8th Street East (Saskatoon)

Last updated
8th Street E
Maintained byCity of Saskatoon
Length10.9 km (6.8 mi) [1]
Location Saskatoon
West end Lorne Avenue
Major
junctions
Broadway Avenue
Circle Drive
East endSaskatoon City Limits;
continues as Twp Road 364
Aerial view of 8th Street East in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. View is looking east - nearest cross street is Ewart Avenue 8th Street East, Saskatoon.jpg
Aerial view of 8th Street East in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. View is looking east - nearest cross street is Ewart Avenue

8th Street East is an arterial road serving the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It begins as a continuation of a minor residential street (8th Street West) at Lorne Avenue in Saskatoon, and runs through the eastern part of city, eventually exiting the city limits as a country road.

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Route description

8th Street East begins at the Lorne Avenue/8th Street West, which provides access to northbound and from southbound Idylwyld Drive. It passes through the residential neighbourhood of Nutana as a treelined four lane street with a boulevard, intersecting Broadway Avenue and forming the southern boundary of the Broadway Business Improvement District. East of Clarence Avenue it becomes one of the city's main suburban commercial districts with many shops and businesses located along the roadway, including a major regional shopping centre near Circle Drive, as well as several strip malls. Until the 1980s–early 1990s it also featured a number of motels and hotels, but these were gradually demolished in favour of retail development. The commercial development ends east of McKercher Drive, and it downgrades to a two-lane road east of Boychuk Drive. After crossing a set of railway tracks, 8th Street East becomes semi-rural and becomes a gravel road east of Brighton Boulevard. After leaving the city limits, it becomes Township Road 364 and travels through the eastern part of Corman Park Rural Municipality to Highway 316 in the RM of Blucher near Patience Lake.

History

The intersection of 8th Street and Circle Drive used to have a traffic circle, which opened in 1969, and at the time was on the eastern edge of the city. As time progressed and traffic increased, the traffic circle became contentious as drivers found it confusing to navigate. In 1988, the City of Saskatoon replaced it with a split intersection with provisions for a future interchange; an overpass and conversion to diamond interchange was completed in 1999. [2]

Future

The City of Saskatoon has long term plans to development 8th Street east of the railway as part of the Holmwood Suburban Development Area, serving the developing Brighton neighbourhood. As part of the plan, 8th Street East will see retail/commercial development between future extensions of McOrmond Drive and Zimmerman Road. [3] The long-term plan also includes a grade-separated railway crossing. [3]

East of the Homwood SDA, the province of Saskatchewan has plans to construct a perimeter highway around Saskatoon and plans construct an interchange with 8th Street East. [4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Saskatoon.

km [1] miDestinationsNotes
0.00.0Saskatchewan CrescentAs 8th Street W
0.30.19 Lorne Avenue Becomes 8th Street E
Idylwyld Drive Southbound exit and northbound entrance
0.80.50Victoria Avenue
1.20.75 Broadway Avenue
1.91.2Clarence Avenue S
2.71.7Cumberland Avenue S
3.62.2Preston Avenue S
4.83.0Saskatchewan Highway 11 (jct).svgSaskatchewan Highway 16.svg Circle Drive (Hwy 11  / Hwy 16) Diamond interchange
5.23.2Acadia Drive
6.03.7McKercher Drive
6.84.2Boychuck Drive
8.45.2Brighton Boulevard (McOrmond Road)Temporary access to McOrmond Drive
10.96.8Township Road 364Continues into east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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