King's Highway 403 is a 400-series highway in Ontario, Canada, between Woodstock and Mississauga, which branches off southwards from Highway 401 and travels through Hamilton and Mississauga before reuniting with the 401. It is concurrent and co-signed with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) for 22 km (14 mi) from Burlington to Oakville. The 403 designation was applied to a short stub in 1963; the entire route was completed when the Brantford to Ancaster section opened on August 15, 1997. The Woodstock to Burlington stretch was dedicated as the Alexander Graham Bell Parkway in 2016. Most of Highway 403 runs through suburbia, although the areas west of Hamilton are agricultural except for Brantford. In Hamilton, Highway 403 descends the Niagara Escarpment, then runs north of Hamilton Harbour to the QEW. It then travels through Burlington and Oakville, departing from the QEW to the north at the Mississauga–Oakville boundary. It then crosses Mississauga's city centre before turning north and ends at Highway 401. Some lanes continue north to Brampton as Highway 410.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_403
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1842:
American Indian Wars: General William J. Worth declared an end to the Second Seminole War, fought between U.S. forces and the Seminole people of Florida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Seminole_War
1888:
One of the first recordings of music, of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord" (audio featured), was played at a press conference in London to introduce Thomas Edison's phonograph. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Chord
2010:
The inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games opened in Singapore for athletes aged between 14 and 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Olympic_Games
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
athwart: 1. From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over. 2. Across the path of something, so as to impede progress. 3. (figuratively) Against the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly. 4. From one side to the other side of; across. 5. Across the course or path of, so as to meet; hence (figuratively), to the attention of. 6. Across the course or path of, so as to oppose. 7. (figuratively) 8. Across; through. 9. Opposed to. 10. (nautical) Across the line of a ship's course, or across its deck. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/athwart
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
All of a sudden I had to remember some words that Marlowe had told me over fifteen years ago: "Dead men don't wear plaid." Hmm... Dead men don't wear plaid. I still don't know what it means. --Steve Martin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Martin
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