Jasper Avenue
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.
Jasper Avenue west from 103 Street. | |
Start/End points of Jasper Avenue | |
| Namesake | Jasper Hawes / Jasper, Alberta |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | City of Edmonton |
| Length | 6.2 km (3.9 mi) |
| Location | Edmonton |
| West end | 125 Street |
| Major junctions | 124 Street, 109 Street, 105 Street, 101 Street, 97 Street, 103A Avenue, 82 Street |
| East end | 77 Street |
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