St. Albert Trail Explained

St. Albert Trail
Alternate Name:Mark Messier Trail
Location:Edmonton and St. Albert
Maint:City of Edmonton
City of St. Albert
Length Km:14.1
Direction A:South
Terminus A:118 Avenue / Groat Road
Junction:Yellowhead Trail, 137 Avenue, Anthony Henday Drive, Gervais Road / Hebert Road, McKenney Avenue / Bellerose Drive, Giroux Road / Boudreau Road, Villeneuve Road
Direction B:North
Terminus B:City Limits (St. Albert)

St. Albert Trail is a major arterial road connecting the cities of Edmonton and St. Albert, Alberta. It is part of a 40adj=midNaNadj=mid 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Edmonton

St. Albert

Major intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of St. Albert Trail.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mark Messier Trail not popular with historians . 2007-02-22. 2021-06-25 . The Globe and Mail.
  2. Web site: Amendments to Transportation System Bylaw and Traffic Bylaw . 2009-04-27 . City of St. Albert . PDF . 2010-08-27.
  3. http://maps.edmonton.ca City of Edmonton map utility