Alberta Highway 2
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 2[1] is the longest provincial highway in the Canadian province of Alberta. The stretch between Calgary and Edmonton is one of the most heavily used highways in the province, and is designated the Queen Elizabeth II Highway or the ‘QE2 Highway’ as well as a core route of Canada's National Highway System.
The speed limit along most parts of the highway between Fort Macleod and Morinville is 110 km/h (70 mph) and in urban areas, such as through Claresholm, Nanton, Calgary and Edmonton, it ranges from 50 km/h to 100 km/h. During the winter time, accidents are common as the weather changes rapidly, and drivers underestimate the conditions.
A review of historical Alberta official road maps shows that Highway 2 was numbered Highway 1 prior to 1941 (while the current Highway 1 was Highway 2 at the time).[2]
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Route[edit]
As its main north-south corridor, Highway 2 enters Alberta south of Cardston, at the Carway border crossing with Montana (where it continues as U.S. Route 89). It travels northward through Fort Macleod to Calgary, Red Deer, and Edmonton. North of Edmonton the highway continues to Athabasca, after which the highway continues northwesterly along the south shore of Lesser Slave Lake into High Prairie, north to Peace River, west to Fairview and finally south to Grande Prairie.
As the main north-south access in Alberta, Highway 2 is the preferred path of the CANAMEX Corridor.[3] Between Fort Macleod and Edmonton, Highway 2 maintains no fewer than four lanes of traffic and is largely a controlled-access freeway between Okotoks and Edmonton, with improvements underway to eliminate remaining at-grade crossings.
North of Okotoks, the three northbound lanes of the highway split into Macleod Trail (Highway 2A) and Deerfoot Trail, which keeps the Highway 2 designation through Calgary. It passes immediately west of the Calgary International Airport before continuing north to the City of Airdrie, which is bisected by Highway 2, while a number of other smaller communities such as Crossfield are bypassed. The newer Highway 2 is built east of the communities and the old route has become Highway 2A.
Red Deer is also primarily bypassed. Gasoline Alley, located at the south end of the city, is a popular stop for travellers headed for Calgary or Edmonton, with several fuel stations and food establishments. Continuing north, the highway again bypasses the smaller communities, this time to the west. Leduc, south of Edmonton, is bisected like Airdrie; however, this has been a result of westward growth of the community. The highway also passes immediately east of Edmonton International Airport, about 15 km south of Edmonton.
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Exit 222 in the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31
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Deerfoot Trail at the interchange with Peigan Trail in Calgary
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At Crossfield, two-laned Highway 2A in the foreground with divided Highway 2 in the distance.
When the highway enters Edmonton, it becomes Gateway Boulevard (northbound; it is Calgary Trail in the opposite direction), then Whitemud Drive to the southwest part of the city. It then shares roadbeds with Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) and Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16) before heading north again along St. Albert Trail as it exits Edmonton and passes northwest through St. Albert. (Future extension of Ray Gibbon Drive in the northwest Edmonton region will bypass St. Albert from Anthony Henday Drive to Highway 2 north.)
After leaving St. Albert, the highway is twinned until it reaches north of Morinville and after that it is a 2-lane road for almost the rest of the stretch. Highway 2 continues north until it reaches a T-junction with Highway 18. From there, the route turns east towards Clyde and then follows a northeasterly direction to Athabasca before turning northwest towards Slave Lake. The road continues west, following along the scenic southern shores of Lesser Slave Lake until it reaches High Prairie. West of High Prairie, the highway then turns north to McLennan and west until it reaches a junction with Highway 49 (locally known as 'Donnelly Corner'). The stretch of Highway 2 between Athabasca and Highway 49 is part of the Northern Woods and Water Route.[4][5]
The highway continues north to Peace River, the road's most northerly point in the province. It exits west out of Peace River then turns south through Grimshaw (the junction of the Mackenzie Highway) and Fairview, then over the Dunvegan Bridge, where it crosses the Peace River and ultimately terminating at an interchange at Highway 43 just north of Grande Prairie. Prior to highway renumbering in northwestern Alberta, Highway 2 followed Highway 43's current alignment into British Columbia, where it became Highway 2 to Dawson Creek.
Queen Elizabeth II Highway[edit]
On May 23, 2005, the section between Calgary and Edmonton was renamed the Queen Elizabeth II Highway in honour of Her Majesty's visit to Alberta as part of the province's centennial celebrations; the first road sign was personally unveiled by the Queen. It is the first highway in Canada to be named for the current Queen (Ontario’s Queen Elizabeth Way is named for Queen Elizabeth, the late Queen Mother).
