Winnipeg Route 90
Kenaston Boulevard Century Street King Edward Street Oak Point Highway Brookside Boulevard | ||||
Route 90 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by City of Winnipeg | ||||
Length | 24.8 km[1] (15.4 mi) | |||
Existed | 1966–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | PTH 100 (TCH) (Perimeter Hwy) | |||
North end | PTH 7 north / Mollard Rd | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Manitoba | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route 90 is a major north-south arterial route in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It begins at the South Perimeter Highway (PTH 100) and ends at the city's northwest limit, where it continues north as PTH 7. Route 90 is designated as the city's airport route, as it passes by Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport.[2]
Route description
[edit]Route 90 follows Kenaston Boulevard between the south Perimeter Highway and the Assiniboine River, through the suburbs of Waverley West, Fort Garry, and Tuxedo. North of the river, Route 90 enters St. James and follows Century Street to St. Matthews Avenue. Between St. Matthews and Dublin Avenues, it splits into separate one-way streets, with Century as the northbound and King Edward Street as the southbound. The route follows King Edward Street to the CP Carberry line underpass, after which Route 90 follows Oak Point Highway and later Brookside Boulevard before leaving the city and becoming PTH 7 approximately one kilometre south of the North Perimeter Highway (PTH 101).[3]
History
[edit]- Kenaston Boulevard
Kenaston Boulevard is named after E. C. Kenaston, who was responsible for the development of Tuxedo, one of the main suburbs that the street passes through. Until the 1980s, it was a minor road that extended south to Scurfield Boulevard and was primarily used to access the inland cement plant and quarries located near present-day Fort Whyte. In order to accommodate increased traffic and development in the area, Kenaston Boulevard was extended to Abinojii Mikanah in the early 2000s and later all the way south to the Perimeter Highway in 2015.[4] Proposals currently exist to appropriate land former belonging the Canadian Armed Forces' Kapyong Barracks to widen the road between the rail crossing and the St. James Bridge.[5] A separate proposal would see the route extended south of the Perimeter Highway to Highway 75, providing a western bypass of St. Norbert.[6]
- Oak Point Highway
Oak Point Highway in Winnipeg is an unattached remnant of an old road leading to Oak Point, Manitoba, which is now part of PTH 6.[7]
Major intersections
[edit]From south to north; all intersections are at-grade unless otherwise indicated. The entire route is in Winnipeg.
Street Name | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Kenaston Boulevard | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 90 / Kenaston Boulevard southern terminus | ||
1.2 | 0.75 | ||||
4.8 | 3.0 | Grade separated | |||
5.7 | 3.5 | Scurfield Boulevard | |||
6.4 | 4.0 | To PTH 2 / PTH 3 | |||
7.0 | 4.3 | Lindenwoods Drive / Columbia Drive | |||
8.8 | 5.5 | Passes Outlet Collection Winnipeg | |||
9.2 | 5.7 | Wilkes Avenue | Northbound exit only | ||
9.8 | 6.1 | Taylor Avenue | |||
10.6 | 6.6 | ||||
11.4 | 7.1 | ||||
12.5 | 7.8 | Academy Road | Partially grade separated | ||
12.8 | 8.0 | St. James Bridge Kenaston Boulevard north end • Century Street south end | |||
Century Street | 13.2 | 8.2 | Interchange | ||
13.6 | 8.5 | Ness Avenue | Access to Polo Park | ||
14.1 | 8.8 | Silver Avenue | |||
14.4 | 8.9 | St. Matthews Avenue | |||
Century Street (northbound) King Edward Street (southbound) | 14.5 | 9.0 | One-way transition | King Edward Street south end; south end of one-way pair | |
14.9 | 9.3 | Ellice Avenue | |||
15.3 | 9.5 | Sargent Avenue | |||
15.7 | 9.8 | ||||
16.6 | 10.3 | One-way transition | Century Street north end; north end of one-way pair | ||
King Edward Street | 16.9 | 10.5 | |||
17.4 | 10.8 | Notre Dame Avenue – Red River College | |||
18.4 | 11.4 | ||||
Oak Point Highway | 18.7 | 11.6 | King Edward Street north end • Oak Point Highway south end | ||
19.2 | 11.9 | Selkirk Avenue | |||
Brookside Boulevard | 20.8 | 12.9 | Oak Point Highway north end • Brookside Boulevard south end | ||
21.5 | 13.4 | ||||
24.8 | 15.4 | Winnipeg city limits; Route 90 northern terminus; PTH 7 southern terminus | |||
R.M. Rosser | 26.4 | 16.4 | Interchange; PTH 101 exit 60; PTH 7 continues north | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Google (August 1, 2017). "Route 90 in Winnipeg, MB" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ Santin, Aldo (16 November 2013). "Nov 2013: Cleaning up Route 90 eyesore". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ^ Sherlock Publishing (2016). Sherlock's Map of Winnipeg (Map) (20th ed.). Winnipeg: Sherlock Publishing. pp. 1, 7, 15, 23, 29, 30, 34B, 35. ISBN 1-895229-84-7.
- ^ "Inland Cement Plant on Kenaston by IKEA Almost Fully Demolished". 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Winnipeg takes another step toward Kenaston widening with St. James Bridge replacement study | CBC News".
- ^ Transportation, Infrastructure and. "South Perimeter Highway Projects | Infrastructure | Province of Manitoba". www.gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ "MHS Resources: History in Winnipeg Streets". Retrieved 2023-10-09.