Highway 53 (Ontario)

Highway 53 (Ontario)

Infobox road
province=ON
highway_name=Highway 53
name_notes=
type=Hwy
route=53
alternate_name=Oxford County Road 55, Brant County Highway 53, Brant County Highway 2/53, Burford RoadRymal Road, Garner Road.
maint=City of Hamilton
section=


length_km=76.5
length_round=2
length_ref=
length_notes=
established=1935
decommissioned=1997
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=ON|RR|2|county1=Oxford|city1=Eastwood|name1=Former Highway 2
beltway_city=
junction=jct|state=ON|Hwy|403
jct|state=ON|Hwy|24
jct|state=ON|Hwy|2
jct|state=ON|Hwy|6
jct|state=ON|ON|20|ON|56|name1=Upper Centennial Parkway|name2=Rymal Road|city1=Stoney Creek
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=ON|RR|20|RR|56|roadname1=Rymal Road|county1=Hamilton|city1=Hamilton|roadname2=Upper Centennial Parkway
counties=Regional Municipality of Oxford County, Brant County, Hamilton, Ontario
rural_municipalities=
cities=Woodstock, Brantford, Ancaster, Ontario, Hamilton, Stoney Creek
system=Hamilton Municipal Road System
(Formerly Ontario King's Highways/Provincial Highway System)
spur_type=Hwy
spur_of=
previous_type=Hwy
previous_route=52
next_type=Hwy
next_route=54
browse=
commons=
customcommons=

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.

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.

See also

* Highway 52


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