109 Street

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109 Street
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Start/End points of 109 Street
Former name(s)9th Street (Edmonton)
5th Street W (Strathcona) [1]
Maintained by City of Edmonton
Length8.7 km (5.4 mi) [2]
Location Edmonton
South end52 Avenue
Major
junctions
61 Avenue, Whyte Avenue, Saskatchewan Drive, 97 Avenue, Jasper Avenue, 111 Avenue, Kingsway Avenue
North end Princess Elizabeth Avenue
(City Centre Airport)

109 Street is an arterial road in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It takes travelers out of Downtown to the south to Old Strathcona, and to the north to the Kingsway area. It passes several Edmonton landmarks including the Garneau Theatre, Alberta Legislature Building, MacEwan University, RCMP "K" Division Headquarters, and Kingsway Mall. It is a one-way street, southbound, from 97 Avenue to Saskatchewan Drive (88 Avenue), to cross the North Saskatchewan River on the narrow High Level Bridge. Before Edmonton's amalgamation with Strathcona in 1912, the Edmonton portion was known as 9th Street while the Strathcona portion was known as 5th Street W. [1] 109 Street between Whyte Avenue and Kingsway is part of the original alignment of Highway 2 through Edmonton, the designation was moved to Whitemud Drive in the 1980s. [3]

Contents

Neighbourhoods

List of neighbourhoods 109 Street runs through, in order from south to north: [4]

Major intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of 109 Street. [4] The entire route is in Edmonton.

km [2] miDestinationsNotes
0.00.052 AvenueBegins as residential street
1.00.6261 Avenue (to 111 Street)At-grade with jughandle (traffic lights); becomes arterial road
3.22.0 Whyte (82) Avenue
3.82.487 AvenueAccess to University of Alberta
3.92.4Alberta Highway 2.svgOntario M502.svg Walterdale Hill / Saskatchewan Drive to Hwy 2 south Edmonton International Airport One-way transition; northbound traffic follows Walterdale Hill; southbound traffic follows 109 Street
4.3–
5.1
2.7–
3.2
High Level Bridge crosses the North Saskatchewan River
5.33.3 97 Avenue Two-way traffic resumes
5.73.599 AvenueAccess to Alberta Legislature Building
6.13.8Alberta Highway 16A.svg Jasper Avenue to Hwy 16A west
6.74.2 104 Avenue Former location of "rathole" underpass; access to MacEwan University and Rogers Place
7.34.5 107 Avenue (Avenue of Nations)
8.15.0 111 Avenue
8.35.2Alberta Highway 2.svg Kingsway to Hwy 2 northNear Kingsway Mall; to 118 Avenue west
8.75.4 Princess Elizabeth Avenue At-grade; no access to southwest-bound Princess Elizabeth Avenue; access to NAIT; to 118 Avenue east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Sinkhole

On October 12, 2020, a 23 meter deep sinkhole opened up on the intersection of 61 Avenue and 109 St. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mundy's Map of The Twin Cities Edmonton & Strathcona (Map). The Mundy Blueprint Co. 1911.
  2. 1 2 Google (November 7, 2017). "109 Street in Edmonton, AB" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  3. Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Government of the Province of Alberta. 1962. Edmonton inset. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "City of Edmonton map utility". Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  5. "Massive 23-metre hole discovered in south Edmonton, road repairs will take 'several months': EPCOR - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca".
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