The Parkway is a major
arterial road
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in the city of
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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. It consists of three distinct roads that form a single through route: Columbus Drive, Prince Philip Drive, and Macdonald Drive. A four-lane
expressway with a speed limit of 70 km/h along most of its length, the parkway begins at an intersection with
Pitts Memorial Drive in the city's west end and terminates at
Logy Bay Road in the east end.
Segments
Columbus Drive runs in a general south-to-north direction from
Pitts Memorial Drive to
Thorburn Road. It passes
Bowring Park, the Village Mall, the edge of the west end residential area, and the
Avalon Mall. Also known as the Crosstown Arterial, Columbus Drive was constructed in order to improve traffic circulation in the city by linking
Kenmount Road and Prince Philip Drive with
Topsail Road and
Pitts Memorial Drive. Built on land purchased by the city in 1970, the road was opened in December 1981.
Prince Philip Drive, constructed in the late 1960s, runs in an east-west direction from
Thorburn Road to
Portugal Cove Road. Passing through
Pippy Park, Prince Philip Drive provides access to several significant institutions: the Health Sciences Centre and Janeway Children's Hospital, the
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's St. John's studios, the main
Memorial University of Newfoundland
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campus, the St. John's
Arts and Culture Centre, the
Confederation Building, and the
College of the North Atlantic.
Macdonald Drive runs in an east-west direction from
Portugal Cove Road to
Logy Bay Road. Unlike Columbus Drive and Prince Philip Drive, Macdonald Drive is not a limited-access road and is intersected by several residential side streets.
Safety
In 2006, seven of the ten most dangerous intersections in the city of St. John's were located on the Parkway. In order of severity, these were:
* Allandale Road at Prince Philip Drive (ranking 3)
* Columbus Drive at Old Pennywell Road (ranking 4)
* Prince Philip Drive at Thorburn Road (ranking 5)
* Columbus Drive at Topsail Road (ranking 6)
* Columbus Drive at Mundy Pond Road (ranking 7)
* Prince Philip Drive-Macdonald Drive at Portugal Cove Road (ranking 9)
* Prince Philip Drive at Clinch-Westerland (ranking 10)
In 2013, five of the ten most dangerous intersections in the city of St. John's were located on the Parkway. In order of severity, these were:
* Columbus Drive at Topsail Road (ranking 2)
* Allandale Road at Prince Philip Drive (ranking 5)
* Prince Philip Drive at Thorburn Road (ranking 6)
* Blackmarsh Road at Columbus Drive (ranking 8)
* Macdonald Drive at Torbay Road (ranking 9)
Intersections
The following roads intersect with the Parkway. Macdonald Drive is also intersected by several residential side streets, which are not listed in the table.
See also
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Royal eponyms in Canada
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—locales in Canada named for royalty akin to Prince Philip Drive within the Parkway
References
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Streets in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador