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Winnipeg City Route 96 (Known locally as Charleswood Parkway) is a city route in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The route runs between Winnipeg City Route 85/Yellowhead Highway/Trans-Canada Highway/Manitoba Provincial Highway 1/Portage Ave. and Winnipeg City Route 105/Grant Ave.
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Originally, the route was made when a new bridge (called the Moray Street Bridge), which was an extension of Moray St. was built across the Assiniboine River in 1996. It was once the shortest city route in Winnipeg, though it was later extended to connect with Winnipeg City Route 105/Grant Ave. as an at-grade expressway and parkway. At the same time, Route 96 was renamed "Charleswood Parkway" south of the Moray Street Bridge. North of the bridge, the route is still known as Moray Street. The speed limit is 80 km/h (50 mph).
The route has recently been expanded to end at the new Sterling Lyon Parkway; from the intersection of the Charleswood Parkway and Grant Ave, it follows Grant to Shaftesbury Blvd. (making the stretch of Grant between the Charleswood Parkway and Shaftesbury the only road with multiplexed city routes, 96 and 105. From there, it turns southward on Shaftesbury to wind up at Winnipeg City Route 145, where Wilkes and Sterling Lyon meet.
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