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|province=ON |
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|highway_name=Highway 52 |
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|type=Hwy |
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|route=52 |
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|alternate_name=Hamilton Road 52, Copetown Road, Trinity Road |
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|maint=[[Hamilton, Ontario|City of Hamilton]] |
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|section= |
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|length_km=10.5 |
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|length_round=2 |
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|established=1937 |
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|decommissioned=1998 |
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|direction_a=South |
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|terminus_a=[[Image:Ontario_2.svg|20px]]/[[Image:Ontario_53.svg|20px]](Former [[Highway 2 (Ontario)|Highway 2]]/[[Highway 53 (Ontario)|53]]) [[Wilson Street (Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario)|Wilson Street]] |
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|junction={{jct|state=ON|Hwy|8}}/{{jct|state=ON|Hwy|5}}<br>{{jct|state=ON|Hwy|403}}<br>{{jct|state=ON|Hwy|2}}/{{jct|state=ON|Hwy|53}} |
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|direction_b=North |
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|terminus_b={{jct|state=ON|Hwy|8|roadname1=Tiffin Street|county1=Simcoe|city1=Hamilton}}<br>{{jct|state=ON|Hwy|8|roadname1=Dundas Street|county1=Hamilton-Wentworth|city1=Hamilton}} |
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|counties=[[Hamilton, Ontario]] |
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|cities=[[Hamilton, Ontario]], [[Rockton, Ontario]], [[Copetown, Ontario]], [[Ancaster, Ontario]] |
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|system=Hamilton Municipal Road System<br>([[List of provincial highways in Ontario|Formerly Ontario King's Highways/Provincial Highway System]]) |
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|spur_type=Hwy |
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|previous_type=Hwy |
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|previous_route=51 |
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|next_type=Hwy |
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|next_route=53 |
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'''Highway 52''' is a [[List of former provincial highways in Ontario|former]] [[list of Ontario provincial highways|provincial highway]] located in the former [[Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario|Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth]], now the [[Hamilton, Ontario|City of Hamilton]]. This road had a very interesting history, and one of the strangest routings of any provincially-controlled highway. |
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== History == |
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The road originally travelled from Highway 8 in [[Rockton, Ontario|Rockton]] north along at least ''five'' different township roads in just 13 km (8 miles), and ended at a local [[Township (Canada)|township road]] at the [[Wellington County, Ontario|Wellington]]/Wentworth County Line. To add to the odd routing, upon being extended, one quarter of its route was [[multiplex]]ed with Highway 8 (where it terminated at the intersection of Highways 5 and 8 in [[Peter's Corners, Ontario|Peter's Corners]]). This odd section was the first part of Highway 52 to gain the highway designation of Highway 52. |
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Later in 1937, the Department of Highways (now today's [[Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)|Ministry of Transportation]]) had assumed control of 10 km more of local roads south of Highway 8/Highway 5. The road was extended south to [[Highway 2 (Ontario)|Highway 2]]/[[Highway 53 (Ontario)|53]] on [[Wilson Street (Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario)|Wilson Street]] in [[Ancaster, Ontario]]. This added a 7 km multiplex with Highway 8, a full quarter of Highway 52's entire length. The road was paved between Highways 2 and [[Highway 97 (Ontario)|97]] in [[1955]], with the remainder being paved [[1958|three years later]]. |
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The original section of Highway 52 (the parts north of the Highway 5 and 8 intersection) was downloaded to the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth. The road's length was reduced to 10.5 km. On [[January 1]], [[1998]], the rest of Highway 52 was downloaded to the former Region of Hamilton-Wentworth (now City of Hamilton). The road has not been given a new numerical designation, and is simply known as Westover Road and Trinity Road. |
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== See also == |
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* [[Highway 53 (Ontario)|Highway 53]] |
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{{Roads in Hamilton, Ontario}} |
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{{Hamilton}} |
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[[Category:Roads in Hamilton, Ontario]] |
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[[Category:Ontario county roads]] |
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[[Category:Defunct Ontario provincial highways|052]] |
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