Aberdeen Avenue is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

, Canada

Canada

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. It starts off just West of Longwood Road South and East of Highway 403

Highway 403 (Ontario)

King's Highway 403, also known as Highway 403, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that travels between Woodstock and Mississauga, branching off from and reuniting with Highway 401 at both ends and travelling south of it through Hamilton and Mississauga. It is concurrent...

 as a two-way thoroughfare up to Queen Street South

Queen Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

Queen Street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Beckett Drive, a mountain-access road in the city and is a two-way street up to Herkimer Street and a one-way street the rest of the way north up to the Canadian National Railway Yard where the road turns...

 where it then switches over to a one-way collector road (Eastbound) to Bay Street South

Bay Street (Hamilton)

Bay Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Inglewood Drive, just South of Aberdeen Avenue, as a collector road with only two lanes, then eventually becomes a six lane thoroughfare at its peak. Bay Street also passes through Downtown Hamilton, where many...

 and then to another two-way section from Bay Street to James Mountain Road, a mountain-access road in the city near the base of the Niagara Escarpment

Niagara Escarpment

The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in the United States and Canada that runs westward from New York State, through Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois...

 (mountain).

History

Aberdeen Avenue, was named after Lord Aberdeen (John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair)

John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC , known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician...

 and Lady Aberdeen (Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair)

Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair

Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, GBE was a Scottish author, philanthropist and an advocate of woman's interests.-Family:...

 who both lived in Hamilton on Bay Street South

Bay Street (Hamilton)

Bay Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Inglewood Drive, just South of Aberdeen Avenue, as a collector road with only two lanes, then eventually becomes a six lane thoroughfare at its peak. Bay Street also passes through Downtown Hamilton, where many...

 (1890-1898) with their four children. They presided over the opening of the Hamilton Public Library on September 16, 1890. Lord Aberdeen was appointed Governor General of Canada

Governor General of Canada

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 in 1893.
Historically, the Durand neighbourhood along Markland Street and Aberdeen Avenue, east of Queen Street

Queen Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

Queen Street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Beckett Drive, a mountain-access road in the city and is a two-way street up to Herkimer Street and a one-way street the rest of the way north up to the Canadian National Railway Yard where the road turns...

, was home to the 'industrialists'. This south of downtown neighbourhood is quite possibly the largest concentration of early 20th century castles/mansions in Canada. The grand homes were home to the families whose names graced the signs of the north end factories and made their fortunes in transportation, finance

Finance

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 and industry

Industry

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.

A massive McMaster University

McMaster University

McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...

 research campus called McMaster Innovation Park is currently being developed on the former Camco lands near Westdale

Westdale, Ontario

Westdale is a residential neighbourhood in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is centred on the Westdale Village shopping district and located near McMaster University. Westdale has been the heart of the Jewish community of Hamilton for many years...

. This will be an "idea factory" employing scientists and technicians. CANMET will employ 100 research scientists and support workers, including some of the top minds in Canada and will be the anchor tenant of the facility. They will be working closely with McMaster researchers and private industry to develop technologies for metal and materials manufacturing, processing and evaluation. Expected to be up-and-running by 2010. Other tenants already announced for the park include a corrosion research centre sponsored by General Motors

General Motors

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 and a diesel engine research lab sponsored by Ford.

Landmarks

Note: Listing of Landmarks from West to East.

• Highway 403
  Highway 403 (Ontario)
  King's Highway 403, also known as Highway 403, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that travels between Woodstock and Mississauga, branching off from and reuniting with Highway 401 at both ends and travelling south of it through Hamilton and Mississauga. It is concurrent...
  
  , (Chedoke Expressway)
• McMaster Innovation Park, former site of the Camco plant
• Empty and boarded up Industrial warehouse/factory complex
• Canadian Pacific Railway
  Canadian Pacific Railway
  The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
  
   bridge, (formerly known as the TH & B Railway
  Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway
  The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway was a railway based in Hamilton that ran in Southern Ontario from 1894 to 1987. It never reached the other two cities in its name, although it did have branch lines extending to Dunnville and Port Maitland.-History:...
  
   bridge
• Chedoke Civic Golf & Ski Club
  • Chedoke Civic Golf Course gates, north-west corner, (originally were the front gates to Dundurn Park)
  • Chedoke Beddoe Civil Golf Course
  • Chedoke Winter Sports Park
• Aberdeen Court, (7-storey apartment building)
• Durand neighbourhood 20c castles/ mansions
• St. Boniface German Roman Catholic Church
• Beth Jacob Synagogue
• Beth Jacob Hebrew School
• Locke Street Shopping District
  Locke Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Locke Street, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Aberdeen Avenue as a two-way street going through the Locke Street shopping district up to Main Street where it then becomes a one-way street until it crosses King Street and becomes two-way again going...
  
