Route Description Dougall Avenue (Windsor, Ontario)
1 route description
1.1 dougall parkway ouellette place
1.2 intersection ouelette place
1.3 north of ouellette place
route description
dougall parkway ouellette place
the road officially begins @ interchange howard avenue, small former alignment in place serve several homes, named dougall place . road narrows four-lane dual carriageway (speed limit of 80 km/h or 50 mph) four-lane undivided urban arterial road, speed limit of 60 km/h (40 mph). roadway heavily built-up on sides, shopping plazas , businesses, houses well. largest of plaza south windsor walmart (located south of e. c. row expressway).
north of walmart , interchange e.c. row expressway, road becomes narrowly divided four-lane arterial road, passing under 1 railway overpass, passing next zalev brothers [1] scrap yard. here, dougall road continues north, lanes default onto ouellette place.
intersection ouelette place
the intersection of ouellette place dangerous (among dangerous in entire city), shape , angle of intersection (and reduced visibility 1 active , 2 removed railroad overpasses) draws attention of motorists behind them when trying continue straight (by making left-turn) on dougall avenue, or make left-turn onto ouellette place northbound dougall avenue southbound. road designed keep majority of traffic onto ouellette avenue, , has been cause of many accidents, such rear-end collisions. there have been petitions , windsor city council fix intersection or close off access dougall avenue entirely (and have signs directing motorists want access dougall avenue use eugenie street).
north of ouellette place
north of ouellette place, road far quieter, though still has fair amount of traffic around dorwin plaza, superstore , cogeco cable offices. of traffic on street uses eugenie street , ouellette place, , serve businesses along it. after crossing cp rail , essex terminal railway tracks, road becomes two-lane residential collector road on-street parking, two-way access terminating @ intersection of tecumseh road. north of street, road southbound-only, , entirely residential in nature, low traffic volumes.
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