TORONTO RAILPATH EXTENSION 17 February 26, 2020 Delaney Crescent Connection WEST TORONTO RAILPATH EXTENSION 18 February 26, 2020 Queen Street West Connection February 26, 2020 WEST TORONTO RAILPATH EXTENSION 19 February 26, 2020 Rogers Rd Vaughan Rd Weston Rd Caledonia Rd Rd Caledonia Caledonia Oakwood Ave Old Weston Rd Planned St Clair-Old Weston Rogers Rd SmartTrack Station Spadina Rd St Clair Ave W Vaughan Rd Caledonia Park Rd Weston Rd Caledonia Rd Rd Caledonia Caledonia Oakwood Ave Oakwood Ave Ave Oakwood Oakwood Old Weston Rd Planned St Clair-Old Weston Davenport Rd SmartTrack Station Austin Spadina Rd St Clair Ave W Ter Dundas St W Caledonia Park Rd Cariboo Ave Walmer Rd Symington Ave Symington Proposed Future Green Line (PFR) Osler St Macpherson Ave Oakwood Ave Oakwood Annette St Dupont St Dupont St Ave Oakwood Christie St Davenport Rd New Parks Adjacent to WTR Davenport Rd Austin Ter Dundas St W Ruskin Ave Cariboo Ave Walmer Rd Keele St St Keele Keele Symington Ave Symington Wallace Ave Proposed Future Green Line (PFR) Spadina Rd Osler St Macpherson Ave Dufferin St Dufferin Ernest Park Annette St Dupont St St Dufferin Dupont St Christie St Dovercourt Rd Dovercourt Ernest Park Rd Dovercourt Ernest Ave Davenport Rd Randolph Ave • 740m² area Bloor Planned Davenport Diamond Greenway (Metrolinx) Planned Davenport Diamond Greenway GO Station Ruskin Ave Bloor St Keele St Keele Keele St Keele Planned Bloor-Lansdowne Bloor St W West Toronto Railpath GO Station • Base park was com- Wallace Ave Spadina Rd Dufferin St Dufferin Sterling Ernest Park St Dufferin Park Dovercourt Rd Rd Dovercourt Dovercourt Ernest Ave Bathurst St Dovercourt Rd Dovercourt pleted in 2019 Rd Dovercourt Perth Ave (future access) George St St Randolph Ave Bloor Harbord St Ossington Ave • Final park will be Dundas St W GO Station (Metrolinx) Planned Davenport Diamond Greenway Bloor St Planned Bloor-Lansdowne Bloor St W West Toronto Railpath GO Station Future Connection to Future completed as part Railpath West Toronto Sterling Park Dundas St W Bathurst St Lansdowne Ave Dovercourt Rd Rd Dovercourt Dovercourt College St Perth Ave of the West Toronto (future access) George St St Harbord St Dundas St W Ossington Ave Potential Future College St Connection to Lansdowne Ave Parkside Dr Parkside Railpath Realignment Dr Parkside Sorauren Park Future Connection to Future West Toronto Railpath West Toronto Shirley St Dundas St W work by Metrolinx Lansdowne Ave Northern Pl West TorontoSt Clarens Ave Railpath Extension College St Delaney Cres Potential Future Dundas St W College St Connection to Lansdowne Ave Parkside Dr Dr Parkside Parkside SoraurenDufferin St Park Brock Ave Pessoa Park Roncesvalles Ave Shirley St The Queensway Northern Pl West TorontoSt Clarens Ave Railpath Extension • 3090 m² area Dufferin St Delaney Cres Lake Shore Blvd W Pessoa Park Dundas St W Dufferin St Brock Ave • Will be completed in Queen St W Spadina Ave Roncesvalles Ave Queen St The Queensway Richmond St W spring 2020 Dufferin St Lake Shore Blvd W Pessoa Park Adelaide St W Planned King-Liberty Sudbury St Spadina Ave King St W SmartTrack