Interactive map: Edmonton’s worst roads

The city of Edmonton has released it’s list of the ten worst roads in the city, and now, we want your feedback.

The worst roads list was formed at the request of city councillor Kerry Diotte after he received complaints about potholes and bad roads.

“People drive over roads all the time and everybody has their pet peeve piece of pavement,” says Diotte, “And I think it’s important to let them know there’s some action being done on some of them.”

Each stretch of road is given a score from one to ten with 10 being perfect. Every two years tests are done based on distress to pavement and comfort of drive. Every five years, structural integrity is rated.

“They’re outlying roads they’re not high volume ones,” says the city’s director of roadway maintenance, Bob Dunford, “but they’re still some of the worst ones that we have and we have to keep them safe until such time as we can afford to rehabilitate them.”

The list also includes when the city plans on fixing each particular road.

The top ten worst roads in order of highest priority are:

63 Avenue, 99 Street to Calgary Trail
90 Avenue, 75 Street to 83 Street
142 Street, 118 Avenue to Yellowhead Trail
106 Avenue, 97 Street to 116 Street
111 Avenue, 163 Street to 170 Street
124 Street, 111 Avenue to 118 Avenue
18 Street, 153 Avenue to 167 Avenue
23 Avenue, 184 Street to 199 Street
178 Street, Callingwood Road to 69 Avenue
195 Avenue, Meridian Street to Manning Drive

The worst roads in Edmonton, as calculated by the City are highlighted in purple on the map below. Feel free to add locations you feel are the worst and spots the City has missed.

View Worst roads in Edmonton in a larger map 

The city of Edmonton has more information on its site.

“It’s important,” says Diotte, “you can’t be a world class city with third world streets.” 

The city is testing different materials to avoid the annual freeze/thaw cycle that is the cause of potholes and is something Diotte hopes the city become a leader in.

“I’d love us to see us become a world class city when it comes to winter cities and roads if we could come up with a better way of doing these streets you could sell that technology all over the world.”

With files from Jenna Bridges