Kingsway, Edmonton

Kingsway, sometimes called Kingsway Avenue, is a major road in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that runs on a northwest to southeast path, cutting through the city's normal grid pattern. It skirts just to the south of Edmonton City Centre Airport, and connects to Kingsway Garden Mall and the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Until 1939, the road was called Portage Avenue and represented the northern boundary of development. During the 1939 royal tour of Canada, 70,000 people lined the specially constructed grandstands to see the royal motorcade, and the street was renamed in honour of King George VI.