Machray Avenue as a Bikeway

North Winnipeg C.C. member Kevin Bailey created this record of the proposed Machray Avenue Bikeway (east from Fife Street to St. Cross Street), with photo highlights of destinations and points of interest along the way.

Spanning the entire distance from Fife Street to St. Cross Street, Machray Avenue makes an effective east/west bikeway through North Winnipeg. It intersects the proposed Powers Avenue & Scotia Street Bikeways in addition to providing a connection to both Main Street (Higgins Underpass) and Salter Street (Slaw Rebchuk Bridge). Machray Avenue also passes by a number of schools, parks and recreation areas. Most interestingly, Machray offers this strategic effectiveness while remaining relatively low in automobile traffic volume. Travelling Machray Avenue from Fife Street to St. Cross Street, we see the following:

Looking east down Machray Avenue from Fife Street, we immediately enter a school zone and notice the grounds of Andrew Mynarski V.C. Junior High School.

The school property stretches to McPhillips Street where we cross at the traffic lights.

As we pass Radford Street, we travel along a Sinclair Park Community Centre field and Robertson School’s grounds.

Robertson Street is crossed at a four-way stop.

Airlies Street brings a two-way stop for us.

We must turn north down Cairnsmore to get around Sinclair Park Community Centre’s main grounds. A bicycle/pedestrian path directly over the railway tracks and through the community centre grounds would be a welcome addition.

We stop at Cathedral Avenue then turn east, crossing the rail line.

Now that we’ve worked our way around the community centre grounds, we head south on Sinclair Street to reconnect with Machray Avenue.

After turning east from Sinclair Street, we’ll be back on Machray Avenue.

We have a two-way stop at Arlington Street then carry on non-stop all the way to McGregor Street.

There is a two-way stop at McGregor Street in addition to a pedestrian corridor. Ralph Brown School and Community Centre is just across the road. It extends the entire block to Andrews Street.

Andrews Street brings a four-way stop.

There is a four-way stop at Powers Street.

We then travel alongside St. John’s High School until we reach Salter Street. We cross Salter Street at the traffic lights. St. John’s High School is on the southwest corner. St. John’s Public Library is on the northwest corner and Machray Day Nursery marks the southeast side of the intersection.

Aikins Street greets us with a four-way stop. This intersection is home to a local convenience store and an Apostolic church.

After travelling along the back of Champlain School’s field beginning near Aikins Street, we approach the four-way stop at Charles Street.

We have a two-way stop at Main Street.

Our last stop is at St. Cross Street.

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