Winnipeg Route 70

Winnipeg Route 70
Winnipeg Route 70
Sherbook Street / Maryland Street; Academy Road; Stafford Street
	Route 70 highlighted in red
	Maryland Street heading north
Route information
	Maintained by City of Winnipeg
Length	5.5 km (3.4 mi)
Existed	1966–present
Major junctions
South end	Route 42 (Pembina Hwy)
	Route 105 (Grant Ave); Route 95 (Corydon Ave); PTH 1 (TCH) (Broadway); Route 85 (Portage Ave);
North end	Route 57 (Notre Dame Ave)
Highway system
	Provincial highways in Manitoba; Winnipeg City Routes;

Route 70 is a city route in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It runs from Route 57 (Notre Dame Avenue) to Route 42 (Pembina Highway).^[2]

Route Description[]

The route has many street names along its length, listed as follows, north to south:

Street Name	Speed limit	From	To
Stafford Street	50 km/h	Pembina Hwy (Route 42)	Academy Road
Academy Road	50 km/h	Stafford Street	Maryland Bridge
Sherbrook Street (one-way northbound)	50 km/h	Maryland Bridge	Notre Dame Ave (Route 57)
Maryland Street (one-way southbound)	50 km/h	Maryland Bridge	Notre Dame Ave (Route 57)

Street Names[]

Both Maryland and Sherbrook Streets were originally named Boundary and Milligan Streets. Boundary Street ran along the original western boundary of Winnipeg before the city expanded westward to St. James Street in 1882. Maryland Street is named after the Maryland estate that was formerly located on that road, which was owned by James Milligan, the namesake of Milligan Street.^[3]^[4]

Stafford Street is named after Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford. ^[3]

Major intersections[]

From south to north:^[2]

Street Name	Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Stafford Street	Fort Rouge	0.0	0.0	Pembina Highway (Route 42)	No access to Route 42 north; Route 70 southern terminus
		0.7	0.43	Grant Avenue (Route 105)
		1.4	0.87	Corydon Avenue (Route 95)
		2.3	1.4	Academy Road	Route 70 branches east onto Academy Road
Academy Road		2.7	1.7	Wellington Crescent
Assiniboine River		2.9	1.8	Maryland Bridge Academy Road east end • Maryland Street / Sherbrook Street south end (one-way transition)
Sherbrook Street (northbound) Maryland Street (southbound)	Downtown	3.8	2.4	Broadway (PTH 1)
		4.1	2.5	Portage Avenue (Route 85)
		5.4– 5.5	3.4– 3.4	Notre Dame Avenue / Cumberland Avenue (Route 57)	Route 57 one-way transition; Route 70 northern terminus
Sherbrook Street		5.4– 5.5	3.4– 3.4	Maryland Street north end (one-way transition)
Sherbrook Street		6.3	3.9	Logan Avenue (Route 47)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Incomplete access Route transition

References[]

^ ^a ^b Google (January 16, 2019). "Route 42 in Winnipeg, Manitoba" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Sherlock Publishing (2016). Sherlock's Map of Winnipeg (Map) (20th ed.). Winnipeg: Sherlock Publishing. pp. 16, 24. ISBN 1-895229-84-7.
^ ^a ^b History in Winnipeg Streets
^ James Milligan

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[length-1] Google (January 16, 2019). "Route 42 in Winnipeg, Manitoba" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[Sherlock-2] Sherlock Publishing (2016). Sherlock's Map of Winnipeg (Map) (20th ed.). Winnipeg: Sherlock Publishing. pp. 16, 24. ISBN 1-895229-84-7.

[a-3] History in Winnipeg Streets

[4] James Milligan

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v t Roads in Winnipeg
City routes	17 20 23 25 30 37 42 47 52 57 62 70 80 85 90 95 96 105 115 125 135 145 150 155 165 180
Arterial roads	Academy Road Broadway Dawson Road Nassau Street St. James Street Tache Avenue Valour Road
Provincial Highways	1 3 7 8 9 15 59 75 100 101 190
Provincial Roads	200 204 221 241 330 427
See also	Confusion Corner Portage and Main