St. Albert Trail is a major arterial road connecting the cities of Edmonton and St. Albert, Alberta. It is part of a 40-kilometre-long (25 mi) continuous roadway that runs through Sherwood Park, Edmonton, and St. Albert that includes Wye Road, Sherwood Park Freeway, Whyte Avenue, portions of University Avenue and Saskatchewan Drive, and Groat Road.
| Mark Messier Trail | |
   Start/End points of St. Albert Trail | |
| Part of |  Highway 2 |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | City of Edmonton City of St. Albert |
| Length | 14.1 km (8.8 mi)[1] |
| Location | Edmonton and St. Albert |
| South end | 118 Avenue / Groat Road |
| Major junctions | Yellowhead Trail, 137 Avenue, Anthony Henday Drive, Gervais Road / Hebert Road, McKenney Avenue / Bellerose Drive, Giroux Road / Boudreau Road, Villeneuve Road |
| North end | City Limits (St. Albert) |
The route begins as Groat Road, and becomes St. Albert Trail at 118 Avenue (at a traffic circle with traffic lights). At the interchange with Yellowhead Trail, the road becomes part of Alberta Highway 2. After only a few blocks (137 Avenue) the road now becomes Mark Messier Trail, as it moves away from central Edmonton.[2] At the Edmonton – St. Albert boundary the road was known as St. Albert Road until early 2009 when St. Albert City Council approved a name change from St. Albert Road to St. Albert Trail.[3] St. Albert Trail keeps this designation throughout that city, before exiting the city boundaries to the north where it becomes a divided highway as far north as Morinville. North of the St. Albert boundary the road has no other name than Highway 2.
Two smaller segments of St. Albert Trail also exists as local roads, separated from the artery when Edmonton expanded its grid system of streets, and cut it off. They are a southbound only at 111 Avenue & 127 Street, and a two way from 112 Avenue to 117 Avenue.
Neighbourhoods
editList of neighbourhoods St. Albert Trail runs through, in order from south to north. Coincidentally it starts in Inglewood, Edmonton, and runs through Inglewood, St. Albert.[4]
Edmonton
edit- Inglewood
- Sherbrooke
- Dovercourt
- Rampart
St. Albert
edit- Akinsdale
- Sturgeon Heights
- Downtown
- Mission
- Inglewood
- Deer Ridge
- Erin Ridge
- Lacombe Park
Major intersections
editThis is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of St. Albert Trail.[4]
| Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton | −1.5 | −0.93 | 127 Street | Discontiguous residential street | |||
| −0.25 | −0.16 | 117 Avenue / 131 Street | |||||
| Gap in St. Albert Trail | |||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Groat Road / 118 Avenue | Traffic circle (traffic lights); access to City Centre; roadway continues as Groat Road | ||||
| 1.3 | 0.81 |   Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16) to Highway 216 / Highway 2 south | Diamond interchange (traffic lights); Hwy 16 exit 381; south end of Highway 2 concurrency | ||||
| 3.6 | 2.2 | 137 Avenue | South end of Mark Messier Trail | ||||
| 5.4 | 3.4 | 156 Street, Campbell Road | |||||
| 6.3 | 3.9 | Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) | Partial cloverleaf interchange (traffic lights); Hwy 216 exit 31; north end of Mark Messier Trail | ||||
| St. Albert | 7.0 | 4.3 | Gervais Road, Hebert Road | ||||
| 8.0 | 5.0 | Green Grove Drive, Sterling Street | Access to Downtown St. Albert | ||||
| 8.9 | 5.5 | St. Anne Street, Sturgeon Road | Access to Downtown St. Albert | ||||
| 9.0 | 5.6 | Crosses the Sturgeon River | |||||
| 9.4 | 5.8 | St. Vital Avenue, Rivercrest Crescent | Passes St. Albert Centre | ||||
| 9.7 | 6.0 | McKenney Avenue, Bellerose Drive | |||||
| 11.0 | 6.8 |  Giroux Road / Boudreau Road | Access to Sturgeon Community Hospital | ||||
| 11.4 | 7.1 |  Villeneuve Road (Highway 633 west) / Erin Ridge Road | Split intersection (traffic lights) | ||||
| 14.1 | 8.8 | Highway 2 north – Morinville, Athabasca, Peace River | St. Albert city limits; Hwy 2 continues north | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "St Albert Trail in Edmonton & St. Albert, AB" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ^ "Mark Messier Trail not popular with historians". The Globe and Mail. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Amendments to Transportation System Bylaw and Traffic Bylaw" (PDF). City of St. Albert. 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ a b City of Edmonton map utility
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