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'''Sherman Avenue''' is a collector road in the lower portion of [[Hamilton, Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It begins at the Niagara Escarpment (the mountain) just south of Cumberland Avenue and is a one-way street bisecting the industrialized northern neighbourhoods of the city. It ends at Ship Street — the site of Steel Company of Canada ([[Stelco]]).
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The '''Sherman Access''' runs diagonally down the slope of the escarpment. From the base of the Sherman Cut, it has two legs. The west leg (originally known as Mountain Boulevard) proceeds downhill, and makes a sharp hairpin turn in the area of the Jolley Cut and the Claremont Access. It ends in a tee intersection with Charlton Avenue East. The east leg proceeds downhill until it intercepts the Kenilworth Access. The Sherman Access has [[Reversible lane]]s. It is the only mountain access with time restrictions. The pass opens every Monday to Friday during rush hour. The northbound is open to traffic for the morning rush; while the southbound is open to traffic during the afternoon rush. The rest of the time, it operates as a regular two-lane road.
From 1937 to 1956, Highway 55 travelled over portions of Gage Road, Crockett Street, Sherman Cut, and the west leg of the Sherman Access. <ref name="TKW55">{{cite web |title=Hwy 55 (#1) |url=https://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway55.htm |website=The Kings Highway |access-date=28 December 2023}}</ref>[[Image:ShermanAveHamiltonA.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Corner of Sherman Avenue North & Barton Street]][https://www.thekingshighway.ca/MAPS/Hwy55map_1959.jpg Map]
==History==
Sherman Avenue, originally called Shearman Avenue which was named after the first land assessor of the district, nothing more is known of Shearman who remains a man of mystery in Hamilton's history books. Later the name was changed from Shearman to Sherman Avenue in honour of brothers Clifton Sherman (1872–1955) and Frank Sherman (1887–1967), who both founded Dominion Foundries and Steel (later called [[Dofasco]]) in 1912, creating a giant that would bring prosperity and identity to the city.<ref name=GREATHAM2>{{cite web| title = Hamilton Spectator: "The Greatest Hamiltonian". (II)| url = http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1143499813048&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815| accessdate = 2007-03-27| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194324/http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton%2FLayout%2FArticle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1143499813048&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815| archivedate = 2007-09-27}}</ref><ref name=GALLERYDIST>{{cite web| title = The Hamilton Gallery of Distinction| url = http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/LibraryServices/gallery/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060511225507/http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/LibraryServices/gallery/| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2006-05-11| accessdate = 2007-03-27}}</ref><ref name=HAMNAMES>{{cite book|title=Hamilton Street Names: An Illustrated Guide|first=Margaret |last=Houghton|publisher=James Lorimer & Co. Ltd.|year=2002|isbn= 1-55028-773-7}}</ref>
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