Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway
Route description
Route description
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[thumb\|Signage on the ramp leading from Highway 403 to the Linc](/wiki/File:Lincoln_M._Alexander_Parkway_2007.jpg "Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway 2007.jpg")
The Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway begins in the west end of Hamilton at a large [turbine interchange](/wiki/Interchange_%28road%29%23Turbine_interchange "Interchange (road)#Turbine interchange") with Highway 403, which also provides access to Rousseaux Street (formerly the westernmost part of [Mohawk Road](/wiki/Mohawk_Road_%28Hamilton%2C_Ontario%29 "Mohawk Road (Hamilton, Ontario)")) from westbound Highway 403 and The Linc.
Travelling southeast, the expressway descends into a ditch, which it travels along throughout most of its length.
It passes north of the [Meadowlands Centre](/wiki/Meadowlands_Centre "Meadowlands Centre") mall and the interchanges with Mohawk Road / Golf Links Road. The route then becomes sandwiched between residential subdivisions at Upper Horning Road, which was bisected by construction of the route. The route continues, passing beneath a pedestrian overpass and Upper Paradise Road before interchanging with Garth Street.

Between Garth Street and Upper Ottawa Street, Limeridge Road — a [concession road](/wiki/Concession_road "Concession road") bisected by interchanges at Upper James Street, Upper Wentworth Street and Upper Gage Avenue — travels parallel to the parkway approximately  to the north.
The route passes beneath another pedestrian bridge and West 5th Street then interchanges with Upper James Street (former [Highway 6](/wiki/Ontario_Highway_6 "Ontario Highway 6")). It continues, with Upper Wellington Street crossing the parkway before an interchange with Upper Wentworth Street. On the northeast corner of this interchange is [Lime Ridge Mall](/wiki/Lime_Ridge_Mall "Lime Ridge Mall"), while [Thomas B. McQuesten Park](/wiki/Thomas_B._McQuesten_Park "Thomas B. McQuesten Park") lies on the southeast corner. East of these, the route once again lies between subdivisions, with Upper Sherman Avenue crossing the freeway midway to the interchange with Upper Gage Avenue.

Beyond the Upper Ottawa Street crossing, residential developments are confined to the north side of the Linc as it curves southward, descending towards the top of the Red Hill Valley. Surrounded by undeveloped land, it meets the northern end of Dartnall Road at a trumpet interchange, with [Mt. Albion Conservation Area](/wiki/Mt._Albion_Conservation_Area "Mt. Albion Conservation Area") to the southeast and the Red Hill Creek passing beneath the interchange to traverse the Niagara Escarpment at [Albion Falls](/wiki/Albion_Falls "Albion Falls"). The Linc gradually curves back northeast, now surrounded, passing under Pritchard Road. Immediately east of there, the Mud Street interchange branches off as the route curves northward and becomes the Red Hill Valley Parkway, which descends the escarpment towards the QEW.


What happens to the road as it descends the Niagara Escarpment?