[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/wayne-gretzky-drive-wikipedia-4\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/wayne-gretzky-drive-wikipedia-4\/","headline":"Wayne Gretzky Drive – Wikipedia","name":"Wayne Gretzky Drive – Wikipedia","description":"before-content-x4 Road in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Wayne Gretzky Drive after-content-x4 Start\/End points Wayne Gretzky Drive and 66\/75\u00a0Street Maintained by City","datePublished":"2017-09-12","dateModified":"2017-09-12","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/67\/Wayne_Gretzky_Drive_Road_Sign.svg\/250px-Wayne_Gretzky_Drive_Road_Sign.svg.png","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/67\/Wayne_Gretzky_Drive_Road_Sign.svg\/250px-Wayne_Gretzky_Drive_Road_Sign.svg.png","height":"94","width":"250"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/wayne-gretzky-drive-wikipedia-4\/","wordCount":3866,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4Road in Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaWayne Gretzky Drive       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Start\/End points Wayne Gretzky Drive and 66\/75\u00a0StreetMaintained byCity of EdmontonLocationEdmonton, AlbertaWayne Gretzky DriveFormer name(s)Capilano\u00a0Drive, Capilano\u00a0FreewayLength4.8\u00a0km (3.0\u00a0mi)[1]South\u00a0end101\u00a0AvenueMajorjunctions106\u00a0Avenue, 112\u00a0Avenue, 118\u00a0AvenueNorth\u00a0endFort Road \/ Yellowhead TrailInauguration196966 Street & 75 StreetLength16.2\u00a0km (10.1\u00a0mi)[1]66\u00a0Street: 10.0\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi)75\u00a0Street: 6.2\u00a0km (3.9\u00a0mi)South\u00a0end41\u00a0Avenue\u00a0SWMajorjunctionsEllerslie Road, 23\u00a0Avenue, 34\u00a0Avenue, Whitemud Drive, Roper Road, Argyll Road, Whyte (82) Avenue, 98\u00a0AvenueNorth\u00a0end101\u00a0AvenueWayne Gretzky Drive is a freeway in Edmonton, Alberta. Originally Capilano Drive\/Capilano Freeway, it was officially renamed October 1, 1999, after NHL hockey player Wayne Gretzky, as a tribute to his years with the Edmonton Oilers. The same day, Wayne Gretzky’s number 99 jersey was retired at the Skyreach Centre,[2] which lies just west of Wayne Gretzky Drive, at 118\u00a0Avenue. 66\/75\u00a0Street is a major arterial road in east Edmonton which serves residential and industrial areas.Wayne Gretzky Drive and 75\u00a0Street, both located between Whitemud Drive and Yellowhead Trail, are part of the eastern leg of what was planned to be Edmonton’s Inner Ring Road. Wayne Gretzky Drive and 75\u00a0Street are part of a 39\u00a0km (24\u00a0mi) continuous roadway that runs from 41\u00a0Avenue\u00a0SW to 33\u00a0Street\u00a0NE (Edmonton’s northeastern city limit) and includes portions of 66\u00a0Street and Fort Road, as well as all of Manning Drive.[1]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsOverview[edit]Wayne Gretzky Drive[edit]66\/75 Street[edit]Bridge structures[edit]History[edit]Neighbourhoods[edit]Major intersections[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Overview[edit]  Wayne Gretzky Drive looking south from 106 Avenue.Wayne Gretzky Drive[edit]Preceded by 75\u00a0Street, Wayne Gretzky Drive starts at 101\u00a0Avenue to become a freeway. It crosses the North Saskatchewan River valley, by passing under 106\u00a0Avenue and Ada Boulevard. As it approaches Northlands and the Alberta Avenue area, it again returns into an arterial, with traffic lights. The exits to Northlands at 112\u00a0Avenue and 116\u00a0Avenue are clearly marked with overhead street signs in blue, and with the Northlands logo. Because of property constraints, to maintain the number of lanes, the freeway is divided into Wayne Gretzky Drive Northbound and Southbound, formally 72\u00a0Street and 73\u00a0Street,[3] at 118\u00a0Avenue. 119\u00a0Avenue services the north Northlands Coliseum parking lot to the west, and is a dead end to the east, because it was blocked off from being used as a shortcut, disrupting traffic flow during major Northlands events. The northbound and southbound then converge again before crossing the Capital Line of the Edmonton LRT. Fort Road, which runs to the southwest, meets up with Wayne Gretzky Drive at an at-grade intersection, then runs concurrently along with it for approximately 180 metres (590\u00a0ft) to Yellowhead Trail. The single-point urban interchange at Yellowhead Trail allows Yellowhead Trail to run as a freeway, and it has the benefit of only one traffic light and U-turns for westbound and eastbound traffic. At this interchange, Wayne Gretzky Drive ends and Fort Road becomes the only road.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Wayne Gretzky Drive and Groat Road are the only freeways in Edmonton not to have provincial highway numbers.66\/75 Street[edit]66\u00a0Street and 75\u00a0Street functions as the southern extension of Wayne Gretzky Drive. It begins as 66\u00a0Street at 41\u00a0Avenue\u00a0SW and passes north through Mill Woods, passing by Mill Woods Town Centre, Grey Nuns Community Hospital and Mill Woods Golf Course. At Whitemud Drive the roadway becomes 75\u00a0Street and passes through the Southeast Industrial area. North of Argyll Road, 75\u00a0Street transitions to passing through mature residential communities. Despite being designated as part of the inner ring road, heavy trucks are prohibited on 75\u00a0Street between 90\u00a0Avenue and 98\u00a0Avenue.