 Groat Road, looking south from102 Avenue in the Groat Ravine. | |
   Start/End points of Groat Road | |
| Namesake | Malcolm Groat |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | City of Edmonton |
| Length | 6.4 km (4.0 mi)[1] |
| Location | Edmonton |
| South end | 87 Avenue /Saskatchewan Drive |
| Major junctions | Emily Murphy Park Road, Victoria Park Road,107 Avenue,111 Avenue |
| North end | 118 Avenue /St. Albert Trail |
Groat Road is a major roadway inEdmonton,Alberta. It is named after Malcolm Groat, a former Hudson's Bay Company employee who settled in the present-day Groat Estates area in the 1880s.[2] Groat Road is part of a 40-kilometre-long (25 mi) continuous roadway that runs throughSherwood Park, Edmonton, andSt. Albert that includesWye Road,Sherwood Park Freeway,Whyte Avenue, portions ofUniversity Avenue andSaskatchewan Drive, andSt. Albert Trail. Groat Road functions as a grade-separatedparkway between 87 Avenue and111 Avenue.[1]
Groat Road begins at theroundabout west of theUniversity of Alberta at 87 Avenue, where it continues south as Saskatchewan Drive. It continues north with a 60 km/h (37 mph) speed limit and descends into theNorth Saskatchewan River valley, crossing theNorth Saskatchewan River along theGroat Bridge. It winds through the Groat Ravine with a 50 km/h (31 mph) speed limit, becoming 60 km/h (37 mph) north of107 Avenue where it leaves the river valley. The Groat Road designation ends at signalisedtraffic circle at118 Avenue, continuing north as St. Albert Trail.[1]Heavy trucks are prohibited on Groat Road south of 107 Avenue.[3]
Because of their short lengths,Wayne Gretzky Drive and Groat Road are the only freeways in Edmonton not to have a highway designation.
List of neighbourhoods Groat Road runs through, in order from south to north.[4]
This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of Groat Road.[4]The entire route is inEdmonton.
| km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −0.6 | −0.37 | University Avenue /Saskatchewan Drive | At-grade; part of Saskatchewan Drive; roadway turns east and follows University Avenue toWhyte (82) Avenue | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 87 Avenue /Saskatchewan Drive | Roundabout; becomesGroat Road; access toUniversity of Alberta | ||
| 1.1 | 0.68 | Emily Murphy Park Road | Diamond T interchange; access toWilliam Hawrelak Park and Emily Murphy Park | ||
| 1.6– 1.8 | 0.99– 1.1 | Groat Bridge crosses theNorth Saskatchewan River | |||
| 1.8– 2.1 | 1.1– 1.3 | River Valley Road / Victoria Park Road | Interchange; access toVictoria Park andCity Centre | ||
| 3.7 | 2.3 | 107 Avenue | Diamond interchange | ||
| 4.5 | 2.8 | 111 Avenue | PassesWestmount Centre | ||
| 5.8 | 3.6 | 118 Avenue /St. Albert Trail | Traffic circle (traffic lights); continues north as St. Albert Trail toHighway 2 north | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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