Highway 53 (Ontario)

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Highway 53

Oxford County Road 55, Brant County Highway 53, Brant County Highway 2/53, Burford RoadRymal Road, Garner Road.
Maintained by City of Hamilton

Length:

76.5 km (47.53 mi)

Existed:

1935 – 1997

West end:

CR 2 (Former Highway 2) – Eastwood

Major
junctions:

Hwy 403

Hwy 24

Hwy 2

Hwy 6

Image:Ontario 56.svg Hwy 20 (Upper Centennial Parkway) / Hwy 56 (Rymal Road) – Stoney Creek

East end:

RR 20 / 56 – Hamilton

Counties:

Regional Municipality of Oxford County, Brant County, Hamilton, Ontario

Major cities:

Woodstock, Brantford, Ancaster, Ontario, Hamilton, Stoney Creek

System:

Hamilton Municipal Road System
(Formerly Ontario King's Highways/Provincial Highway System)

Ontario provincial highways
< Hwy 52		Hwy 54 Image:Ontario 54.svg >
400-series - County

Highway 53 is a former provincial highway in Southern Ontario, connecting Woodstock to Hamilton via Brantford. For much of its history, the road was co-signed with Highway 2 from Woodstock to Eastwood, where they parted ways. The road also serves as a viable alternative to Highway 2 or Highway 403.

[edit] History

Highway 53's original intention was to bypass a busy and congested section of Highway 2 between Woodstock and Brantford. The road was fully paved by 1939, as most sections of it were already paved when it was first commissioned as a provincially-controlled highway. Highway 53 was extended east to the junction of Highways 20 and 56 in Elfrida. This extension also absorbed the east-west portion of Highway 20A from Duff's Corners to Elfrida.

In 1954, the concurrency with Highway 2 was discontinued, shortening the road by 7 km, thus moving Highway 53's terminus east to Eastwood. In 1997, the remainder of Highway 53 was downloaded to Regional Municipality of Oxford County, Brant County, and the City of Hamilton (formerly the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth). The road is now known as Oxford County Road 55, Brant County Highway 53, and Brant County Highway 2/53 (for being co-signed with fellow defunct road Highway 2). In Hamilton, the road is simply known as Rymal Road and Garner Road.

[edit] See also

Highway 52

v • d • e Roads and Streets in Hamilton, Ontario

Lower City Arteries (Primary):	Aberdeen • Barton • Bay • Burlington • Centennial • Cootes • Dundurn • Gage • James • John • Kenilworth • King (Hamilton) • King (Dundas) • Main • Ottawa • Parkdale • Queen • Queenston • Victoria • Wellington • Wentworth • York

Lower City Collectors (Secondary):	Augusta • Beach • Cannon • Catharine • Charlton • Cochrane • Ferguson • Hess • Hughson • Hunter • Jackson • King William • Locke • MacNab • Sherman • Wilson (Hamilton)

Mountain-access roads:	Beckett Drive • Claremont Access • Highway 20 • Highway 403 • James Street Access • Jolley Cut/ Arkledun Ave. • Kenilworth Access • Mount Albion • Red Hill Valley Parkway • Sherman Access • Upper Centennial Parkway

Upper City Arteries:	Concession • Fennell • Garth • Mohawk • Mountain Brow • Mud • Rymal • Stone Church • Upper Gage • Upper James • Upper Kenilworth • Upper Ottawa • Upper Paradise • Upper Sherman • Upper Wentworth • Upper Wellington • West 5th • Wilson (Ancaster)

Upper City Collectors:	Limeridge • Twenty

Municipal Expressways:	Burlington • The Linc • Red Hill Valley

Provincial Highways:	5 • 6 • 6 (By-Pass) • Chedoke Parkway (403) • QEW

Former Provincial Highways	2 • 8 • 20 • 52 • 53 • 56 • 97 • 99

Numbered City Roads (Formerly Regional Roads)	5 • 8 • 20 • 56 • 65 • 97 • 99

Former Numbered Regional Roads:	2 • 52 • 53 • 203 • 216 • 222 • 223 • 243 • 248 • 253 • 260 • 299 • 305 • 330 • 331 • 341 • 344 • 364 • 399 • 411 • 412 • 424 • 425 • 430 • 434 • 445 • 450 • 455 • 458 • 501 • 503 • 508 • 528 • 535 • 551 • 597 • 610 • 613 • 614 • 622 • 626 • 633 • 634 • 637 • 639 • 640

Roads in Ontario