Garth Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

Garth Street is an Upper City (mountain) 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. It is a two-way street throughout.

History

Originally, Garth Street was almost given the street name of Upper Dundurn Street because it's in alignment with Dundurn Street in Lower City Hamilton.

Landmarks

Note: Listing of Landmarks from North to South.

  • Bruce Trail
  • Niagara Escarpment
  • Hillfield-Strathallan College
  • Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, "The LINC"
  • Glancaster Golf and Country Club, (On Twenty Road West, just West of Garth Street)

Communities

Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from North to South.

  • Westcliffe/ Mohawk, Garth Street cuts through these two neighbourhoods
  • Buchanan
  • Gilbert/ Rolston, Garth Street cuts through these two neighbourhoods
  • Gilkson/ Gourley, Garth Street cuts through these two neighbourhoods
  • Falkirk East
  • Villages of Glancaster/ Twenty Place, Garth Street cuts through these two neighbourhoods
  • North Glanford

Roads that are parallel with Garth Street

Note: Listing of Roads from West to East.

  • Wilson Street (Ancaster)
  • Highway 403
  • Upper Paradise Road
  • Garth Street
  • West 5th Street
  • Upper James Street
  • Upper Wellington Street
  • Upper Wentworth Street
  • Upper Sherman Avenue
  • Upper Gage Avenue
  • Upper Ottawa Street
  • Nebo Road
  • Upper Kenilworth Avenue
  • Mountain Brow Boulevard
  • Upper Centennial Parkway

Roads that cross Garth Street

Note: Listing of streets from North to South.

  • Scenic Drive - Fennell Avenue, West
  • Sanatorium Road
  • Mohawk Road, West
  • Limeridge Road West
  • Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway
  • Stone Church Road, West
  • ; Rymal Road, West
  • Twenty Road, West

References

  • MapArt Golden Horseshoe Atlas - Page 647, 657, 667 - Grids J10, K10, L10, M10, N10, P10, Q10




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