118 Avenue

Start/End points of west and east segments of 118 Avenue.
Maintained by	City of Edmonton
Location	Edmonton, Alberta
118 Avenue (Westside)
Length	7.6 km (4.7 mi)
West end	184 Street
Major junctions	170 Street, 156 Street, 149 Street, 142 Street, St. Albert Trail, 127 Street, 124 Street
East end	121 Street / Kingsway
118 Avenue (Eastside)
Length	8.5 km (5.3 mi)
West end	109 Street
Major junctions	Princess Elizabeth Avenue, 97 Street, 82 Street, Wayne Gretzky Drive, 66 Street, 50 Street
East end	Yellowhead Trail / Victoria Trail

Alberta Avenue welcome sign at 118 Avenue & 101 Street.

118 Avenue is the designated name of two major arterial roads in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, separated by the Edmonton City Centre Airport. The west side services both an industrial area, and a residential area, while the east 118 Avenue, originally Alberta Avenue, is one of the oldest streets in Edmonton outside the downtown core.^[1] The name was changed to 118 Avenue in 1914 with the adoption of the grid system. Historically, it was a route between the City of Edmonton in the west and the Town of Beverly in the east. It is also sometimes called the Avenue of Champions. When Beverly was still a separate community from Edmonton, the portion of Alberta Avenue in Beverly was the central business district. Beverly amalgamated with Edmonton on December 31, 1961.^[2] Following the amalgamation, Beverly's central business district went into a period of decline. The avenue boasts several major landmarks, including Northlands and the Coliseum.

Prior to the opening of Yellowhead Trail in the early 1980s, Highway 16 followed 118 Avenue between Edmonton's eastern city limit and Princess Elizabeth Avenue before continuing west on 111 Avenue.^[3]

The Alberta Avenue name only applies for the portion from 109 Street to Wayne Gretzky Drive. Alberta Avenue is targeted for revitalization as part of the Alberta Avenue-Eastwood Business Revitalization Zone.

Neighbourhoods

List of neighbourhoods 118 Avenue runs through, in order from west to east:^[4]

Major intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the west end of 118 Avenue.^[4] The entire route is in Edmonton.

km	mi	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	116 Avenue 184 Street	At-grade (traffic lights); continues west
1.2	0.75	178 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
1.9	1.2	170 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
3.6	2.2	156 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
4.4	2.7	149 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
5.2	3.2	142 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
6.3	3.9	St. Albert Trail / Groat Road	Traffic circle (traffic lights); to Hwy 2 north
6.9	4.3	127 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
7.2	4.5	124 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
7.6	4.7	121 Street Kingsway	At-grade (traffic lights); roadway turns southeast and continues as Kingsway
Gap in 118 Avenue (former City Centre Airport)
0.0	0.0	109 Street	At-grade; roadway turns north
0.3	0.19	106 Street (NAIT Way)	At-grade (traffic lights)
0.8– 0.9	0.50– 0.56	Princess Elizabeth Avenue / 102 Street / 101 Street	Six-exit traffic circle
1.0	0.62	97 Street	At-grade (traffic lights); to Hwy 28 north
1.3	0.81	95 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
2.6	1.6	82 Street (to Fort Road south)	At-grade (traffic lights)
2.9	1.8	80 Street (to Fort Road north)	At-grade (traffic lights)
3.2	2.0	Passes under Coliseum station
3.6– 3.7	2.2– 2.3	Wayne Gretzky Drive – Northlands Coliseum, Northlands	Split intersection (traffic lights)
4.2	2.6	66 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
4.9	3.0	50 Street	At-grade (traffic lights); to Hwy 15 north
7.5	4.7	34 Street	At-grade (traffic lights)
8.2– 8.5	5.1– 5.3	Yellowhead Trail (Hwy 16) Victoria Trail	Partial cloverleaf interchange (traffic lights); exit 397 on Hwy 16; continues north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former

See also

• List of avenues in Edmonton
• Transportation in Edmonton

References