Winnipeg Route 165
{{Short description|City route in Winnipeg}}
{{Infobox road
| province = MB
| type = Winnipeg
| route = 165
| alternate_name = Abinojii Mikanah
| maint = City of Winnipeg
| image =
| image_notes =
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|frame-lat=49.87|frame-long=-97.15|zoom=10|type=line|stroke-width=3|id=Q8025792}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = Route 165 highlighted in red
| length_km = 10.9
| length_round =
| length_ref = {{google maps|title=Route 165 in Winnipeg|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.8201991,-97.135658,14z?hl=en|accessdate=August 3, 2017}}
| allocation =
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=MB|Winnipeg|90|name1=Kenaston Blvd}}
| junction = {{plainlist|
- {{jct|state=MB|Winnipeg|80|name1=Waverley St}}
- {{jct|state=MB|Winnipeg|42|name1=Pembina Hwy}}
- {{jct|state=MB|Winnipeg|52|name1=St. Mary's Rd}}
- {{jct|state=MB|Winnipeg|62|name1=Dakota St}}
- {{jct|state=MB|Winnipeg|150|name1=St. Anne's Rd}}}}
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=MB|PTH|59|Winnipeg|20|name2=Lagimodiere Blvd}}
| previous_type = Winnipeg
| previous_route = 155
| next_type = Winnipeg
| next_route = 180
}}
Route 165, named Abinojii Mikanah, is a highway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Currently the route is an at-grade expressway running from an interchange with Kenaston Boulevard (Route 90) to Lagimodiere Boulevard (PTH 59 / Route 20). The route runs through the districts of Fort Garry, St. Vital, and St. Boniface. {{Cite Web|url=http://curtiswalker.com/roads/MB/Route/165/|title=Winnipeg Metro Route 165|author=Curtis Walker's Road Photos|access-date=December 17, 2024}}
The speed limit along the route is {{Convert|80|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|last1=Goldsborough|first1=Gordon|title=Bishop Grandin Boulevard Plaque (Bishop Grandin Boulevard, Winnipeg)|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/bishopgrandinboulevard.shtml|website=Historic Sites of Manitoba|publisher=Government of Manitoba|accessdate=May 22, 2018|date=March 17, 2012}}
History
Abinojii Mikanah (originally Bishop Grandin Boulevard) first opened to traffic from Lagimodiere Boulevard (PTH 59 / Route 20) to Pembina Highway (Route 42) in 1978, with a westerly extension to Route 80 (Waverley Street) opening in 1990, as well as a second expansion in 1998 expanding from waverley to Route 90.
In the wake of the 2021 discovery of unmarked burial sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in BC, there were calls to change the name of the roadway, originally called Bishop Grandin Boulevard after Vital-Justin Grandin, who was thought to be one of the architects of the residential school system.{{Cite web|title=Calls to change name of Bishop Grandin Boulevard increase in wake of B.C. discovery|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7910686/calls-change-name-bishop-grandin-blvd-b-c-discovery-residential-school/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=CJOB|language=en-US}} On March 23, 2023, Winnipeg city council voted unanimously to change the name of the street to Abinojii Mikanah (Children's Road in Ojibway, one of the local First Nations languages), "to represent residential school survivors and the journey to find the children who never returned home." On April 26, 2024, it was announced that bylaws pertaining to the rename had received second and third readings at city council.
Major intersections
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{{MBint
|km=0.0
|road={{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|90|name1=Kenaston Boulevard}}
|notes=Grade separated seagull intersection
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{{MBint
|km=2.5
|road={{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|80|name1=Waverley Street}}
|notes=
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{{MBint
|km=2.9
|road={{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|42|name1=Pembina Highway}}
|notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange; to PTH 75 south
}}
{{Jctbridge
|km=3.7
|bridge=Fort Garry Bridge crosses the Red River
}}
{{MBint
|km=4.0
|road=River Road
|notes=Split intersection
}}
{{MBint
|km=5.9
|road={{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|52|name1=St. Mary's Road}}
|notes=
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{{MBint
|km=6.4
|road={{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|62|name1=Dakota Street}}
|notes=
}}
{{MBint
|km=7.7
|road={{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|150|name1=St. Anne's Road}}
|notes=
}}
{{MBint
|km=8.5
|road=Shorehill Drive
|notes=
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{{MBint
|km=9.2
|road=Lakewood Boulevard
|notes=
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{{MBint
|km=9.7
|road=Island Shore Boulevard
|notes=
}}
{{MBint
|km=10.3
|road=Boulevard de la Seigneurie
|notes=
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{{MBint
|km=10.9
|road={{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|20|PTH|59|name1=Lagimodiere Boulevard}}
|notes=
}}
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See also
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