Major intersections[edit]
From south to north:[6]
Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km[7] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Continues as US 89 south – St. Mary, Browning, Great Falls | |||||||
Cardston County | Carway | 0 | 0 | Canada – United States border | Hwy 2 begins 48°59′57″N 113°22′43″W / 48.99917°N 113.37861°W |
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| 5 | 3.1 | Park Access Road 136 west – Police Outpost Provincial Park | 49°02′35″N 113°21′10″W / 49.042967°N 113.352694°W | |||
| 20 | 12 | Hwy 501 south – Aetna, Milk River | Hwy 501 concurrency begins 49°09′58″N 113°17′08″W / 49.165998°N 113.285517°W |
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Cardston | 21 | 13 | Cardston Truck Bypass Hwy 501 north (unsigned highway)[8] |
49°10′17″N 113°17′20″W / 49.171454°N 113.2888394°W | |||
23 | 14 | Hwy 501 west (9th Avenue) | Hwy 501 concurrency ends 49°11′19″N 113°18′06″W / 49.188547°N 113.301734°W |
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25 | 16 | Hwy 5 west – Waterton Lakes National Park Cardston Truck Bypass Hwy 501 south (unsigned highway) |
Hwy 5 concurrency begins 49°12′08″N 113°18′06″W / 49.202336°N 113.301802°W |
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Blood I.R. No. 148 | 26 | 16 | Hwy 5 east – Magrath, Lethbridge | Hwy 5 concurrency ends 49°12′30″N 113°17′50″W / 49.208426°N 113.297167°W |
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| 41 | 25 | Hwy 505 west – Glenwood | Hwy 505 concurrency begins 49°20′56″N 113°17′52″W / 49.34889°N 113.29778°W |
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| 45 | 28 | Hwy 505 east – Spring Coulee | Hwy 505 concurrency ends 49°22′41″N 113°18′29″W / 49.37806°N 113.30806°W |
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Stand Off | 55 | 34 | Hwy 509 east – Coalhurst | 49°28′32″N 113°17′57″W / 49.47556°N 113.29917°W | |||
↑ / ↓ | | 56 | 35 | Crosses Belly River — 49°28′45″N 113°18′07″W / 49.479118°N 113.301829°W | |||
Cardston County | | 59 | 37 | Crosses Waterton River — 49°30′07″N 113°19′38″W / 49.501980°N 113.327088°W | |||
M.D. of Willow Creek No. 26 | | 75 | 47 | Hwy 511 east | 49°38′26″N 113°21′22″W / 49.64056°N 113.35611°W | ||
Fort Macleod | 83 | 52 | Divided highway begins | ||||
84 | 52 | Hwy 3 east (Crowsnest Highway) – Lethbridge, Medicine Hat | Hwy 2 turns north Hwy 3 concurrency begins CANAMEX Corridor concurrency begins 49°43′03″N 113°23′12″W / 49.717558°N 113.386550°W |
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Future Hwy 2X north | Future Fort Macleod bypass[9] | ||||||
85 | 53 | One-way road pair begins | |||||
86 | 53 | Hwy 811 north (6 Avenue) | 49°43′35″N 113°23′51″W / 49.726296°N 113.397542°W | ||||
87 | 54 | One-way road pair ends | |||||
89 | 55 | 89 | Hwy 3 west (Crowsnest Highway) – Pincher Creek, Crowsnest Pass, Cranbrook | Hwy 2 turns north Hwy 3 concurrency ends 49°42′48″N 113°26′22″W / 49.713381°N 113.439467°W |
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Future Hwy 2X south | Future Fort Macleod bypass[9] | ||||||
| 90 | 56 | Crosses Oldman River — 49°43′15″N 113°27′02″W / 49.720759°N 113.450572°W | ||||
| 92 | 57 | Hwy 785 west – Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | 49°43′43″N 113°27′34″W / 49.728557°N 113.459515°W | |||
Granum | 109 | 68 | Hwy 519 east – Nobleford, Picture Butte | 49°52′23″N 113°31′34″W / 49.873128°N 113.526070°W | |||
Claresholm | 126 | 78 | Hwy 520 – Barons | 50°01′09″N 113°34′43″W / 50.019264°N 113.578571°W | |||
127 | 79 | 50 Avenue | 50°01′35″N 113°34′55″W / 50.026362°N 113.582057°W | ||||
Stavely | 143 | 89 | Hwy 527 west – Willow Creek Provincial Park | 50°09′54″N 113°38′52″W / 50.164865°N 113.647865°W | |||
