Dunbrack Street Explained

Province:NS
Dunbrack Street
Alternate Name:North West Arm Drive
Maint:Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length Km:9.2
Length Round:1
Length Notes:Northwest Arm Drive
Municipalities:Halifax Regional Municipality
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A:Kearney Lake Road
Junction:Main Avenue

Previous Type:Trunk
Previous Route:30
Next Type:Trunk
Next Route:33

Dunbrack Street is a arterial road in Mainland Halifax, Nova Scotia. It runs from Route 306 (Old Sambro Road) in Spryfield to Kearney Lake Road in Rockingham. Prior to 2019, Dunbrack Street ran from Kearney Lake Road in Rockingham to Main Avenue in Fairview. The remaining section was named Northwest Arm Drive.[1] The former Northwest Arm section is assigned Trunk 32 by the provincial transportation department as an unsigned highway.[2]

Dunbrack Street is named for Roy Dunbrack, who was a surveyor for the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.[3] The Halifax Dunbrack Soccer Club is named after the street.[4]

Northwest Arm Drive

The North West Arm Drive was a four-lane expressway in Halifax that ran from Main Avenue connecting Fairview to Route 306 (Old Sambro Road), connecting to Highway 102 and Trunk 3. The highway was a stub of the incomplete "Harbour Drive" project which would have connected Highway 102 with the Halifax waterfront, via a bridge over the Northwest Arm and a 6-lane highway through the south end along Water Street and along Barrington past Cogswell.[5] The project was cancelled in the 1970s in the wake of public opposition, but not before North West Arm Drive and the Cogswell Street Interchange were completed.[5] On April 29, 2019, the Halifax Regional Municipality renamed it to Dunbrack Street.[1]

History

Construction of North West Arm Drive by the provincial Department of Highways began in 1975/76.[6] Work on the four-lane road, stretching from Dunbrack Street to the Old Sambro Road, was completed in 1977/78.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Groff . Meghan . North West Arm Drive to be officially renamed Monday . February 27, 2020 . Halifax Today . April 25, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200227180152/https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/north-west-arm-drive-to-be-officially-renamed-monday-1391395 . February 27, 2020 . en.
  2. Web site: Traffic Engineering and Road Safety - Census Team . Traffic Volumes - Primary Highway System - 2008 to 2017 . Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal . Government of Nova Scotia . February 26, 2020 . Halifax, NS . 2018 . Note...Northwest Arm Dr is referred to as Trunk 32. . Intro; 93-94.
  3. News: Dunbrack Street rose bushes may stick around for good . March 15, 2020 . CTV Atlantic . CTV Atlantic . July 20, 2019 . en.
  4. Web site: Who We Are . Halifax Dunbrack Soccer Club . 13 March 2023 . en-CA.
  5. News: Bousquet . Tim . Concrete jungle . June 1, 2012 . The Coast Halifax . March 1, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160407203826/http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/concrete-jungle/Content?oid=960400 . April 7, 2016 . en.
  6. Book: Annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1976 . 1976 . Nova Scotia Department of Highways . Halifax . 10 . Other major construction projects included a start of the Portland Street Interchange in Dartmouth and North West Arm Drive in Halifax..
  7. Book: Annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1978 . 1978 . Nova Scottia Department of Highways . Halifax . 10.