man most responsible for the Middle Road, decided to apply the concept to sections of Highway2 plagued with congestion. A portion east of Woodstock was rebuilt in this fashion, but World War II would put an end to McQuesten's ambitions, at least temporarily. Initial construction The end of the Korean War in 1953 heralded the resumption of freeway construction in Ontario; the advances in machinery more than made up for lost time. The construction of Highway401 across the province took first priority. However, the opening of the section of Highway 401 from Highway4 near London to Highway2 east of Woodstock on May31, 1957 would complete part of the route required between London and Hamilton. By 1958, planning on the Chedoke Expressway, or Controlled Access Highway403, was well underway, though plans for a four-lane freeway between Woodstock and Hamilton existed as early as 1954. The opening of the Freeman Bypass of the QEW in August 1958 provided a connection point for a new freeway, and construction began the same day that the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway opened: October31, 1958. Highway403 between Longwood Road (Highway2) and the QEW was opened to traffic on December1, 1963 at a length of . Work was already underway on the next section of the route that would extend it to Aberdeen Avenue. That section opened on July9, 1965, extending the freeway by . Meanwhile, to the west, work had begun on a bypass of Brantford. The new freeway passed north of the city between Paris Road in the west and the junction of Highway2 and Highway 53 in the east, a distance of ; it opened October31, 1966. A portion of the Brantford Bypass was itself bypassed in 1997 when the final section of Highway403 was completed and is known as Garden Avenue. However, the Brantford Bypass would remain an isolated section of Highway403 for over 20years. In Hamilton, work was underway on an extension of the Chedoke Expressway to Mohawk Road, crossing the Niagara Escarpment. This tedious project, which required extensive rock blasting, was soon accompanied by construction from Mohawk Road to Highway2 near Ancaster. Both projects were completed together and originally scheduled to be opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August22, 1969. However, local residents complained the new section lacked any barriers preventing children from wandering onto the highway, postponing the ceremony until August27 as temporary snow fencing was erected. This proved