Cycling in Waterloo Region

[panamaniac]

In the theme of absurd 4 lane roads, I give you Dixon:  https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4354614,-...312!8i6656

A tiny residential street that is for some reason a massive four lane arterial Rd.  Worst part, this is part of a major cycling route.

That must have been envisioned as a major artery at some time in the long-distant past?

Yes.  As is the case for most of the overly wide roads in town.