Dunbrack Street is a 9.2 km (5.7 mi)[1] arterial road in Mainland Halifax, Nova Scotia. It runs from Route 306 (Old Sambro Road) in Spryfield to Kearney Lake Road in Rockingham. Prior to 2019, Dunbrack Street ran from Kearney Lake Road in Rockingham to Main Avenue in Fairview. The remaining section was named Northwest Arm Drive.[2] The former Northwest Arm section is assigned Trunk 32 by the provincial transportation department as an unsigned highway.[3]
Dunbrack Street | ||||
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| North West Arm Drive | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
| Length | 9.2 km[1] (5.7 mi) Northwest Arm Drive 4.6 km (2.9 mi) | |||
| Component highways |  Trunk 32 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Kearney Lake Road | |||
Main Avenue Trunk 3 Hwy 102 | ||||
| North end |  Route 306 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Nova Scotia | |||
| Municipalities | Halifax Regional Municipality | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Dunbrack Street is named for Roy Dunbrack, who was a surveyor for the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.[4] The Halifax Dunbrack Soccer Club is named after the street.[5]
Northwest Arm Drive
editThe North West Arm Drive was a 4.6 km (2.9 mi)[1] four-lane expressway in Halifax that ran from Main Avenue connecting Fairview to Route 306 (Old Sambro Road), connecting to Highway 102 and Trunk 3. The highway was a stub of the incomplete "Harbour Drive" project which would have connected Highway 102 with the Halifax waterfront, via a bridge over the Northwest Arm and a 6-lane highway through the south end along Water Street and along Barrington past Cogswell.[6] The project was cancelled in the 1970s in the wake of public opposition, but not before North West Arm Drive and the Cogswell Street Interchange were completed.[6] On April 29, 2019, the Halifax Regional Municipality renamed it to Dunbrack Street.[2]
History
editConstruction of North West Arm Drive by the provincial Department of Highways began in 1975/76.[7] Work on the four-lane road, stretching from Dunbrack Street to the Old Sambro Road, was completed in 1977/78.[8]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Halifax.
| km[1] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.0 | 0.0 |  Route 306 (Old Sambro Road) to Route 349 – Herring Cove, Sambro, Harrietsfield, Williamswood | Dunbrack Street (Northwest Arm Drive) / Trunk 32 southern terminus[3] | |||
| 0.4 | 0.25 | Cowie Hill Road | ||||
| 1.3 | 0.81 | Bayview Road | ||||
| 1.0 | 0.62 | Peter Saulnier Drive | ||||
| 1.6 | 0.99 | Osborne Street | ||||
| 2.3 | 1.4 |  Trunk 3 to Hwy 103 / Albert Walker Street / Walter Havill Drive – Peggys Cove, Timberlea, Armdale | Partially grade separated connection to Trunk 3 | |||
| 3.7 | 2.3 | 1K/H |  Hwy 102 / Bayers Road – Downtown, Airport, Windsor, Truro | Signed as exit 1K (south) and 1H (north); Hwy 102 exit 1D | ||
| 4.2 | 2.6 | Washmill Lake Drive | ||||
| 4.6 | 2.9 | Main Avenue | Former northern terminus of Northwest Arm Drive; Trunk 32 northern terminus[3] | |||
| 5.1 | 3.2 | Willett Street | ||||
| 5.9 | 3.7 | Lacewood Drive | ||||
| 4.6 | 2.9 | Radcliffe Drive / Lincoln Cross | ||||
| 6.9 | 4.3 | Langbrae Drive / Knightsbridge Drive | ||||
| 7.3 | 4.5 | Farnham Gate Road / Ruth Goldbloom Drive | ||||
| 8.3 | 5.2 |  Kearney Lake Road to Bedford Highway (Trunk 2) / Donaldson Avenue | Dunbrack Street northern terminus; continues as Kearney Lake Road | |||
| 9.2 | 5.7 | Hwy 102 – Halifax, Bedford, Airport, Truro Kearney Lake Road | Kearney Lake Road continues north; Hwy 102 exit 2 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b c d "Dunbreck Street - Halifax, NS" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ^ a b Groff, Meghan (April 25, 2019). "North West Arm Drive to be officially renamed Monday". Halifax Today. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
- ^ a b c Traffic Engineering and Road Safety - Census Team (2018). "Traffic Volumes - Primary Highway System - 2008 to 2017" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Halifax, NS: Government of Nova Scotia. pp. Intro, 93–94. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
Note...Northwest Arm Dr is referred to as Trunk 32.
- ^ "Dunbrack Street rose bushes may stick around for good". CTV Atlantic. CTV Atlantic. July 20, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ "Who We Are". Halifax Dunbrack Soccer Club. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ a b Bousquet, Tim (March 1, 2007). "Concrete jungle". The Coast Halifax. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ^ Annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1976. Halifax: Nova Scotia Department of Highways. 1976. p. 10.
Other major construction projects included a start of the Portland Street Interchange in Dartmouth and North West Arm Drive in Halifax.
- ^ Annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1978. Halifax: Nova Scottia Department of Highways. 1978. p. 10.