| 149 | 93 | Hwy 529 east – Champion | 50°13′22″N 113°39′20″W / 50.222868°N 113.655444°W | |||
Nanton | 165 | 103 | One-way road pair begins | ||||
166 | 103 | Hwy 533 west – Chain Lakes Provincial Park | Hwy 533 concurrency begins 50°20′23″N 113°45′45″W / 50.339856°N 113.762593°W |
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167 | 104 | Hwy 533 east (18 Street) – Vulcan | Hwy 533 concurrency ends 50°21′01″N 113°46′22″W / 50.350318°N 113.772850°W |
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168 | 104 | One-way road pair ends | |||||
↑ / ↓ | Connemara | 173 | 107 | Township Road 170 / 722 Avenue (Former Hwy 2A north) |
50°23′51″N 113°49′30″W / 50.397562°N 113.824876°W | ||
M.D. of Foothills No. 31 | | 179 | 111 | 674 Avenue E – Cayley | 50°26′30″N 113°49′42″W / 50.441796°N 113.828215°W | ||
| 183 | 114 | Hwy 540 west – Bar U Ranch National Historic Site | 50°29′05″N 113°49′41″W / 50.484593°N 113.828029°W | |||
High River | 193 | 120 | 194 | Hwy 23 (12 Avenue SE) – Blackie, Vulcan | 50°34′19″N 113°49′45″W / 50.57194°N 113.82917°W | ||
194 | 121 | 24 Street NE | Southbound exit only 50°35′19″N 113°49′43″W / 50.588645°N 113.828629°W |
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196 | 122 | 197 | 498 Avenue E To Hwy 543 west – Longview |
50°36′05″N 113°49′43″W / 50.601381°N 113.828745°W | |||
| 201 | 125 | 202 | Mazeppa Gas Plant | Southbound exit, northbound entrance 50°38′49″N 113°50′11″W / 50.647018°N 113.836392°W |
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| 205 | 127 | Crosses Highwood River — 50°40′11″N 113°51′44″W / 50.669696°N 113.862318°W | ||||
Aldersyde | 208 | 129 | 209 | Hwy 7 west to Hwy 2A – Okotoks, Black Diamond, Turner Valley, High River Hwy 547 east – Mossleigh, Arrowwood, Gleichen |
50°41′23″N 113°52′55″W / 50.68972°N 113.88194°W | ||
| 210 | 130 | Crosses Sheep River — 50°42′46″N 113°52′55″W / 50.712729°N 113.881952°W | ||||
Freeway begins | |||||||
| 222 | 138 | 222 | Hwy 2A south – De Winton, Okotoks Hwy 552 east |
Hwy 2A concurrency begins 50°47′55″N 113°58′05″W / 50.79861°N 113.96806°W |
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| 224 | 139 | 225 | Hwy 2A north / Macleod Trail – Calgary, City Centre To Hwy 1 (TCH) west |
Hwy 2A concurrency ends Northbound exit, southbound entrance 50°49′30″N 113°59′53″W / 50.82500°N 113.99806°W |
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Heritage Pointe | 226 | 140 | 227 | Dunbow Road – De Winton | 50°50′02″N 113°59′54″W / 50.83389°N 113.99833°W | ||
↑ / ↓ | | 228 | 142 | Crosses Bow River — 50°51′15″N 113°58′14″W / 50.854041°N 113.970646°W | |||
Becomes Deerfoot Trail | |||||||
City of Calgary | 231 | 144 | 232 | Cranston Avenue / Seton Boulevard South Health Campus |
50°53′32″N 113°58′31″W / 50.89222°N 113.97528°W | ||
234 | 145 | 234 | Hwy 201 / Stoney Trail (Exit 101) Hwy 22X (unsigned highway) |
50°54′00″N 113°58′31″W / 50.90000°N 113.97528°W | |||
235 | 146 | 234B | McKenzie Lake Boulevard / Cranston Boulevard | Southbound exit, northbound entrance 50°54′02″N 113°58′47″W / 50.900485°N 113.979615°W |
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235 | 146 | 236 | McKenzie Towne Boulevard / McKenzie Lake Boulevard | 50°55′00″N 113°58′31″W / 50.91667°N 113.97528°W | |||
237 | 147 | 238 | 130 Avenue SE | 50°55′55″N 113°58′31″W / 50.93194°N 113.97528°W | |||
239 | 149 | 240 | Barlow Trail north | 50°56′42″N 113°58′58″W / 50.94500°N 113.98278°W | |||
240 | 150 | 241 | 24 Street SE / Douglasdale Boulevard | 50°56′56″N 114°00′16″W / 50.94889°N 114.00444°W | |||
242 | 150 | Ivor Strong Bridge across Bow River — 50°57′09″N 114°01′13″W / 50.952467°N 114.020163°W | |||||
