Hanlon Expressway

The Hanlon Expressway or Hanlon Parkway is a limited controlled-access expressway connecting Highway 401 with the city of Guelph in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 17 km (11 mi) route travels in a generally north–south direction on the city's west side. It is signed as Highway 6 for its entire length; from Wellington Street to Woodlawn Road it is concurrent with Highway 7. The speed limit alternates between 70 and 80 km/h (45 and 50 mph).

Between Highway 401 and Guelph, the Hanlon Expressway took over the Highway 6 routing from Brock Road (now Wellington Road 46). The Hanlon was initially built between 1972 and 1975, after years of planning and engineering. Originally designed to be a freeway, it was instead completed largely as a super-4 expressway with at-grade intersections since budget limitations precluded the construction of interchanges and overpasses; apart from interchanges with Highway 401, Laird Road which opened in 2013, and Wellington Street West (Highway 7 and former Highway 24) which was completed in 2001. There are also two railway crossings near the northern terminus, though both are for spur lines. The Hanlon is graded and landscaped similarly to a rural freeway, with broad flat shoulders and an open median.

The Government of Ontario has announced plans to build a new Highway 7 freeway bypass joining the current northern terminus of the Hanlon Expressway to the Conestoga Parkway in Kitchener; in-line with this work, the Hanlon Expressway will be upgraded to 400-series freeway standards.

Long-term plans call for Highway 6 to be rerouted along a potential extension of the Hanlon south of Highway 401 to meet the four lane segment of Highway 6 south of Freelton. This would bypass the congested two lane section of Highway 6 (also known as Brock Road) in Wellington County from Puslinch to Morriston which runs through several small towns where it lacks sufficient right-of-way for widening.