Saskatchewan Highway 219

Highway 219 starts at Highway 44 near Cutbank and travels north, passing through the hamlet of Glenside, intersecting Highway 15 east of the town of Outlook, before passing through Whitecap Dakota First Nation. North of the First Nation, the highway passes through bedroom communities of Grasswood and Furdale before entering Saskatoon as Lorne Avenue. It intersects Circle Drive before ending at Idylwyld Drive.[2]

The province and First Nations groups are looking at upgrading the highway, which is reportedly in need of major repairs, in the near future to improve access to the Dakota Dunes Casino located approximately 30 km (19 mi) south of Saskatoon that opened in 2007.

Lorne Avenue is a road serving the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and functions as the division between the East and West addresses on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River. It begins as a continuation of Highway 219 to its intersections of Circle Drive and Idylwyld Drive. North of Adelaide Street, a roadway that connects with northbound Idylwyld Drive, Lorne Avenue downgrades to a collector road, where heavy trucks are prohibited,[3] through the residential neighbourhood of Buena Vista (with some small retail development). North of the intersection of 8th Street, Lorne Avenue rejoins Idylwyld Drive south of the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge.

In the mid-2000s, the Government of Canada agreed to contribute $20 million for two new interchanges in Saskatoon, one of them being at the SK Hwy 219 / Lorne Ave intersection with Circle Drive. This is part of the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative to improve access to the Canadian National Railway's intermodal freight terminal thereby increasing Asia-Pacific trade.[4] The interchange, part of the final phase of the Circle Drive South extension, was completed in 2013.

From south to north:[2]

Rural municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Loreburn No. 254	​	0.0	0.0	Hwy 44 – Gardiner Dam, Davidson	West of Cutbank; Hwy 219 southern terminus
Rudy No. 284	Glenside	20.0	12.4	Railway Avenue
	​	25.9	16.1	Hwy 15 – Outlook, Kenaston
	​	38.8	24.1	Hwy 764 – Hanley
Dundurn No. 314	White Cap No. 94	65.5– 73.7	40.7– 45.8	Passes through Whitecap Dakota First Nation (including access to Dakota Dunes Casino)
Corman Park No. 344	Grasswood	91.4	56.8	Grasswood Road
	Furdale	94.6	58.8	Cartwright Street
City of Saskatoon		95.4	59.3	Circle Drive (Hwy 11 / Hwy 16) – Airport	Interchange; no direct access to Circle Drive east
		96.1	59.7	To Circle Drive east	Ramp to Idylwyld Freeway south; access to Circle Drive east
		96.2	59.8	Ruth Street	Access from Idylwyld Freeway
		96.4	59.9	Adelaide Street to Idylwyld Freeway north – City Centre	Hwy 219 northern terminus; no trucks on Lorne Avenue north of Adelaide Street[3]
		97.8– 98.1	60.8– 61.0	8th Street
				Idylwyld Drive	Northbound entrance, southbound exit
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition