Ouellette Avenue, with Downtown Detroit in the background.
The road is 4-lanes for most of its length, narrowing down to two lanes north of Wyandotte Street. Its purpose is to divert traffic from the Ambassador Bridge (via Highway 3/Huron Church Road), by sending it to the Tunnel (Via Dougall Parkway, Dougall Avenue, to the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, along Wyandotte Street to its Canadian terminus at Goyeau Street. Traffic onward into the United States generally continues onto Woodward Avenue, Detroit's "Main Street", which lies along the same alignment as Ouellette.[1]
The road is quite busy and is used mostly by cars, as trucks longer than 45 feet cannot fit around the curve on the American side of the Detroit Tunnel, and the Ambassador Bridge tends to be clogged.
Historyedit
Ouellette Avenue first began as the original alignment of Highway 3 from 1920, terminating at the International Ferry Dock between Ouellette Avenue and Dougall Avenue, in downtown Windsor. This remained until July 10, 1929, when the Ambassador Bridge opened. Highway 3 was re-routed along the newly constructed Huron Church Road to the bridge, and Ouellette Avenue was re-designated as Highway 3A (Windsor). This lasted until 1935, when it was re-designated as Highway 3B (Windsor).
In 1962, the City of Windsor re-aligned Ouellette Avenue to flow into Dougall Avenue directly, instead of having Highway 3B traffic head north along Dougall Avenue, then making a short east-bound jog on Tecumseh Road before continuing left (north) on Ouellette Ave. The former alignment remained as Ouellette Avenue, while the new alignment became "Ouellette Place". Four years later, it was designated as a Connecting Link, enabling Windsor to receive monetary and mechanical/paving assistance in maintaining the road, and to continue to sign it as Highway 3B, should it be downloaded. Though it was officially turned back in 1975, the connecting link status remained in place until January 1, 1998, when the connecting link status was repealed, and the road was officially retired as a provincially-maintained highway.
^The Port of Detroit and Ports on the Saginaw River, Michigan. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1984.
April 14, 2024
ouellette, avenue, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, topic, this, article, meet, wikipedia, notability, guideline, geographic, features, please, help, dem. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guideline for geographic features Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources Ouellette Avenue news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ouellette Avenue news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Ouellette Avenue most commonly pronounced by English speakers as Oh Let and by French speakers as Well et is one of the main North South Roads in Windsor Ontario and acts as its Main Street The road diverges from Dougall Avenue south of Downtown Windsor travelling northward over the Essex Terminal Railway CP Rail tracks before terminating at a turnaround and parking lot at Dieppe Gardens in Windsor s core Ouellette AvenueLength4 5 km 2 8 mi LocationWindsorNorth endjust north of Riverside Drive at the Riverfront Bike TrailSouth endDougall Avenue Ouellette Avenue with Downtown Detroit in the background The road is 4 lanes for most of its length narrowing down to two lanes north of Wyandotte Street Its purpose is to divert traffic from the Ambassador Bridge via Highway 3 Huron Church Road by sending it to the Tunnel Via Dougall Parkway Dougall Avenue to the Detroit Windsor Tunnel along Wyandotte Street to its Canadian terminus at Goyeau Street Traffic onward into the United States generally continues onto Woodward Avenue Detroit s Main Street which lies along the same alignment as Ouellette 1 The road is quite busy and is used mostly by cars as trucks longer than 45 feet cannot fit around the curve on the American side of the Detroit Tunnel and the Ambassador Bridge tends to be clogged History editOuellette Avenue first began as the original alignment of Highway 3 from 1920 terminating at the International Ferry Dock between Ouellette Avenue and Dougall Avenue in downtown Windsor This remained until July 10 1929 when the Ambassador Bridge opened Highway 3 was re routed along the newly constructed Huron Church Road to the bridge and Ouellette Avenue was re designated as Highway 3A Windsor This lasted until 1935 when it was re designated as Highway 3B Windsor In 1962 the City of Windsor re aligned Ouellette Avenue to flow into Dougall Avenue directly instead of having Highway 3B traffic head north along Dougall Avenue then making a short east bound jog on Tecumseh Road before continuing left north on Ouellette Ave The former alignment remained as Ouellette Avenue while the new alignment became Ouellette Place Four years later it was designated as a Connecting Link enabling Windsor to receive monetary and mechanical paving assistance in maintaining the road and to continue to sign it as Highway 3B should it be downloaded Though it was officially turned back in 1975 the connecting link status remained in place until January 1 1998 when the connecting link status was repealed and the road was officially retired as a provincially maintained highway Today editOuellette Avenue serves as an access to downtown Windsor and to the Detroit Windsor Tunnel The road is also the main path for the Windsor Detroit International Freedom Festival s Parade and for the Windsor Jaycees Santa Claus Parade References edit The Port of Detroit and Ports on the Saginaw River Michigan U S Army Corps of Engineers 1984 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ouellette Avenue amp oldid 1209448297, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
