# Dunbrack Street

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{{short description|Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada}}
{{Infobox road
|province=NS
|name=Dunbrack Street
|alternate_name=North West Arm Drive
|allocation={{jct|state=NS|Trunk|32|nolink=yes}}
|maint=[Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal](/source/Department_of_Transportation_and_Infrastructure_Renewal_(Nova_Scotia))
|map=
|length_km=9.2
|length_round=1
|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps">{{google maps|title=Dunbreck Street - Halifax, NS |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@44.6479386,-63.6470993,13.83z |access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref>
|length_notes=Northwest Arm Drive {{cvt|4.6|km}}
|established=
|municipalities=[Halifax Regional Municipality](/source/Halifax_Regional_Municipality)
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a=Kearney Lake Road
|junction=Main Avenue<br/>{{jct|state=NS|Trunk|3}}<br/>{{jct|state=NS|Hwy|102}}
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NS|Route|306}}
|previous_type=Trunk
|previous_route=30
|next_type=Trunk
|next_route=33
}}
'''Dunbrack Street''' is a {{cvt|9.2|km}}<ref name="gmaps"/> [arterial road](/source/arterial_road) in [Mainland](/source/Mainland_Halifax) [Halifax](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia). It runs from [Route 306](/source/Nova_Scotia_Route_306) (Old Sambro Road) in [Spryfield](/source/Spryfield%2C_Nova_Scotia) to Kearney Lake Road in [Rockingham](/source/Rockingham%2C_Nova_Scotia). Prior to 2019, Dunbrack Street ran from Kearney Lake Road in Rockingham to Main Avenue in [Fairview](/source/Fairview%2C_Nova_Scotia). The remaining section was named Northwest Arm Drive.<ref name=rename>{{cite news |last1=Groff |first1=Meghan |title=North West Arm Drive to be officially renamed Monday |url=https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/north-west-arm-drive-to-be-officially-renamed-monday-1391395 |access-date=February 27, 2020 |work=Halifax Today |date=April 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227180152/https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/north-west-arm-drive-to-be-officially-renamed-monday-1391395 |archive-date=February 27, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The former Northwest Arm section is assigned '''Trunk 32''' by the provincial transportation department as an [unsigned highway](/source/unsigned_highway).<ref name=traffic>{{cite web |last1=Traffic Engineering and Road Safety - Census Team |title=Traffic Volumes - Primary Highway System - 2008 to 2017 |url=https://novascotia.ca/tran/publications/Primary_Roads_-_Traffic_Volume_Data.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal |publisher=Government of Nova Scotia |access-date=February 26, 2020 |location=Halifax, NS |date=2018 |quote=Note...Northwest Arm Dr is referred to as Trunk 32. |pages=Intro; 93-94}}</ref>

Dunbrack Street is named for Roy Dunbrack, who was a surveyor for the city of [Halifax, Nova Scotia](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia).<ref>{{cite news |title=Dunbrack Street rose bushes may stick around for good |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/dunbrack-street-rose-bushes-may-stick-around-for-good/ |access-date=March 15, 2020 |work=CTV Atlantic |publisher=CTV Atlantic |date=July 20, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The Halifax Dunbrack Soccer Club is named after the street.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.dunbrack.ca/who-we-are |website=Halifax Dunbrack Soccer Club |access-date=13 March 2023 |language=en-CA}}</ref>

==Northwest Arm Drive==
The '''North West Arm Drive''' was a {{cvt|4.6|km}}<ref name="gmaps"/> four-lane [expressway](/source/limited-access_road) in Halifax that ran from Main Avenue connecting Fairview to Route 306 (Old Sambro Road), connecting to [Highway 102](/source/Nova_Scotia_Highway_102) and [Trunk 3](/source/Nova_Scotia_Trunk_3).  The highway was a stub of the incomplete "Harbour Drive" project which would have connected Highway 102 with the Halifax waterfront, via a bridge over the [Northwest Arm](/source/Northwest_Arm_(Halifax)) and a 6-lane highway through the south end along Water Street and along Barrington past Cogswell.<ref name="cogswell">{{cite news |last1=Bousquet |first1=Tim |title=Concrete jungle |url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/concrete-jungle/Content?oid=960400 |access-date=June 1, 2012 |work=The Coast Halifax |date=March 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407203826/http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/concrete-jungle/Content?oid=960400 |archive-date=April 7, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> The project was cancelled in the 1970s in the wake of public opposition, but not before North West Arm Drive and the [Cogswell Street Interchange](/source/Cogswell_Street_Interchange) were completed.<ref name="cogswell"/> On April 29, 2019, the Halifax Regional Municipality renamed it to Dunbrack Street.<ref name=rename/>  

