Gronk!
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Yellowhead Trail and 66 Street Intersection Removal
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dkazzed
Active Member
This PDF screams 90% design.
My only quibble is that this will be a "gap" (lengthy detour) in the otherwise continuous Yellowhead multiuse path between 50 and 142 St (except for the bikeway between 89 St and 107 St).
The lengthened merge lane from Fort Road to YHT eastbound is welcomed.
My only quibble is that this will be a "gap" (lengthy detour) in the otherwise continuous Yellowhead multiuse path between 50 and 142 St (except for the bikeway between 89 St and 107 St).
The lengthened merge lane from Fort Road to YHT eastbound is welcomed.
The_Cat
Senior Member
I just hope that some people aren’t stupid enough to walk across Yellowhead at 66 Street.
The_Cat
Senior Member
Maybe the bike path could run along 125 Avenue and other adjacent roads from 50-97 Street.
dkazzed
Active Member
I’ve biked on 125A Ave and 125 Ave through January and February as the Yellowhead Trail MUP from 50 St to 67 St was in pretty rough condition most of the time. I’ve been back on the MUP since, sharing the road with semis is not my vibe.
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Hopefully there will be the full barriers at the center of Yellowhead and perhaps even barriers of some sorts on either side of the roadway that will deter any people wanting to cross the road. If anything what they should do is build a pedestrian bridge over top of yellowhead at 66th Street that will allow pedestrians to still move north-south on that roadway. It's not as common to see that here in Edmonton but it is 100% common to see that in places like the Philippines to get pedestrians over top of very busy roadways.
Gronk!
Senior Member
If they're gonna spend federal/provincial/municipal grants to build a pedestrian bridge over Yellowhead Trail and 66 St then they may as well build a vehicular bridge over it. That kinda defeats the purpose of this current design, does it not?
fromtraintotower
New Member
If I can have a hot take, I'm glad they're removing the 66 Street intersection completely. For one, there is the obvious 125 Ave that they built precisely to provide connection to the Industrial Heights area once the YHT becomes a freeway, along with the expanded Fort Road. Also, what exactly is 66 Street serving? South of the YHT, 66 Street is not an arterial road as Wayne Gretzky Drive/Fort Road; by the time it leaves the Montrose neighbourhood at 118 Ave, it becomes just another residential street.
In my view, it's like 124 Street in the Prince Charles neighbourhood, where it's just not an important enough road to justify a bridge over YHT.
The_Cat
Senior Member
66 Street used to be an arterial connection to Capilano/Wayne Gretzky Drive back in the days when it terminated at 120 Avenue. When Gretzky Drive opened, 120 Avenue was closed, and the connection to 66 Street was reduced from traffic signals to a stop sign. I'm guessing that the traffic counts at 66 Street south of Yellowhead have been reduced significantly. Trucks accessing 66 Street east and west of Yellowhead can use 125 Avenue. Motorists probably find 50 Street or Fort Road just as convenient.