Queenston Road (Hamilton, Ontario)

Queenston Road is a two-way Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Highway 8. It starts off at the Queenston Traffic Circle and travels eastward over the Red Hill Valley Parkway and into Stoney Creek past the Fruitland and Winona communities and into Niagara Region as Niagara Regional Road 81.

History

Canada's first drive-in was the Skyway Drive-in located on Queenston Road. It was opened for business 10 July 1946. At one time the city of Hamilton had five drive-in theatres but only one remains as of April, 2007. The first drive-in closed in 1975 and is now the site of Fiesta Mall on the corner of Queenston and Gray Roads.[1]

Up to 1938, Queenston Road just West of the Red Hill Valley Parkway was the site of the Civic Airport in the McQuesten neighbourhood. Today it is a residential neighbourhood and the site of Roxborough Park.[1]

Landmarks

Note: Listing of Landmarks from West to East.

AT GRAY/GRAYS ROAD, QUEENSTON ROAD BECOMES HIGHWAY 8, which is where the following landmarks are located:

Communities

Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East. [2]

Roads that are parallel with Queenston Road

Lower City Roads:

Niagara Escarpment (Mountain) Roads:

Roads that cross Queenston Road

Note: Listing of streets from West to East.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Houghton, Margaret (2006). Vanished Hamilton Calendar. North Shore Publishing. ISBN 1-896899-39-0.
  2. ↑ "Hamilton Neighbourhood Boundaries, (map.hamilton.ca)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-11.

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