Queensway, Gibraltar

Queensway

Queensway at the junction with Europort Avenue and Reclamation Road.
Length	1.5 km (0.9 mi)
Location	Gibraltar
Coordinates	36°08′27″N 5°21′21″W / 36.140894°N 5.355926°WCoordinates: 36°08′27″N 5°21′21″W / 36.140894°N 5.355926°W
Northbound end	Glacis Road Waterport Avenue
Southbound end	Ragged Staff Road

Traditional cast iron street sign on the fortification walls.

Map of the northern end of the city showing Queensway's route.

Queensway is a main coastal road in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar and the only road servicing the oldest leisure marina on The Rock, Queensway Quay. It connects the marina with the industrial park in the southern end of the Gibraltar Harbour.

Description

Queensway is built on reclaimed land immediately to the west of Line Wall Curtain, Gibraltar's main city wall and runs along most of its length. It was renamed Queensway after a visit by Queen Elizabeth II in 1954.^[1] The road begins in northern Gibraltar at the roundabout with Glacis Road and Waterport Avenue. It begins to the southwest for about 100 metres (330 ft) before heading south-southwest.^[2] It passes Europort Avenue and Reclamation Road before passing running parallel to Gibraltar Harbour. Near the dockyard there is a roundabout at Ragged Staff Gates connecting it to Ragged Staff Road. Queensway comes to an end at this roundabout, although a road continues into the industrial park and dockyard.^[2]

Economy

View of Queensway Quay from the Rock of Gibraltar showing Queensway in the centre of the photograph.

Queensway Quay located west of this road takes its name.^[3] In the early 1990s, Taylor Woodrow facilitated a £50 million development along Queensway, developing a hotel, apartments and marina complex at the quayside.^[4][5] Several rowing clubs are located in the area.^[6]

References

1. City walls..., visitgibraltar.gi, accessed 12 March 2013
2. Maps (Map). Google Maps.
3. Kellermann, Anja (2001). A New New English. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 242. ISBN 978-3-8311-2368-1. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
4. Gold, Peter (2005). Gibraltar: British Or Spanish?. Taylor & Francis. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-415-34795-2. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
5. Morris, D. S.; Haigh, R. H.; Morris, D. S. (1992). Britain, Spain and Gibraltar: 1945-90. Taylor & Francis Group. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-415-07145-1. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
6. Clark, C.; Brebbia, C. A. (6 June 2012). Defence Sites: Heritage and Future. WIT Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-84564-590-8. Retrieved 28 November 2012.