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{{Short description|Road in the city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador}}
The '''Parkway''' is a major [[arterial road]] in the city of [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]]. It consists of three distinct roads that form a single through route: '''Columbus Drive''', '''Prince Philip Drive''', and '''Macdonald Drive'''. A four-lane [[limited-access road|expressway]] with a speed limit of 70 km/h along most of its length, the parkway begins at an intersection with [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 2|Pitts Memorial Drive]] in the city's west end and terminates at [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 30|Logy Bay Road]] in the east end.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

[[File:Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL.jpg|thumb|Prince Philip Drive during the rush hour on Oct 31, 2014. Photo taken from the food court at Memorial University of Newfoundland.]]

== Segments ==
'''Columbus Drive''' runs in a general south-to-north direction from [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 2|Pitts Memorial Drive]] to [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 50|Thorburn Road]]. It passes [[Bowring Park (St. John's)|Bowring Park]], the Village Mall, the edge of the west end residential area, and the [[Avalon Mall]]. Also known as the Crosstown Arterial, Columbus Drive was constructed in order to improve traffic circulation in the city by linking [[Kenmount Road]] and Prince Philip Drive with [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 60|Topsail Road]] and [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 2|Pitts Memorial Drive]]. Built on land purchased by the city in 1970, the road was opened in December 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~melbaker/citycouncil.htm|title=A History of St. John's City Council|accessdate=2008-02-02}}</ref>

'''Prince Philip Drive''', constructed in the late 1960s, runs in an east-west direction from [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 50|Thorburn Road]] to [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 40|Portugal Cove Road]]. Passing through [[Pippy Park]], Prince Philip Drive provides access to several significant institutions: the Health Sciences Centre and Janeway Children's Hospital,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janewayfoundation.nf.ca/|title=Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation|accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref> the [[CBNT|CBC]]'s St. John's studios, the main [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]] campus,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mun.ca/campus_map/index.php|title=Memorial University - Campus Maps|accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref> the St. John's [[Arts and Culture Centre]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stjohns.artsandculturecentre.ca/main.asp|title=St. John's Arts and Culture Centre|accessdate=2008-09-06 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080616184841/http://stjohns.artsandculturecentre.ca/main.asp  |archivedate = 2008-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stjohns.artsandculturecentre.ca/contact.asp|title=St. John's Arts and Culture Centre - Contact Us|accessdate=2008-09-06 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080612074016/http://stjohns.artsandculturecentre.ca/contact.asp  |archivedate = 2008-06-12}}</ref> the [[Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Confederation Building]], and the [[College of the North Atlantic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cna.nl.ca/campus/ppd/|title=Prince Philip Drive Campus CNA|accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref>

'''Macdonald Drive''' runs in an east-west direction from [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 40|Portugal Cove Road]] to [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 30|Logy Bay Road]]. Unlike Columbus Drive and Prince Philip Drive, Macdonald Drive is not a limited-access road and is intersected by several residential side streets.

== Safety ==
In 2006, seven of the ten most dangerous intersections in the city of St. John's were located on the Parkway. In order of severity, these were:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/where-are-the-most-dangerous-intersections-in-st-john-s-1.708531|title=Where are the most dangerous intersections in St. John's?|author=CBC|author-link=CBNT| work=CBC News | date=2008-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103085735/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/02/08/intersection-danger.html|archive-date=2012-11-03|url-status=live|access-date=2014-11-19 }}</ref>
* Allandale Road at Prince Philip Drive (ranking 3)
* Columbus Drive at Old Pennywell Road (ranking 4)
* Prince Philip Drive at Thorburn Road (ranking 5)
* Columbus Drive at Topsail Road (ranking 6)
* Columbus Drive at Mundy Pond Road (ranking 7)
* Prince Philip Drive-Macdonald Drive at Portugal Cove Road (ranking 9)
* Prince Philip Drive at Clinch-Westerland (ranking 10)

In 2013, five of the ten most dangerous intersections in the city of St. John's were located on the Parkway. In order of severity, these were:<ref>{{Cite report
| author = Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
| authorlink =Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
|year= 2014
| title = 2013 Annual Juristat Report
| url = http://www.rnc.gov.nl.ca/publications/pdf/2013_annual_report.pdf
| publisher = Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
| format =PDF
| page =55
| accessdate = 2014-11-19
}}</ref>
* Columbus Drive at Topsail Road (ranking 2)
* Allandale Road at Prince Philip Drive (ranking 5)
* Prince Philip Drive at Thorburn Road (ranking 6)
* Blackmarsh Road at Columbus Drive (ranking 8)
* Macdonald Drive at Torbay Road (ranking 9)

== Intersections ==
The following roads intersect with the Parkway. Macdonald Drive is also intersected by several residential side streets, which are not listed in the table.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Segment
! Intersecting Road
|-
| Columbus Drive
| {{jct|province=NL|NL|2|name1=Pitts Memorial Drive}} (road continues south as {{jct|province=NL|NL|10}})
|-
| Columbus Drive
| Bay Bulls Road (to Waterford Bridge Road)
|-
| Columbus Drive
| {{jct|province=NL|NL|60|name1=Topsail Road}}
|-
| Columbus Drive
| Canada Drive
|-
| Columbus Drive
| Captain Whelan Drive / Hogan Street
|-
| Columbus Drive
| Blackmarsh Road
|-
| Columbus Drive
| Mundy Pond Road
|-
| Columbus Drive
| Empire Avenue (two separate non-signalized [[T-intersection]]s)
|-
| Columbus Drive
| Old Pennywell Road (to Empire Avenue)<br>Brier Avenue (to {{jct|province=NL|NL|3A|name1=Team Gushue Highway}})
|-
| Columbus Drive
| Wishingwell Road (to Freshwater Road)
|-
| Prince Philip Drive
| {{jct|province=NL|NL|50|name1=Thorburn Road}} (to Freshwater Road and [[Kenmount Road]])
|-
| Prince Philip Drive
| Wicklow Street
|-
| Prince Philip Drive
| Clinch Crescent (west)
|-
| Prince Philip Drive
| University Avenue
|-
| Prince Philip Drive
| Clinch Crescent (east) / Westerland Road ([[Memorial University of Newfoundland]])
|-
| Prince Philip Drive
| Morrissey Road / Livyer's Loop ([[Memorial University of Newfoundland]])
|-
| Prince Philip Drive
| Allandale Road ([[Memorial University of Newfoundland]])
|-
| Prince Philip Drive
| [[Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Confederation Building]] access
|-
| Prince Philip Drive
| {{jct|province=NL|NL|40|name1=Portugal Cove Road}} (to [[St. John's International Airport|airport]])
|-
| Macdonald Drive
| {{jct|province=NL|NL|20|name1=Torbay Road}} (to [[Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Torbay]])
|-
| Macdonald Drive
| {{jct|province=NL|NL|30|name1=Logy Bay Road}} (end)
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]—locales in Canada named for royalty akin to Prince Philip Drive within the Parkway

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Coord|47.568|N|52.7441|W|display=title}}

[[Category:Streets in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]]

Parkway (St. John's) - Revision history

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