Beach Boulevard is a Lower city street in Hamilton, Ontario , Canada, east of the Hamilton Harbour on a thin piece of land that crosses over Lake Ontario and stretches from where Woodward Avenue becomes Eastport Drive in the south to near the Lift Bridge in the north at Eastport Drive (again). It runs parallel with the QEW and the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway Bridge.
26-659: Skyway Bridge may refer to: Burlington Bay Skyway , a bridge near Burlington, Ontario, Canada Garden City Skyway , a bridge in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Chicago Skyway , a bridge in Chicago, Illinois, United States Pulaski Skyway , a bridge in Newark, New Jersey, United States Sunshine Skyway Bridge , over Tampa Bay in Florida, United States Veterans' Glass City Skyway ,
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78-572: A conviction for dangerous driving in March 2016 and a one-year jail sentence. His conviction and sentence were upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal. Beach Boulevard (Hamilton, Ontario) The first Indigenous peoples to settle in the Hamilton area called the bay Macassa , meaning "beautiful waters". It was not until bridges were built, the marshes drained and a canal cut through
104-580: A variable lighting system to overcome the frequent fog found in the area. It is also the site of Ontario's first freeway traffic management system which incorporates traffic cameras and changeable message signs. The original name of the first bridge was the Burlington Bay Skyway . After it was twinned, the proposed names of James N. Allan Skyway (in honour of the Ontario Minister of Highways James Noble Allan , who had championed
130-496: Is 30 m (97 ft) wide. The first bridge (steel structure) officially opened on October 30, 1958, crossing the narrow bar separating Hamilton Harbour and the Port of Hamilton from Lake Ontario . This allows for Great Lakes ship traffic to flow underneath while four lanes of Golden Horseshoe road traffic may flow on top of it, neither disturbing the other. The bridge was designed by John Turner Bell. Construction of
156-692: Is dedicated by the City of Hamilton to the young men of Hamilton and surrounding communities who died on the stormy beaches of the Port Dieppe, France , on 19 August 1942. A total of 913 Canadian sailors, soldiers and airmen were killed during this raid. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) lost 197 soldiers during this battle. Their names appear here along with other Hamiltonians who died while serving with other Canadian units in Dieppe. The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway, originally called
182-541: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Burlington Bay Skyway The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway , originally called the Burlington Bay Skyway and simply known as the Burlington Skyway or The Skyway , is a pair of high-level freeway bridges (built in 1958 and 1985) spanning the Burlington Bay Canal . The Skyway, as it
208-530: Is locally known, is located in Hamilton and Burlington , Ontario , Canada, and is part of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) highway linking Fort Erie with Toronto . The 1958 steel bridge is a suspended deck through-arch truss bridge. The approach to the main span has elements of a through-truss bridge, but the arch shape takes the truss higher than the roadway deck, so hangers are used to suspend
234-622: The Burlington Bay Skyway , is a pair of high-level freeway bridges located in Hamilton and Burlington , Ontario , Canada. The Skyway, as it locally known, is part of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) highway linking Fort Erie with Toronto . The first bridge was completed in 1958 and officially opened 30 October 1958, crossing the narrow bar separating Burlington Bay from Lake Ontario. This allows for Great Lakes ship traffic to flow underneath while four lanes of Golden Horseshoe road traffic may flow on top of it, neither disturbing
260-464: The 1958 bridge) and James N. Allan Burlington Bay Skyway were rejected. The official name since 1988 has been Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway . In fall 2008, most of the older Aluminum Tapered Leg (ATL) overhead sign gantries (commonly referred by the MTO as a "Type 1" structure) which had been installed back in the late 1980s were replaced with the newer triangular truss gantries. This included
286-578: The Canadian Amusement Company and opened up an amusement park , operating from 1903 to 1978 on Burlington Beach, which today is known as Hamilton Beach. It featured boats, boathouses, swings & slides, snack bars and a fun house named the Crazy House. Shortly thereafter carrousels and a ferris wheel were added and by the 1950s a small roller coaster and pony rides were included in the parks' inventory. A wooden dance floor
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#1732790233179312-540: The Hamilton Beach Preservation Committee, to protect the distinctive interests of their community. Following a flooding in 1973, the City of Hamilton proposed to assist residents by buying their homes, as part of a long-term plan to tear the houses down and transform the residential area into a lakeside park. While some residents sold their homes, many others refused. They forced Hamilton politicians to revise their long-term plans for
338-594: The area has been altered considerably by fill used for construction of the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway , the Queen Elizabeth Way and the Canada Centre for Inland Waters. Hamilton's deep sea port is accessed by ship canal through the beach strip into the harbour and is traversed by two bridges, the QEW's Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway and the lower Burlington Canal Lift Bridge . While
