170 Street is a major
arterial road
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in west
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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. It serves residential, commercial and industrial areas.
Gervais Road / Hebert Road is a major
arterial road
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in south
St. Albert,
Alberta
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, Canada. It serves residential and commercial areas.
The portion of 170 Street between
Whitemud Drive and
Yellowhead Trail is part of Edmonton's Inner Ring Road. As such, it is a major artery used for moving people and goods around the city.
West Edmonton Mall
West Edmonton Mall (WEM) is a large shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that is owned, managed, and operated by Triple Five Group. It is the second most visited mall in Canada, after the Toronto Eaton Centre in Toronto, followed by Met ...
is located on the west side of 170 Street between 87 Avenue and 90 Avenue. The
Misericordia Community Hospital is located on the east side of 170 Street between 87 Avenue and 90 Avenue. A pedestrian footbridge formerly connected the hospital grounds to the mall; a new footbridge is under construction, scheduled to be completed in 2022.
Prior to
Anthony Henday Drive
Highway 216, better known by its official name of Anthony Henday Drive, is a Controlled-access highway, freeway that ring road, encircles Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a heavily travelled commuter and truck Bypass (road), bypass route with ...
being extended to Yellowhead Trail, 170 Street between Whitemud Drive and Yellowhead Trail was designated as part of
Highway 2. In addition, prior to
Highway 16X being renumbered to
Highway 16, 170 Street between
Stony Plain Road
Stony Plain Road is an expressway and arterial road Edmonton, Alberta. Parkland Highway is an alternative route to the corresponding section of Highway 16 in Parkland County.
Overview
Stony Plain Road
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and Yellowhead Trail was designated as part of Highway 16.
Neighbourhoods
List of neighbourhoods 170 Street runs through, in order from south to north:
Edmonton
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Gariepy
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Oleskiw
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Callingwood South
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Westridge
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Callingwood North
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Elmwood
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Thorncliff
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West Meadowlark Park
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Summerlea
*
Glenwood
*
Terra Losa
*
Place LaRue
* Stone Industrial
* Youngstown Industrial
* McNamara Industrial
* West Sheffield Industrial
* Armstrong Industrial
* Norwester Industrial
* Carleton Square Industrial
* Kinodemau Plains Area
* Mistatim Industrial
St. Albert
* Heritage Lakes
* Grandin Park
* Sturgeon Heights
* Akinsdale
* Forest Lawn
Major intersections
See also
*
List of streets in Edmonton
The following is a list of the north–south arterial thoroughfares in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Numbered streets run north–south with street numbers increasing to the west. In 1982 a quadrant system was adopted. Meridian Street (1 S ...
*
Transportation in Edmonton Transport in Edmonton is fairly typical for a Canadian city of its size, involving air, rail, road and public transit.
With very few natural barriers to growth and largely flat to gently rolling terrain bisected by a deep river valley, the city of E ...
References
{{Streets in Edmonton
Roads in Edmonton
Roads in St. Albert, Alberta
Former segments of the Trans-Canada Highway