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, 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. The interchange, part of the final phase of the
Circle Drive South extension, was completed in 2013. == Major intersections ==