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The Lincoln Alexander Parkway, officially nicknamed The Linc, is a municipal expressway in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario, which connects Highway 403 with the Red Hill Valley Parkway, which continues north to the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW). Collectively, the two expressways form a southern and eastern bypass of Hamilton. Located on the Hamilton mountain, atop the Niagara Escarpment, the freeway was named after the former Progressive Conservative MP and first black Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Lincoln Alexander in July 1997, despite him never holding a driver's license of his own. Although planning for the Red Hill Creek Expressway began in 1963, construction did not begin until 1991, by which point the project had become a contentious issue. The province agreed to split the cost for the east–west portion of the planned expressway, but opposed the north–south link. Nevertheless, construction continued throughout the mid-1990s, and the expressway opened on October 15, 1997, just over a decade before the controversial Red Hill Valley Parkway, which opened on November 17, 2007. The speed limit along the parkway is . == 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 southeast, the expressway descends into a ditch, which it travels along throughout most of its length. It passes north of the Meadowlands Centre mall and the interchanges with Mohawk Road / Golf Links Road.〔 The route then becomes sandwiched between residential subdivisions at Upper Horning Road, which was bisected by construction of the route.〔 The route continues, passing beneath a pedestrian overpass and Upper Paradise Road before interchanging with Garth Street.〔 Between Garth Street and Upper Ottawa Street, Limeridge Road — a concession road bisected by interchanges at Upper James Street, Upper Wentworth Street and Upper Gage Avenue — travels parallel to the parkway approximately to the north.〔 The route passes beneath another pedestrian bridge and West 5th Street then interchanges with Upper James Street (former Highway 6).〔〔 It continues, with Upper Wellington Street crossing the parkway before an interchange with Upper Wentworth Street. On the northeast corner of this interchange is Lime Ridge Mall, while Thomas B. McQuesten Park lies on the southeast corner. East of these, the route once again lies between subdivisions, with Upper Sherman Avenue crossing the freeway midway to the interchange with Upper Gage Avenue.〔〔 Beyond the Upper Ottawa Street crossing, residential developments are confined to the north side of the Linc as it curves southward, descending towards the top of the Red Hill Valley. Surrounded by undeveloped land, it meets the northern end of Dartnell Road at a trumpet interchange, with Mt. Albion Conservation Area to the southeast and the Red Hill Creek passing beneath the interchange to traverse the Niagara Escarpment at Albion Falls. The Linc gradually curves back northeast, now surrounded, passing under Pritchard Road. Immediately east of there, the Mud Street interchange branches off as the route curves northward and becomes the Red Hill Valley Parkway, which descends the escarpment towards the QEW.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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