Kingsway, sometimes called Kingsway 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 central
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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, Canada, that runs on a northwest to southeast path, cutting through the city's normal
grid pattern. It skirts just to the south of
Edmonton City Centre Airport, and connects to
Kingsway Mall and the
Royal Alexandra Hospital.
Until 1939, the road was called Portage Avenue and represented the northern boundary of development. During the
1939 royal tour of Canada, 70,000 people lined the specially constructed
grandstands to see the royal
motorcade with
King George VI,
Queen Elizabeth, and
Prime Minister King, the street was renamed in honour of King George VI. In
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
, their daughter, the then
Princess Elizabeth, visited Edmonton, prompting the naming of the adjacent
Princess Elizabeth Avenue. It starts as 118 Avenue and turns southeast by 121 Street (where the CN rail line used to be), continues straight to 97 Street and turns east again as it becomes 108A Avenue.
History
Before the completion of
Yellowhead Trail
Yellowhead Trail is a expressway segment of the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) in northern Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It carries a significant amount of truck traffic to and from the industrial areas of north Edmonton and serves as a key c ...
, Kingsway would stretch from 118 Avenue to
St. Albert Trail, as
Highway 2 would follow 109 Street to Kingsway, turn northwest, and continue to St. Albert Trail.
Neighbourhoods
List of neighbourhoods Kingsway runs through, in order from west to east.
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* Prince Charles
* Inglewood
* Prince Rupert
* Queen Mary Park
* Central McDougall
* Spruce Avenue
* McCauley
Major intersections
This is a list of major intersections, starting at the west end of Kingsway.
See also
* Transportation in Edmonton
References
Roads in Edmonton
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