364-768: The area. The Trail in Hamilton splits into two sections: The Hamilton Waterfront Trail (west) and the Hamilton Recreation Beach Trail (east). Both trails are largely off-road, 6 metres wide, paved asphalt . The Hamilton Beach Recreation Trail follows the Lake Ontario shoreline for about 8 kilometres, from Burlington under the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge to the Hamilton Beach and Confederation Park and into Stoney Creek . The Dieppe Veterans' Memorial Park
390-535: The bar that Hamilton started to expand. Before that its chief importance was as a military station, guarding Burlington Heights and the head of the lake. One of the residences had served as one wing of the old Hamilton fort which had been used in the War of 1812. This building was moved around the time of the First World War by 16 teams of horses – a journey which took 6 weeks. The spot is about eight miles from
416-419: The city and was reached by Steam or electric street cars or by boat . On May 24, 1877, the first "Beach Train" rolled along the strip, the Hamilton and North-Western Railway. Electrical Radial service began in 1905. After that, the Hamilton and North-Western Railway stopped carrying passengers along the beach strip. But it carried freight until the line was abandoned in 1982. In 1903 a Mr. H. Knapman formed
442-487: The community's own police force. In 1957 the City of Hamilton successfully annexed the Beach Strip, south of the canal, arguing that the city could more efficiently look after the area. In 1964, the City of Burlington took over the administration of the section north of the canal. Beach residents nevertheless retained their strong sense of independence. During the late 1960s and 1970s they organized various groups, such as
468-443: The deck from the arch truss. The truss bridge is 2,560 m (8,400 ft) long overall. The main span of 151 m (495 ft) is flanked by two back spans each 83.7 m (275 ft) long; there are 72 total approach spans, and the bridge has 36.7 m (120 ft) of vertical clearance below the bottom of the deck. The girder bridge, completed in 1985, is 335 m (1,099 ft) shorter. The roadway deck for each bridge
494-408: The entire Skyway required 20,000 short tons (18,000 t) of steel and 90,000 cubic yards (69,000 m ) of concrete. The bridge had tolls when constructed, but these were removed December 28, 1973 after they were found to heavily impede traffic flow. The toll plaza was located near Tower's Drive. Truck drivers in particular had refused to take the tolled bridge since not only were they charged
520-475: The full toll but also it took them extra fuel to ascend the Skyway. With the lifting of tolls on the bridge, trucks were then banned from using Beach Boulevard . When traffic volume became more than the bridge could accommodate in the early 1980s, the bridge was twinned. The 1985 bridge was a conventional precast concrete box girder. When the new skyway (concrete structure) was opened on October 11, 1985, traffic
546-436: The other. The bridge was designed by John Turner Bell. The bridge had tolls when constructed, but these were removed 28 December 1973 after they were found to heavily impede traffic flow. Truck drivers in particular had refused to take the tolled bridge since they were not only charged the full toll, but it also took them extra fuel to ascend the Skyway. Several Beach Strip children were killed by tractor trailers, which led to
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#1732790233179572-516: The overhead gantry signage for exit 97 on the northbound span of the skyway. On July 31, 2014, a man driving a dump truck in its raised position crashed onto the top of the bridge frame on the Toronto-bound lanes. The bridge was closed for the weekend to make temporary repairs; permanent repairs to the bridge structure took seven months and cost $ 1.224 million. The driver was charged with impaired driving and tried in 2016, resulting in
598-429: The township of Saltfleet and the City of Hamilton helped develop the Beach Strip in the 1800s, the community retained a certain practical independence from both. In 1907, the provincial government recognized its distinctive character by creating a special form of government to address local concerns. For the next 50 years, an appointed Beach Commission established and enforced local by-laws, collected taxes, and supervised
624-804: Was installed for the Pier Ballroom with Sunday-evening talent contests with popular artists international performers appearing. In 1978 the City of Hamilton did not renew the Canal Amusement Park lease and the park was closed. North of Beach Boulevard on Lakeshore Road is an historic lighthouse and the Joseph Brant Museum, a replica of the home of Joseph Brant . The Beach Strip is a 4-mile, (quarter mile wide), strip that stretches from Spencer Smith Park in Burlington to Confederation Park in Hamilton. This strip of land
650-429: Was known to the aboriginal people in the area as Daonasedao , which translates to "where the sand forms a bar". Thousands of years ago, the beach was formed as a baymouth barrier bar from sand deposited by waves breaking in deep water offshore. As the process continued, a dune gradually developed and eventually a continuous strip of sand was formed, creating an embayment separated from Lake Ontario. Since then,
676-546: Was temporarily rerouted to it so that the old bridge could be extensively rehabilitated and this work was completed August 22, 1988. Afterwards, there were eight lanes of traffic crossing the harbour. The twinning project also saw a major upgrade of the freeway approaches to the bridge. The entire project resulted in the QEW being widened to eight lanes from Burlington Street to Highway 403, with modern Parclo interchanges at Burlington Street, Northshore Boulevard (former Highway 2), and Fairview Street/Plains Road. This section has
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