[4] At 101\u00a0Avenue, 75\u00a0Street becomes Wayne Gretzky Drive.66\u00a0Street and 75\u00a0Street is part of the southeast alignment of the Valley Line of the Edmonton LRT, which will link Mill Woods with downtown.[5] The LRT will run at-grade, parallel (on the east side) to the roadway between 28\u00a0Avenue and Wagner Road, with the exception of an elevated section near Wagner Road as the line will pass over 75\u00a0Street and transition to follow 83\u00a0Street towards downtown.[6] Stations and stops will be constructed along 66\u00a0Street and 75\u00a0Street with Grey Nuns stop near 31\u00a0Avenue, Millbourne\/Woodvale stop near 38\u00a0Avenue, and Davies station near Wagner Road; Mill Woods station will east 66\u00a0Street along 28\u00a0Avenue.[5] As of February\u00a02022[update], completion is expected for July 2022.[7][needs update]Bridge structures[edit]Capilano Bridge takes Wayne Gretzky Drive over the North Saskatchewan River, spanning 290 metres (950\u00a0ft).Grant Moellmann Bridge takes Wayne Gretzky Drive over the LRT tracks and a CN spur that used to service the surrounding industrial area. It was opened in 1995 bridging the gap between 120\u00a0Avenue and Fort Road. It is named after Edmontonian ironworker Grant Moellmann (1935\u20131994) who fell to his death placing the bridge’s last girder on November 24, 1994.[8][9] A plaque was placed on the bridge in September 1998 to mark the significance of this naming.History[edit]Capilano Freeway (Capilano Drive) originally opened in 1969 by widening and connecting the residential streets of 75\u00a0Street south of the river and 72\u00a0Street north of the river; it ended just north of 118\u00a0Avenue. In 1995, the northern extension of Capilano Drive was opened which completed the link to Fort Road and Yellowhead Trail.[9]Proposals to honour Wayne Gretzky by renaming a city street date back to 1987, when it was originally proposed to rename 99\u00a0Street, coinciding with number 99; at the request of Gretzky, the plan was discontinued.[10] In 1989 the City of Edmonton, in co-ordination with Northlands and Molson Brewery, commissioned the artwork of the bronze statue which was unveiled on August 27, 1989, one year after he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings, and moved to Rogers Place in 2016.[11][12][13] Following Gretzky’s retirement in 1999, a fan brought forward a second proposal to rename 99\u00a0Street;[10] however Capilano Drive was ultimately chosen to be renamed Wayne Gretzky Drive.Neighbourhoods[edit]List of neighbourhoods Wayne Gretzky Drive runs through, in order from south to north:[14]Major intersections[edit]This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of 66 Street.[14]The entire route is in Edmonton.See also[edit]Route map: KML is not from WikidataReferences[edit]^ a b c d Google (November 10, 2017). “75 Street & Wayne Gretzky Drive in Edmonton” (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 10, 2017.^ “Edmonton pays tribute to Wayne Gretzky”. CBC News. October 1, 1999. Archived from the original on October 4, 2010.^ “Community Services Committee Meeting cs1120mn.doc”. Edmonton.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-17.^ “City of Edmonton Truck Route” (PDF) (Map). City of Edmonton. April 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2017.^ a b “Valley Line – Southeast”. City of Edmonton. Retrieved April 17, 2018.^ Valley Line LRT: Stage 1 Between Downtown and Mill Woods (PDF). City of Edmonton (Report). September 2016. pp.\u00a038\u201347. Retrieved April 17, 2018.^ “Fact Sheet” (PDF). Valley Line \u2013 Stage 1 Mill Woods Town Centre to 102 Street. City of Edmonton. November 25, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2018.^ City of Edmonton, Naming Edmonton: From Ada to Zoie, 2004. ISBN\u00a00-88864-423-X^ a b Williamson, Kerry (March 18, 2007). “Workplace deaths ‘a dark side of the boom’“. Calgary Herald. Retrieved March 17, 2014.^ a b ^ “Flashback to 1989: Wayne Gretzky statue unveiled at Northlands”. CBC. CBC News. August 27, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2018.^ Theobald, Claire (August 5, 2016). “Wayne Gretzky statue gets a makeover before move to Rogers Place”. Edmonton Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2018.^ Theobald, Claire; Gerein, Keith (October 13, 2016). “‘I am back as an Oiler’: Wayne Gretzky celebrates refurbished statue, new role with the team”. Edmonton Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2018.^ a b “City of Edmonton map utility”. Maps.edmonton.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-17.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/wayne-gretzky-drive-wikipedia-4\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Wayne Gretzky Drive – Wikipedia"}}]}]