St. Albert Trail is a major 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...

 connecting the cities of Edmonton

Edmonton

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 and St. Albert

St. Albert, Alberta

St. Albert is a suburban city in Alberta, located northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River. It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second largest city in the Edmonton area. St...

, Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

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.

The route begins as Groat Road

Groat Road

Groat Road is a freeway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.At a roundabout west of the University of Alberta, Edmonton's river valley road Saskatchewan Drive branches Groat Road to the north and heads down into the river valley. Here Groat Road crosses the North Saskatchewan River on Groat Bridge. It...

, and becomes St. Albert Trail at 118 Avenue (at a traffic circle

Traffic circle

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 with traffic lights). At the interchange with Yellowhead Trail, the road becomes part of Alberta Highway 2. After only a few blocks (137 Avenue) the road now becomes Mark Messier

Mark Messier

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 Trail, as it moves away from central Edmonton. At the Edmonton – St. Albert boundary the road was known as St. Albert Road up until early 2009 when St. Albert City Council approved a name change from St. Albert Road to St. Albert Trail. St. Albert Trail keeps this designation throughout that city, before exiting the city boundaries to the north where it becomes a divided highway as far north as Morinville

Morinville, Alberta

Morinville is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located north of Edmonton on Highway 2.- History :Morinville was settled by Father Morin, an Oblate missionary, who brought many French settlers in the late 1800s, followed by several German pioneers—hence its many French and German families...

. North of the St. Albert boundary the road has no other name than Highway 2.

Two smaller segments of St. Albert Trail also exists as local roads, separated from the artery when Edmonton expanded its grid system of streets, and cut it off. They are a southbound only at 111 Avenue & 127 Street, and a two way from 112 Avenue to 117 Avenue.

Neighbourhoods

List of neighbourhoods St. Albert Trail runs through, in order from south to north. Coincidentally it starts in Inglewood, Edmonton, and runs through Inglewood, St. Albert.

Edmonton

• Inglewood
  Inglewood, Edmonton
  Inglewood is a residential neighbourhood in north west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Between 1946 and 1996, Edmonton's Charles Camsell Hospital was located in the neighbourhood...
  
  
• Sherbrooke
  Sherbrooke, Edmonton
  Sherbrooke is a residential neighbourhood in north west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.It is bounded on the north by the Yellowhead Trail, on the east by 127 Street, on the south by 118 Avenue, and on the west by St. Albert Trail...
  
  
• Dovercourt
  Dovercourt, Edmonton
  Dovercourt is a residential neighbourhood in north west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. While the area was originally annexed by the City of Edmonton in 1913, residential development didn't occur until after the end of World War II....
  
  
• Rampart

St. Albert

• Akinsdale
• Sturgeon Heights
• Downtown
• Mission
• Inglewood
• Deer Ridge
• Erin Ridge
• Lacombe Park

Interchanges and intersections

This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of St. Albert Trail.

Direction	Intersecting road	Current intersection type	Coordinates
Southeast-Northwest	127 Street 127 Street, Edmonton 127 Street is a major arterial road in north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It takes commuters from central Edmonton to the north neighbourhoods and Sturgeon Valley Subdivisions...	At-grade	53°33′30"N 113°32′29"W
	111 Avenue	At-grade	53°33′32"N 113°32′31"W

Direction	Intersecting road	Current intersection type	Coordinates
South-North	112 Avenue	At-grade	53°33′37"N 113°32′37"W
	114 Avenue	At-grade	53°33′49"N 113°32′42"W
	117 Avenue	At-grade	53°34′6"N 113°32′52"W

Direction	Intersecting road	Current intersection type	Coordinates
South-North	118 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...	Traffic light controlled 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′13"N 113°32′58"W
Southeast-Northwest	Dovercourt Avenue / Sherbrooke Avenue	At-grade	53°34′37"N 113°33′16"W
	Yellowhead Trail	Diamond interchange Diamond interchange A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a freeway crosses a minor road. The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge...	53°34′52"N 113°33′25"W
	131 Avenue	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°35′27"N 113°33′57"W
	137 Avenue 137 Avenue, Edmonton 137 Avenue is a major arterial road in north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This road travels through residential, industrial and commercial areas, including shopping and entertainment centres and districts....	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°35′58"N 113°34′30"W
	156 Street / Campbell Road	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°36′42"N 113°35′28"W
	Anthony Henday Drive	none	53°37′2"N 113°36′4"W
	Gervais Road / Hebert Road	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°37′17"N 113°36′34"W
South-North	St. Anne Street / Sturgeon Road	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°38′9"N 113°37′25"W
	McKenney Avenue / Bellerose Drive McKenney Avenue McKenney Avenue and Bellerose Drive are arterial roads in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. Like all arteries of St. Albert, it does not run straight, has no street number, and mostly runs through residential.-Neighbourhoods:...	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°38′35"N 113°37′34"W
	Giroux Road / Boudreau Road	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°39′14"N 113°37′46"W
	Villeneuve Road / Erin Ridge Road	At-grade (traffic lights)	53°39′28"N 113°37′48"W
	City Limits	(creek crossing)	53°40′49"N 113°38′23"W