Rymal Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
|
|
|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford County Road 55, Brant County Highway 53, Brant County Highway 2/53, Burford RoadRymal Road, Garner Road. | |||||||||||||
| Route information | |||||||||||||
| Maintained by City of Hamilton | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 76.5 km (47.5 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Existed: | August 14, 1935 – April 1, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Major junctions | |||||||||||||
| West end: |
 Highway 2 – Eastwood
|
||||||||||||
 Highway 403 Highway 24 Highway 2 Highway 6
|
|||||||||||||
| East end: |
  Highway 20 / Highway 56 (Upper Centennial Parkway / Rymal Road) – Hamilton, Stoney Creek
|
||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||
| Counties: | Oxford County, Brant County, Hamilton | ||||||||||||
| Major cities: | , Brantford, Ancaster, Ontario, Hamilton, Stoney Creek | ||||||||||||
| Highway system | |||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
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 to Hamilton via Brantford. The route served as a southerly bypass to Highway 2, avoiding Paris, Ancaster and Hamilton.
First designated in 1935, the route remained in place until it was downloaded to local jurisdiction in 1997. For much of its history, the road was concurrent with Highway 2 between Woodstock and Eastwood, as well as between Brantford and Ancaster. Today the route is known by various local names, including Oxford County Road 55, Brant County Highway 53, Wilson Street, Garner Road and Rymal Road. It serves as a viable alternative to Highway 2 or Highway 403.
The route of former Highway 53 begins in the west at Oxford County Road 2, formerly Highway 2. From the community of Eastwood, which lies east of Woodstock, the road travels southwest through farmland as Oxford County Road 55 and crosses Highway 403, with which there is an interchange. Soon thereafter, the route enters the community of Muir, at the Oxford County and County of Brant boundary.
The route, east of this point known as Brant County Highway 53, continues southeast, passing through the community of Cathcart. It continues, eventually straightening out and travelling east through Burford. As the road approaches Brantford, it intersects Highway 24 (Rest Acres Road) and skirts the southern edge of Brantford Municipal Airport.
...
Wikipedia