Calgary Trail
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104 Street | |
Maintained by | the City of Edmonton and Alberta Transportation |
Length | 14.6 km (9.1 mi) |
Location | Edmonton |
South end | City Limits (41 Avenue SW) |
Major junctions |
Ellerslie Road, Anthony Henday Drive, 23 Avenue, 34 Avenue, Whitemud Drive, 51 Avenue, 63 Avenue, Whyte Avenue |
North end | Saskatchewan Drive |
Calgary Trail is a major one-way arterial road in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a major commuter route for communities south of Edmonton, such as Leduc.
The road begins at Saskatchewan Drive in Old Strathcona as 104 Street, which runs as a two-way street until it reaches University Avenue. It continues in a southbound direction to 55 Avenue, when it becomes Calgary Trail. At Whitemud Drive, Highway 2 follows Calgary Trail. Near 31 Avenue, the road veers slightly to the east and a median is all that separates Calgary Trail from Gateway Boulevard (headed northbound). The road continues as a two-way freeway to the city limits and further south towards the Edmonton International Airport, Red Deer, and Calgary as the QE2 Highway.
History[edit]
The road is the remnant of the northern terminus of the Calgary and Edmonton Trail, a land transport route between the fur trading posts of Fort Edmonton and Fort Calgary, used as far back as the early 1800.[1] Calgary Trail previously had Northbound and Southbound designations, and were renamed in 2001 as Gateway Boulevard and Calgary Trail, respectively. Initially, the name change met with some controversy.[2][3] The name Calgary Trail stood for many years, as this was Alberta's primary highway to Calgary following the rail lines. The rails no longer continue north past Whyte Avenue; however, CPR still has a rail yard serving the industrial district along the east side of Gateway Boulevard.
Neighbourhoods[edit]
List of neighbourhoods Calgary Trail runs through or next to, in order from south to north:[4]
- Blackmud Creek
- Blackburne
- Bearspaw
- Keheewin
- Ermineskin
- Steinhauer
- Duggan
- Rideau Park
- Empire Park
- Pleasantview
- Allendale
- Queen Alexandra
- Strathcona
Interchanges and intersections[edit]
This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of Calgary Trail.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Placenames of Alberta. "The naming along the Calgary - Edmonton Trail". Retrieved 2009-12-24.
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/08/25/ctrll000825.html 'Gateway Boulevard' idea may lead nowhere. CBC News, 2000-08-25.
- ^ "Name change brings mixed reviews". CBC News. 2000-09-26. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ a b City of Edmonton map utility
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