Whyte (82) Avenue is an
arterial road
An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below freeways/motorways on the road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow and speed. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector r ...
in south-central
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 an ...
,
Alberta
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, Canada. It became the main street of the City of
Strathcona as it formed, and now runs through
Old Strathcona
Old Strathcona is a historic district in south-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Once the commercial core of the separate city of Strathcona, the area is now home to many of Edmonton's arts and entertainment facilities, as well as a local s ...
. It was named in 1891 after
Sir William Whyte, who was superintendent of the CPR's western division from 1886 to 1897 and was knighted by
King George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
in 1911.
[Monto, Tom. Old Strathcona - Edmonton's Southside Roots (Edmonton: Crang Publishing/Alhambra Books, 2011).] Whyte (82) Avenue is part of a continuous roadway that runs through
Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park is a large hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County that is recognized as an urban service area. It is located adjacent to the City of Edmonton's eastern boundary, generally south of Highway 16 ( Yellowhead Trail) ...
, Edmonton, and
St. Albert that includes
Wye Road,
Sherwood Park Freeway
Sherwood Park Freeway is a freeway that connects east Edmonton to Sherwood Park in Alberta, Canada. It begins in the Gainer Industrial area where Argyll Road and 82 (Whyte) Avenue merge before intersecting 50 Street. It then ...
, portions of
University Avenue
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and
Saskatchewan Drive,
Groat Road
Groat Road is a major roadway in Edmonton, Alberta. It is named after Malcolm Groat, a former Hudson's Bay Company employee who settled in the present-day Groat Estates area in the 1880s. Groat Road is part of a continuous roadway that runs thro ...
, and
St. Albert Trail.
The roadway was originally the core of the former city of
Strathcona and was the division between the north and south
quadrants while ''Main Street'', now
104 Street (Calgary Trail) and was the division between the west and east quadrants.
In 1912, Edmonton and Strathcona amalgamated Edmonton adopted its present numbering system; Whyte Avenue was co-designated ''82 Avenue'' which allowed it to keep both names. As
Alberta's highway system developed, Whyte Avenue became part of
Highway 2 (previously
Highway 1 prior to 1941) between 104 Street and
109 Street while it was part of
Highway 14 east of 104 Street.
The highway designations were moved to
Whitemud Drive
Whitemud Drive is a major east–west freeway in southern Edmonton, Alberta, that stretches from 231 Street at the western city limit to Anthony Henday Drive just east of Edmonton in Strathcona County. The portion in southeast Edmont ...
in the 1980s.
A small section of 82 Avenue exists as a
collector road
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between 71 Street and
50 Street, where the main roadway transitions to the Sherwood Park Freeway.
Neighbourhoods
List of neighbourhoods Whyte (82) Avenue runs through, in order from west to east:
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Garneau
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Queen Alexandra
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Strathcona
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Ritchie
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People Surname
*Adele Ritchie (1874–1930), singer – comic opera, musical comedy and vaudeville
*Albert Ritchie (1876–1936), governor of Maryland 1920 to 1935
*Alistair Ferguson Ritchie (1890–1954), crossword compiler ...
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Bonnie Doon
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King Edward Park
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Idylwylde
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Kenilworth
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Major intersections
Starting at the west end of University Avenue.
See also
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Old Strathcona
Old Strathcona is a historic district in south-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Once the commercial core of the separate city of Strathcona, the area is now home to many of Edmonton's arts and entertainment facilities, as well as a local s ...
*
List of avenues in Edmonton
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Transportation in Edmonton
References
{{Edmonton landmarks
Shopping districts and streets in Canada
Roads in Edmonton