167 Avenue, Edmonton
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167 Avenue is the designated name of two major arterial road
s in north Edmonton
, Alberta
, Canada
, separated by the Castle Downs neighbourhood. It used to be a rural grid road, and as the city expanded the road has been widened where traffic volume has increased. As 167 Avenue runs east, the city runs out of street numbers at rural grid road Meridian (1) Street, so a quadrant system has been put in place by increasing the numbers again in the NE quadrant. Addresses on 33 Street and east have been encouraged to include NW to avoid confusion with addresses in the NE quadrant.
Arterial road
An arterial road, or arterial thoroughfare, is a high-capacity urban road. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector roads to freeways, and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible. As such, many arteries are limited-access roads, or feature...
s in north Edmonton
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Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
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, separated by the Castle Downs neighbourhood. It used to be a rural grid road, and as the city expanded the road has been widened where traffic volume has increased. As 167 Avenue runs east, the city runs out of street numbers at rural grid road Meridian (1) Street, so a quadrant system has been put in place by increasing the numbers again in the NE quadrant. Addresses on 33 Street and east have been encouraged to include NW to avoid confusion with addresses in the NE quadrant.
West End
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Northside
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- SchonseeSchonsee, EdmontonSchonsee is a new neighbourhood in north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.It is bounded on the south by 167 Avenue, on the east by 66 Street, and on the west by 82 Street. To the north is an undeveloped rural area of Edmonton....
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Interchanges and intersections
This is a list of major intersections, starting at the west end of 167 Avenue.West End
Direction | Intersecting road | Current intersection type | Planned intersection | Coordinates |
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West-East | Anthony Henday Drive | none | Diamond interchange Diamond interchange A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a freeway crosses a minor road. The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge... |
53°37′44"N 113°34′40"W |
Campbell Road | At-grade (traffic lights) | At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°34′40"W | |
142 Street | At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°33′57"W | ||
130 Street | none | At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°32′51"W | |
127 Street 127 Street, Edmonton 127 Street is a major arterial road in north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It takes commuters from central Edmonton to the north neighbourhoods and Sturgeon Valley Subdivisions... |
At-grade | At-grade (traffic lights) | 53°37′43"N 113°32′28"W | |
115 Street | At-grade | 53°37′44"N 113°31′18"W | ||
112 Street to Castle Downs Road Castle Downs Road Castle Downs Road is an arterial road in north-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was built in the 1970s by realigning 112 Street and 167 Avenue during the construction of the new Castle Downs neighbourhood. Its south end starts at the CN Rail Yards, and at 137 Avenue it changes name from 113A... |
At-grade | At-grade (traffic lights) | 53°37′44"N 113°31′0"W |
Northside
Direction | Intersecting road | Current intersection type | Coordinates |
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West-East | 97 Street 97 Street, Edmonton 97 Street is a major arterial road in north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is used to take travelers in and out of Downtown Edmonton to the city's northern suburban neighbourhoods and communities such as CFB Edmonton. The neighbourhood along the west side, between 137 and 153 Avenues, Griesbach,... |
At-grade (traffic lights) | 53°37′44"N 113°29′31"W |
91 Street | At-grade (traffic lights) | 53°37′43"N 113°28′54"W | |
82 Street | At-grade (traffic lights) | 53°37′43"N 113°28′3"W | |
76 Street | At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°27′35"W | |
66 Street 66 Street, Edmonton 66 Street is the designated name of two major arterial roads in east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, separated by the North Saskatchewan River. The two segments can be connected via the 75 Street-Wayne Gretzky Drive-Fort Road corridor.-North Edmonton:... |
At-grade (traffic lights) | 53°37′43"N 113°26′34"W | |
59A Street | At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°25′51"W | |
55 Street | At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°25′5"W | |
50 Street 50 Street, Edmonton 50 Street is the designated name of two major arterial roads in east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, separated by the North Saskatchewan River. It is mostly straight, and runs the entire south-north length of Edmonton... |
At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°24′43"W | |
Manning Drive | At-grade (traffic lights) | 53°37′43"N 113°23′47"W | |
Fort Road Fort Road, Edmonton Fort Road was a major route in connecting Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. It was formed on the west side of the CN Rail tracks that still connects the two cities, and crosses the North Saskatchewan River just south of the current Highway 15 bridge... |
At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°22′42"W | |
Anthony Henday Drive | none | 53°37′44"N 113°22′40"W | |
18 Street NW | At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°22′7"W | |
Evergreen Evergreen Mobile Home Park, Edmonton Evergreen Mobile Home Park is a mobile home park located in the rural north east area of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In 1987, fifteen people in the park were killed and almost 200 homes were destroyed or damaged beyond repair when the Edmonton Tornado swept through the park at the north... Drive |
At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°21′8"W | |
Meridian (1) Street | At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°20′40"W | |
3 Street NE | At-grade | 53°37′43"N 113°19′52"W |