Edmonton Trail

Edmonton Trail is a major north-south arterial road in the northeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. The road connects Downtown Calgary from Reconciliation Bridge (formerly called the Langevin Bridge) and the 5th Avenue Flyover at Memorial Drive with north-central Calgary.[2] Between Memorial Drive and 16 Avenue NE (and to a lesser degree up to 24 Avenue NE), Edmonton Trail is lined with restaurants and retail businesses.

Edmonton Trail
Edmonton Trail starts at the Reconciliation Bridge and 5th Avenue Flyover
Maintained byCity of Calgary
Length5.4 km[1] (3.4 mi)
LocationCalgary
South endReconciliation Bridge
Major
junctions		Memorial Drive
16 Avenue NE (Hwy 1)
North endMcKnight Boulevard

History

The road is the remnant of the southern 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.[3] The more modern trail was blazed by John Alexander McDougall in 1873 as far as Morley and extended to Calgary two years later. The northern terminus, called Calgary Trail, is a partial freeway in south Edmonton.

The street lies in the heart of the Italian community of Calgary, being the location of the first Italian lodge and Italian school of Calgary in the 1920s.[4] Many Italian restaurants and stores still line the street.

Route description

The southern terminus is divided from the Bow River and Memorial Drive, with a southbound on-way road along the 4 Street NE alignment, and a northbound one-way road along the 5 Street NE alignment (the northbound section is signed as Edmonton Trail). The spurs re-unite at 3 Avenue NE, and continue as a two way road northwards between the communities of Bridgeland and Crescent Heights. It then crosses 16 Avenue NE (Highway 1 / Trans-Canada Highway), continues between the communities of Winston Heights and Tuxedo Park. North of the 32 Avenue NE, it passes through a light industrial district, then ends at McKnight Boulevard. It is continued for a short stretch to the north by 4 Street NE into the community of Thorncliffe.[2]

Major intersections

From south to north.[2] The entire route is in Calgary.

km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Westbound (southbound) traffic continues as 4 Avenue SE • Eastbound (northbound) traffic continues from 5 Avenue SE
0.00.0Crosses the Bow River
5th Avenue Flyover (northbound) and Reconciliation Bridge (southbound)
0.10.062Memorial DriveOne-way couplets
Northbound traffic follows Edmonton Trail,
southbound traffic follows 4 Street NE.
0.40.251 Avenue NE
0.70.434 Street NEOne-way transition; becomes four lane street; U-turn ramp.
1.10.687 Avenue NE
1.20.758 Avenue NE
1.71.112 Avenue NE
2.01.2 16 Avenue NE (Hwy 1)
2.51.620 Avenue NE
3.72.332 Avenue NE
4.12.536 Avenue NE
4.62.941 Avenue NE, 32 Avenue NE Connector
5.43.4McKnight Boulevard
Continues north as 4 Street NE
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. Google (May 18, 2017). "Edmonton Trail in Calgary, Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  2. Sherlock Publishing (2014). Sherlock's Map of Calgary (16th ed.). Langdon, Alberta: Sherlock Publishing. pp. 19, 27. ISBN 1-895229-80-4.
  3. Placenames of Alberta. "The naming along the Calgary - Edmonton Trail". Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  4. Placenames of Alberta. "TCalgary: Cultural Life". Retrieved December 24, 2009.


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