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King's Highway 53, commonly referred to as Highway 53, was a provincially maintained highway in the southern portion of the Canadian province of Ontario that connected Woodstock to Hamilton via Brantford. The 76.5-kilometre (47.5 mi) route served as a southerly bypass to Highway 2, avoiding Paris, Ancaster and Hamilton.
As the freeway enters Ancaster, it once again crosses former Highway 2 and dips through the southern side of the town. [4] Since July 12, 2024, the speed limit on the 26 km (16 mi) stretch between the west end of the highway and Brantford and the 14.5 km (9.0 mi) stretch between Brantford and Hamilton is 110 km/h (68 mph). [6]
The last section from Ancaster to Brantford, was bypassed on August 15, 1997. [54] On January 1, 1998, most of the former length of Highway 2 was downloaded, transferring the highway from provincial responsibility to local counties or municipalities. The route lost its King's Highway designation in the process, along with much of its visibility ...
Ancaster is a community in the city of Hamilton in the Canadian province of Ontario. [1] Founded in 1792, it immediately developed itself into one of the first significant and influential early British Upper Canada communities established during the late 18th century, eventually amalgamating with the city of Hamilton in 2001. By 1823, due to ...
The Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, nicknamed The Linc, is a municipal expressway in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, which connects Highway 403 with the Red Hill Valley Parkway, which continues north to the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW).
On April 13, 1938, a dirt road from Peter's Corners south to Highway 2 and Highway 53 (Wilson Street) in Ancaster was assumed as Highway 52, creating a 7-kilometre (4 mi) concurrency with Highway 8. [4] Throughout World War II, the new section of Highway 52 remained unimproved; in 1945 it was gravelled.
The Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway (B&H) was an interurban electric railway which operated between Hamilton and Brantford in Ontario, Canada. According to Hilton & Due, this was the last radial (interurban) railway constructed in the Hamilton area and the only one built to a high standard.
Of the remaining 30 CMAs, population growth was recorded in all but two of them. Those that experienced population decline were Brantford and Saint John. [3] [4] [5] Ten of the fifteen fastest-growing CAs in Canada between the two most recent censuses were located in Alberta.