Winnipeg Route 52

Winnipeg Route 52

Main Street in 1887 (at Pioneer Avenue, looking north)
Other name(s)	Main St Queen Elizabeth Way St. Mary's Rd
Part of	PTH 1 (TCH) (Trans-Canada Highway)
Maintained by	City of Winnipeg
Length	22 km[1] (14 mi)
Location	Winnipeg, Manitoba
North end	PTH 101 (Perimeter Hwy) / PTH 9 north
Major junctions	Route 17 east (Chief Peguis Tr) Route 23 west (Leila Ave) Route 37 (Redwood Ave) Route 47 (Logan Ave) Route 42 (Disraeli Fwy) Route 85 (Portage Ave) Route 57 PTH 1 (TCH) west / Broadway Route 115 east (Marion St) PTH 1 (TCH) east / Route 150 south (St. Anne's Rd) Route 135 (Fermor Ave) Route 62 (Dunkirk Dr / Dakota St) Route 165 (Bishop Grandin Blvd)
South end	PTH 100 (TCH) (Perimeter Hwy) / PR 200 south (St. Mary's Rd)
Other
Known for	Junction of Portage and Main

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.

Route description

Beginning at the northern city limits, the route runs south as Main Street along the west bank of the Red River. After passing through downtown, it becomes the Queen Elizabeth Way from the Main Street Bridge to the Norwood Bridge, over the Assiniboine and Red Rivers. South of the Norwood Bridge, it continues along the east side of the river as St. Mary's Road to the south Perimeter Highway. At the northern city limits, Route 52 becomes Manitoba Highway 9; at the south Perimeter Highway, it continues as Manitoba Provincial Road 200.

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, still stands near the corner of Broadway and Main.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Photo gallery

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  Looking north on Main Street at St. Mary Avenue
• 
  Main Street at Jarvis Avenue, looking south towards downtown
• 
  St. Mary's Road at Carriere Avenue, looking north toward downtown

Major intersections

From north to south:^[5]

Street Name	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Continues as PTH 9 north (Main Street) – Selkirk
R.M. West St. Paul		0.0	0.0	PTH 101 (Perimeter Highway)	Grade separated; PTH 101 exit 71; north end of PTH 9 unsigned concurrency
Main Street	West Kildonan	1.1	0.68	Winnipeg city limits	South end of PTH 9 unsigned concurrency
		2.0	1.2	Red River Boulevard
		3.1	1.9	Chief Peguis Trail (Route 17)
		4.4	2.7	Leila Avenue (Route 23 west)	One-way westbound east of Main Street
		4.5	2.8	Partridge Avenue (Route 23 east)	One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection)
		6.2	3.9	Inkster Boulevard
		7.5	4.7	Redwood Avenue (Route 37)
	Downtown	8.9	5.5	Higgens Avenue
		9.2	5.7	Logan Avenue (Route 47) to Route 42 east
		9.3	5.8	Disraeli Freeway / Alexander Avenue (Route 42)	No southbound to eastbound exit; Alexander Avenue is one-way, westbound; north end of Route 42 east concurrency
		9.5	5.9	James Avenue (Route 42 east)	One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection); south end of Route 42 east concurrency
		9.7	6.0	Bannatyne Avenue	One-way, westbound
		9.8	6.1	McDermot Avenue	One-way, eastbound
		10.0	6.2	Portage Avenue (Route 57) / Route 85 west to PTH 1	See Portage and Main Eastern terminus of Yellowhead Highway
		10.1	6.3	Pioneer Avenue	One-way, westbound (no access, T-intersection)
		10.2	6.3	To Route 57 east / William Stephenson Way	One-way, eastbound
		10.3	6.4	Graham Avenue
		10.4	6.5	St. Mary Avenue	One-way, westbound
		10.6	6.6	York Avenue – The Forks	One-way eastbound west of Main Street
		10.8	6.7	Broadway (PTH 1 west) – Union Station, Manitoba Legislative Building	North end of PTH 1 concurrency
Assiniboine River		11.2	7.0	Main Street Bridge Main Street south end • Queen Elizabeth Way north end
Queen Elizabeth Way	Fort Rouge	11.3	7.0	Mayfair Avenue	One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection); northbound entrance from Stradbrook Avenue
		11.4	7.1	River Avenue (via Stradbrook Avenue)	No northbound entrance; Stradbrook Avenue alignment, signed as River Avenue
Red River		11.6	7.2	Norwood Bridge Queen Elizabeth Way south end • St. Mary's Road north end
St. Mary's Road	St. Boniface	11.8	7.3	Marion Street (Route 115 east)
		12.4	7.7	Tache Avenue / Enfield Cresecent
	St. Vital	14.2	8.8	PTH 1 east / St. Anne's Road (Route 150 south)	South end of PTH 1 concurrency
		15.5	9.6	Fermor Avenue (Route 135) to PTH 1 east
		17.4	10.8	Dunkirk Drive / Dakota Street (Route 62)
		18.0	11.2	Bishop Grandin Boulevard (Route 165)
		18.7	11.6	Meadowood Drive – St. Vital Centre
		19.2	11.9	River Road / Novavista Drive
		20.8	12.9	Van Hull Way / Warde Avenue
		22.3	13.9	Perimeter Highway (PTH 100)
Continues as PR 200 south (St. Mary's Road) – St. Adolphe
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

References

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