Saskatoon Roads & Infrastructure

[Echoes]

You could call or email the City to ask. They have a page on "Naming Saskatoon", along with a phone number and email address:

https://www.saskatoon.ca/community-c...ming-saskatoon

[roryn1]

Highway 16 is also known as the Yellowhead Highway. Problem solved. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowhead_Highway

The highway is named for the Yellowhead Pass, the route chosen to cross the Canadian Rockies. The pass, and the highway are named after a fur trader and explorer named Pierre Bostonais. He had yellow streaks in his hair, and was nicknamed "Tête Jaune" (Yellowhead).

[The Bess]

Construction cams of interchanges

http://boychukcamera1.hopto.org:3340/jpegpull.htm

http://mcormondcamera1.hopto.org:3340/jpegpull.htm

[Brutopian]

Originally Posted by The Bess

Construction cams of interchanges

http://boychukcamera1.hopto.org:3340/jpegpull.htm

http://mcormondcamera1.hopto.org:3340/jpegpull.htm

Both of these interchanges are needed big-time. No question.

The same could be said, however, of a new interchange at Idylwyld and Marquis. When the North Commuter Parkway Bridge opens next year, huge waves of traffic are going to be barrelling down Marquis toward the traffic lights at that intersection creating potentially massive line-ups and waits. How this interchange wasn't built simultaneously with the North Commuter Bridge is beyond me.

[mitchellk12]

id like to see #16 west and marquis done as well.

[Arts]

Originally Posted by Brutopian

Both of these interchanges are needed big-time. No question.

The same could be said, however, of a new interchange at Idylwyld and Marquis. When the North Commuter Parkway Bridge opens next year, huge waves of traffic are going to be barrelling down Marquis toward the traffic lights at that intersection creating potentially massive line-ups and waits. How this interchange wasn't built simultaneously with the North Commuter Bridge is beyond me.

I think an interchange at Marquis and HWY 16 is definitely needed, but I don't expect traffic counts to increase in any significant way at that intersection when the commuter bridge opens because the vast majority of commuters to the north end work to the East of hwy16. However I do expect worse bottlenecks at Marquis and Idylwyld Dr - this location should definitely have been part of the commuter parkway project.

[Wyku]

Originally Posted by Brutopian

Both of these interchanges are needed big-time. No question.

The same could be said, however, of a new interchange at Idylwyld and Marquis. When the North Commuter Parkway Bridge opens next year, huge waves of traffic are going to be barrelling down Marquis toward the traffic lights at that intersection creating potentially massive line-ups and waits. How this interchange wasn't built simultaneously with the North Commuter Bridge is beyond me.

Very much agreed! I travel through that intersection every day and I'm not looking forward to seeing what happens when the new bridge opens. It would also be nice to have an interchange there that could incorporate traffic from 71st St so they could close off that intersection from being able to have traffic cross there--so dangerous.

[mitchellk12]

Originally Posted by Brutopian

Both of these interchanges are needed big-time. No question.

The same could be said, however, of a new interchange at Idylwyld and Marquis. When the North Commuter Parkway Bridge opens next year, huge waves of traffic are going to be barrelling down Marquis toward the traffic lights at that intersection creating potentially massive line-ups and waits. How this interchange wasn't built simultaneously with the North Commuter Bridge is beyond me.

Idywyld and marquis wont ever happen, thing is ( from what ive been told by a few sources now ) that the NDP/democrat government says that specific intersection should remain with lights BECAUSE... the new north commuter will decrease traffic flow from that paticular interchange, and therefore the costs to build wouldnt be necessary.

isnt warman and martvensville supposed to grow lol ? and our industrial sector expand north?

typical NDP, clueless

[socialisthorde]

What "NDP/democrat" (what does NDP/democrat even mean?) government are you talking about? Sounds like a typical conservative rant, clueless, to me.

Originally Posted by mitchellk12

Idywyld and marquis wont ever happen, thing is ( from what ive been told by a few sources now ) that the NDP/democrat government says that specific intersection should remain with lights BECAUSE... the new north commuter will decrease traffic flow from that paticular interchange, and therefore the costs to build wouldnt be necessary.

isnt warman and martvensville supposed to grow lol ? and our industrial sector expand north?

typical NDP, clueless

[saskatoonborn]

Yes but it is also a major tarnsportation route out of town. It still sees a ton of traffic headed to and from Alberta, western and northwestern Sask. It might not get the rush hour commuter traffic like highway 11 but I would say it stays is consistantly busier throughout the day. Either way you're 100% correct we need at least 1 in the north end overpass and marquis and 11 seems like a logical starting point.

[Brutopian]

Originally Posted by saskatoonborn

Yes but it is also a major tarnsportation route out of town. It still sees a ton of traffic headed to and from Alberta, western and northwestern Sask. It might not get the rush hour commuter traffic like highway 11 but I would say it stays is consistantly busier throughout the day. Either way you're 100% correct we need at least 1 in the north end overpass and marquis and 11 seems like a logical starting point.

I agree that an interchange at Marquis and Hwy #16 is much-needed. However, since the intersection of Marquis and Idylwyld is on the direct commuter route for the 20,000 people living in Warman and Martensville AND is connected via Marquis (North Commuter Bridge) to the 40,000 people living in Saskatoon's northeast neighbourhoods, I would suggest that this interchange should be built first.

[Echoes]

I may be mistaken, but I think that the plan is to close off 71st St access to Idylwyld once the Marquis/Idylwyld interchange is eventually built. It certainly is dangerous.

[The Bess]

Echoes you are right on some of it, the Riel industrial sector plan has 71st as a right in and right out only at Idylwyld freeway

[Echoes]

Got it! Thank you!

[The Bess]

Wonder if some one lit a fire under the contractor doing new Mcormond interchange, seems to be alot more activity, maybe the city doesn't want to spoil their grand opening plans of the commuter bridge.

[The Bess]

Guess I was right city is discussing this schedule, so we will see if city follows through

https://apps2.saskatoon.ca/tpapp/eam...cumentId=38456

[Wyku]

Originally Posted by The Bess

Guess I was right city is discussing this schedule, so we will see if city follows through

https://apps2.saskatoon.ca/tpapp/eam...cumentId=38456

Interesting that the Boychuck interchange is set to open 9 months after the McCormand one even though they started at the same time (and with the Boychuck one pushing well ahead of the McCormand one from the get-go). I can't see the McCormand interchange being ready in 1 years time, but it will be interesting to watch what happens.

[prairieguy]

City thinking about widening sidewalk on Idylwyld bridge as part of the scheduled 2019 maintenance schedule. I REALLY hope they do, so that it can accommodate the foot and bike traffic as that bridge is an important active transit connector to River Landing and Farmers market area!

[saskatoonborn]

So they want to have College Drive 80 km/hr for everything east of Preston... because they didnt design McCormond and College overpass for more than 80km/hr traffic??? What the hell? Why would they do such a silly thing as that?

[Brutopian]

Originally Posted by saskatoonborn

So they want to have College Drive 80 km/hr for everything east of Preston... because they didnt design McCormond and College overpass for more than 80km/hr traffic??? What the hell? Why would they do such a silly thing as that?

Agreed. You'd think that they would have treated that section of College Drive like other parts of Saskatoon's freeway system (e.g., Circle Drive and the Idylwyld Freeway) where the speed limit is 90km/hr, and then designed an overpass/interchange to handle that speed of traffic.

Then, again, I've never understood why large sections of Circle Drive aren't 100km/hour, but that's just me.