Wye Road is a major
arterial road
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and rural highway that links
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), ...
from
Anthony Henday Drive
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(Highway 216) on the east side of
Edmonton
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to
Highway 14 west of
Tofield
Tofield is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately east of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 14, Highway 834, and Highway 626. Beaverhill Lake is located immediately northeast of the community.
History
Before 1865, only A ...
.
It is preceded by
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 ...
, and east of
Highway 21 is designated as Alberta Provincial Highway No. 630, commonly referred to as Highway 630.
Wye Road is part of a continuous roadway that runs through Sherwood Park,
Edmonton
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, and
St. Albert that includes
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 ...
,
Whyte Avenue
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, 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.
Wye Road in
Strathcona County
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Strathcona County is both urban and rural in n ...
, is a historic route from the early 1900s connecting Edmonton to
Cooking Lake, parallel to a line of the
Canadian National Railway
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CN i ...
, and it and Highway 630 used to be synonymous for their entire length.
In the early 1990s, the portion of Highway 630 east of
North Cooking Lake was realigned, resulting in the Highway 630 entering
Beaver County and passing through
Lindbrook and subsequently paved,
while the original gravel route is still designated as Wye Road and links with Highway 14 near
Hastings Lake. The portion of Wye Road within Sherwood Park is maintained by Strathcona County and not officially part of Highway 630.
Major intersections
Starting from the west end of Wye Road:
See also
* Transportation in Edmonton The city of Edmonton, Alberta, has a transportation network fairly typical for a Canadian city of its size, involving most modes of transport including, but certainly not limited to, air, rail, road and public transit.
With very few natural barriers ...
References
{{Alberta Provincial Highways, 2ndHwy=yes
630
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Roads in Strathcona County