Wayne Gretzky Drive

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Wayne Gretzky Drive
Wayne Gretzky Drive is located in Edmonton
Wayne Gretzky Drive
Wayne Gretzky Drive
Wayne Gretzky Drive
Start/End points Wayne Gretzky Drive and 66/75 Street
Maintained byCity of Edmonton
LocationEdmonton, Alberta
---- Wayne Gretzky Drive
Former name(s)Capilano Drive, Capilano Freeway
Length4.8 km (3.0 mi)
Fort Road / Yellowhead Trail
Construction
Inauguration1969
---- 66 Street & 75 Street
Length16.2 km (10.1 mi)
101 Avenue
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Wayne Gretzky Drive is a

118 Avenue. 66/75 Street is a major arterial road
in east Edmonton which serves residential and industrial areas.

Wayne Gretzky Drive and 75 Street, both located between

Manning Drive.[1]

Overview

106 Avenue
.

Wayne Gretzky Drive

Preceded by 75 Street, Wayne Gretzky Drive starts at

Fort Road, which runs to the southwest, meets up with Wayne Gretzky Drive at an at-grade intersection, then runs concurrently along with it for approximately 180 metres (590 ft) to Yellowhead Trail. The single-point urban interchange
at Yellowhead Trail allows Yellowhead Trail to run as a freeway, and it has the benefit of only one traffic light and U-turns for westbound and eastbound traffic. At this interchange, Wayne Gretzky Drive ends and Fort Road becomes the only road.

Wayne Gretzky Drive and Groat Road are the only freeways in Edmonton not to have provincial highway numbers.

66/75 Street

66 Street and 75 Street function as the southern extension of Wayne Gretzky Drive. It begins as 66 Street at 41 Avenue SW and passes north through Mill Woods, passing by Mill Woods Town Centre, Grey Nuns Community Hospital and Mill Woods Golf Course. At Whitemud Drive the roadway becomes 75 Street and passes through the Southeast Industrial area. North of Argyll Road, 75 Street transitions to passing through mature residential communities. Despite being designated as part of the inner ring road, heavy trucks are prohibited on 75 Street between 90 Avenue and 98 Avenue.[4] At 101 Avenue, 75 Street becomes Wayne Gretzky Drive.

66 Street and 75 Street are part of the southeast alignment of the

83 Street towards downtown.[6] Stations and stops are along 66 Street and 75 Street with Grey Nuns stop near 31 Avenue, Millbourne/Woodvale stop near 38 Avenue, and Davies station near Wagner Road; Mill Woods stop is east of 66 Street along 28 Avenue.[5]

Bridge structures

Capilano Bridge takes Wayne Gretzky Drive over the North Saskatchewan River, spanning 290 metres (950 ft).

Grant Moellmann Bridge takes Wayne Gretzky Drive over the LRT tracks and a CN spur that used to service the surrounding industrial area. It was opened in 1995 bridging the gap between 120 Avenue and Fort Road. It is named after Edmontonian ironworker Grant Moellmann (1935–1994) who fell to his death placing the bridge's last girder on November 24, 1994.[7][8] A plaque was placed on the bridge in September 1998 to mark the significance of this naming.

History

Capilano Freeway (Capilano Drive) originally opened in 1969 by widening and connecting the residential streets of 75 Street south of the river and 72 Street north of the river; it ended at 120 Avenue. In 1995, the northern extension of Capilano Drive was opened which completed the link to Fort Road and Yellowhead Trail.[8]

Proposals to honour Wayne Gretzky by renaming a city street date back to 1987, when it was originally proposed to rename

99 Street, coinciding with number 99; at the request of Gretzky, the plan was discontinued.[9] In 1989 the City of Edmonton, in co-ordination with Northlands and Molson Brewery, commissioned the artwork of the bronze statue which was unveiled on August 27, 1989, one year after he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings, and moved to Rogers Place in 2016.[10][11][12] Following Gretzky's retirement in 1999, a fan brought forward a second proposal to rename 99 Street;[9]
however Capilano Drive was ultimately chosen to be renamed Wayne Gretzky Drive.

Neighbourhoods

List of neighbourhoods Wayne Gretzky Drive runs through, in order from south to north:[13]

Wayne Gretzky Drive

66 Street

75 Street

Major intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of 66 Street.[13] The entire route is in

Edmonton
.

km[1]miDestinationsNotes
0.00.041 Avenue SW
3.22.0
Ellerslie Road
4.42.7 Anthony Henday Drive (Hwy 216)Flyover, no access
5.73.5Mill Woods Road South
6.54.0
23 Avenue NW
7.04.3 28 Avenue NW – Mill Woods Town Centre, Grey Nuns Hospital, Mill Woods stopSouth end of LRT east of the roadway
7.54.7 31 Avenue NW – Grey Nuns stop
7.84.8
34 Avenue NW
8.85.5
38 Avenue NW – Millbourne/Woodvale stop
10.06.2 Whitemud Drive (Hwy 14)Diamond interchange (traffic lights)
North end of 66 Street • South end of 75 Street
10.96.8Roper Road
11.97.4 Wagner Road – Davies stationNorth end of LRT east of the roadway
12.67.8Argyll RoadAccess to Sherwood Park Freeway
13.68.5Whyte (82) AvenueAccess to Sherwood Park Freeway; former Hwy 14 alignment
14.48.990 Avenue
15.89.8
98 Avenue
16.2
0.0		10.1
0.0
101 Avenue
North end of 75 Street • South end of Wayne Gretzky Drive
1.00.62
106 Avenue
Half diamond interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
1.6–
1.9		0.99–
1.2		Capilano Bridge crosses the North Saskatchewan River
2.71.7
Commonwealth Stadium
Diamond interchange
3.42.1116 Avenue – Northlands
3.62.2
118 Avenue
Split intersection (traffic lights); passes Coliseum station
3.82.4119 AvenueSplit intersection (traffic lights); access to Northlands Coliseum
3.92.4120 Avenue / 121 AvenueNorthbound right-in/right-out
4.22.6Grant Moellmann Bridge crosses
LRT & CN
rail lines
4.62.9
Fort Road
/ 124 Avenue		South end of Fort Road concurrency
4.83.0
Manning Drive (Hwy 15
north)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Google (November 10, 2017). "75 Street & Wayne Gretzky Drive in Edmonton" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Edmonton pays tribute to Wayne Gretzky". CBC News. October 1, 1999. Archived from the original on October 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Community Services Committee Meeting cs1120mn.doc". Edmonton.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  4. ^ "City of Edmonton Truck Route" (PDF) (Map). City of Edmonton. April 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Valley Line - Southeast". City of Edmonton. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Valley Line LRT: Stage 1 Between Downtown and Mill Woods (PDF). City of Edmonton (Report). September 2016. pp. 38–47. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  7. ISBN 0-88864-423-X
  8. ^ a b Williamson, Kerry (March 18, 2007). "Workplace deaths 'a dark side of the boom'". Calgary Herald. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  9. ^ a b Community Services Committee (March 20, 1999). "Recommendations from the Names Advisory Committee". City of Edmonton. Planning and Development Department. p. 2-1. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "Flashback to 1989: Wayne Gretzky statue unveiled at Northlands". CBC. CBC News. August 27, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  11. ^ Theobald, Claire (August 5, 2016). "Wayne Gretzky statue gets a makeover before move to Rogers Place". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  12. ^ Theobald, Claire; Gerein, Keith (October 13, 2016). "'I am back as an Oiler': Wayne Gretzky celebrates refurbished statue, new role with the team". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  13. ^ a b "City of Edmonton map utility". Maps.edmonton.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
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