{{Short description|Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox street |alternate_name= |former_names= |maint=City of Edmonton |length_km=6.2 |length_ref=<ref name=length>{{google maps|title=Jasper Avenue in Edmonton, AB|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.5473623,-113.4985538,14.5z|access-date=November 9, 2017}}</ref> |length_notes= |name=Jasper Avenue |image=File:Jasper ave.JPG |caption=Jasper Avenue west from 103 Street. |namesake=Jasper Hawes / Jasper, Alberta |image_map = {{Location map+ |Edmonton |caption=Start/End points of Jasper Avenue |width=230 |places= {{Location map~|Edmonton|lat_deg=53.541945|lon_deg=-113.537644|mark=Green pog.svg}} {{Location map~|Edmonton|lat_deg=53.557588|lon_deg=-113.458175}} }} |direction_a=West |terminus_a=125 Street |beltway_city= |junction=124 Street, 109 Street, 105 Street, 101 Street, 97 Street, 103A Avenue, 82 Street |direction_b=East |terminus_b=77 Street |location=Edmonton }}
'''Jasper Avenue''' is an arterial road in central Edmonton, Alberta, and is the city's main street. Jasper Avenue has no official street number but is aligned with 101 Avenue with the majority of its length. Jasper Avenue is a major public transit route as several of Edmonton's busiest bus routes travel along it. The LRT travels underneath Jasper Avenue between 99 and 110 Streets. It is named after Jasper Hawes, manager of a North West Company trading post of Jasper House in the early 1800s, located in present-day Jasper National Park.<ref name=Guru>{{cite web|author1=vbinnema|title=Jasper Avenue|url=https://vbinnema.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/jasper-avenue/|website=Your Edmonton Guru|publisher=Wordpress|access-date=November 10, 2017|date=April 10, 2013}}</ref>
== Route description == Jasper Avenue begins at 125 Street in the community of Westmount as a local residential street. One block to the east, 124 Street turns east and becomes Jasper Avenue, which functions as its unofficial western terminus, with 102 Avenue taking over as the main east–west artery to west Edmonton. Jasper Avenue passes the community of Wîhkwêntôwin through mixed retail and high density residential. East of 109 Street, Jasper Avenue passes through the downtown core and is home to many of Edmonton's oldest heritage buildings (for example the Hotel Macdonald) and some of Edmonton's tallest office towers, including Canadian Western Bank Place and Rice Howard Place. East of 97 Street, Jasper Avenue departs from both the downtown core and the 101 Avenue alignment, running northeast along the North Saskatchewan River valley through the community of Boyle Street. On the Latta Bridge it passes over the Latta Ravine, between 91 and 90 Streets. At 82 Street, the roadway turns north; however Jasper Avenue continues east as a local residential street through the community of Cromdale, ending at 77 Street.<ref name=length/> The Jasper West area (west of 97 Street) is one of the major retail, living, commercial, and entertainment districts of the city.
==History== thumb|left|Jasper Avenue looking west from 103 Street (1963).
While slow reinvestment continued into the 2000s, the downtown core has recently seen increased development, such as the rise of the Warehouse District and Ice District to the north, resulting in increased activity and redevelopment along Jasper Avenue.<ref name=Guru/><ref>{{cite report | date = February 2011 | title = Towards a New Vision for Jasper Avenue | url = https://www.edmonton.ca/documents/PDF/Jasper_Ave_New_Vision_Final_Report.pdf | publisher = City of Edmonton | section = 2.1: Historic Overview of Jasper Avenue | page = 14 | access-date = November 12, 2017}}</ref>
The original alignment of Highway 16 which entered Edmonton from the west along Stony Plain Road and 102 Avenue, followed Jasper Avenue between 124 Street and 95 Street, where it connected with Rowland Road and the Dawson Bridge, left Edmonton to the east along 101 Avenue.<ref name=1940_map_Edm>{{cite map|publisher = Department of Public Works|year = 1940|title = Alberta Official Road Map|url = https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8662/30161696495_c10d409dae_o.jpg|inset = Edmonton}}</ref> In the 1950s, Highway 16 was moved to 111 Avenue and 118 Avenue, resulting in the inner city route becoming Highway 16A.<ref name=1956_map_Edm>{{cite map|author = The H.M. Gousha Company|publisher = The Shell Oil Company|year = 1956|title = Shell Map of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba|url = http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/workspace/handleMediaPlayer?lunaMediaId=RUMSEY~8~1~212317~5500351|inset = Edmonton}}</ref> In the early 1980s, the Highway 16A designation along Jasper Avenue was phased out.
thumb|Looking east along Jasper Avenue. thumb|Looking west along Jasper Avenue from 101 Street (2007).
