Queenston Road is a two-way Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Highway 8. It starts off at the Queenston Traffic Circle and travels eastward over the Red Hill Valley Parkway and into Stoney Creek past the Fruitland and Winona communities and into Niagara Region as Niagara Regional Road 81.
Canada's first drive-in was the Skyway Drive-in located on Queenston Road. It was opened for business 10 July 1946. At one time the city of Hamilton had five drive-in theatres but only one remains as of April, 2007. The first drive-in closed in 1975 and is now the site of Fiesta Mall on the corner of Queenston and Gray Roads.
Up to 1938, Queenston Road just West of the Red Hill Valley Parkway was the site of the Civic Airport in the McQuesten neighbourhood. Today it is a residential neighbourhood and the site of Roxborough Park.
Landmarks
Note: Listing of Landmarks from West to East.
Queenston Traffic Circle
City Motor Hotel
All Saints North America Orthodox Church
St. Eugene's Rectory
Parkdale Park
Pat Quinn Parkdale Arena
Birchwood Apartments
Red Hill Creek Valley Trail
Red Hill Creek
Red Hill Valley Parkway, travels underneath Queenston Road overpass
Red Rose Motel
Zellers (department store)
Canadian Tire Pitstop
Sam Manson Park
Queenston Mall
Eastgate Square (Mall)
Gulliver Square (shopping)
Battlefield Square (shopping)
Battlefield Creek
Little League Park
Henry & Beatrice Warden Park
Watson Park
Fiesta Mall
AT GRAY/GRAYS ROAD, QUEENSTON ROAD BECOMES HIGHWAY 8, which is where the following landmarks are located:
Cardinal Newman Secondary School
St. Francis Xavier Church
Cenotaph Park
Spartan Square (shopping)
Orchard Park Secondary School
Fruitland Cemetery
Sherwood Park (behind cemetery)
Saltfleet Arena (behind cemetery)
Fruitland Motel
Mountain Gardens Cemetery
Kiwanis Community Centre
John Knox Memorial Christian Church
Winona Pitch & Putt
Innsville Hotel
Winona Senior Citizen Centre
Puddicombe Estate (wine)
Hamilton/ Niagara Regional Boundary, Highway 8 continues as Niagara Regional Road 81.
Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East.
Bartonville
Normanhurst/ Glenview West
McQuesten West/ Glenview East
Kentley/ Corman
Kentley/ Greenford
Riverdale West
Riversdale East
Stoney Creek
Fruitland
Winona
Lower City Roads:
Burlington Street, West/East
Barton Street, West/East
Cannon Street, West/East
Wilson Street
King William Street
King Street, West/East
Main Street, West/East; - Queenston Road
Jackson Street, East
Hunter Street, West/East
Augusta Street
Charlton Avenue, West/East
Aberdeen Avenue
Niagara Escarpment (Mountain) Roads:
Concession Street
Queensdale Avenue West/ East
Scenic Drive - Fennell Avenue, West/East
Sanatorium Road
Mohawk Road, West/East
Limeridge Road West/East
Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway - Mud Street, (Hamilton City Road 11)
Stone Church Road, West/East
; Rymal Road, West/East
Twenty Road
Note: Listing of streets from West to East.
Parkdale Avenue, South
Red Hill Valley Parkway
Nash Road, South
Centennial Parkway, South
Lake Avenue Drive
Gray Road
Green Road
Fruitland Road
Fifty Road
