Upper Centennial Parkway (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Upper Centennial Parkway is a mountain-access 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
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Also known as Hamilton Highway 20, the road starts off at Centennial Parkway
Centennial Parkway (Hamilton, Ontario)
Centennial Parkway, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is best known as the western terminus of former King's Highway 20, now maintained by the City of Hamilton...

 in the Lower City beside Battlefield Park and extends south up 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...

 and southward across the mountain where it ends at Rymal Road. It is a two-way street throughout.

Note: This road continues south of Rymal Road as Regional Road 56.

History

Named Upper Centennial Parkway because it is in alignment with Centennial Parkway
Centennial Parkway (Hamilton, Ontario)
Centennial Parkway, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is best known as the western terminus of former King's Highway 20, now maintained by the City of Hamilton...

 in Lower City Hamilton.

Landmarks

Note: Listing of Landmarks from North to South.
  • Battlefield Park
  • Canadian Pacific railway line
  • 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...

  • Pro’s Golf Centre
  • Satellite Golf Course

Communities

Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from North to South.
  • Gershome
  • Heritage Green
  • Leckie Park
  • Elfrida

Roads that are parallel with Upper Centennial Parkway

Note: Listing of Roads from West to East.
  • Wilson Street (Ancaster)
  • 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...

  • Upper Paradise Road
    Upper Paradise Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
    Upper Paradise Road is an Upper City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off just north of Scenic Drive by Cliffview Park and extends southward where it ends just south of Rymal Road beside Carpenter Park...

  • 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...

  • West 5th Street
    West 5th Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
    West 5th Street is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off in the north at James Mountain Road, a mountain-access road, and extends southward past Rymal Road where it ends just south of Christopher Drive...

  • 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...

  • Upper Wellington Street
    Upper Wellington Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
    Upper Wellington Street is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at the Jolley Cut, a mountain-access road to the north, beside Sam Lawrence Park and extends southward past Rymal Road where it ends at the Mount Hamilton Cemetery...

  • 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:...

  • Upper Sherman Avenue
    Upper Sherman Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)
    Upper Sherman Avenue is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off north of Concession Street at Mountain Brow Avenue and extends southward where it ends at Rymal Road. It is a two-way street throughout.-History:...

  • 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...

  • Upper Ottawa Street
    Upper Ottawa Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
    Upper Ottawa Street is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Mountain Brow Boulevard in the north and extends southward where it ends just past Rymal Road at the South Hamilton Industrial Park...

  • Nebo Road
    Nebo Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
    Nebo Road is an Upper City road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Stone Church Road East and extends southward where it ends at Chippewa Road East, just north of Lake Niapenco at the Binbrook Conservation Area....

  • Upper Kenilworth Avenue
    Upper Kenilworth Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)
    Upper Kenilworth Avenue is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Fennell Avenue in the north and extends southward just past Limeridge Road where it ends north of the Lincoln M...

  • Mountain Brow Boulevard
  • Upper Centennial Parkway

Roads that cross Upper Centennial Parkway

Note: Listing of streets from North to South.
  • Green Mountain Road, West/East
  • Mud Street, West/East
  • Highland Road, West/East
  • Rymal Road East

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