23 Avenue

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23 Avenue NW
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Start/End points of 23 Avenue
Maintained bythe City of Edmonton
Length15.4 km (9.6 mi) [1]
Location Edmonton
West end Terwillegar Drive / Riverbend Road
Major
junctions
Rabbit Hill Road, 119 Street, 111 Street, Calgary Trail & Gateway Boulevard, 91 Street, 66 Street, 50 Street, 34 Street, 17 Street
East endTamarack Boulevard

23 Avenue NW is a major arterial road in south Edmonton. It runs through several neighbourhoods including Mill Woods and The Meadows, and commercial areas including South Edmonton Common, and Mill Woods Town Centre. In September 2011, construction completed of an interchange at the intersection with Calgary Trail & Gateway Boulevard (Highway 2); considered Edmonton's busiest intersection. [2] Because Edmonton has adapted a quadrant system, the suffix NW is sometimes added to addresses, to avoid confusion with addresses south of Quadrant (1) Avenue.

Contents

The Capital Line of the LRT ends at Century Park station in the median of 111 Street just north of its intersection with 23 Avenue. There was a proposal to extend the line east along 23 Avenue to Mill Woods Town Centre; however, it was not adopted in favour of the Valley Line, which runs north from Mill Woods Town Centre, and a possible BRT between the two LRT stations. [3]

History

23 Avenue used extend east from south Edmonton into Strathcona County. It was part of a western segment of Secondary Highway 629 between Edmonton city limits and Highway 14, but it was decommissioned as part of the 1982 general annexation. [4] The intersection with Highway 14 was signalised until it was removed as part of the southeast Anthony Henday Drive construction; part of the project included construction of a flyover over Anthony Henday Drive, presently considered part of 34 Avenue. As part of the Tamarack Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan, 23 Avenue will be realigned east of 17 Street and link with the flyover; which currently ends at Tamarack Boulevard. [5]

A western segment of 23 Avenue existed west of the North Saskatchewan River and became Highway 627 when it left Edmonton. It was renamed Maskêkosihk Trail in February 2016 to honour Cree heritage. [6] [7]

Neighbourhoods

List of neighbourhoods 23 Avenue NW runs through, in order from west to east: [8]

Major intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the west end of 23 Avenue NW. [8] The entire route is in Edmonton.

km [1] miDestinationsNotes
0.00.0Riverbend Road
Terwillegar Drive
Split intersection; continues as Riverbend Road
1.71.1Rabbit Hill Road
2.91.8Crosses Whitemud Creek
3.92.4 119 Street
5.13.2Light Rail Sign.svg 111 Street Access to Century Park station
6.74.2Alberta Highway 2.svg Gateway Boulevard / Calgary Trail (Hwy 2) Split diamond interchange (traffic lights)
7.14.4 99 Street Access to South Edmonton Common
7.64.7Parsons RoadAccess to South Edmonton Common
8.45.2 91 Street
9.76.0 Mill Woods Road
10.56.5Quebec I-280-1.svg 66 Street Access to Mill Woods Town Centre, Grey Nuns Hospital
11.57.1 50 Street
12.37.6 Mill Woods Road East
13.38.3 34 Street
14.99.3 17 Street
15.49.6Tamarack Boulevard
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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