   Start/End points of 109 Street | |
| Former name(s) | 9th Street (Edmonton) 5th Street W (Strathcona)[1] |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | City of Edmonton |
| Length | 8.7 km (5.4 mi)[2] |
| Location | Edmonton |
| South end | 52 Avenue |
| Major junctions | 61 Avenue,Whyte Avenue,Saskatchewan Drive,97 Avenue,Jasper Avenue,111 Avenue,Kingsway Avenue |
| North end | Princess Elizabeth Avenue (City Centre Airport) |
109 Street is anarterial road in centralEdmonton,Alberta, Canada. It takes travelers out of Downtown to the south toOld Strathcona, and to the north to the Kingsway area. It passes several Edmonton landmarks including theGarneau Theatre,Alberta Legislature Building,MacEwan University,RCMP "K" Division Headquarters, andKingsway Mall. It is a one-way street, southbound, from97 Avenue to Saskatchewan Drive (88 Avenue), to cross theNorth Saskatchewan River on the narrowHigh Level Bridge. Before Edmonton's amalgamation withStrathcona in 1912, the Edmonton portion was known as 9th Street while the Strathcona portion was known as 5th Street W.[1] 109 Street betweenWhyte Avenue andKingsway is part of the original alignment ofHighway 2 through Edmonton, the designation was moved toWhitemud Drive in the 1980s.[3]
List of neighbourhoods 109 Street runs through, in order from south to north:[4]
This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of 109 Street.[4]The entire route is inEdmonton.
| km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 52 Avenue | Begins as residential street | ||
| 1.0 | 0.62 | 61 Avenue (to111 Street) | At-grade withjughandle (traffic lights); becomes arterial road | ||
| 3.2 | 2.0 | Whyte (82) Avenue | |||
| 3.8 | 2.4 | 87 Avenue | Access toUniversity of Alberta | ||
| 3.9 | 2.4 |   Walterdale Hill /Saskatchewan Drive toHighway 2 south –Edmonton International Airport | One-way transition; northbound traffic followsWalterdale Hill; southbound traffic follows109 Street | ||
| 4.3– 5.1 | 2.7– 3.2 | High Level Bridge crosses theNorth Saskatchewan River | |||
| 5.3 | 3.3 | 97 Avenue | Two-way traffic resumes | ||
| 5.7 | 3.5 | 99 Avenue | Access toAlberta Legislature Building | ||
| 6.1 | 3.8 |  Jasper Avenue toHighway 16A west | |||
| 6.7 | 4.2 | 104 Avenue | Former location of "rathole" underpass; access toMacEwan University andRogers Place | ||
| 7.3 | 4.5 | 107 Avenue (Avenue of Nations) | |||
| 8.1 | 5.0 | 111 Avenue | |||
| 8.3 | 5.2 | Kingsway toHighway 2 north | NearKingsway Mall; to118 Avenue west | ||
| 8.7 | 5.4 | Princess Elizabeth Avenue | At-grade; no access to southwest-bound Princess Elizabeth Avenue; access toNAIT; to118 Avenue east | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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On October 12, 2020, a 23 meter deepsinkhole opened up on the intersection of 61 Avenue and 109 St.[5]
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