johnnyboy
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New traffic lights installed yesterday at the intersection.
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50 Street Widening & CP Rail Grade Separation
- Thread starter Daveography
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mcr
Active Member
Looks very close.
One odd thing I noticed, on the north bridge, when merging SB from 90 Ave, despite there being room for a dedicated turning merge lane (as the bridge is 3 lanes, while 50th is 2), they have gone with a yield and large shoulder instead. I imagine that will be abused lol.
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The_Cat
Senior Member
On the city website, 50 Street SB will open in mid December.
mcr
Active Member
Unfortunately the pedestrian detour remains at ground level through the winter, not over the bridge.
Gronk!
Senior Member
johnnyboy
Active Member
^ I just got the update notice in the mail yesterday, stating "sometime in December" - that was fast!
VaultBoy
Active Member
Hopefully can they get the pedestrian access done quickly
The_Cat
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yeggator
Active Member
So, now that 50th Street is grade-separated at the CPKC crossing, which railway grade separation should be the next priority? 34th Ave? 51st Ave? The Whitemud ramps? Ellerslie? 75th Street or 91st Street? Or maybe an LRT grade separation - University Ave or 111th and Kingsway? My pick is 34th Ave for a freight rail grade separation, which would also help for bringing commuter and intercity rail on the corridor. Although University Ave for the LRT comes as a close second.
The_Cat
Senior Member
I think 75 Street or 34 Avenue might work as next priority. 75 Street is a key north-south route.
Oilguy
Active Member
University Ave would be so awesome, what a collosal mistake that was and what an expensive fix it would be, I don’t think it will ever happen.
Ellerslie road is a mess but the tracks seem to be the least of the problems there.
I feel like none of them are as bad as the 50th street and just may not warrant the cost.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Even though I'm near 34th Avenue, my first choice for a grade separation would be 75th Street.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
My first choice would be 75st. That is a substantial bottleneck depending on the time of the day, and it's such a major north-south connection, and technically it's part of our "inner ring road" (75 and 170st, between whitemud and Yellowhead)