Fort Road, Edmonton
# Fort Road, Edmonton

Fort Road is a discontinuous street in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Historically it was a major route in connecting Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan. It was formed on the west side of the Canadian National Railway line that formerly connected the two cities, and crossed the North Saskatchewan River just south of the current Highway 15 bridge. As the city of Edmonton expanded its grid street system, and realigned the highway to Manning Drive, portions of Fort Road ceased to exist.

At the intersection of Fort Road and 66th street stands the Transit Hotel, which opened in 1908. This is in the Village of North Edmonton, annexed by the City of Edmonton in 1912.

Fort Road is divided into three major sections:

* the southern section between 112 Avenue northeast to Wayne Gretzky Drive is a collector road through established residential neighbourhoods;
* the central section between Wayne Gretzky Drive, Yellowhead Trail and 137 Avenue is a 4-6 lane arterial road, where it is the northern continuation of Wayne Gretzky Drive and is a continuation of Manning Drive, which ends at Yellowhead Highway at 50th Street; and
* the northern section north of 153 Avenue is a rural road segmented by Anthony Henday Drive, finally terminating at 227 Avenue, near Manning Drive. (Manning Drive at this point continues to the northeast on the line of the old Fort Road.)

Nearby Victoria Trail is built on a different trail that also was part of the Carlton Trail network. Where Victoria Trail ends, at 153 Avenue, Fort Road is nearby.

Another portion of the historic Fort Trail exists in Sturgeon County. Old Fort Trail comes off Manning Drive not far from where Fort Road terminated at 227 Avenue. It runs to the former crossing of the North Saskatchewan River into Fort Saskatchewan. The 1905 bridge was replaced for car traffic by a new bridge built in 1957 and then finally dismantled in the late 1980s. The bridge's piers still stand in the river, near the end of Old Fort Trail.

## Major intersections

This is a list of major intersecting streets, starting at the south end of Fort Road. The entire route is in Edmonton.

| km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 0.0– 0.6 | 0.0– 0.37 | 86 Street | Discontiguous residential street with one-way sections (traffic calming) |
| 0.0– 0.6 | 0.0– 0.37 | 82 Street | Discontiguous residential street with one-way sections (traffic calming) |
| Gap in route ||||
| 0.8 | 0.50 | 80 Street118 Avenue | Resumes as 80 Street; 80 Street continues south |
| 1.0 | 0.62 | 119 Avenue | Roadway turns northeast; becomes Fort Road |
| 2.1 | 1.3 | Wayne Gretzky Drive / 124 Avenue | South end of Wayne Gretzky Drive concurrency |
| 2.3 | 1.4 | Yellowhead Trail (Hwy 16) | Single-point urban interchange, Hwy 16 exit 392; north end of Wayne Gretzky Drive concurrency |
| 3.1 | 1.9 | 66 Street | |
| 3.1 | 1.9 | 127 Avenue | Southbound right-in/right-out |
| 3.6 | 2.2 | 129 Avenue | Access to Belvedere station |
| 5.2 | 3.2 | 137 Avenue | Split intersection (traffic signals); continues as Manning Drive to Hwy 15 |
| Gap in route ||||
| 8.0– 17.8 | 5.0– 11.1 | 153 Avenue | Discontiguous rural road |
| 8.0– 17.8 | 5.0– 11.1 | Hwy 15 (Manning Drive) / Hwy 28A north (17 Street NE) | Discontiguous rural road |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access ||||