==History==
Construction of North West Arm Drive by the provincial Department of Highways began in 1975/76.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1976 |date=1976 |publisher=Nova Scotia Department of Highways |location=Halifax |page=10 |quote=Other major construction projects included a start of the Portland Street Interchange in Dartmouth and North West Arm Drive in Halifax.}}</ref> Work on the four-lane road, stretching from Dunbrack Street to the Old Sambro Road, was completed in 1977/78.<ref name="1978annualreport">{{cite book |title=Annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1978 |date=1978 |publisher=Nova Scotia Department of Highways |location=Halifax |page=10}}</ref>

==Major intersections==
{{NSinttop|exit|indep_city=Halifax|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps"/>}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=0.0
|road={{jct|state=NS|Route|306|Route|349|name1=Old Sambro Road|to2=yes|city1=Herring Cove|city2=Sambro|city3=Harrietsfield|city4=Williamswood}}
|notes=Dunbrack Street (Northwest Arm Drive)&nbsp;/ Trunk&nbsp;32 southern terminus<ref name=traffic/>
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=0.4
|road=Cowie Hill Road
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=1.3
|road=Bayview Road
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=1.0
|road=Peter Saulnier Drive
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=1.6
|road=Osborne Street
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=2.3
|road={{jct|state=NS|Trunk|3|Hwy|103|to2=yes|road|Albert Walker Street / Walter Havill Drive|city1=Peggys Cove|city2=Timberlea|city3=Armdale}}
|notes=Partially grade separated connection to Trunk&nbsp;3
}}
{{NSint|exit
|exit=1K/H
|km=3.7
|road={{jct|state=NS|Hwy|102|road|Bayers Road|location1=[Downtown](/source/Downtown_Halifax)|location2=[Airport](/source/Halifax_Stanfield_International_Airport)|city3=Windsor|city4=Truro|extra=airport}}
|notes=Signed as exit&nbsp;1K (south) and 1H (north); Hwy&nbsp;102 exit&nbsp;1D
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=4.2
|road=Washmill Lake Drive
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|type=trans
|km=4.6
|road=Main Avenue
|notes=Former northern terminus of Northwest Arm Drive; Trunk&nbsp;32 northern terminus<ref name=traffic/>
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=5.1
|road=Willett Street
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=5.9
|road=Lacewood Drive
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=4.6
|road=Radcliffe Drive&nbsp;/ Lincoln Cross
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=6.9
|road=Langbrae Drive&nbsp;/ Knightsbridge Drive
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=7.3
|road=Farnham Gate Road&nbsp;/ Ruth Goldbloom Drive
|notes=
}}
{{NSint|exit
|km=8.3
|road={{jctname|state=NS|Trunk|2|name1=Kearney Lake Road to [Bedford Highway](/source/Bedford_Highway)|road|Donaldson Avenue}}
|notes=Dunbrack Street northern terminus; continues as Kearney Lake Road
}}
{{NSint|exit
|type=closed
|km=9.2
|road={{jct|state=NS|Hwy|102|city1=Halifax|city2=Bedford|location3=[Airport](/source/Halifax_Stanfield_International_Airport)|city4=Truro|extra=airport}}<hr/>Kearney Lake Road
|notes=Kearney Lake Road continues north; Hwy&nbsp;102 exit&nbsp;2
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=closed,trans}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Roads in the Halifax Regional Municipality}}
{{NS Roads and Highways}}

Category:Roads in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category:Nova Scotia provincial highways

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