Winnipeg Route 52

Beginning at the northern city limits, the route runs south as Main Street along the west bank of the Red River. After passing through downtown, it becomes the Queen Elizabeth Way from the Main Street Bridge to the Norwood Bridge, over the Assiniboine and Red Rivers. South of the Norwood Bridge, it continues along the east side of the river as St. Mary's Road to the south Perimeter Highway. At the northern city limits, Route 52 becomes Manitoba Highway 9; at the south Perimeter Highway, it continues as Manitoba Provincial Road 200.

Route 52 passes through the suburbs of West Kildonan, the North End, Downtown, Fort Rouge, St. Boniface, and St. Vital. The section between Broadway and St. Anne's Road is part of Manitoba Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway.

Many of Winnipeg's most prominent buildings and institutions are located along Main Street, including City Hall, the Centennial Concert Hall, the Manitoba Museum, Union Station, the Richardson Building, and 360 Main (formerly the Commodities Exchange tower).

Main Street is one of the oldest routes in the Winnipeg region. It originated as the trail between Lower Fort Garry and the various settlements huddled around the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. Its intersection with the Portage Trail near Upper Fort Garry (now downtown Winnipeg) spawned the Portage and Main corner, which is today the heart of the city. Upper Fort Garry was eventually demolished by the city in order to straighten the southern portion of Main Street and realign it to its current configuration. The north gate, the sole surviving piece of Upper Fort Garry, stands near the corner of Broadway and Main.[2]

St. Mary's Road is named after St. Mary's Parish (Ste. Marie Paroisse in French), a Roman Catholic parish located in the northernmost section of St. Vital.[3] It was originally a trail that led from the parish south to the United States border at Emerson along the east side of the Red River. In rural Manitoba, St. Mary's Road is now incorporated into Provincial Roads 200 and 246.

A short section of Main Street was renamed Queen Elizabeth Way to commemorate the 2002 Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the city.[4]

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  Main Street in 1887 (at Pioneer Avenue, looking north)
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  Looking north on Main Street at St. Mary Avenue
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  Main Street at Jarvis Avenue, looking south towards downtown
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  St. Mary's Road at Carriere Avenue, looking north toward downtown

From north to south:[5]

Street Name	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
R.M. West St. Paul		−1.1	−0.68	PTH 9 north (Main Street) – Selkirk PTH 101 (Perimeter Highway)	Interchange; PTH 101 exit 71
Main Street	West Kildonan	0.0	0.0	Winnipeg city limits	Continues as PTH 9
		2.0	1.2	Chief Peguis Trail (Route 17)
		3.3	2.1	Leila Avenue (Route 23 west)	One-way westbound east of Main Street
		3.4	2.1	Partridge Avenue (Route 23 east)	One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection)
		5.1	3.2	Inkster Boulevard
		6.4	4.0	Redwood Avenue (Route 37)
	Downtown	7.8	4.8	Higgens Avenue
		8.1	5.0	Logan Avenue (Route 47) to Route 42 east
		8.2	5.1	Disraeli Freeway / Alexander Avenue (Route 42)	No southbound to eastbound exit; Alexander Avenue is one-way, westbound; north end of Route 42 east concurrency
		8.4	5.2	James Avenue (Route 42 east)	One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection); south end of Route 42 east concurrency
		8.6	5.3	Bannatyne Avenue	One-way, westbound
		8.7	5.4	McDermot Avenue	One-way, eastbound
		8.9	5.5	Portage Avenue (Route 57) / Route 85 west to PTH 1 (TCH)	See Portage and Main Eastern terminus of Yellowhead Highway
		9.0	5.6	Pioneer Avenue	One-way, westbound (no access, T-intersection)
		9.1	5.7	To Route 57 east / William Stephenson Way – The Forks	One-way, eastbound
		9.2	5.7	Graham Avenue
		9.3	5.8	St. Mary Avenue	One-way, westbound
		9.5	5.9	York Avenue – The Forks	One-way eastbound west of Main Street
		9.7	6.0	Broadway (PTH 1 (TCH) west) – Union Station, Manitoba Legislative Building	North end of PTH 1 concurrency
Assiniboine River		10.1– 10.2	6.3– 6.3	Main Street Bridge Main Street south end • Queen Elizabeth Way north end
Queen Elizabeth Way	Fort Rouge	10.2	6.3	Mayfair Avenue	One-way eastbound (no access, T-intersection); northbound entrance from Stradbrook Avenue
		10.3	6.4	River Avenue (via Stradbrook Avenue)	No northbound entrance; Stradbrook Avenue alignment, signed as River Avenue
Red River		10.4– 10.6	6.5– 6.6	Norwood Bridge Queen Elizabeth Way south end • St. Mary's Road north end
St. Mary's Road	St. Boniface	10.7	6.6	Marion Street (Route 115 east)	No northbound access
		11.3	7.0	Tache Avenue / Enfield Cresecent	Northbound access to Route 115 east
	St. Vital	13.1	8.1	PTH 1 (TCH) east / St. Anne's Road (Route 150 south)	South end of PTH 1 concurrency
		14.4	8.9	Fermor Avenue (Route 135) to PTH 1 (TCH) east
		16.3	10.1	Dunkirk Drive / Dakota Street (Route 62)
		16.9	10.5	Bishop Grandin Boulevard (Route 165)
		17.6	10.9	Meadowood Drive – St. Vital Centre
		21.2	13.2	Perimeter Highway (PTH 100 (TCH)) PR 200 south (St. Mary's Road) – St. Adolphe	Continues as PR 200
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition