Dunbrack Street

Dunbrack Street is a 9.2 km (5.7 mi)[1] 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, where was named Northwest Arm Drive.[2] The former Northwest Arm section is assigned Trunk 32 by the provincial transportation department as an unsigned highway.[3]

Dunbrack Street
North West Arm Drive
Route information
Maintained by Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length	9.2 km[1] (5.7 mi) Northwest Arm Drive 4.6 km (2.9 mi)
Component highways	Trunk 32
Major junctions
South end	Kearny Lake Road
	Main Avenue Trunk 3 Hwy 102
North end	Route 306
Location
Municipalities	Halifax Regional Municipality
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia 100-series ← Trunk 30 → Trunk 33

Dunbrack Street is named for Roy Dunbrack, who was a surveyor for the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.[4] The Halifax Dunbrack Soccer Club is named after the street.[5]

Northwest Arm Drive

The North West Arm Drive was a 4.6 km (2.9 mi)[1] four-lane divided highway 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.[6] 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.[6] On April 29, 2019, the Halifax Regional Municipality renamed it to Dunbrack Street.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Halifax.

km[1]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0		Route 306 (Old Sambro Road) to Route 349 – Herring Cove, Sambro, Harrietsfield, Williamswood	Dunbrack Street (Northwest Arm Drive) / Trunk 32 southern terminus[3]
0.4	0.25		Cowie Hill Road
1.3	0.81		Bayview Road
1.0	0.62		Peter Saulnier Drive
1.6	0.99		Osborne Street
2.3	1.4		Trunk 3 to Hwy 103 / Albert Walker Street / Walter Havill Drive – Peggys Cove, Timberlea, Armdale	Partially grade separated connection to Trunk 3
3.7	2.3	1K/H	Hwy 102 / Bayers Road – Downtown, Airport, Windsor, Truro	Signed as exit 1K (south) and 1H (north); Hwy 102 exit 1D
4.2	2.6		Washmill Lake Drive
4.6	2.9		Main Avenue	Former northern terminus of Northwest Arm Drive; Trunk 32 northern terminus[3]
5.1	3.2		Willett Street
5.9	3.7		Lacewood Drive
4.6	2.9		Radcliffe Drive / Lincoln Cross
6.9	4.3		Langbrae Drive / Knightsbridge Drive
7.3	4.5		Farham Gate Road / Ruth Goldbloom Drive
8.3	5.2		Kearny Lake Road to Bedford Highway (Trunk 2) / Donaldson Avenue	Dunbrack Street northern terminus; continues as Kearny Lake Road
9.2	5.7		Hwy 102 – Halifax, Bedford, Airport, Truro Kearny Lake Road	Kearny Lake Road continues north; Hwy 102 exit 2
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Route transition

References

1. Google (March 3, 2020). "Dunbreck Street - Halifax, NS" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
2. Groff, Meghan (April 25, 2019). "North West Arm Drive to be officially renamed Monday". Halifax Today. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
3. Traffic Engineering and Road Safety - Census Team (2018). "Traffic Volumes - Primary Highway System - 2008 to 2017" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Halifax, NS: Government of Nova Scotia. pp. Intro, 93–94. Retrieved February 26, 2020. Note...Northwest Arm Dr is referred to as Trunk 32.
4. "Dunbrack Street rose bushes may stick around for good". CTV Atlantic. CTV Atlantic. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
5. "History". Halifax Dunbrack Soccer Club. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
6. Bousquet, Tim (March 1, 2007). "Concrete jungle". The Coast Halifax. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2012.