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{{Short description|Canadian urban road in Vancouver and Burnaby}}
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| caption                 = The intersection of Georgia Street and [[Burrard Street|Burrard]] in the Financial District.
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| namesake                = [[Strait of Georgia]]
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| location                = Financial District, Central Business District, [[Coal Harbour]], other
| metro                   = {{rail-interchange|vancouver|canada|size=18}} [[Vancouver City Centre Station]]
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| direction_a             = Northwest
| terminus_a              = Stanley Park Causeway<br/>([[Stanley Park]])
| direction_b             = Southeast
| terminus_b              = Prior Street
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* [[Burrard Street]]
* Howe Street
* [[Granville Street]]
* Seymour Street
* [[Main Street (Vancouver)|Main Street]]
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[[File:West Georgia St..jpg|thumb|West Georgia Street]]
[[File:Telus Garden exterior 2016.jpg|thumb|275px|Exterior of [[Telus Garden]] offices on West Georgia Street]]

'''Georgia Street''' is an east–west street in the cities of [[Vancouver]] and [[Burnaby]], British Columbia, Canada. Its section in [[Downtown Vancouver]], designated '''West Georgia Street''', serves as one of the primary streets for the financial and central business districts, and is the major transportation corridor connecting downtown Vancouver with the [[North Shore (Greater Vancouver)|North Shore]] (and eventually [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]]) by way of the [[Lions Gate Bridge]]. The remainder of the street, known as '''East Georgia Street''' between [[Main Street (Vancouver)|Main Street]] and Boundary Road and simply Georgia Street within Burnaby, is more residential in character, and is discontinuous at several points.

West of Seymour Street, the thoroughfare is part of [[British Columbia Highway 99|Highway 99]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/publications/planning/numbered_routes.htm |title=Numbered Routes in British Columbia |access-date=2010-09-12 |archive-date=2014-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709115652/http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/publications/planning/numbered_routes.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The entire section west of Main Street was previously designated part of [[British Columbia Highway 1A|Highway 1A]], and markers for the '1A' designation can still be seen at certain points.

==Route==
Starting from its western terminus at Chilco Street by the edge of [[Stanley Park]], Georgia Street runs southeast, separating the [[West End, Vancouver|West End]] from the [[Coal Harbour]] neighbourhood. It then runs through the Financial District; landmarks and major skyscrapers along the way include [[Living Shangri-La]],  [[The Paradox Hotel Vancouver]], [[Royal Centre (Vancouver)|Royal Centre]], 666 Burrard tower, [[Hotel Vancouver]] and upscale shops, the [[HSBC Canada Building]], the [[Vancouver Art Gallery]], Georgia Hotel, Four Seasons Hotel, [[Pacific Centre]], the [[Granville Mall, Vancouver|Granville Entertainment District]], [[Scotia Tower]],[[Telus Garden]] and the [[Canada Post]] headquarters. The eastern portion of West Georgia features the Theatre District (including [[Queen Elizabeth Theatre]] and the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts), Library Square (the central branch of the [[Vancouver Public Library]]), [[Rogers Arena]], and [[BC Place]]. West Georgia's centre lane between Pender Street and Stanley Park is used as a [[counterflow lane]].

East of [[Cambie Street]], Georgia Street becomes a one-way street for eastbound traffic, and connects to the [[Georgia Viaduct]] for eastbound travellers only, which subsequently flows into Prior Street after crossing [[Main Street (Vancouver)|Main Street]]; westbound traffic is handled by Dunsmuir Street and the Dunsmuir Viaduct, located one block to the north.

[[File:Facing eastward, the entry point of the Georgia Street Viaduct.jpg|thumb|Georgia St. Viaduct's entry point from Beatty Street, between BC Place (right) and Rogers Arena (left)]]

East Georgia Street begins at an intersection with Main Street to the north of the Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts in Vancouver's [[Chinatown, Vancouver|Chinatown]], then runs eastwards through [[Strathcona, Vancouver|Strathcona]], [[Grandview–Woodland]] and [[Hastings–Sunrise]] to Boundary Road. East of the municipal boundary, Georgia Street continues eastwards through Burnaby until its terminus at Grove Avenue in the [[Lochdale, British Columbia|Lochdale]] neighbourhood. This portion of Georgia Street is interrupted at several locations, such as [[Templeton Secondary School]], [[British Columbia Highway 1|Highway 1]] and [[Kensington Park (Burnaby)|Kensington Park]].

==History==
Georgia Street was named in 1886 after the [[Strait of Georgia]]<ref name="Walker">{{cite book|last=Walker |first=Elizabeth |title=Street Names of Vancouver |publisher=Vancouver Historical Society |year=1999 |location=Vancouver |pages=46 |isbn=0-9692378-7-1}}</ref> and ran between Chilco and Beatty Streets. After the first Georgia Viaduct opened in 1915,<ref name="VanHist">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1972.htm |title=The History of Metropolitan Vancouver - 1972 Chronology |access-date=2010-09-12 |archive-date=2010-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006152708/http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1972.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the street's eastern end was connected to Harris Street, and Harris Street was subsequently renamed East Georgia Street.<ref name="Walker" />

The second Georgia Viaduct, opened in 1972,<ref name="VanHist"/> connects to Prior Street at its eastern end instead. As a result, East Georgia Street has been disconnected from West Georgia ever since.

On June 15, 2011, Georgia Street became the focal point of the [[2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot]].

==Major intersections==
West Georgia Street; from north to south.
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|type=incomplete
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{{BCint
|type=incomplete
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|road=North Lagoon Drive
|notes=Grade separated; no southbound exit
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|road=Exits Stanley Park
|notes=Becomes '''West Georgia Street'''
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|type=closed
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|road=Chilco Street
|notes=Intersection permanently closed
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{{BCint
|km=0.3
|road=Denman Street
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{{BCint
|km=0.7
|road=West Pender Street
|notes=South end of lane control
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{{BCint
|km=1.6
|road=[[Burrard Street]]
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{{BCint
|type=concur
|km=1.8
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|notes=One-way, southwest bound; south end of Hwy&nbsp;99 south concurrency; north end of former {{Jct|province=BC|Hwy|99A|noshield=yes}} concurrency (northern terminus)
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|type=hov
|km=1.9
|road=[[Granville Street]]
|notes=[[Granville Mall, Vancouver|Granville Mall]] (transit only); near {{rail-interchange|vancouver|canada|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Vancouver City Centre station]]
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|type=concur
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|road={{Jctname|province=BC|Hwy|99|dir1=north|name1=Seymour Street|nolink1=yes}}
|notes=One-way, northeast-bound; south end of Hwy&nbsp;99 north concurrency
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{{BCint
|km=2.4
|road=[[Cambie Street]]
|notes=Roadway becomes one-way, southeast-bound; northwest-bound traffic follows Dunsmuir Street
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|km=2.6
|km2=3.6
|bridge=[[Georgia Viaduct]]
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{{BCint
|type=concur
|km=3.5
|road=[[Main Street (Vancouver)|Main Street]]
|notes=Grade separated; south end of former Hwy&nbsp;1A&nbsp;/ Hwy&nbsp;99A concurrency
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{{BCint
|km=3.7
|road=Gore Avenue<hr />Prior Street
|notes=Continues east as Prior Street
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==References==
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{{Streets in Vancouver}}

[[Category:Streets in Vancouver]]
[[Category:Shopping districts and streets in Canada]]
[[Category:Former segments of the Trans-Canada Highway]]