Winnipeg Route 52

Last updated
Winnipeg city route 52.svg
Route 52
St. Mary's Road
Queen Elizabeth Way
Main Street
Winnipeg Route 52
Route 52 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by City of Winnipeg
Length21.2 km [1]  (13.2 mi)
Existed1966–present
Known forJunction of Portage and Main
Major junctions
South endManitoba Highway 100.svgManitoba secondary 200.svg PTH 100 (TCH) (Perimeter Hwy) / PR 200 south (St. Mary's Rd)
Major intersections
North endManitoba Highway 9.svg PTH 9 north / Winnipeg city limits
Location
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Highway system
Winnipeg city route 47.svg Route 47 Winnipeg city route 57.svg Route 57

Route 52 is a major north-south arterial route in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It comprises all of Main Street, Queen Elizabeth Way, and St. Mary's Road. [2]

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Route description

Route 52 begins at the south Perimeter Highway (Manitoba Highway 100) and along St. Mary's Road as the northern continuation of Manitoba Provincial Road 200. It follows the east side of the Red River to the Norwood Bridge, it crosses the river and becomes Queen Elizabeth Way. It continues to the Main Street Bridge over the Assiniboine River, where it enters downtown and becomes Main Street. After passing through downtown, it runs along the west bank of the Red River to its northern terminus at the Winnipeg city limits, just south of the north Perimeter Highway (Manitoba Highway 101), and becomes Manitoba Highway 9.

Route 52 passes through the suburbs of West Kildonan, the North End, Downtown, Fort Rouge, St. Boniface, and St. Vital. The section between Broadway and St. Anne's Road is part of Manitoba Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway.

Many of Winnipeg's most prominent buildings and institutions are located along Main Street, including City Hall, the Centennial Concert Hall, the Manitoba Museum, Union Station, the Richardson Building, and 360 Main (formerly the Commodities Exchange tower).

History

Main Street is one of the oldest routes in the Winnipeg region. It originated as the trail between Lower Fort Garry and the various settlements huddled around the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. Its intersection with the Portage Trail near Upper Fort Garry (now downtown Winnipeg) spawned the Portage and Main corner, which is today the heart of the city. Upper Fort Garry was eventually demolished by the city in order to straighten the southern portion of Main Street and realign it to its current configuration. The north gate, the sole surviving piece of Upper Fort Garry, stands near the corner of Broadway and Main. [3]

St. Mary's Road is named after St. Mary's Parish (Ste. Marie Paroisse in French), a Roman Catholic parish located in the northernmost section of St. Vital. [4] It was originally a trail that led from the parish south to the United States border at Emerson along the east side of the Red River. In rural Manitoba, St. Mary's Road is now incorporated into Provincial Roads 200 and 246.

A short section of Main Street was renamed Queen Elizabeth Way to commemorate the 2002 Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the city. [5]

Major intersections

From south to north. [6] The entire route is in Winnipeg.

Street Namekm [1] miDestinationsNotes
St. Mary's Road0.00.0Manitoba secondary 200.svg PR 200 south (St. Mary's Road) St. Adolphe
Manitoba Highway 100.svg Perimeter Highway (PTH 100 (TCH))
Route 52 southern terminus; interchange proposed; [7] continues as PR 200
3.62.2Meadowood Drive St. Vital Centre
4.32.7Winnipeg city route 165.svg Abinojii Mikanah (Route 165)
4.93.0Winnipeg city route 62.svg Dunkirk Drive / Dakota Street (Route 62)
6.84.2Winnipeg city route 135.svg Fermor Avenue (Route 135)To PTH 1 east
8.15.0Manitoba Highway 1.svgWinnipeg city route 150.svg PTH 1 east / St. Anne's Road (Route 150 south)South end of PTH 1 concurrency
9.96.2 Tache Avenue  / Enfield CresecentNorthbound access to Route 115 east
10.56.5Winnipeg city route 115.svg Marion Street (Route 115 east)No northbound access
10.6–
10.8
6.6–
6.7
Norwood Bridge
St. Mary's Road north end • Queen Elizabeth Way south end
Queen Elizabeth Way10.96.8River Avenue (via Stradbrook Avenue)No northbound entrance; Stradbrook Avenue alignment, signed as River Avenue
11.06.8Mayfair AvenueOne-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection); northbound entrance from Stradbrook Avenue
11.0–
11.1
6.8–
6.9
Main Street Bridge
Queen Elizabeth Way north end • Main Street south end
Main Street11.57.1Manitoba Highway 1.svg Broadway (PTH 1 west) Manitoba Legislative Building North end of PTH 1 concurrency; passes Union Station
11.77.3York Avenue The Forks One-way eastbound west of Main Street
11.97.4St. Mary AvenueOne-way, westbound
12.07.5Graham Avenue
12.17.5Winnipeg city route 57.svg To Route 57 east / William Stephenson Way The Forks One-way, eastbound
12.27.6Pioneer AvenueOne-way, westbound (no access, T-intersection)
12.37.6Winnipeg city route 57.svgWinnipeg city route 85.svgYellowhead Blank.svg Portage Avenue (Route 57) / Route 85 west / YH westSee Portage and Main
Yellowhead Highway eastern terminus; to PTH 1 west
12.57.8McDermot AvenueOne-way, eastbound
12.67.8Bannatyne AvenueOne-way, westbound
12.88.0Winnipeg city route 42.svg James Avenue (Route 42 east)One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection); south end of Route 42 east concurrency
13.08.1Winnipeg city route 42.svg Disraeli Freeway / Alexander Avenue (Route 42)No southbound to eastbound exit; Alexander Avenue is one-way, westbound; north end of Route 42 east concurrency
13.18.1Winnipeg city route 47.svg Logan Avenue (Route 47)Southbound access to Route 42 east
13.48.3Higgens Avenue
14.89.2Winnipeg city route 37.svg Redwood Avenue (Route 37)
16.110.0Inkster BoulevardTo Route 25 west
17.811.1Winnipeg city route 23.svg Partridge Avenue (Route 23 east)One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection); Route 23 eastern terminus
17.911.1Winnipeg city route 23.svg Leila Avenue (Route 23 west)One-way westbound east of Main Street
19.211.9Winnipeg city route 17.svg Chief Peguis Trail (Route 17)
21.213.2Manitoba Highway 9.svg PTH 9 beginsWinnipeg city limits; Route 52 northern terminus; PTH 9 southern terminus
R.M. West St. Paul 22.313.9Manitoba Highway 101.svg PTH 101 (Perimeter Highway)
Manitoba Highway 9.svg PTH 9 north (Main Street) Selkirk
Interchange; PTH 101 exit 71; PTH 9 continues north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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