Howard Avenue
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| Howard Avenue |
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| Howard Road, Howard Street, Howard, 7th Concession, County Road 9 | |
| Length: | 36 km (22 mi) |
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| Direction: | East/West |
| From: | Intersection of Cataraqui Street, Aylmer Avenue (SB) and Glengarry (NB) in Windsor, Ontario |
| To: | Intersection with County Road 20 in Amherstburg, Ontario |
| Major cities: | Windsor, Tecumseh, LaSalle, Amherstburg, Ontario |
Howard Avenue is one of Windsor's main north-south arterial roads, serving Casino Windsor, downtown, and Devonshire Mall, before leading into Essex County. The road is very heavily travelled and hevily developed with industry and commercial shops along much of its length.
[edit] Route Description
Howard officially begins at the convergance of two one-way streets, Aylmer (southbound), and Glengarry (northbound) at Cataraqui Street in Windsor. The road widens to four lanes at Tecumseh Road, and widens to an urban 5-lane cross-section at Eugeinie Strreet, before expanding to a full 6 lanes (3 northbound, three southbound).
It continues south to a parclo/diamond interchange with E.C. Row Expressway, at Devonshire Mall and Roundhouse Center. Just south of Devonshire Mall, the road defaults traffic onto the four-lane section of Provincial Road, with traffic signals to allow traffic to continue onto Howard Avenue, or to turn left (east) into the Devonshire Mall parking lot. Immediately south of this, the road narrows down to two lanes, and has a semi-rural appearance, with much lower traffic volumes.
The road proceeds this way before briefly widening to four lanes (at the Cabana Road intersection). It then proceeds south as two-lanes towards the Dougall Avenue/Dougall Parkway interchange, to allow drivers to access Highway 401.
From here, the road heads due south towards Talbot Road/Highway 3. Once it leaves the Windsor City limits, the road gains the designation of Essex County Road 9 (formerly a Windsor Suburban Road), and travels south to its terminus with County Road 20.
[edit] Former Highway Designations
Howard Avenue formerly carried the designation of Highway 3A from 1929 to 1935. It was re-designated as 3B in 1935, and this lasted until 1975, when it was repealed in favour of "Connecting Link" stauts (allowing the city of Windsor and map companies to still list and sign the road as 3B, and receive some funding for maintenance). This was fully repealed in 1998.
The designation of Highway 3B travelled along Howard Avenue to the Dougall Avenue interchange, continuing along Dougall Avenue to Ouellette, leading to the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. Dougall Parkway was confusingly listed and signed as Highway 401 (along with the actual Highway 401, which terminated at Highway 3, a few km to the south.
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| Provincial Highways: | Highway 3 • Highway 401 • Highway 7087/E. C. Row Expressway |
| Nearby County Roads: | 9 • 20 • 22 • 42 |
| Municipal Expressways: | E. C. Row Expressway • Ojibway Parkway • Sandwich Parkway • Dougall Parkway |
| Arterial Roads (North-South): | Sandwich Street • Matchette Road • Malden Road • Huron Church Road • Campbell Avenue/Dominion Boulevard • Dougall Avenue • Ouellette Avenue • McDougall Avenue • Howard Avenue • Provincial Road • Walker Road • Central Avenue • Jefferson Road • Lauzon Road/Lauzon Parkway |
| Arterial Roads (East-West): | Riverside Drive • University Avenue • Wyandotte Street • Tecumseh Road • Eugenie Street • E. C. Row Expressway • Cabana Road/Division Road |
| Other North-South Roads: | Victoria Avenue • Drouillard Road/Chrysler Center • Pillette Road • Banwell Road |
| Other East-West Roads: | Erie Street • Giles Boulevard (Windsor, Ontario) • Ottawa Street (Windsor, Ontario) • Shepherd Street • Grand Marais Road/West Grand Boulevard • Plymouth Road • Dougall Parkway • North Talbot Road • Totten Street • College Avenue • Prince Road • Forest Glade Drive • Wildwood Drive • Cousineau Drive/Country Club Drive • Clairview Avenue |
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| Provincial Highways: | Highway 3 • Highway 77 • Highway 401 |
| County Roads: | 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 25 • 27 • 29 • 31 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 37 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 45 • 46 • 48 • 50 • 114 |
| Former County Roads | 43 • 117 |
| Municipal/County Expressways: | Pike Creek Bypass • E. C. Row Expressway |
| Other (Former) Road Systems: | Windsor Suburban Roads |