Station Ave Strachan Queen St W Queen St Douro St King-Liberty Richmond St W Pedestrian/Cycle Wellington St W Planned Bridge Garrison Spadina-Front Adelaide St W Jameson Ave Planned King-Liberty SudburyCrossing St 28 Bathurst GO Station King St W SmartTrack StationOrdnance Ave Strachan Park Rail Deck Park Front St W King-Liberty Douro St West Toronto Railpath Pedestrian/CycleFort York Wellington St W Planned Gardiner Expy Bridge Mouth of theGarrison Spadina-Front Access Points Jameson Ave Fort York Blvd OrdnanceCreek ParkCrossing 28 Bathurst GO Station Planned Multi-Use Paths The Park Rail Deck Park Front St W Gore Parks Under Construction West Toronto Railpath Fort York Gardiner Expy Queens Quay W Mouth of the Access Points Fort York Blvd Planned and Proposed Parks Lake Shore Blvd W Creek Park Planned Multi-Use Paths The Multi-Use Paths Gore Parks Under Construction On-street Bicycle Infrastructure Queens Quay W Planned and Proposed Parks Lake Shore Blvd W Planned On-street Bicycle Infrastructure Multi-Use Paths Proposed On-street Bicycle Infrastructure On-street Bicycle Infrastructure Not to scale. Planned On-street Bicycle Infrastructure Proposed On-street Bicycle Infrastructure WEST TORONTO RAILPATH EXTENSION 20 February 26, 2020 Not to scale. Barrie Rail Corridor Bridge METRIC ALL DIMENSIONS SHOWN ARE IN METRES AND/OR MILLIMETRES UNLESS S OTHERWISECO NOTED. I T R N R E I D W O M TRUSS CROTCH TRUSS APEX TRUSS CROTCH R A R K E T G / O K IT TR CHNE DUN ANSIT G DAS STREET WEST DU RC S T E RE F O ORGET F R E R E EQ EQ RI ID T OR N OW N/ EET STR 2 EN 1 QUE EST FULL HEIGHT ISOLATION A-003 A-003 W BARRIER SUPPORT C C L L TRUSS MEMBERS TOP CHORD ISOLATION BARRIER KEY PLANN.T.S. B R U C E T E 650 600 R CURB C N O C 21.26° GUARD R E ISOLATION BARRIER F F 500 (LAMINATED GLASS) U MUP SURFACE: 140mm X B 140mm PRESSURE TREATED TIMBER DECKING FLUSH WITH ASPHALT PATH BEYOUND ISOLATION BARRIER (STEEL PANEL) 2 2653 A-002 5306 TYP BOTTOM CHORD PRECAST DECK PIER BRIDGE PIER BRIDGE PIER BARRIER RAIL CORRIDOR BRIDGE - ISOLATION BARRIER PARTIAL PLAN 1 BARRIE RAIL CORRIDOR BRIDGE - ISOLATION BARRIER - PARTIAL PLAN 3 3D DETAIL CONNECTION A-002 1 : 20 A-002 4 BARRIE RAIL CORRIDOR BRIDGE - SOUTH ELEVATION A0103 1 : 100 2 A-003 2 1 A0103 A0103 1315 C C ISOLATION BARRIER L L SUPPORT (BEHIND) TO BE DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED BY STRUCTURAL ENGINEER ISOLATION BARRIER WELDED C C CONNECTION CL L L (STEEL PANEL) 1315 1315 SLAB EDGE 1303 ASS F GL REINFORCING STEEL BASE PLATE AT TH O WID BACK SIDE IF REQ'D 0 0 1 ISOLATION BARRIER (12MM x B ISOLATION BARRIER R 12MM TEMPERED, LAMINATED U (25 MM PAINTED STEEL) C GLAZING UNIT. WITH STP E T FRITTED INTERLAYER) E 650 R C N 2000 O C 12mm x 12mm ISOLATION BARRIER (25MM CONTINUOUS 25x63X5 STEEL CHANNEL 12mm X 12mm TEMPERED, TEMPERED, SHEET STEEL PT FINISH: PT FINISH: SAFFRON COLOUR LAMINATED GLAZING WELDED 142.73° LAMINATED GLAZING UNIT SAFFRON COLOUR) UNIT. WITH STP CONNECTION WITH STP FRITTED FRITTED INTERLAYER. INTERLAYER. 25mm STEEL PANEL ISOLATION BARRIER 380 PT FINISH: SAFFRON COLOUR CONCRETE CURB BUFFER GALVANIZED GLAZING SHOE REFER TO STRUCTURAL FOR PT FINISH: SAFFRON COLOR ANCHORING DETAILS CONCRETE CURB BUFFER 0 10 1 8 48 . 