xml - XmlHttp Sometimes Flips # to %23 in the url string -

i have bit of dilemma use please. see need copy data web page worksheet , having dilemma following code block using xml 6.0

dim httprequest xmlhttp  set httprequest = new xmlhttp httprequest.open "get", url, false httprequest.setrequestheader "content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" httprequest.send "" 

at point have data object catch data. 99 out of 100 times works great. unfortunately particular url string has "#" in , keeps getting converted "%23" keep getting wonderful error 404. # must in url. there no other address or way include #.

example:

http://www.thisaddress.com/movingfoward/#/facility94 

converts , tries pull from

http://www.thisaddress.com/movingfoward/%23/facility94 

how 1 go preventing kind of string character conversion?