Sherwood Park Freeway
Highway in Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sherwood Park Freeway is a 7.1-kilometre (4.4 mi) freeway that connects east Edmonton to Sherwood Park in Alberta, Canada. It begins in the Gainer Industrial area, where Argyll Road and 82 (Whyte) Avenue merge, before it intersects 50 Street. It then curves slightly northeast through industrial areas in southeastern Edmonton across 34 Street into Strathcona County, then across 17 Street, and the freeway ends at Anthony Henday Drive. It then continues into Sherwood Park as Wye Road (Highway 630). It is primarily a commuter route, with heavier weekday volume westbound in the morning and eastbound in the afternoon, as residents of Sherwood Park commute to Edmonton.
Sherwood Park Freeway | ||||
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Maintained by the City of Edmonton and Alberta Transportation | ||||
Length | 7.1 km[1] (4.4 mi) | |||
History | 1964 (construction begins)[2] 1968 (completed)[3] | |||
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West end | 71 Street in Edmonton | |||
East end | Hwy 216 | |||
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Country | Canada | |||
Province | Alberta | |||
Municipalities | Strathcona County | |||
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Officially designated by Alberta Transportation as Highway 100, construction of Sherwood Park Freeway was completed in 1968 as a free-flowing alignment of Highway 14 several hundred metres north of the former two-lane road, which was then re-signed as Highway 14A and is now known as 76 Avenue. Whitemud Drive took over the designation of Highway 14 upon its completion in the late 1990s.