Stony Plain Road

Highway 16A
Parkland Highway
Route information
Maintained by Alberta Transportation, the City of Spruce Grove, and the City of Edmonton
Length:	35 km (22 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Highway 16 east of Carvel
	Hwy 16 Hwy 60 Hwy 216
East end:	Highway 216 in Edmonton
Location
Counties:	Parkland County
Major cities:	Spruce Grove, Edmonton
Towns:	Stony Plain
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta

Stony Plain Road is a major arterial road in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Parkland Highway is an alternative route to the corresponding section of Alberta Highway 16 in Parkland County.

Overview

Parkland Highway

The road starts west of Stony Plain, Alberta near the hamlet of Carvel, where it is known as Parkland Highway given the provincial highway number 16A. Parkland Highway goes through the bedroom communities of Stony Plain, where it is a central thoroughfare, and Spruce Grove where it is the southern boundary. At Acheson it intersects with Highway 60. The Parkland Highway then becomes known as Stony Plain Road on the outskirts of Edmonton.

Stony Plain Road

Start/End points of Stony Plain Road

Downtown and Stony Plain Road looking east from Winterburn Road.

Stony Plain Road looking east from west of downtown.

Stony Plain Road enters Edmonton city limits at 231 Street. Soon after entering the city limits, the westbound and eastbound traffic lanes separate into two separate one-way streets. Stony Plain Road at this time refers only to the westbound street (101 Avenue), while eastbound traffic becomes 100 Avenue. Both sections cross Edmonton's ring road, Anthony Henday Drive. After Anthony Henday Northbound, there are a few eastbound lanes, to better serve Place LaRue, a commercial area with big-box stores, hotels, restaurants, and other commercial activity catering to travellers and commuters. This is especially true near the intersection with 170 Street; however, Stony Plain Road is primarily a westbound road, and the eastbound lanes end at 175 Street. After 170 Street the road again carries both directions of traffic, but 100 Avenue remains a one-way street until 163 Street. East of 170 Street the road passes by the Mayfield Common strip mall, and through some mixed residential-commercial areas (Glenwood) and a low-income neighbourhood (Britannia Youngstown). At 142 Street, Stony Plain Road becomes 102 Avenue, and continues through downtown.

103A / 104 Avenue

Oliver Square is located along 104 Avenue in the neighbourhood of Oliver.

Stony Plain Road begins again as an outshoot of 102 Avenue into the quiet, upscale residential neighbourhoods of Glenora and, after passing over Groat Road, Westmount. After crossing 121 Street, the road's name changes to 104 Avenue. 104 Avenue passes in front of the old Molson's brewery.

Prior to 1989, 104 Avenue formed the south boundary of the Old Canadian National rail yard. After the railway yard's closure, 104 Avenue became a major site of redevelopment. Here the road passes a block south of the boundary between Oliver and Downtown and the neighbourhoods of Queen Mary Park and Central McDougall, the so-called "North Edge" of downtown. In the area to either side of 116 Street, 104 Avenue is lined to north by the Oliver Square West and East strip malls and condo developments, and to the south by the Longstreet Mall and several other smaller strip malls. From 112 Street to 104 Street, 104 Avenue runs along the south side of MacEwan University City Centre Campus. Continuing east, 104 Avenue passes the 104 Street Promenade in Edmonton's warehouse district, the Bacarat Casino, and the Greyhound Bus terminal.

At 101 Street, the road again changes names to 103A Avenue, it then passes on the south side of the CN Tower, the north side of Edmonton City Hall, the south side of Edmonton Police Headquarters, and the north side of Chinatown. Eventually it merges into Jasper Avenue.

102 Avenue

102 Avenue is a short arterial road west of downtown Edmonton. The 102 Avenue is first occupied by Stony Plain Road at 149 Street. It then changes name to 102 Avenue at 142 Street. Before flying over Groat Road it passes by the Royal Alberta Museum and Government House (Alberta). Then it sees the start of Jasper Avenue at 125 Street. At 124 Street it goes from being an arterial to a collector road, as it enters the neighbourhood of Oliver. 102 Avenue comes to an end at 111 Street. 102 Avenue begins again after 110 Street as a local road, and continues through Downtown Edmonton.

Neighbourhoods

List of neighbourhoods Stony Plain Road runs through, in order from west to east:^[1]

• Beach Corner, Parkland County
• Meridian Meadows, Stony Plain
• Meridian Heights, Stony Plain
• Homesteads, Stony Plain
• Legacy Park, Spruce Grove
• Westgrove, Spruce Grove
• Mobile City Estates, Spruce Grove
• City Centre, Spruce Grove
• Broxton Park, Spruce Grove
• Lakewood, Spruce Grove
• Acheson, Parkland County
• Secord
• Stewart Greens
• La Perle
• Place LaRue
• Terra Losa
• Britannia Youngstown
• Glenwood
• West Jasper Place
• Canora
• Grovenor
• Glenora
• Oliver
• Downtown
• Boyle Street

Interchanges and intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the west end of Highway 16A.^[1][2]

As Parkland Highway 16A

County	km	Intersecting road	Notes	Coordinates
Parkland County	0	Hwy 16(Exit 344), Township Road 522	Y interchange West to Wabamun Lake	53°34′10″N 114°9′34″W / 53.56944°N 114.15944°W / 53.56944; -114.15944 (16A km 00)
	5	Parkland Drive, Township Road 520	West to Carvel	53°32′30″N 114°5′26″W / 53.54167°N 114.09056°W / 53.54167; -114.09056 (16A km 05)
	11	Hwy 779, 48 Street, Range Road 10 (Fifth Meridian, 114° Longitude)	Stony Plain Partial cloverleaf interchange	53°32′29″N 114°0′7″W / 53.54139°N 114.00194°W / 53.54139; -114.00194 (16A km 11)
City of Spruce Grove	16	Campsite Road, Range Road 274	Traffic lights	53°32′29″N 113°56′4″W / 53.54139°N 113.93444°W / 53.54139; -113.93444 (16A km 16)
	17	Calahoo Road/Golden Spike Road, Range Road 273	Traffic lights	53°32′28″N 113°54′36″W / 53.54111°N 113.91000°W / 53.54111; -113.91000 (16A km 17)
	19	Century Road, Range Road 272	Traffic lights	53°32′29″N 113°53′7″W / 53.54139°N 113.88528°W / 53.54139; -113.88528 (16A km 19)
Parkland County	27	Hwy 60, Range Road 263	Acheson Partial cloverleaf interchange	53°32′29″N 113°45′46″W / 53.54139°N 113.76278°W / 53.54139; -113.76278 (16A km 27)
City of Edmonton	31	231 Street, Range Road 261	Edmonton City Limits	53°32′29″N 113°42′49″W / 53.54139°N 113.71361°W / 53.54139; -113.71361 (16A km 31)
	35	Hwy 216	Grade separated, no access	53°32′28″N 113°39′32″W / 53.54111°N 113.65889°W / 53.54111; -113.65889 (16A km 35)

As Stony Plain Road (101 Avenue)

As only Stony Plain Road

As 102 Avenue

As 103A / 104 Avenues

References