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Originally Posted by Andy6
The Perimeter Highway was probably the most notable multilane city bypass route built in the 60s in Canada, however, and is sort of half a freeway in spots, although falling short of Ontario or U.S. standards.
There is simply no need for freeways in Winnipeg. Traffic moves well around the city and the radial pattern, with some very broad arterial roads, feeds traffic into the core much more efficiently than Toronto's grid can.
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Yeah, its actually possible to make a left turn from the left-hand lane on the Perimeter highway to a DIRT ROAD. Imagine that. Travelling along a highway at the posted speed limit of 100km/hr (or slightly above), only suddenly to have the car in front of you flip on the blinker, STOP, and make a turn. Yep, what a "freeway" that is.
Otherwise, yeah there really isn't any need for a billion-dollar freeway network in Winnipeg. The commute times here are not that bad (except maybe for those who need to cross the Osborne Bridge for the next 18 months.. big restoration project going on there).
Watch for upgrades connected to the Centreport development though... they're already building Canada CentrePort Way (an expressway, not a freeway) and connecting it to the Perimeter Highway with an interchange.... in all likelihood, it will be extended westward to bypass Headingley within maybe a 10-year time frame?
A similar bypass is planned in the South around St. Norbert.
On the otherhand, the rest of the interchange at Highway 59 and the Perimeter is STILL not under construction.
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