 Route 52 | ||||
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| St. Mary's Road Queen Elizabeth Way Main Street | ||||
 Route 52 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byCity of Winnipeg | ||||
| Length | 21.2 km[1] (13.2 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1966–present | |||
| Known for | Junction ofPortage and Main | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   PTH 100 (TCH) (Perimeter Hwy) /PR 200 south (St. Mary's Rd) | |||
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| North end |  PTH 9 north / Winnipeg city limits | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Manitoba | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route 52 is a major north-southarterial route inWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It comprises all of Main Street, Queen Elizabeth Way, and St. Mary's Road.[2]
Route 52 begins at the southPerimeter Highway (Manitoba Highway 100) and along St. Mary's Road as the northern continuation ofManitoba Provincial Road 200. It follows the east side of theRed River to theNorwood Bridge, it crosses the river and becomes Queen Elizabeth Way. It continues to theMain Street Bridge over theAssiniboine River, where it entersdowntown 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 becomesManitoba Highway 9.
Route 52 passes through the suburbs ofWest Kildonan, theNorth End,Downtown,Fort Rouge,St. Boniface, andSt. Vital. The section betweenBroadway andSt. Anne's Road is part ofManitoba Highway 1, theTrans-Canada Highway.
Many of Winnipeg's most prominent buildings and institutions are located along Main Street, including City Hall, theCentennial Concert Hall, theManitoba Museum,Union Station, theRichardson Building, and360 Main (formerly the Commodities Exchange tower).
Main Street is one of the oldest routes in the Winnipeg region. It originated as the trail betweenLower Fort Garry and the various settlements huddled aroundthe confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. Its intersection with thePortage Trail nearUpper Fort Garry (now downtown Winnipeg) spawned thePortage 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 ofBroadway and Main.[3]
St. Mary's Road is named after St. Mary's Parish (Ste. Marie Paroisse in French), aRoman Catholic parish located in the northernmost section of St. Vital.[4] It was originally atrail that led from the parish south to theUnited States border atEmerson along the east side of the Red River. In rural Manitoba, St. Mary's Road is now incorporated intoProvincial Roads 200 and246.
A short section of Main Street was renamed Queen Elizabeth Way to commemorate the2002 Royal Visit ofQueen Elizabeth II to the city.[5]
From south to north.[6]The entire route is inWinnipeg.
| Street Name | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| St. Mary's Road | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR 200 south (St. Mary's Road) –St. AdolphePerimeter Highway (PTH 100 (TCH)) | Route 52 southern terminus; interchange proposed;[7] continues as PR 200 | |
| 3.6 | 2.2 | Meadowood Drive –St. Vital Centre | |||
| 4.3 | 2.7 |  Abinojii Mikanah (Route 165) | |||
| 4.9 | 3.0 |  Dunkirk Drive / Dakota Street (Route 62) | |||
| 6.8 | 4.2 |  Fermor Avenue (Route 135) | ToPTH 1 east | ||
| 8.1 | 5.0 |   PTH 1 east / St. Anne's Road (Route 150 south) | South end of PTH 1 concurrency | ||
| 9.9 | 6.2 | Tache Avenue / Enfield Cresecent | Northbound access to Route 115 east | ||
| 10.5 | 6.5 |  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 Way | 10.9 | 6.8 | River Avenue (via Stradbrook Avenue) | No northbound entrance; Stradbrook Avenue alignment, signed as River Avenue | |
| 11.0 | 6.8 | Mayfair Avenue | One-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 Street | 11.5 | 7.1 | Broadway (PTH 1 west) –Manitoba Legislative Building | North end of PTH 1 concurrency; passesUnion Station | |
| 11.7 | 7.3 | York Avenue –The Forks | One-way eastbound west of Main Street | ||
| 11.9 | 7.4 | St. Mary Avenue | One-way, westbound | ||
| 12.0 | 7.5 | Graham Avenue | |||
| 12.1 | 7.5 |  ToRoute 57 east / William Stephenson Way –The Forks | One-way, eastbound | ||
| 12.2 | 7.6 | Pioneer Avenue | One-way, westbound (no access, T-intersection) | ||
| 12.3 | 7.6 |   Portage Avenue (Route 57) /Route 85 west /YH west | SeePortage and Main Yellowhead Highway eastern terminus; toPTH 1 west | ||
| 12.5 | 7.8 | McDermot Avenue | One-way, eastbound | ||
| 12.6 | 7.8 | Bannatyne Avenue | One-way, westbound | ||
| 12.8 | 8.0 |  James Avenue (Route 42 east) | One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection); south end of Route 42 east concurrency | ||
| 13.0 | 8.1 | Disraeli Freeway / Alexander Avenue (Route 42) | No southbound to eastbound exit; Alexander Avenue is one-way, westbound; north end of Route 42 east concurrency | ||
| 13.1 | 8.1 |  Logan Avenue (Route 47) | Southbound access toRoute 42 east | ||
| 13.4 | 8.3 | Higgens Avenue | |||
| 14.8 | 9.2 |  Redwood Avenue (Route 37) | |||
| 16.1 | 10.0 | Inkster Boulevard | ToRoute 25 west | ||
| 17.8 | 11.1 |  Partridge Avenue (Route 23 east) | One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection); Route 23 eastern terminus | ||
| 17.9 | 11.1 | Leila Avenue (Route 23 west) | One-way westbound east of Main Street | ||
| 19.2 | 11.9 |  Chief Peguis Trail (Route 17) | |||
| 21.2 | 13.2 | PTH 9 begins | Winnipeg city limits; Route 52 northern terminus; PTH 9 southern terminus | ||
| R.M. West St. Paul | 22.3 | 13.9 |  PTH 101 (Perimeter Highway)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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