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Originally Posted by Duke-Of-Waterloo
The 420 in Niagara Falls clearly doesn't meet any of this criteria.
On second thought, it leads to an international border, so it may be able to be argued to meet the criteria.
Were there ever any intentions of extending the 420?
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At one point, provincial jurisdiction over Hwy 420 extended right the way east of Stanley Street to the foot of the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, but the 420 has never been a full-fledged freeway. In fact, prior to its most recent reconstruction in 2003 or so, east of Stanley Street, Hwy 420 was fronted by quite a number of both residential and commercial properties.
Niagara Falls has seemed to have reserved some land for a Hwy 420 extension through the western boundaries of its city, so the extension of the 420 west of Niagara Falls must exist in either its or the Region of Niagara's Official Plan.
The most up-to-date conceptual alignments for the Welland to QEW section of the MidPen seem to favour a more southerly alignment than tying into the 420 interchange. If the MidPen is indeed built on a more southern alignment, I can't see the need to do both that and extend the 420 to the west.
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