Sherwood Park Freeway

Sherwood Park Freeway
Major highways of Edmonton with Sherwood Park Freeway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by the City of Edmonton & Alberta Transportation
Length:	7.1 km (4.4 mi)
History:	1964 (construction begins) 1968 (completed)
Major junctions
West end:	71 Street in Edmonton
East end:	Anthony Henday Drive
Location
Municipalities:	Strathcona County
Major cities:	Edmonton Sherwood Park
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 93 Stoney →

Provincial highways in Alberta

Sherwood Park Freeway is a 7.1-kilometre (4.4 mi) freeway that connects east Edmonton to Sherwood Park in Alberta, Canada. It begins in the Gainer Industrial area where Argyll Road and 82 (Whyte) Avenue merge before intersecting 50 Street. It then curves slightly northeast through industrial areas in southeast Edmonton across 34 Street into Strathcona County, then across 17 Street after which the freeway ends at Anthony Henday Drive. It then continues into Sherwood Park as Wye Road (Highway 630). It is primarily a commuter route, with heavier weekday volume westbound in the morning and eastbound in the afternoon as residents of Sherwood Park commute to Edmonton.

Officially designated by Alberta Transportation as Highway 100, construction of Sherwood Park Freeway was completed in 1968 as a new free-flowing alignment of Highway 14 several hundred metres north of the former two-lane road which was then re-signed as Highway 14A, and is now known as 76 Avenue. Whitemud Drive took over the designation of Highway 14 upon its completion in the late 1990s.

Sherwood Park Freeway is a suburban freeway with a grass median for its entire length, bisecting industrial and commercial areas in southeast Edmonton and at the western edge of Strathcona County. The freeway begins south of the Kenilworth neighbourhood in the Gainer Industrial area. Immediately east of 71 Street, two lanes each from 82 Avenue and Argyll Road converge, eventually merging to form two eastbound lanes with a posted speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph). The freeway passes underneath a railway overpass to a diamond interchange at 50 Street, after which the speed limit increases to 100 km/h (62 mph) and the road passes between the Morris Industrial area to the north and the Weir Industrial area to the south. The freeway then reaches a second diamond interchange at 34 Street and enters Strathcona County. Between 34 Street and Anthony Henday Drive, the boundary between Edmonton and Strathcona County follows the southern edge of Sherwood Park Freeway's right of way. The speed limit is reduced to 80 km/h prior to a third diamond interchange at 17 Street.