6 MUP SURFACE 140MM X 140MM MUP SURFACE 140MM X 140MM 3 ° PRESSURE TRATED TIMBER DECKING PRESSURE TRATED TIMBER DECKING FLUSH WITH ASPHALT PATH FLUSH WITH ASPHALT PATH BERYOND, PRECAST CONCRETE BERYOND, PRECAST CONCRETE 150 DECK TO RECEIVE WATERPROOF DECK TO RECEIVE WATERPROOF MEMBRANE. (REFER TO LANDSCAPE) MEMBRANE. (REFER TO LANDSCAPE) STEEL EMBEDS TO BE DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED BY C CONTINUOUS 25x63X5 2 STRUCTURAL FACE OF CURB L GLAZINGSTEEL CHANNELSHOE ENGINEER. A-003 500 650 500 650 BRIDGE STRUCTURE SHOWN FOR BUFFER CONCRETE CURB SCHEMETIC PURPOSES ONLY. REFER TO 2 BARRIE RAIL CORRIDOR BRIDGE - ISOLATION BARRIER - PLAN DETAIL STRUCTURAL. A-002 1 : 5 METROLINX PROJECT NO. REFERENCE 3 ISOLATION BARRIER - INTERIOR ELEVATION DRAWN DESIGNED 2 ISOLATION BARRIER - LAMINATED GLASS 1 ISOLATION BARRIER - METAL PANEL DRAWINGS REVISIONS BY: MSA BY: MSA A0103 1 : 20 ISSUE A0103 1 : 20 WESTA0103 TORONTO1 : 20 RAIL PATH EXTENSION CHECKED APPROVED BY: MSASW BY: RD BETWEEN DUNDAS STREET W AND ABELL STREET Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc. BARRIE RAIL CORRIDOR BRIDGE - ISOLATION BARRIE DETAIL 197 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario February 26, 2020 WEST TORONTO RAILPATH EXTENSION FULL SIZE M5T 2C8 montgomerysisam.com 21 February 26, 2020 Tel 416.364.8079 Fax 416.364.7723 SCALE: As indicated ONLY MSA R EGIONAL NOT FOR CONTRACT DWG. NO. NO. REV. SHEET DWG 2020/01/29 90% SUBMISSION ISSUED P1 E XPRESS NO. TITLE NO. DATE FOR REV. DATE AIL CONSTRUCTION 2016-CST-024 A-002A0102 P1 MSA R plot date: 2019/03/042020/01/29 Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc. BARRIE RAIL CORRIDOR BRIDGE - ELEVATION AND SECTIONS 197 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C8 montgomerysisam.com Tel 416.364.8079 Fax 416.364.7723 As indicated A0103 plot date: 2019/03/04 METRIC ALL DIMENSIONS SHOWN ARE IN METRES AND/OR MILLIMETRES UNLESS S OTHERWISECO NOTED. I T R N R E I D W O M R A R K Sim E T G / O 1 K IT TR CHNE DUN ANSIT G DAS STREET A-005 LINE OF TRUSS REFER TO COORDINATE DIMENSION WITH WEST DU R S T STRUCTUAL LANDSCAPE RE F C E O ORGET F E R E R RI ID T OR OW N N/ EET STR EN QUE T WES 4 5 . 0 100 0 ° KEY Pedestrian Bridges at Lansdowne,VARIES PLANN.T.S. CONCRETE DECK ASPHALT PATH Brock, and Queen Sim 2 A-005 TIMBER DECK 3 ROADWAY OVERPASS BRIDGE TYP. - PLAN AT GUARDRAIL TERMINATION A-005 1 : 20 Sim 1 A-005 LINE OF TRUSS REFER TO STRUCTUAL NEW GUARDRAIL (TYP.) 20mm x 89mm METAL PICKETS. W/ 20mm x 89mm METAL STILES. W/ 20mm x 77mm FLAT METAL 20mm x 77mm FLAT METAL BAR TOP 180 TYP. BAR TOP AND BOTTOM (CONT.) WITH 6mm CHAMFERED CORNERS WELDED TO UPPER FLAT STEEL BAR TURNS 20mm x 89mm VERTICAL PICKETS DOWN TO CONNECT WITH BOTTOM FLAT STEEL BAR FLAT STEEL BAR. ALL GUARDRAILS AND BRACING TO BE POWDERCOATED AS PER SPECIFICATION. VERTICAL SUPPORTS CORE DRILLED INTO CONC. (REFER TO STRUCTURAL). METRIC ALL DIMENSIONS SHOWN ARE 20mm x 77mm FLAT METAL BAR BOTTOM FLAT STEEL BAR.
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