Ring Road (Regina, Saskatchewan)

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Saskatchewan Highway 6 (jct).svg
Ring Road
Trans-Canada Highway Bypass (partial, former)
Ring Road (Regina, Saskatchewan)
Ring Road highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
Length22.3 km (13.9 mi)
Component
highways
Current: Hwy 6
Former: Hwy 1 (TCH), Hwy 11
Ring Road
South endSaskatchewan Highway 1.svgSaskatchewan Highway 11 (jct).svg Highway 1 (TCH)  / Highway 11
Major intersections
North end Pasqua Street N / 9th Avenue N
9th Avenue N
East end Pasqua Street N / Ring Road
West endSaskatchewan Highway 11 (jct).svg Highway 11 (Regina Bypass)
Location
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Highway system

    Ring Road is a 4 lane controlled access highway in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ring Road is a partial ring road or beltway that forms a partial circle around Regina, bypasses the city on the north, east, and south sides, with Lewvan Drive and Pasqua Street N functioning as the de facto western leg. East of Pasqua Street, Ring Road continues west as 9th Avenue N, an arterial road. Ring Road has a speed limit of 100 km/h (60 mph) and consists of 13 interchanges.

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    Route description

    Ring Road forms a partial circle around Regina, connecting the city's eastern, southern, and northern suburbs and commercial districts with Regina's industrial centre. In addition to being used as a commuting highway, Ring Road sufficiently connects Highway 6 and Highway 11 to the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) There is no western leg of Ring Road, nor is one planned; however, the north-south limited-access road of Lewvan Drive and Pasqua Street N functions as the de facto western leg. The western leg of the Regina Bypass, which opened in October 2019, provides a western freeway link between Highway 1 and Highway 11. With the west suburban developments flourishing in Regina, the Pasqua Street and Ring Road intersection becomes congested at peak hours. Thus the city plans to construct a new interchange at this point in the near future. [1]

    Route details

    Going from the south to north, the first interchange is combination interchange at the Regina Bypass, which is also where Ring Road intersects Highway 1 and Highway 11, and travels east. It continues past a partial cloverleaf interchange at Lewvan Drive to a cloverleaf interchange at Albert Street, where Highway 6 is directed to follow Ring Road. East of Albert Street, Ring Road turns northeast and passes a diamond interchange at Wascana Parkway, separating the campuses of the University of Regina and the Regina Campus of Saskatchewan Polytechnic. Ring Road crosses the Wascana Creek and a partial interchange with Assiniboine Avenue before reaching a diamond interchange with Arcola Avenue (Highway 33). Ring Road turns north and reaches a diamond interchange that bridges over 7-lane-wide Victoria Avenue. Prior to October 2019, section between the Regina Bypass and Victoria Avenue was part of Highway 1, and was named the Trans-Canada Highway Bypass. [2]

    From Victoria Avenue, Ring Road continues north and reaches a half-diamond interchange that overpasses 3 lane wide Dewdney Avenue. Continuing north, Ring Road descends to underpass the Canadian Pacific rail line, curves to the north-west and also underpasses 5 lane Ross Avenue that connects to Ring Road with a half-diamond interchange. Immediately after this underpass, another rail line bridges over the highway. Ring Road then ascends to overpass McDonald Street (Highway 46) with a full diamond interchange.

    After this point, there are 2 light-controlled railway crossings that are not bridged over Ring Road. The first is a CN line that has infrequent train crossings, and shortly afterwards approaches the CP line that has moderate train crossings. Even though typically the trains crossing these lines are short in length, evening rush hour in Regina often causes vehicle stand-stills at this point of Ring Road stretching over the McDonald Street interchange.

    Immediately after these 2 rail crossings, Ring Road underpasses 5 lane wide Winnipeg Street which connects with a diamond interchange and curves to the west. Next, the highway underpasses Broad Street (with no interchange) followed by a pedestrian walkway. Ring Road then underpasses 6 lane wide Albert Street with a partial cloverleaf interchange that's missing the loop on the south-east corner as it's occupied by restaurants. Highway 6 exits Ring Road and continues north, providing access to Highway 11A (former Highway 11). Ring Road underpasses 5 lane Argyle Street connected with a half-diamond interchange before ending with a traffic light controlled intersection at Pasqua Street. Further west from this point, the road becomes 9th Avenue N.

    9th Avenue N continues as an arterial road with traffic signals, intersecting McIntosh Street, McCarthy Boulevard, and Courtney Street before reaching the Regina Bypass.

