Alberta Provincial Highway No. 16A, commonly referred to as Highway 16A, is the designation of three

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s off Alberta Highway 16 (the

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) in

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, Canada. The Evansburg – Entwistle section is called 16A:08 by Alberta Transportation, while 16A:24 runs through

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. The section west of

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

is labelled 16A:14 and 16A:16 on Alberta Transportation maps, but is better known as Parkland Highway and

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Evansburg – Entwistle

Highway 16A:08 parallels Highway 16 to the north, intersecting Highway 22, and passing through Evansburg,

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, and Entwistle.

Major intersections

Starting from the west end of Highway 16A:

Parkland Highway

Running for , the Parkland Highway (Highway 16A) runs parallel to Highway 16, located to the north. The highway starts west of

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near the hamlet of Carvel. Parkland Highway is a central thoroughfare through the

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of Stony Plain and

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. At Acheson it intersects with Highway 60. Highway 16A enters Edmonton along

, splits into one-way streets where eastbound traffic follows 100 Avenue, before ending at

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(Highway 216). Highway 16A and the Parkland Highway were established in 1997 when the Highway 16 designation was moved to Highway 16X, a bypass route that became

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in Edmonton.

Major intersections

Vegreville

Highway 16A:24 runs through the Town of

as 50 Avenue.

Major intersections

Starting from the west end of Highway 16A:

Former alignments

Strathcona County

Highway 16A used to follow Baseline Road (101 Avenue), past Refinery Row, and linked with Highway 16 in

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. It began at the Edmonton city limits, located approximately east of the 50 Street intersection, and traveled east for to Highway 14X where it turned north for and terminated at Highway 16. In 1996, the province reverted the Baseline Road to Strathcona County while the north–south section became part of Highway 14X. Highway 14X was later renumbered Highway 216 in 1999, and signed as a part of Anthony Henday Drive in 2010.

Downtown Edmonton

The Strathcona County segment of Highway 16A used to be part of a larger route which passed through central Edmonton, itself an original alignment of Highway 16. At the time, Highway 16 entered west Edmonton along Stony Plain Road and followed Mayfield Road, and Highway 16A originated at the intersection of Highway 16, Stony Plain Road, Mayfield Road. It travelled east along Stony Plain Road and 102 Avenue through the former town of

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for to 124 Street where it turned south for and then turned east onto

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for , passing through

Downtown Edmonton Downtown Edmonton is the central business district of Edmonton, Alberta. Located at the geographical centre of the city, the downtown area is bounded by 109 Street to the west, 105 Avenue to the north, 97 Street to the east, 97 Avenue and Rossdale ...

. At 95 Street, Highway 16A turned south for before turning east along Rowland Road for and crossing the

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along the Dawson Bridge. East of 84 Street, Highway 16A followed 106 Avenue for to 79 Street (later using 84 Street), where it traveled south before turning east onto 101 Avenue and leaving Edmonton. Highway 16A was phased out in the early 1980s.

References

{{Alberta Provincial Highways, Hwy=yes 016A Roads in Edmonton Roads in Strathcona County Former segments of the Trans-Canada Highway