Highway 219 is a

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in the

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. Saskatchewan's 200-series highways primarily service its recreational areas. The highway runs from Gardiner Dam at the north end of

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north to the city

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. It is about long.

Route description

Highway 219 starts at Highway 44 near Danielson Provincial Park and Cutbank and travels north, passing through the hamlet of Glenside, intersecting Highway 15 east of the town of Outlook, before passing through

Whitecap Dakota First Nation Whitecap Dakota First Nation () is a Dakota First Nations band government whose reserve is located south of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Governing the Whitecap Indian Reserve No. 94, historically referred to as the ''Moose Woods Sioux Reser ...

. North of the First Nation, the highway passes through bedroom communities of Grasswood and Furdale before entering Saskatoon as Lorne Avenue. It intersects Circle Drive before ending at Idylwyld Drive. Parks accessed from Highway 219 include Cranberry Flats Conservation Area, Beaver Creek Conservation Area, and Danielson Provincial Park. 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

Lorne Avenue is a road serving the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and functions as the division between the East and West addresses on the east side of the

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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

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, where heavy trucks are prohibited, through the residential neighbourhood of Buena Vista (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 Saskatoon, one of them being at the SK Hwy 219 / Lorne Ave intersection with Circle Drive. This is part of the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative to improve access to the

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's intermodal freight terminal thereby increasing Asia-Pacific trade. The interchange, part of the final phase of the Circle Drive South extension, was completed in 2013.

Major intersections

From south to north:

References

{{Authority control 219 Streets in Saskatoon

Route description

Lorne Avenue

Major intersections

See also

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