Brace yourself for heavy traffic throughout Hamilton. The MTO is closing the 403 Brantford bound between Highway 6 and King Street West. Expect delays on adjacent arterial roads around the city.
Barry Gray / The Hamilton Spectator file photo
LO29-jjm-403WEEKEND City of Hamilton primary detour map for closure of 403 westbound. MTO is completing rehabilitation work at the Macklin and Old Guelph Road overpasses. The highway will be closed Brantford bound between Highway 6 and King Street West. Uploaded by: MOORE, JENNIFER
LO29-jjm-403WEEKEND City of Hamilton alternate detour map for closure of 403 westbound. MTO is completing rehabilitation work at the Macklin and Old Guelph Road overpasses. The highway will be closed Brantford bound between Highway 6 and King Street West. Uploaded by: moore, jennifer
Brace yourself for heavy traffic throughout Hamilton. The MTO is closing the 403 Brantford bound between Highway 6 and King Street West. Expect delays on adjacent arterial roads around the city.
The City of Hamilton is bracing for a weekend of traffic chaos due to a stretch of Highway 403 in west Hamilton closing.
The city told The Spectator Thursday that a Highway 403 westbound closure planned for earlier this month by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has been reschedule to this weekend, from Friday at 11 p.m. to Monday, Oct. 3, at 5 a.m.
The closure, from Highway 6 to King Street West, was originally expected to happen in mid-September but was delayed because of weather.
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Entrance ramps to the 403 from Highway 6, York Boulevard and Main Street West will also be closed.
LO29-jjm-403WEEKEND City of Hamilton primary detour map for closure of 403 westbound. MTO is completing rehabilitation work at the Macklin and Old Guelph Road overpasses. The highway will be closed Brantford bound between Highway 6 and King Street West. Uploaded by: MOORE, JENNIFER
The city warns residents to expect traffic delay along nearby Main and King streets as well as the surrounding lower city. The city will be modifying signal changes in the downtown core to lessen the traffic impacts.
“As a result of this closure, road users from the highway will be detouring along the Queen Elizabeth Way using the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway. Motorists travelling on the westbound Highway 403 will be detoured onto Highway 6,” the city said.
LO29-jjm-403WEEKEND City of Hamilton alternate detour map for closure of 403 westbound. MTO is completing rehabilitation work at the Macklin and Old Guelph Road overpasses. The highway will be closed Brantford bound between Highway 6 and King Street West. Uploaded by: moore, jennifer
The planned MTO bridge rehabilitation work includes:
Removal and replacement of existing asphalt and waterproofing;
Removal of select deteriorating concrete in deck;
Concrete patch repairs on deck, soffit, and fascia;
Crack injection on barriers and abutment walls;
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Replacement of a four-metre section of concrete centre median on the Old Guelph Road structure;
Repaving of Macklin Street (underneath Highway 403) within the ministry right-of-way.
HSR bus routes including 5 Delaware, 6 Aberdeen, 7 Locke, 8 York, 9 Rock Gardens, 10 B-Line, 11 Parkdale, 51 University are also expecting delays due to traffic.
Leave yourself a lot of extra time to travel this weekend.
