St. Albert Trail

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Mark Messier Trail
Route information
Length14.1 km[1] (8.8 mi)
Major junctions
South end118 Avenue / Groat Road
Major intersections
North endCity Limits (St. Albert)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Major citiesEdmonton, St. Albert

St. Albert Trail is a major arterial road connecting the cities of Edmonton and St. Albert, Alberta. It is part of a 40-kilometer-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.

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

List 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

St. Albert

  • Akinsdale
  • Sturgeon Heights
  • Downtown
  • Mission
  • Inglewood
  • Deer Ridge
  • Erin Ridge
  • Lacombe Park

Major intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of St. Albert Trail.[4]

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Edmonton−1.5−0.93127 StreetDiscontiguous residential street
−0.25−0.16117 Avenue / 131 Street
Gap in St. Albert Trail
0.00.0Groat Road / 118 AvenueTraffic circle (traffic lights); access to City Centre; roadway continues as Groat Road
1.30.81 Yellowhead Trail (Hwy 16) to Hwy 216 / Hwy 2 southDiamond interchange (traffic lights); Hwy 16 exit 381;
south end of Hwy 2 concurrency
3.62.2137 AvenueSouth end of Mark Messier Trail
5.43.4156 Street, Campbell Road
6.33.9 Anthony Henday Drive (Hwy 216)Partial cloverleaf interchange (traffic lights); Hwy 216 exit 31; north end of Mark Messier Trail
St. Albert7.04.3Gervais Road, Hebert Road
8.05.0Green Grove Drive, Sterling StreetAccess to Downtown St. Albert
8.95.5St. Anne Street, Sturgeon RoadAccess to Downtown St. Albert
9.05.6Crosses the Sturgeon River
9.45.8St. Vital Avenue, Rivercrest CrescentPasses St. Albert Centre
9.76.0McKenney Avenue, Bellerose Drive
11.06.8 Giroux Road / Boudreau RoadAccess to Sturgeon Community Hospital
11.47.1 Villeneuve Road (Hwy 633 west) / Erin Ridge RoadSplit intersection (traffic lights)
14.18.8 Hwy 2 north – Morinville, Athabasca, Peace RiverSt. Albert city limits; Hwy 2 continues north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Google (November 16, 2017). "St Albert Trail in Edmonton & St. Albert, AB" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Mark Messier Trail not popular with historians". The Globe and Mail. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  3. ^ "Amendments to Transportation System Bylaw and Traffic Bylaw" (PDF). City of St. Albert. 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  4. ^ a b City of Edmonton map utility
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