Princess Elizabeth Avenue, is an arterial road

Arterial road

An arterial road, or arterial thoroughfare, is a high-capacity urban road. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector roads to freeways, and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible. As such, many arteries are limited-access roads, or feature...

 in central Edmonton

Edmonton

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, Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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, that runs on a southwest to northeast path, cutting through the city's normal grid pattern. It skirts just to the south of Edmonton City Centre Airport

Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport

Edmonton City Centre Airport, , is located within the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bordered by Yellowhead Trail to the north, Kingsway to the south, 121 Street to the west, and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology to the east. It encompasses approximately of land just north...

, and passes Kingsway Mall and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and provides technical training and applied education designed to meet the demands of Alberta's industries...

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During the 1951 royal tour of Canada, the then Princess Elizabeth

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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 and Prince Philip

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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 visited Edmonton, the street was renamed in honour of Princess Elizabeth. In 1939, her father King George VI

George VI of the United Kingdom

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, visited Edmonton, prompting the naming of the adjacent Kingsway (Avenue)

Kingsway, Edmonton

Kingsway, sometimes called Kingsway Avenue, is an arterial road in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that runs on a northwest to southeast path, cutting through the city's normal grid pattern...

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Neighbourhoods

List of neighbourhoods Kingsway runs through, in order from west to east.

• Prince Rupert
  Prince Rupert, Edmonton
  Prince Rupert is a triangle-shaped residential neighbourhood in north west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Prince Rupert is located within the old Hudson's Bay Reserve and was developed after the end of World War II...
  
  
• Spruce Avenue
  Spruce Avenue, Edmonton
  Spruce Avenue is an irregular shaped residential neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood is home to Kingsway Mall, the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, the Norwood Extended Care Hospital, Spruce Avenue Community Center, Spruce...
  
  
• Alberta Avenue
  Alberta Avenue, Edmonton
  Alberta Avenue is a pre–World War II neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-The Alberta Avenue neighbourhood:Alberta Avenue is one of the older residential neighbourhoods in Edmonton, with much of the area's development occurring during the First World War era...
  
  
• Westwood
  Westwood, Edmonton
  Westwood is a residential neighbourhood in north central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, located just east of the Edmonton City Centre Airport. The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and Kingsway Mall are located just to the south west of the neighbourhood....
  
  

Interchanges and intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the west end of Princess Elizabeth Avenue.

Direction	Intersecting road	Current intersection type	Coordinates
Southwest-Northeast	Kingsway (Avenue) Kingsway, Edmonton Kingsway, sometimes called Kingsway Avenue, is an arterial road in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that runs on a northwest to southeast path, cutting through the city's normal grid pattern...	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°33′45"N 113°30′44"W
	109 Street 109 Street, Edmonton 109 Street is an arterial road in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It takes travelers out of Downtown to the south, Old Strathcona, and the north, Kingsway area. It passes several Edmonton landmarks including the Garneau Theatre, Alberta Legislature Building, Grant MacEwan University, RCMP "K"...  (South)	At-grade Y interchange	53°33′51"N 113°30′30"W
	109 Street (North) / Mall entrance	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°33′55"N 113°30′20"W
	106 Street (NAIT Northern Alberta Institute of Technology The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and provides technical training and applied education designed to meet the demands of Alberta's industries...  Way)	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°33′59"N 113°30′11"W
	103 Street	At-grade	53°34′6"N 113°29′55"W
	102 Street / 101 Street / 118 (Alberta) Avenue 118 Avenue, Edmonton 118 Avenue is the designated name of two major arterial roads in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, separated by the Edmonton City Centre Airport. The west side services both an industrial area, and a residential area, while the east 118 Avenue, originally Alberta Avenue, is one of the oldest...	6 exit traffic circle Traffic circle A traffic circle or rotary is a type of circular intersection in which traffic must travel in one direction around a central island. In some countries, traffic entering the circle has the right-of-way and drivers in the circle must yield. In many other countries, traffic entering the circle must...	53°34′12"N 113°29′40"W