Limeridge Road (Hamilton, Ontario)

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Limeridge Road is a two-way Upper City (mountain) collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off just west of Garth Street/William McCulloch Park as Limeridge Court and cuts across the Hamilton mountain eastward running parallel with the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway and ends at Mountain Brow Boulevard, South of Mohawk Sports Park in front of Upper King's Forest Park.

Formerly, this road ran continuously and uninterrupted until the completion of the expressway, which saw sections of it cut off and removed at Upper James, Upper Wentworth and Upper Gage to make way for the expressway's exit ramps.

The eastern end of Limeridge Road overlooks Buttermilk Falls at King's Forest Park. Albion Falls is two minutes South of this location. [1] [2]

History

Limeridge Road is named after a limestone ridge that can be seen today in the rock cuts running parallel to the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway. [3]

Landmarks

Note: Listing of Landmarks from west to east.

Communities

Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from west to east. [4]

Roads that are parallel with Limeridge Road

Lower City Roads:

Niagara Escarpment (Mountain) Roads:

Roads that cross Limeridge Road

Note #1: Listing of streets from west to east.
Note #2: Prior to the completion of the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway in 1997, Upper James, Upper Wentworth & Upper Gage Streets crossed Limeridge Road and today they no longer do. Sections of Limeridge Road were cut off and removed at the above 3 locations to make way for the expressway's exit ramps. The expressway is south of Limeridge Road and runs parallel with it.

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References

  1. "Albion Falls". Hamilton Conservation Authority. Archived from the original on 2007-04-07. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
  2. "Buttermilk Falls". Hamilton Conservation Authority. Archived from the original on 2007-04-08. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
  3. Houghton, Margaret (2002). Hamilton Street Names: An Illustrated Guide. James Lorimer & Co. Ltd. ISBN   1-55028-773-7.
  4. "Hamilton Neighbourhood Boundaries, (map.hamilton.ca)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-11.