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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.
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 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 ...
Construction to bridge the gaps in Highway 403 between Ancaster and Woodstock was carried out over three major phases. The first phase was a short extension of the Brantford Bypass beginning in 1975, however motorists would have to continue on Highway 2/53 to reach Highway 401. [24]
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.
Highway 99 – Governor's Road (original alignment of Dundas Street from Highway 24 North of Brantford to Ancaster Highway 100 – Ran from MCF (ON-401) at exit 194 to Former ON-2, eastern part of London, now Veterans Memorial Parkway.
The following controlled access highways and expressways serve Hamilton, Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Way, north Hamilton and Stoney Creek; Highway 403, Ancaster and west Hamilton; Highway 2, various streets, including York Boulevard and Dundurn Street. Highway 5, decommissioned in 1997 by the Ontario Government. Currently runs from Highway 6 at ...
Brantford is known as the "Telephone City" because the city's famous resident, Alexander Graham Bell, invented the first telephone at his father's homestead, Melville House, now the Bell Homestead, located in Tutela Heights south of the city. Brantford is also known as the birthplace and hometown of Wayne Gretzky and Phil Hartman.