Route 96 is a city route in
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749, ...
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Manitoba
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Canada
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. The route commences at Portage Avenue (
Route 85) and ends at Wilkes Avenue (
Route 145).
Route description
Route 96 begins as Moray Street at Portage Avenue and heads south, becoming the William R. Clement Parkway as it reaches the bridge over the
Assiniboine River
The Assiniboine River (''; french: Rivière Assiniboine'') is a river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is a tributary of the Red River. The Assiniboine is a typical meandering river with a sing ...
. The Parkway ends at Grant Avenue (
Route 105), at which point Route 96 turns east and runs
concurrently with Route 105 through the Assiniboine Forest. It turns south again at the
Canadian Mennonite University
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a private Mennonite university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 1607 students. The university was chartered in 1999 with a Shaftesbury campus in southwest Winnipeg, as well as M ...
campus and follows Shaftesbury Boulevard to its end at Wilkes Avenue.
History
The Moray Street south extension and Charleswood Bridge, the original part of Route 96, were built in 1995. The William R. Clement Parkway, originally known as the Charleswood Parkway, opened in 2002. The Charleswood Bridge and Parkway were renamed after the late Charleswood city councillor Bill Clement in 2010.
Future
The City of Winnipeg is currently planning to reroute City Route 96 by extending the William Clement Parkway to Wilkes Avenue. This project was originally expected to be completed by 2016; however, the project was put on hold in 2017 pending a new precinct plan by Winnipeg city council.
Major intersections
From north to south:
See also
References
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Parkways in Canada