Traffic Counts

Transportation activities in Spruce Grove today

Traffic volumes map

Existing traffic volumes in Spruce Grove range from a few hundred vehicles per day on a local street to tens of thousands of vehicles a day on arterial streets and highways. Average weekday traffic volumes on Highway 16 range between 30,000 and 36,000 vehicles per day while average weekday traffic volumes on Highway 16A range between 23,000 and 31,000 vehicles per day. Most of the traffic on both of these facilities does not originate in Spruce Grove 

Truck volumes map

Traffic volumes  on arterial roads range from about 7,000 vehicles per day along Grove Drive to nearly 17,000 vehicles per day along Jennifer Heil Way. Collector roads carry daily traffic volumes ranging between 2,000 and 7,000 vehicles per day.

Truck volumes  are heavy on Highway 16 but lighter on Highway 16A and arterial roads such as Jennifer Heil Way and Century Road. Commercial truck volumes along McLeod Avenue also illustrate the delivery of goods to high density retail commercial zones.

Provincial Highways

Alberta Transportation collects traffic volumes on provincial highways. The data is used to identify potential construction activities, maintenance needs and roadway design.

Traffic volumes at points on the highway