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Winnipeg Route 57

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Route 57 is a major arterial road located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It connects the suburbs of St. James and St. Boniface with the city's West End and the downtown core.

The route begins on Dublin Avenue in the St. James Industrial Area of the city's northwest. It travels eastbound on Dublin Street and Notre Dame Avenue until reaching Sherbrook Street, at which it splits into two roads, Notre Dame Avenue (westbound) and Cumberland Avenue (eastbound). It then passes through the Exchange District, briefly multiplexing with Portage Avenue before joining Pioneer Avenue (westbound) and Water Avenue (eastbound) for one block and crossing the Provencher Bridge. Route 57 then continues eastbound as Provencher Boulevard through Old St. Boniface and over the Seine River until it ends at Archibald Street.

Dublin Street is named after the capital of Ireland. Notre Dame Avenue was named for a girls' school which was located on the road (and which later moved to Academy Road). Provencher Boulevard is named for Norbert Provencher, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of St. Boniface.[1]

References

  1. ^ History in Winnipeg Street Names from the Manitoba Historical Society.