  
• Aberdeen Apartments, (4-storey apartment complex)
• James Street Stairway (Mountain-access)
• Bruce Trail
  Bruce Trail
  The Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern and central Ontario, Canada.-General:The trail follows the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, one of the thirteen UNESCO World Biosphere Reserves in Canada, for almost...
  
  
• Niagara Escarpment
  Niagara Escarpment
  The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in the United States and Canada that runs westward from New York State, through Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois...
  
   (mountain)

Bridge Replacement

The Aberdeen Avenue bridge which was constructed in 1963, was found to have advanced deterioration including on the deck, bridge containment, and non-performing bearings by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO).The MTO decided to go with a rapid bridge replacement process, replacing the entire Aberdeen Avenue bridge deck in a weekend instead of taking the usual nine to twelve months to complete it. Reasons for the decision included minimizing disruptions to the travelling public, improved construction safety and reduced construction costs.

MTO retained the engineering

Engineering

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 and management

Management

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 firm Morrison Hershfield

Morrison Hershfield

Morrison Hershfield is an employee-owned professional services firm providing engineering and management consulting services in the areas of energy and...

 as lead consultant for this exciting and innovative project. The rapid bridge replacement process began the evening of July 30, 2010. Using innovative technology the old bridge was lifted away and replaced with a pre-constructed bridge that was built nearby. The process was completed on August 3, 2010. Dufferin Construction Company successfully executed the complete replacement.

This project was the first time rapid replacement technology has been used over a major highway in Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario

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. It is also part of a larger project to repair or replace eight bridges along Highway 403 in Hamilton. This $35.8 million investment is expected to create or sustain approximately 415 jobs as part of the Ontario Open plan.

On February 26th 2011, the Hamilton/Halton Engineering Week committee selected the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Morrison Hershfield

Morrison Hershfield

Morrison Hershfield is an employee-owned professional services firm providing engineering and management consulting services in the areas of energy and...

 and Dufferin Construction team as the recipients of the 2011 Project of the Year in the Civil Engineering category for the Highway 403/ Aberdeen Avenue Rapid Bridge Replacement.

Communities

Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East.

• Kirkendall North/ Chedoke Park B, Aberdeen Avenue cuts through these two neighbourhoods.
• Kirkendall North/ Kirkendall South, Aberdeen Avenue cuts through these two neighbourhoods.
• Durand

Roads that are parallel with Aberdeen Avenue

Lower City Roads:

• Burlington Street
  Burlington Street
  Burlington Street is a road in Hamilton, Ontario, stretching along the south shore of Hamilton Harbour in Lake Ontario. Burlington Street has four different statuses along the route. In its western terminus, it is a collector route ending at Bay Street North...
  
  , West/East
• Barton Street
  Barton Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Barton Street is an arterial road in the Lower City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It's also the longest street in the city. It starts off at the Western end of town at Locke Street North and is a two-way street that stretches eastward through a number of different and varied communities in the...
  
  , West/East
• Cannon Street
  Cannon Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Cannon Street, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Queen Street North as a one-way street up to Sherman Avenue North where it then switches over to a two-way street the rest of the way Eastward and ends just past Kenilworth Avenue North on Barons Avenue...
  
  , West/East
• Wilson Street
  Wilson Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Wilson Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at James Street North and works its way East and ends at Sherman Avenue North...
  
  
• King William Street
  King William Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  400px|thumb|Theatre AquariusKing William Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at the western-end at James Street North and is a one-way street until Mary Street, where it becomes a two-way street that ends at Wentworth Street North.-History:In 1922,...
  
  
• King Street, West/East
• Main Street
  Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Main Street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts east of Wilson Street in Ancaster at White Chapel Cemetery as a two-way street and switches over to a one-way street at Paradise Road South, in Westdale, where it continues up to the Delta where it once again...
  
