Fort Road, Edmonton

Fort Road

Old Fort Road
class=notpageimage| Start/end points of Fort Road
Former name(s)	Fort Trail
Maintained by	the City of Edmonton
Length	18.0 km[1] (11.2 mi)
Location	Edmonton
South end	112 Avenue / Stadium Road, Edmonton
Major junctions	82 Street, 118 Avenue, Wayne Gretzky Drive, Yellowhead Trail, 66 Street, 137 Avenue, Manning Drive
North end	Hwy 15 / Hwy 28A

Fort Road is a discontinuous street in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Historically it was a major route in connecting Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan. It was formed on the west side of the Canadian National Railway line that formerly connected the two cities, and crossed the North Saskatchewan River just south of the current Highway 15 bridge. As the city of Edmonton expanded its grid street system, and realigned the highway to Manning Drive, portions of Fort Road ceased to exist.

At the intersection of Fort Road and 66th street stands the Transit Hotel, which opened in 1908.^[2] This is in the Village of North Edmonton, annexed by the City of Edmonton in 1912.

Fort Road is divided into three major sections:

• the southern section between 112 Avenue northeast to Wayne Gretzky Drive is a collector road through established residential neighbourhoods;
• the central section between Wayne Gretzky Drive, Yellowhead Trail and 137 Avenue is a 4-6 lane arterial road, where it is the northern continuation of Wayne Gretzky Drive and is a continuation of Manning Drive, which ends at Yellowhead Highway at 50th Street; and
• the northern section north of 153 Avenue is a rural road segmented by Anthony Henday Drive, finally terminating at 227 Avenue, near Manning Drive. (Manning Drive at this point continues to the northeast on the line of the old Fort Road.)

Nearby Victoria Trail is built on a different trail that also was part of the Carlton Trail network. Where Victoria Trail ends, at 153 Avenue, Fort Road is nearby.

Another portion of the historic Fort Trail exists in Sturgeon County. Old Fort Trail comes off Manning Drive not far from where Fort Road terminated at 227 Avenue. It runs to the former crossing of the North Saskatchewan River into Fort Saskatchewan. The 1905 bridge was replaced for car traffic by a new bridge built in 1957 and then finally dismantled in the late 1980s. The bridge's piers still stand in the river, near the end of Old Fort Trail.

Major intersections[]

This is a list of major intersecting streets, starting at the south end of Fort Road.^[3] The entire route is in Edmonton.

km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	Continues as 86 Street
		86 Street	Roadway turns northeast; no exit
0.1	0.062	115 Avenue	South end of one-way traffic (southbound); northbound connection via 115 Avenue, 84 Street, and 116 Avenue
0.6	0.37	82 Street	North end of one-way traffic (southbound)
300 m (980 ft) gap in Fort Road
0.9	0.56	Continues as 80 Street
		80 Street	Roadway turns northeast; no exit
1.2	0.75	120 Avenue	At-grade (traffic lights)
2.1	1.3	Wayne Gretzky Drive / 124 Avenue	At-grade (traffic lights) Fort Road turns north following alignment of Wayne Gretzky Drive
2.3	1.4	Yellowhead Trail (Hwy 16)	Single-point urban interchange, exit 392 on Hwy 16
3.1	1.9	66 Street
		127 Avenue	Southbound right-in/right-out
3.6	2.2	129 Avenue – Belvedere station
4.2	2.6	132 Avenue
5.2	3.2	137 Avenue	Split intersection
		Continues as Manning Drive
2.8 km (1.7 mi) gap in Fort Road
8.0	5.0	153 Avenue
9.2	5.7	26 Street	Roadway turns north, continues as 26 Street NW
100 m (330 ft) gap in Fort Road
9.3	5.8	dead end
9.6	6.0	167 Avenue	Roadway turns west, continues as 167 Avenue NW (South of Anthony Henday Drive)
300 m (980 ft) gap in Fort Road
9.9	6.2	167 Avenue	167 Avenue NW (North of Anthony Henday Drive) turns North-East, continues as Fort Road
10.9– 11.7	6.8– 7.3	18 Street	Follows 18 Street alignment, goes by Fort Road
13.7	8.5	Meridian Street – Changes from Fort Road NW to Fort Road NE
17.8	11.1	Manning Drive (Hwy 15) – Fort Saskatchewan Hwy 28A north (17 Street NE) – Gibbons	Via 17 Street NE
18.0	11.2	227 Avenue NE	Roadway turns east, continues as 227 Avenue NE
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

See also[]

Route map:

• Transportation in Edmonton

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