The Edmonton Pedway system is a pedestrian network connecting office buildings, shopping centres, and parkades in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It consists of approximately 13 km of year-round climate-controlled tunnels, and walkways between the second floors of buildings, approximately 15 ft above ground. The main network connects more than 40 buildings and parkades, and three of the five Edmonton LRT stations in the downtown area. Throughout the city, there are some independent connections between buildings that are not linked to the wider system, as well as shorter tunnels leading from the surface directly to transit. Notable examples include connections to the Alberta Legislature Buildings that leads to Government Centre station and the Government Centre Transit Centre, and networks connecting buildings at the University of Alberta, MacEwan University, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Concordia University of Edmonton, and Edmonton International Airport. MacEwan University and Northern Alberta Institute of Technology are entirely traversable indoors through extensive pedways and building interconnectivity.

History

In 1968, the City of Edmonton approved a pedway concept plan though there was no grand plan for the system. Most pedways in the system were a result from the 1970s building boom as developers worked out agreements to construct pedways to connect their buildings. Labelled as the last link of the system, a pedway connecting Churchill station and Edmonton City Centre temporarily opened from December 14, 1990 to January 2, 1991 for Christmas shopping before it held its official grand opening on February 18, 1991. A pedway connecting Manulife Place to CityCentre and an underground tunnel connecting Royal Bank Building with CityCentre and Central station opened in March and April 1993, respectively.

Connections

The Pedway system is integrated with public transit via climate controlled access to LRT stations. Linked to Churchill station: Future connections to Churchill Station: Linked to Central station: Linked to Bay/Enterprise Square station: Linked to Corona station: Linked to MacEwan station: