Gasoline Alley is a predominantly commercial and light industrial area located along Alberta Highway 2 in Red Deer County.

[4] Gasoline Alley began as a private rest area due to its location near Red Deer, midway between the cities of Calgary and Edmonton.

[5] In 1995, Alberta Transportation opened the McKenzie Road interchange,[6] which allowed travellers from either direction of Highway 2 to better access both sides of Gasoline Alley.

Around the same time, Red Deer County began expanding and developing Gasoline Alley to have more industrial and retail development, with Gasoline Alley West now having big box stores such as Costco and a movie theatre.

[5] In 2018, as part of the Highway 2/2A/Gaetz Avenue interchange reconstruction, the original service road to Gasoline Alley West was permanently closed and removed, with business access being moved to Leva Avenue, located on to the west of the highway-facing businesses.