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Yellowhead Trail

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Yellowhead Trail
Alberta Highway 16
Route information
Maintained by City of Edmonton
Length: 24.6 km (15.3 mi)
Major junctions
West end: 231 Street
  Alberta Highway 216.svg Anthony Henday Drive
Alberta Highway 2.svg St. Albert Trail
97 Street
Fort Road
Victoria Trail
East end: Alberta Highway 216.svg Anthony Henday Drive
Location
Major cities: Edmonton
Highway system

Provincial highways in Alberta

Hwy 15 Hwy 17

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Provincial highways in Alberta

Yellowhead Trail is a major east-west highway in northern Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The 24.6-kilometre (15.3 mi) segment of Highway 16 is a key commuter route for the bedroom communities of Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, and Sherwood Park. The road is Interchanges already exist at eleven intersections throughout the city limits, but traffic is often jammed at the many intersections still using traffic lights. Edmonton has plans to upgrade Yellowhead Trail to a freeway, but is awaiting required funding from the federal and provincial governments as the project is estimated to cost $1 billion.

On December 16, 2016 both the federal government and the province of Alberta contributed $241,600,000 to the project with the city paying the rest.

     Upgrade under construction     Upgrade planned


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