105 Street is an

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, Canada. It starts across the

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from Downtown, as one-way streets Walterdale Hill and Queen Elizabeth Park Road, which join and continue north on

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. At 100 Avenue, 105 Street becomes a two-way street, and continues through Downtown past

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Name

105 Street, also known as 105th Street, was originally named Fifth Street (or informally 5th Street). It was renamed 105th in 1914, as part of a citywide street renaming programme that was precipitated by the 1912

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of the then- city of Strathcona with the city of Edmonton.

Route description

Queen Elizabeth Park Road

Queen Elizabeth Park Road begins at Saskatchewan Drive, just east of

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, and descends the North Saskatchewan River valley, passing through Queen Elizabeth Park. In the floor of the valley, next to the Kinsman Park entrance, the roadway joins Walterdale Hill and becomes 105 Street. Queen Elizabeth Park Road is part of the major inbound connect between Highway 2 and the

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. There have been proposals to improve the Gateway Boulevard connection with the Walterdale Bridge and downtown Edmonton by removing

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required to access Queen Elizabeth Park Road. Due to the topography of the river valley, proposals have shown that Gateway Boulevard would have to be realigned in pass under Saskatchewan Drive. There is no finalized alignment or timeline for construction.

Walterdale Hill

Walterdale Hill functions as the northbound

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of 109 Street, which is southbound one-way between 97 Avenue and Saskatchewan Drive, crossing the North Saskatchewan River via the

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. It descends the North Saskatchewan River valley from the 109 Street / Saskatchewan Drive intersection and joins Queen Elizabeth Park Road at the valley floor, continuing as 105 Street. The roadway gets its name from John Walter, early pioneer and settler in

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105 Street

105 Street begins at the Queen Elizabeth Park Road / Walterdale Hill intersection and crosses the North Saskatchewan along the

, adjacent to the former

. 105 Street begins to climb out the valley, entering downtown Edmonton. At 100 Avenue, it becomes a

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, crossing

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and 104 Avenue, and continues north past the eastern edge of

. At 105 Avenue, the

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of the

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system enters the centre of the roadway adjacent to

MacEwan station MacEwan station is an Edmonton LRT station on the Metro Line in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located across from MacEwan University on 105 Avenue between 103 and 104 Street. The station opened on September 6, 2015. History Construction of t ...

and travels north to 107 Avenue. 105 Street used to continue north as a residential street, but the roadway was removed to make way for the LRT railway.

Major intersections

This is a list of major intersections, from south to north.

References

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