The Lincoln Alexander Parkway, officially nicknamed "The Linc", is a municipal expressway in the Canadian

Canada

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 city of 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...

. Located on the Hamilton mountain

Hamilton Mountain

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, atop the Niagara Escarpment

Niagara Escarpment

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. It is named after the former Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 MP

Member of Parliament

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 and first black Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

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, Lincoln Alexander

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, even though he has never held a driver's license of his own.

Opened on October 15, 1997, the expressway currently runs along the south of Hamilton between Highway 403 and Mud Street, and is connected to the Queen Elizabeth Way

Queen Elizabeth Way

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 via the Red Hill Valley Parkway

Red Hill Valley Parkway

The Red Hill Valley Parkway , referred to as the Red Hill Creek Expressway during planning is a municipal expressway in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario. The route connects the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, Hamilton's second municipal expressway, to the Queen Elizabeth Way near Hamilton...

, which opened on November 17, 2007. The speed limit on the parkway is 90 km/h.

The road was once unofficially designated as part of Highway 6 up to Upper James Street; the designation has since been moved to a new alignment that passes south of Hamilton International Airport.

Route description

The Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway begins in the west end of Hamilton at a large turbine interchange with Highway 403, which also provides access to Mohawk Road from Westbound Highway 403 and The Linc. Travelling eastbound, the expressway descends into a ditch, which it travels along approximately 200 metres (656.2 ft) south of the concession road

Concession road

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 which it replaced.

Exit list

The entirety of the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway is located within the city of Hamilton

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...

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	2	Golf Links 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...  (Hamilton Road 260)
	4	Garth Street Garth Street (Hamilton, Ontario) Garth Street is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Beckett Drive, a mountain-access road in the north, and extends southward where it ends at Twenty Road just east of the Glancaster Golf and Country Club...
	6	Upper James Street Upper James Street (Hamilton, Ontario) Upper James Street, is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at the Claremont Access, a mountain-access road in the north, and extends southward towards the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport where it then changes its name to the Hamilton Port Dover Plain...
	8	Upper Wentworth Street Upper Wentworth Street (Hamilton, Ontario) Upper Wentworth Street is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Concession Street in the north and extends southward past Rymal Road. It is a two-way street throughout.-History:...
	10	Upper Gage Avenue Upper Gage Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario) Upper Gage Avenue is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Concession Street in front of Mountain Drive Park and works its way southward and ends just past Rymal Road beside Broughton West Park 2...
	12	Dartnell Road
	13	Mud Street