MacLac
Senior Member
Doesn't that seem strange? Couldn't they just have built a 4-lane overpass in 1 shot? Rather then 2 separate ones?
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50 Street Widening & CP Rail Grade Separation
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chrisvazquez7
Active Member
There wasn’t enough room without demolishing the office buildings or expropriating more land. Personally I think they should have just built a four lane bridge to begin with and be done with it. Not sure why we need six lanes on every arterial road in this city…
Habibfazil
Active Member
Thank you, recall reading there will also be pedestrian access from 82nd to 84th avenues under the overpass
chrisvazquez7
Active Member
82 Ave will extend eastward under the bridge and connect up with the intersection of 84 Ave/46 St.
Habibfazil
Active Member
Oh cool, makes sense, so far I've been impressed with this project, but will miss my rush hour CPR nap times...
The_Cat
Senior Member
There are probably a lot of trucks on 50 Street, justifying the six-lane bridge. 90 Avenue is a truck route detour.
VaultBoy
New Member
Are there any other areas in the city that would need a grade separation in the future? How often does this type of project happen realistically?
The_Cat
Senior Member
Perhaps 75 Street/CPR tracks.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Definitely 75 st south of Argylle Rd. Considering that it's supposed to be a semi-express way that basically crosses the entire city North to South (Fort Rd-Wayne Greztky Dr-75 St- 66st), that at grade crossing is something egregious.
You add to that the existence of Davies Station right to the south of it, and this is a very obvious one, for me.
The_Cat
Senior Member
Honourable mention, 170 Street, north of Yellowhead. Also, railroad bridges at Tamarack/Maple communities.
SarcasticMarmot
Active Member
I dunno, as a regular but not daily user of that road it seems like the crossing are far less frequent and the trains move through it faster than they do at the 50th street one. I could be wrong though, maybe the time of day I travel through it has less frequent disruptions. I'm not sure its enough of an issue to justify the massive expense and destruction of nearby businesses. I'd rather see the money spent on other transportation projects.
The_Cat
Senior Member
The 50th Street crossing has trains connecting with rail cars.
MacLac
Senior Member
34th Ave and Gateway......100%!!!!! without a doubt. As soon as you hit the city - BOOM! You get a wickedly long set of lights....
northlands
Senior Member
I'm on the same page as you. On a strict basis of number of cars stopped/delayed by a train on a daily basis, 75th probably does beat out any other at-grade intersection in the city, but after the costs of this project I just don't see the value doing anymore unless it's part of an already large redevelopment of an area/intersection.
Not in Edmonton proper, but I do think the CN ROW on HWY 60 just north of 16A could be done someday (and I'm guessing it might be part of the final twinning of 60 between HWY 16 and Devon), especially since Acheson continues to expand and grow as a strong industrial sector in the metro region. Plus good lord CN runs a lot of trains down that track
Kosy123
Active Member
Yup, at this point if we're going to do any more grade separations, I'd rather see University Ave and 114 St than anything else