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Originally Posted by flar
Most of hwy 5 was downloaded. The section you're talking about isnt really a highway anymore--busy as hell, yes--but it functions more like an urban arterial route now, ie: a city street. You're crazy to travel any distance on 5 now, it's heavily used for local traffic though. Hwy 6 & 8, however, are primarily used for intercity travel, though 8 is not really that busy.
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Urban arterial? You're talking about the road east from Highway 6 right?
Because west from highway 6 (the non downloaded part) highway 5 is decidedly not urban. I'd like to point out that it doesn't even go to any intra-city destinations from Waterdown. So its pretty imposible for all the traffic to be intra-city traffic.
Unless the 424 is built, Highway 5 will still be a significant provincial highway (albeit neither 5 nor 8 will be as busy as 6)