The Hamilton Highway (state route B140) runs from Geelong's CBD (where it terminates at the end of Aberdeen Street) to the west Victorian town of Hamilton running through the towns of Cressy, Inverleigh, Lismore, and Mortlake before terminating in Hamilton. Hamilton is a town of 9000, three hours west of Melbourne. ...
In Hamilton, the Glenelg Highway continues across the South Australian border to Mount Gambier rendering the Hamilton Highway a popular alternative route for the Melbourne to Mount Gambier trip (being roughly 50KM shorter than a trip down Federal Route 1.) Mount Gambier is a city of 23,282 people 2001 census which is, after Adelaide, the largest population centre in South Australia, it was named for Admiral James Gambier. ...
The curving section of highway in downtown Hamilton between Aberdeen Avenue and Main Street West is considered to be one of the more dangerous stretches of highway in Ontario, because the curves are not designed to be taken at speeds beyond the 90 km/h posted speed limit.
However in the end, Highway 403 curved north at Cawthra Road and now terminates at the 401-410 junction (the ramps for Highway 410 were the last addition to that massive interchange).
Highway 403 was finally made continuous instead by multiplexing it with the QEW (a rarity in Ontario for 400-series highways) in 2002.
Hamilton was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1965.
Hamilton has served as a commissioner on the Hart-Rudman Commission, and was co-chair of the Baker-Hamilton Commission to Investigate Certain Security Issues at Los Alamos.
A nine-mile stretch of I-265 and Indiana 265 in Floyd and Clark counties, part of Hamilton's former House district, was designated the "Lee H. HamiltonHighway" shortly after his retirement from the House in 1999.
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