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City of Halifax Engineering and Works Plan # SS-10-15719
(click on image to view enlarged map as .pdf)
The Halifax Peninsula has inspired generations of urban planners. This 1963 plan integrated the proposed Harbour Drive with the existing street system as well as with possible "future artery improvements" such as a third Harbour bridge, and a bridge across the North West Arm to Bicentennial Drive.
The Harbour Drive proposal was halted by public opposition in the late 1960s after the Cogswell Street Interchange paved the way for the freeway to replace the waterfront area that became known as Historic Properties.
The Municipal Archives holds the minutes, reports, plans, public hearing files, etc. that document the Harbour Drive proposal development and demise.
This map is one of over 20,000 plans filed with City of Halifax Engineering and Works Department. The Municipal Archives is refining a database of these plans so that it will eventually be searchable by the public. Even now the public can view the database and the plans at the Archives.
HRM Archives gratefully acknowledges financial support for this project received from the Government of Canada through Library and Archives Canada, and from Nova Scotia's Tourism, Culture and Heritage Provincial Archival Development Program, through Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.
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