Centre Street (Calgary)
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Centre Street N, seen from Calgary Tower
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| Location | Calgary, Alberta |
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| Southern section | |
| Length | 0.8 km (0.50 mi) |
| South end | Glenmore Trail |
| North end | 58 Avenue S |
| Volunteer Way section | |
| Length | 0.7 km (0.43 mi) |
| South end | 18 Avenue S |
| Major junctions |
17 Avenue S |
| North end | 10 Avenue S |
| Main section | |
| Length | 10.1 km (6.3 mi) |
| South end | 9 Avenue S |
| Major junctions |
 16 Avenue N (Hwy 1)McKnight Boulevard |
| North end | Beddington Trail (dead end) |
| Harvest Hills Blvd / Northern section | |
| Length | 9.1 km (5.7 mi) |
| South end | Beddington Trail |
| Major junctions |
Country Hills Boulevard Stoney Trail (Hwy 201) |
| North end |
 Hwy 566(Calgary city limits) |
| Neighborhoods |
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Centre Street is a major road in Calgary, Alberta and defines the east and west halves of the city for the purposes of street addresses (i.e. NW, SW, NE, SE).
The main segment of Centre Street is an arterial road extends from 9 Avenue S, at the base of the Calgary Tower in Downtown Calgary. The roadway passes through Chinatown, crosses the Bow River, to the Beddington Boulevard, after which it becomes a residential street and becomes unavailable to private vehicular traffic north of Bergen Crescent (the road continues, but it is only accessible to Calgary Transit and emergency vehicles). The road resumes immediately north of the "bus trap" at Beddington Trail, where it continues as Harvest Hills Boulevard. When the roadway crosses Stoney Trail, the name reverts to Centre Street N and the road continues north and exits the city limits at Highway 566.
In the downtown section, Centre Street is lined by some of Calgary's landmark buildings, such as the Encana Bow building, Suncor Energy Centre (formerly Petro-Canada Centre), the Dragon City Mall, Telus building, Hyatt Regncy hotel and Calgary Tower.
Several non-contiguous sections of Centre Street appear sporadically south of the Calgary Tower, including a segment between 10 Avenue S and 18 Avenue S, also known as Volunteer Way; and a collector road running from 58 Avenue S to Glenmore Trail, where it continues to the south as Fairmount Drive. Macleod Trail forms the division between southwest and southeast quadrants between Glenmore Trail and Highway 22X, while further south the quadrant boundaries are defined by Sheriff King Street.
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