Highway 219 is a secondary

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in the

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province of

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, running from the

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development and the north end of

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north to

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Route description

Highway 219 starts at Highway 44 near

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and travels north, passing through the hamlet of Glenside, intersecting Highway 15 east of the town of

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, before passing through Whitecap Dakota First Nation. North of the First Nation, the highway passes through

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of Grasswood and Furdale before entering Saskatoon as Lorne Avenue. It intersects

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before ending at

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. The province and

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groups are looking at upgrading the highway, which is reportedly in need of major repairs, in the near future to improve access to the Dakota Dunes Casino located approximately south of Saskatoon that opened in 2007.

Lorne Avenue

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. It begins as a continuation of Highway 219 to its intersections of Circle Drive and Idylwyld Drive. North of Adelaide Street, a roadway that connects with northbound Idylwyld Drive, Lorne Avenue downgrades to a collector road, where heavy trucks are prohibited, through the residential neighbourhood of

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(with some small retail development). North of the intersection of 8th Street, Lorne Avenue rejoins Idylwyld Drive south of the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge. In the mid-2000s, the

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agreed to contribute $20 million for two new interchanges in

, one of them being at the SK Hwy 219 / Lorne Ave intersection with

. This is part of the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative to improve access to the Canadian National Railway's intermodal freight terminal thereby increasing Asia-Pacific trade. The interchange, part of the final phase of the

South extension, was completed in 2013.

Major intersections

From south to north:

References

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