==Neighbourhoods== List of neighbourhoods Jasper Avenue runs through, in order from west to east:<ref name="utility">[http://maps.edmonton.ca City of Edmonton map utility]</ref> *Westmount *Wîhkwêntôwin *Downtown *Boyle Street *Cromdale
==Major intersections== Starting at the west end of Jasper Avenue. {{ABinttop|indep_city=Edmonton|length_ref=<ref name=length/>}} {{Jctint |km=0.0 |road=125 Street |notes=At-grade }} {{Jctint |type=incomplete |km=0.1 |mspan=2 |road={{jct|province=AB|road|124 Street|road|102 Avenue|Hwy|16A|dir3=west|to2=yes}} |notes=Roadway turns east; eastbound right-in/right-out }} {{Jctplace |km=none |type=trans |place=Through traffic follows '''124 Street''' }} {{ABint |km=0.5 |road=121 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=1.1 |road=116 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=1.6 |road=112 Street – Edmonton General Hospital |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=2.0 |road={{Jct|state=AB|road|109 Street|Hwy|2|to2=yes|location1=Old Strathcona|location2=Edmonton International Airport|extra=airport}} |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=2.1 |road=108 Street (Capital Boulevard) |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{Jctint |km=2.2 |mspan=2 |road=107 Street – Alberta Legislature Building |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{Jctplace |km=none |place=Passes over {{Jct|state=AB|extra=light-rail}} Corona station (underground) }} {{ABint |km=2.3 |road=106 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=2.4 |road=105 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=2.6 |road=104 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{Jctplace |km=2.6 |km2=2.7 |place=Passes over {{Jct|state=AB|extra=light-rail}} Bay/Enterprise Square station (underground) }} {{ABint |km=2.7 |road=103 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=2.8 |road=102 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=2.9 |road=101 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |type=incomplete |km=3.0 |road=Rice Howard Way (100A Street) |notes=At-grade (traffic lights); no vehicle access from Jasper Avenue }} {{Jctplace |km=3.0 |km2=3.2 |place=Passes over {{Jct|state=AB|extra=light-rail}} Central station (underground) }} {{ABint |km=3.2 |road=100 Street – Hotel Macdonald |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=3.3 |road=99 Street – Churchill Square, City Hall, Royal Alberta Museum |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{ABint |km=3.5 |road={{jct|province=AB|road|97 Street|Hwy|28|dir2=north|to2=yes|location1=Canada Place|location2=Shaw Conference Centre}} |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{Jctint |km=4.1 |mspan=2 |road=95 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights); to Rowland Road }} {{Jctint |type=incomplete |km=none |road=102 Avenue |notes=No access from Jasper Ave (one-way eastbound) }} {{ABint |km=4.5 |road=103A Avenue / 92 Street |notes=At-grade (traffic lights) }} {{Jctint |type=incomplete |km=5.6 |mspan=2 |road={{jct|province=AB|road|82 Street|Hwy|15|Hwy|16|dir2=north|dir3=east|to2=yes}} |notes=Roadway turns north; westbound right-in/right-out }} {{Jctplace |km=none |type=trans |place=Through traffic follows '''82 Street''' }} {{ABint |km=6.2 |road=77 Street |notes=At-grade }} {{Jctbtm|keys=incomplete,trans}}
==See also== {{Portal|Roads|Canada}} {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} {{Commons category}} * Downtown Edmonton * List of avenues in Edmonton * Transportation in Edmonton {{-}}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *[https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/experience-jasper-avenue.aspx Experience Jasper Avenue - City of Edmonton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114040425/https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/experience-jasper-avenue.aspx |date=2017-11-14 }} - redesign Jasper Avenue between 109 Street and 124 Street
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