    Traffic volumes
    SectionPasqua St 
    Argyle St
    Argyle St 
    Albert St N
    Albert St N–
    Winnipeg St
    Winnipeg St 
    McDonald St
    McDonald St 
    Ross Ave
    Ross Ave 
    Dewdney Ave
    Dewdney Ave 
    Victoria Ave
    Victoria Ave 
    Arcola Ave
    Arcola Ave 
    Assiniboine Ave
    Assiniboine Ave 
    Wascana Pkwy
    Wascana Pkwy 
    Albert St N
    Albert St N 
    Lewvan Dr
    Traffic
    volume
    2007 [3] 32,30036,30038,90037,70027,70033,50032,30022,60022,50034,00018,60012,300
    2017 [4] 40,10051,00064,00060,00052,00068,00052,00056,00052,00067,00050,00036,000

    History

    The southern portion of Ring Road was originally constructed in the late 1950s as part of the initial construction of the Trans-Canada Highway, [5] [6] which bypassed the city route of Albert Street and Victoria Avenue through downtown Regina, and was called the Trans-Canada Highway Bypass. Extensive work continued throughout the 1960s, one of the first two cloverleaf interchanges in Saskatchewan at Highway 1 and Highway 6 (Albert Street S), which opened in 1967 (the other cloverleaf was located at the southeast corner of Circle Drive in Saskatoon). [7] Around the same time, Ring Road was constructed by bypassing 9th Avenue N east of Albert Street N and extending it towards Victoria Avenue, and was completed in 1979, [8] which included a realignment of the Trans-Canada Highway Bypass at Victoria Avenue to link with Ring Road at Victoria Avenue and form a continuous roadway. [9] [10] Highway 1, 6, and 11 designations were moved from Albert Street and Victoria Avenue to Ring Road, bypassing Downtown Regina.

    By the 1990s, traffic congestion on Victoria Avenue E (Highway 1) had become a major safety concern, and necessitated the study of a new bypass. In addition, the Global Transportation Hub (GTH), an 1,800-acre logistics park, was constructed in 2009 in required improved access to Highway 1 and Highway 11. [11] The Regina Bypass was opened in October, 2019 and as part of the project, the Highway 1 and Highway 11 designations were moved from Ring Road to the new route. [2] As part of the project, the Trans-Canada Highway Bypass section (Victoria Avenue E – Regina Bypass) was renamed to Ring Road. [2]

    Exit list

    Travelling counterclockwise (south to north). The entire route is in Regina. All exits are unnumbered.

    kmmiDestinationsNotes
    0.00.0Saskatchewan Highway 1.svg Highway 1 (TCH) west Moose Jaw
    Saskatchewan Highway 1.svgSaskatchewan Highway 11 (jct).svg Highway 1 (TCH) east / Highway 11 north (Regina Bypass) Winnipeg, Saskatoon
    Combination interchange; continues as Hwy 1 west; exit 258 on Hwy 1; exit 0 on Hwy 11
    4.62.9Ontario M502.svg Lewvan Drive  Regina International Airport Partial-cloverleaf interchange
    6.54.0CanAm Highway.svgSaskatchewan Highway 6 (jct).svg Albert Street S (Highway 6 south) City Centre, Weyburn Cloverleaf interchange; south end of Hwy 6 concurrency
    9.15.7Wascana Parkway University of Regina, Saskatchewan Polytechnic Diamond interchange
    11.16.9Crosses Wascana Creek
    11.47.1Assiniboine Avenue Partial Y-interchange; northbound exit, southbound entrance
    12.88.0Saskatchewan Highway 33 (jct).svg Arcola Avenue (Highway 33 east) Francis Diamond interchange
    14.08.7Saskatchewan Highway 1.svg Victoria Avenue E to Highway 1 east City Centre, Winnipeg Diamond interchange
    14.99.3 Dewdney Avenue Half diamond interchange; southbound exit, northbound entrance
    16.110.0Ross AvenueHalf diamond interchange; northbound exit, southbound entrance
    17.410.8Saskatchewan Highway 46 (jct).svg McDonald Street (Highway 46 east) Pilot Butte, Balgonie Diamond interchange
    18.411.4Railway crossingAt-grade crossing
    18.611.6Railway crossingAt-grade crossing
    18.811.7Winnipeg Street Diamond interchange
    20.712.9CanAm Highway.svgSaskatchewan Highway 6 (jct).svgSaskatchewan Highway 11A (jct).svg Albert Street N (Highway 6 north) to Highway 11A north City Centre, Melfort, Saskatoon Cloverleaf interchange; north end of Hwy 6 concurrency
    21.713.5Argyle Street Half diamond interchange; westbound exit, eastbound entrance
    22.3
    0.0
    13.9
    0.0
    Ontario M502.svg Pasqua Street N  Regina International Airport At-grade (traffic signals); interchange proposed
    Ring Road north end • 9th Avenue N east end
    0.80.50McIntosh StreetAt-grade (traffic signals)
    1.60.99McCarthy BoulevardAt-grade (traffic signals)
    2.41.5Railway crossingAt-grade crossing
    3.32.1Courtney StreetAt-grade (traffic signals)
    5.73.5Saskatchewan Highway 11 (jct).svgSaskatchewan Highway 1.svg Highway 11 (Regina Bypass) to Highway 1  Saskatoon Partial cloverleaf interchange (at-grade ramps); exit 11 on Hwy 11
    1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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