  , West/East - Queenston Road
  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...
  
  
• Jackson Street
  Jackson Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Jackson Street, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off West of Locke Street South at Jackson Playground as a one-way street up to Queen Street South where it then switches over to a two-way street and is interrupted at Bay Street South the site of the Hamilton...
  
  , West/East
• Hunter Street
  Hunter Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Hunter Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a one-way street that starts West of Locke Street at Hill Street Park and ends two blocks East of Victoria Avenue at Emerald Street...
  
  , West/East
• Augusta Street
  Augusta Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Augusta Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A two-way collector road that starts off on James Street South and ends 4-blocks East at Shamrock Park just past Walnut Street South.-History:thumb|Augusta Street, landmark...
  
  
• Charlton Avenue
  Charlton Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Charlton Avenue, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This collector road starts of just West of Dundurn Street as a one-way street up to James Street South where it then switches over to a two-way street the rest of the way eastward and ends at Wentworth Street South right...
  
  , West/East
• Aberdeen Avenue

Niagara Escarpment (Mountain) Roads:

• Concession Street
  Concession Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Concession Street is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Belvidere Avenue, just West of Sam Lawrence Park, and extends eastward past Mountain Drive Park on Upper Gage Avenue and ends shortly thereafter at East 43rd Street.Note: East of East 43rd Street the road...
  
  
• Queensdale Avenue West/ East
• Scenic Drive - Fennell Avenue
  Fennell Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Fennell Avenue, is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts of just West Garth Street on the West mountain and is a two-way street throughout that extends eastward and ends at Mountain Brow Boulevard, a road that wraps around the edge of the Niagara Escarpment on...
  
  , West/East
• Sanatorium Road
• Mohawk Road
  Mohawk Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Mohawk Road, is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a two-way street throughout that starts just West of Highway 403 & Meadowlands and travels eastward linking up with the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway. Mohawk Road east of Highway 403 resumes again in front of Iroquoia...
  
  , West/East
• Limeridge Road
  Limeridge Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Limeridge Road is a two-way Upper City 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...
  
   West/East
• Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway
  Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway
  The Lincoln Alexander Parkway, officially nicknamed "The Linc", is a municipal expressway in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario. Located on the Hamilton mountain, atop the Niagara Escarpment...
  
   - Mud Street, (Hamilton City Road 11)
• Stone Church Road
  Stone Church Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Stone Church Road, is a two-way Upper City east-west arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Golf Links Road, just east of Meadowlands, and goes across the Escarpment and ends at Upper Mount Albion Road....
  
  , West/East
• ; Rymal Road, West/East
• Twenty Road

Roads that cross Aberdeen Avenue

Note: Listing of streets from West to East.

• Longwood Road, South
• Dundurn Street
  Dundurn Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Dundurn Street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a two-way street that starts off at Mountain Face Park, Niagara Escarpment in front of the Bruce Trail as a collector road, right behind Hillcrest Avenue and then turns into a four lane thoroughfare from Aberdeen...
  
  , South
• Locke Street, South
• Queen Street
  Queen Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Queen Street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Beckett Drive, a mountain-access road in the city and is a two-way street up to Herkimer Street and a one-way street the rest of the way north up to the Canadian National Railway Yard where the road turns...
  
  , South
• Hess Street
  Hess Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  Hess Street, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at the base of the Niagara Escarpment right before Aberdeen Avenue, and is a one-way street going north past the Durand and Central neighbourhoods. Between Main and King Street West is where you will find Hess...
  
  , South
• Bay Street
  Bay Street (Hamilton)
  Bay Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Inglewood Drive, just South of Aberdeen Avenue, as a collector road with only two lanes, then eventually becomes a six lane thoroughfare at its peak. Bay Street also passes through Downtown Hamilton, where many...
  
  , South
• James Street
  James Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
  James Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at the base of the Niagara Escarpment from James Mountain Road, a mountain-access road in the city, originally was a one-way street going south throughout but now has sections of it that are two-way...
  
  , South

External links

• Durand Neighbourhood
• Kirkendall Neighbourhood
• Locke Street.com
• Locke Street South Shopping District
• Bruce Trail Association
• Hikes on the Bruce Trail
• Morrison Hershfield - Rapid Bridge Replacement Project Page
• Dufferin Construction web site
• Google Maps: Aberdeen Avenue (Hybrid)