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List of suffixed routes of Ontario Highway 8

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)

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Highway 8A
LocationYork Street (St. David's–Queenston and Queenston-Lewiston Bridge
Length4.6 km (2.9 mi)
ExistedOctober 13, 1920[1]–September 1, 1970[2]

The Hamilton–Queenston Highway was assumed as part of "The Provincial Highway" in August 1918.[1] On October 13 of that year, several roads were taken over by the province between St. David's and the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge in Niagara Falls.[3][4] When highway numbers were introduced in the summer of 1925, the route between St. David's and Niagara Falls was designated as part of Highway 8, while the route between St. David's and the bridge to New York was designated as Highway 8A.[5] Highway 8A followed York Road to Front Street before crossing the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge. It remained in place until September 1, 1970, when it was transferred to the newly-formed Regional Municipality of Niagara, along with Highway 8.[2][6]

Highway 8A (Stoney Creek–Burlington)

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Highway 8A
LocationYork Street (St. David's–Queenston and Queenston-Lewiston Bridge
Length4.6 km (2.9 mi)
ExistedOctober 13, 1920[1]–September 1, 1970[2]

A predecessor to Highway 20, Highway 8A 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).

  • 7.6 miles (12.2 km)[7]
  • Renumbered as part of Highway 20 in 1932

Highway 8 Alt (Kitchener)

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  • 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)

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Highway 8B
LocationHuron Street, Waterloo Street, and Snyder's Road – New Hamburg, Baden
Length7.2 km[11] (4.5 mi)
Existed1957[12]–?

Highway 8B (Rockton)

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  • 1959 to April 1, 1970[13]
  • Followed what is now Old Highway 8, created when Rockton was bypassed in 1958.

Highway 8B (Sheffield)

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  • 1959 to April 1, 1970[13]
  • Followed what is now Old Highway 8, created when Sheffield was bypassed in 1958.

Highway 8D

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See also: Cootes Drive

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Hamilton–Queenston Road". Annual Report (Report) (1919 ed.). Department of Public Highways. p. 16. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c "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". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1971. p. 153.
  3. ^ Annual Report (Report) (1920 ed.). Department of Public Highways. April 26, 1921. pp. 42–45. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Niagara, Ontario. Map Sheet 30 M/03 (Map) (1930 ed.). 1:63,360. Cartography by General Staff, Geographical Section. Department of National Defence. 1906. Retrieved March 1, 2022 – via Scholars GeoPortal.
  5. ^ "Provincial Highways Now Being Numbered". The Canadian Engineer. 49 (8). Monetary Times Print: 246. August 25, 1925. 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...
  6. ^ Planning Branch (1964). Niagara Peninsula Planning Study (Report). Department of Highways.
  7. ^ "Preview unavailable". ProQuest.
  8. ^ http://ao.minisisinc.com/FS_IMAGES/I0050534.jpg [bare URL image file]
  9. ^ http://ao.minisisinc.com/FS_IMAGES/I0050536.jpg [bare URL image file]
  10. ^ http://ao.minisisinc.com/FS_IMAGES/I0050538.jpg Archived 2021-11-29 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL image file]
  11. ^ "Annual Report". 1968.
  12. ^ 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)"
  13. ^ a b "Annual Report". 1968.
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