Victoria Avenue
Maintained byCity of Regina
Length10.9 km (6.8 mi)[1]
LocationRegina, Saskatchewan
East endPasqua Street
Major
junctions		Albert Street
Broad Street
Winnipeg Street
Park Street
Ring Road
Prince of Wales Drive
West endRegina Bypass

Victoria Avenue is one of the main east-west streets in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Victoria Avenue is named in honour of Queen Victoria and crosses Albert Street, (named in honour of the Queen's consort and husband, Prince Albert) in downtown.[2] It is the main eastern entrance into Regina.

Route description

Victoria Avenue begins as residential collector road in the Cathedral neighbourhood[3] in Regina's old West End at Pasqua Street. Here Pasqua Street is a residential street, different from Pasqua Street N which is a northern extension of Lewvan Drive, a major north-south road in Regina; Victoria Avenue does not provide access to Lewvan Drive. Victoria Avenue continues east through the mature, residential neighbourhood to Albert Street in downtown Regina. It continues east as an arterial road to Broad Street, where it enters the Heritage neighbourhood[3] and passes through another mature, residential neighbourhood. At Winnipeg Street, the streetscape transitions to commercial, leaving Heritage at Arcola Avenue.[3] Victoria Avenue a diamond interchange at Ring Road, where it becomes a limited-access road, passing numerous power centres and big-box stores, as well as hotels, restaurants and a shopping mall, in an area known locally as "Vic East". At Tower Road, Victoria Avenue leaves Regina city limits and continues east to the Regina Bypass, where it merges onto the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1 east); Tower Road provides access to Highway 1 west.

History

Victoria Avenue used to synonymous with the Trans-Canada Highway in Regina, as it continued east as the Trans-Canada Highway towards Winnipeg. The Trans-Canada Highway was signed from the east to Ring Road, where the city route continued west into downtown Regina, then south on Albert Street; the Trans-Canada Highway Bypass followed Ring Road south and continued west. By the 1990s, traffic congestion on Victoria Avenue E (east of Ring Road) had become a major safety concern, and necessitated the study of a new bypass. The Regina Bypass was opened in October, 2019 and as part of the project the Highway 1 designation was moved from Victoria Avenue to the new route.[4] In addition, the Highway 11 designation, which previously began at Ring Road and Victoria Avenue and continued north to Saskatoon, was moved to the Regina Bypass on the western edge of the city.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Regina.

km[1]miDestinationsNotes
0.00.0Pasqua StreetWest end of Victoria Avenue, no direct access to Lewvan Drive
0.70.43Elphinstone Street
1.60.99 Albert Street to Hwy 1 west / Hwy 6 / Hwy 11 north
2.41.5Broad Street
3.22.0Winnipeg Street
4.02.5Arcola AvenueTo Hwy 33
4.93.0Park Street
5.53.4 Ring Road (Hwy 6) to Hwy 1 west / Hwy 11 north – Saskatoon, Moose JawDiamond interchange (traffic signals)
6.13.8Glencairn Road, Truesdale Drive
6.54.0Fleet Street, University Park Drive
7.14.4Coleman Crescent, Coleman Street
7.64.7Prince of Wales Drive
8.05.0Eastgate Drive, Quance Gate
9.25.7Aurora Boulevard
9.76.0Tower RoadAccess to Hwy 1 west (Regina Bypass)
10.96.8 Hwy 1 (TCH) – Winnipeg, Moose JawInterchange; westbound exit, eastbound entrance; exit 232 on Hwy 1
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Google (December 14, 2019). "Victoria Avenue in Regina, SK" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Street Where You Live List" (XLS). City of Regina. December 23, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Neighbourhood Profiles". City of Regina. 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  4. ^ a b "Highway Name Changes At The Regina Bypass". Government of Saskatchewan | News and Media. October 10, 2019. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
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