St. Albert Trail is a major

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connecting the cities of

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and St. Albert, Alberta. It is part of a continuous roadway that runs through

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, Edmonton, and St. Albert that includes Wye Road,

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, portions of University Avenue and

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, and

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. The route begins as Groat Road, and becomes St. Albert Trail at 118 Avenue (at a

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with traffic lights). At the interchange with Yellowhead Trail, the road becomes part of

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. After only a few blocks (137 Avenue) the road now becomes

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Trail, as it moves away from central Edmonton. At the Edmonton – St. Albert boundary the road was known as ''St. Albert Road'' until early 2009 when St. Albert City Council approved a name change from ''St. Albert Road'' to ''St. Albert Trail''. St. Albert Trail keeps this designation throughout that city, before exiting the city boundaries to the north where it becomes a divided highway as far north as

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. North of the St. Albert boundary the road has no other name than Highway 2. Two smaller segments of St. Albert Trail also exists as local roads, separated from the artery when Edmonton expanded its grid system of streets, and cut it off. They are a southbound only at 111 Avenue & 127 Street, and a two way from 112 Avenue to 117 Avenue.

Neighbourhoods

List of neighbourhoods St. Albert Trail runs through, in order from south to north. Coincidentally it starts in Inglewood, Edmonton, and runs through Inglewood, St. Albert.City of Edmonton map utility
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Edmonton

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*Rampart

St. Albert

*Akinsdale *Sturgeon Heights *Downtown *Mission *Inglewood *Deer Ridge *Erin Ridge *Lacombe Park

Major intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of St. Albert Trail.

References

Roads in Edmonton Roads in St. Albert, Alberta {{Edmonton-stub

Neighbourhoods

Edmonton

St. Albert

Major intersections

See also

References