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Robie Street is a north-south artery, street and provincial road that runs for 7 kilometres within the Halifax Peninsula area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, from Memorial Drive in the North End Halifax, to Gorsebrook Avenue in the South End. The street in most places is 4 lanes. From Gorsebrook Ave to Cunard Street its 4 lanes boulevard style divided roadway. From Cunard to Almon Streets it's a 2 lane street and public resistance prevented it from being a 4 lane street and is a major bottleneck for traffic in the afternoon going to the Macdonald Bridge via North Street. From the Almon To the MacKay Bridge Ramps it is 4 lane undivided. From Livingstone Street to Memorial Drive it's a 2 lane street . A section is called the 'Robie Street Extension'(officially Massachusetts Avenue effect May 21, 2007) which connects Robie Street from Livingstone Street to the MacKay bridge but it's not officially Robie Street. On the Halifax Peninsula street grid system the civic numbers range from 820 to 3899 .[1]
[edit] Notable Places
[edit] Major intersections
- Inglis Street
- South Street
- University Avenue
- Coburg Road
- Spring Garden Road
- Jubilee Road/Veterans Memorial Lane
- Quinpool Road/Bell Road/Cogswell Street (Willow Tree)
- Cunard Street
- North Street
- Almon Street
- Young Street
- Lady Hammond Road
- Leeds Street
Coordinates: 44°39′6.60″N, 63°35′33.82″W
