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The Red Hill Valley Parkway designation ends just past the Dartnall Road interchange, the freeway continues across Hamilton Mountain as the Linc.  Click here for Linc images.

The Red Hill Valley Parkway was opened to traffic on November 17th, 2007.  For photos of the highway taken during its construction, click here.

City of Hamilton

Advanced warning sign for Greenhill Avenue northbound along the Parkway.

Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007.

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City of Hamilton

The Red Hill Valley Parkway looking north down the hill at the Greenhill Avenue interchange.  Greenhill Avenue is the lower city's equivalent to Fennel Avenue.

Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007.

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City of Hamilton

View looking southerly from the Greenhill Avenue overpass towards Mud Street interchange.

Photo taken: October 16th, 2010.

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City of Hamilton

Southerly view from the Greenhill Avenue overpass towards the CP Rail overpass.

Photo taken: October 16th, 2010.

City of Hamilton

Northbound signage in advance of King Street.

Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007.

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City of Hamilton

Looking south from Queenston Road overpass.  It's amazing the Parkway was not constructed with some sort of barrier median, particularly around some of the sharper curves.

Photo taken: October 16th, 2010.

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City of Hamilton

Overhead signage at the Queenston Road interchange.  The Queenston Road overpass was constructed in the early 1990s as part of the construction of the Linc.  The Red Hill and Linc were originally to be constructed as one continuous freeway, until the Rae government pulled funding amid environmental concerns.

Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007.

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City of Hamilton

Southerly view of the Red Hill Valley Parkway from the Barton Street overpass.  In a lot of ways, the Red Hill Valley Parkway is Hamilton's attempt at Toronto's Don Valley Parkway.

Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007.

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City of Hamilton

Northerly view from Barton Street towards the CN Railway overpass.  Note how low the highway elevation is compared to the water elevation on the nearby Red Hill Creek.  The railway, and nearby expressway were tight design constraints that likely required designers to place the highway within the Red Hill Creek flood line.


Photos taken: November 23rd, 2007.

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City of Hamilton 

Southbound signage marking the start of the Red Hill Valley Parkway.  The northern most section of the Red Hill Valley Parkway was constructed by the MTO.

Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007.

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City of Hamilton 

Diagram signage in advance of the QEW interchange.

Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007.

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City of Hamilton 

Green signage at the Queen Elizabeth Way split from the Red Hill Valley Parkway.  The ramp to QEW Niagara is deceptively tight.  I am surprised ramp speed signage wasn't affixed to the overhead signage.

Photo taken: November 23rd, 2007.

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City of Hamilton

View looking southerly along the Parkway from the median of the highway at the QEW interchange.

Photo taken: July 22nd, 2007.

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The Red Hill Valley Parkway ends at a trumpet interchange with the Queen Elizabeth Way.  Click here for QEW images.