| Kingsway Avenue, 108A Avenue | |
   Start/End points of Kingsway | |
| Former name | Portage Avenue |
|---|---|
| Namesake | George VI |
| Maintained by | theCity of Edmonton |
| Length | 3.2 km (2.0 mi)[1] |
| Location | Edmonton |
| West end | 121 Street /118 Avenue |
| Major junctions | Princess Elizabeth Avenue,109 Street,111 Avenue,101 Street |
| East end | 97 Street |
Kingsway, sometimes called Kingsway Avenue, is anarterial road in centralEdmonton,Alberta, Canada, that runs on a northwest to southeast path, cutting through the city's normalgrid pattern. It skirts just to the south of the formerEdmonton City Centre Airport, and connects 118 Avenue,Kingsway Mall and theRoyal Alexandra Hospital.
Until 1939, the road was called Portage Avenue and represented the northern boundary of development. During the1939 royal tour of Canada, 70,000 people lined the specially constructedgrandstands to see the royalmotorcade withKing George VI,Queen Elizabeth, andPrime Minister King, the street was renamed in honour of King George VI.[2] In1951, their daughter, the thenPrincess Elizabeth, visited Edmonton, prompting the naming of the adjacentPrincess Elizabeth Avenue. It starts as 118 Avenue and turns southeast by 121 Street (where the CN rail line used to be), continues straight to 97 Street and turns east again as it becomes 108A Avenue.
Before the completion ofYellowhead Trail, Kingsway would stretch from 118 Avenue toSt. Albert Trail, asHighway 2 would follow 109 Street to Kingsway, turn northwest, and continue to St. Albert Trail.[3]
List of neighbourhoods Kingsway runs through, in order from west to east.[4]
This is a list of major intersections, starting at the west end of Kingsway.[4]The entire route is inEdmonton.
| km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Continues west as118 Avenue | |||
 121 Street –Via Rail Station | At-grade (traffic lights) | ||||
| 0.3 | 0.19 | Airport Road / 119 Street | At-grade (traffic lights) | ||
| 0.9 | 0.56 | Airport Road | At-grade (traffic lights) | ||
| 1.4 | 0.87 | Princess Elizabeth Avenue –NAIT | At-grade (traffic lights) | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | 109 Street –NAIT,City Centre | At-grade (traffic lights) | ||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 108 Street –Kingsway Mall | At-grade (traffic lights) | ||
| 2.1 | 1.3 | 111 Avenue | At-grade (traffic lights); at-gradeLRT crossing on 111 Ave | ||
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 106 Street | Westbound exit only | ||
| 2.2– 2.5 | 1.4– 1.6 | Passes Kingsway/Royal Alex station | |||
| 2.8 | 1.7 |  102 Street –Royal Alexandra Hospital | At-grade | ||
| 2.9 | 1.8 | 101 Street | At-grade (traffic lights) | ||
| East end ofKingsway • West end of108A Avenue | |||||
| 3.2 | 2.0 | 97 Street | At-grade (traffic lights) | ||
| 108A Avenue continues east (no eastbound cross traffic) | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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