List of suffixed routes of Ontario Highway 8 explained
This is a list of suffixed routes of Ontario Highway 8. There have been seven confirmed iterations of Highway 8 with a suffixed route number, all but two of which were the original route of the highway prior to the construction of a bypass or diversion.
Highway 8A (St. David's–Queenston)
| Province: | ON |
| Type: | Hwy |
| Header Type: | Former |
| Route: | 8A |
| Location: | York Street (St. David's–Queenston and Queenston-Lewiston Bridge |
| Length Km: | 4.6 |
| Formed: | October13, 1920 |
| Deleted: | September1, 1970 |
The Hamilton–Queenston Highway was assumed as part of "The Provincial Highway" in August 1918.[1] On October13 of that year, several roads were taken over by the province between St. David's and the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge in Niagara Falls.[2] [3] When highway numbers were introduced in the summer of 1925, the route between St. David's and Niagara Falls was designated as part of Highway8, while the route between St. David's and the bridge to New York was designated as Highway8A.[4] Highway8A followed York Road to Front Street before crossing the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge. It remained in place until September1, 1970, when it was transferred to the newly-formed Regional Municipality of Niagara, along with Highway8.[5] [6]
Highway 8A (Stoney Creek–Burlington)
| Province: | ON |
| Type: | Hwy |
| Header Type: | Former |
| Route: | 8A |
| Location: | York Street (St. David's–Queenston and Queenston-Lewiston Bridge |
| Length Km: | 4.6 |
| Formed: | October13, 1920 |
| Deleted: | September1, 1970 |
A predecessor to Highway 20, Highway8A followed what is now known as Centennial Parkway, as well as Beach Boulevard and Lakeshore Road across Burlington Beach. It began near Stoney Creek at Queenston Road (Highway 8) and ended at the corner of North Shore Boulevard East, Maple Avenue, and Lakeshore Road (the latter two comprising part of Highway 2).
- [7]
- Renumbered as part of Highway 20 in 1932
Highway 8 Alt (Kitchener)
- 1958 to 1960, only appears in the 1958 and 1959 Ontario Road Maps[8] [9] [10]
- Followed King Street and Queen Street through downtown Kitchener following Highway being rerouted along Ottawa Street and Courtland Avenue
Highway 8B (New Hamburg)
| Province: | ON |
| Type: | Hwy |
| Header Type: | Former |
| Route: | 8B |
| Location: | Huron Street, Waterloo Street, and Snyder's Road New Hamburg, Baden |
| Length Km: | 7.2 |
| Length Ref: | [11] |
| Formed: | 1957[12] |
| Deleted: | ? |
Highway 8B (Rockton)
- 1959 to April 1, 1970[13]
- Followed what is now Old Highway 8, created when Rockton was bypassed in 1958.
Highway 8B (Sheffield)
- 1959 to April 1, 1970
- Followed what is now Old Highway 8, created when Sheffield was bypassed in 1958.
Highway 8D
See also: Cootes Drive.
Notes and References
- Annual Report . Department of Public Highways . 1919 . Hamilton–Queenston Road . 16 . February 15, 2022 . Internet Archive.
- Annual Report . Department of Public Highways . 1920 . April 26, 1921 . 42–45 . February 17, 2022.
- Niagara, Ontario. Map Sheet 30 M/03 . General Staff, Geographical Section . Department of National Defence . 1906 . 1:63,360 . 1930 . March 1, 2022 . Scholars GeoPortal.
- Provincial Highways Now Being Numbered . Monetary Times Print . The Canadian Engineer . August 25, 1925 . 49 . 8 . 246 . Numbering of the various provincial highways in Ontario has been commenced by the Department of Public Highways. Resident engineers are now receiving metal numbers to be placed on poles along the provincial highways. These numbers will also be placed on poles throughout cities, towns and villages, and motorists should then have no trouble in finding their way in and out of urban municipalities. Road designations from "2" to "17" have already been allotted....
- Annual Report . Department of Highways . March 31, 1971 . Appendix 17 – Schedule of Reversions and Transfers of Sections of the King's Highway and Secondary Highway Systems for the fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1971 . 153.
- Niagara Peninsula Planning Study . Planning Branch . Department of Highways . 1964 . .
- Web site: Preview unavailable. ProQuest.
- http://ao.minisisinc.com/FS_IMAGES/I0050534.jpg
- http://ao.minisisinc.com/FS_IMAGES/I0050536.jpg
- http://ao.minisisinc.com/FS_IMAGES/I0050538.jpg
- Web site: Annual Report. 1968.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=6f8iAQAAIAAJ&q=%22the+diversion+by-passes+both+New+Hamburg+and+Baden+and+eliminates%22 "7 and 8 - New Hamburg Diversion, opened to traffic (the diversion by - passes both New Hamburg and Baden and eliminates nine sharp curves and two railway crossings)"
- Web site: Annual Report. 1968.