243 | 151 | 243 | Anderson Road / Bow Bottom Trail | 50°57′14″N 114°01′34″W / 50.95389°N 114.02611°W | |||
244 | 152 | 245 | Southland Drive | 50°58′02″N 114°02′00″W / 50.96722°N 114.03333°W | |||
245 | 152 | 246 | 11 Street SE – Shopping Centre | Southbound exit and entrance 50°59′13″N 114°02′06″W / 50.98694°N 114.03500°W |
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245 | 152 | 247 | Glenmore Trail west – Shopping Centre To Heritage Meadows Way / Heritage Meadows Road |
Northbound exit and entrance 50°58′58″N 114°02′14″W / 50.982641°N 114.037288°W |
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247 | 153 | 248 | Glenmore Trail Hwy 8 west (unsigned highway) |
Northbound traffic uses Exit 247 to Glenmore Trail west 50°59′35″N 114°02′06″W / 50.99306°N 114.03500°W |
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249 | 155 | Calf Robe Bridge across Bow River — 51°00′31″N 114°01′09″W / 51.008476°N 114.019129°W | |||||
250 | 160 | 251 | Peigan Trail east / Barlow Trail south | 51°00′53″N 114°00′19″W / 51.01472°N 114.00528°W | |||
253 | 157 | 254 | 17 Avenue SE east / Blackfoot Trail south (Former Hwy 1A east) |
51°02′13″N 114°00′17″W / 51.03694°N 114.00472°W | |||
255 | 158 | 256 | Memorial Drive – City Centre | 51°02′52″N 114°01′04″W / 51.04778°N 114.01778°W | |||
257 | 160 | 258 | 16 Avenue NE Hwy 1 (TCH) – Canmore, Banff, Strathmore, Medicine Hat |
51°03′59″N 114°01′38″W / 51.06639°N 114.02722°W | |||
259 | 161 | 260 | 32 Avenue NE | 51°04′54″N 114°02′02″W / 51.08167°N 114.03389°W | |||
260 | 160 | 261 | McKnight Boulevard | 51°05′46″N 114°02′27″W / 51.09611°N 114.04083°W | |||
262 | 163 | 263 | 64 Avenue NE | 51°06′38″N 114°02′49″W / 51.11056°N 114.04694°W | |||
264 | 164 | 265 | Beddington Trail west / 11 Street NE south | Northbound exit, southbound entrance 51°07′29″N 114°02′44″W / 51.12472°N 114.04556°W |
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266 | 165 | 266 | 96 Avenue NE / Airport Trail – Calgary International Airport | 51°08′25″N 114°02′09″W / 51.14028°N 114.03583°W | |||
267 | 166 | 268 | Country Hills Boulevard – Delacour, Calgary International Airport | 51°09′16″N 114°01′06″W / 51.15444°N 114.01833°W | |||
270 | 170 | 271 | Hwy 201 / Stoney Trail (Exit 60) | 51°10′30″N 114°00′03″W / 51.174871°N 114.000778°W | |||
Deerfoot Trail ends • Becomes Queen Elizabeth II Highway | |||||||
Rocky View County | Rocky View | 273 | 170 | 273 | CrossIron Drive – CrossIron Mills | Northbound exit, southbound entrance 51°11′52″N 114°00′04″W / 51.197674°N 114.001156°W |
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274 | 170 | 275 | Hwy 566 – Balzac, CrossIron Mills, Kathyrn | 51°12′45″N 114°00′06″W / 51.21250°N 114.00167°W | |||
City of Airdrie | 281 | 175 | 282 | Yankee Valley Boulevard | 51°16′15″N 114°00′04″W / 51.27083°N 114.00111°W | ||
283 | 176 | (284) | East Lake Crescent | Northbound exit only 51°17′08″N 114°00′04″W / 51.28556°N 114.00111°W |
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284 | 176 | 285 | Hwy 567 (Veterans Boulevard) – Cochrane, Irricana | 51°18′00″N 114°00′07″W / 51.30000°N 114.00194°W | |||
Rocky View County | | 294 | 183 | 295 | Hwy 2A north – Crossfield Hwy 72 east – Beiseker, Drumheller |
51°23′14″N 114°00′06″W / 51.38722°N 114.00167°W | |
| 304 | 189 | 305 | Hwy 2A – Crossfield, Carstairs, Acme | 51°25′52″N 114°00′06″W / 51.43111°N 114.00167°W | ||
Mountain View County | | 314 | 195 | 315 | Hwy 581 – Carstairs | 51°33′43″N 114°01′26″W / 51.56194°N 114.02389°W | |
| 325 | 202 | 326 | Hwy 582 – Didsbury | 51°39′45″N 114°01′32″W / 51.66250°N 114.02556°W | ||
Olds | 339 | 211 | 340 | Hwy 27 – Sundre, Trochu, Three Hills | 51°47′39″N 114°01′36″W / 51.79417°N 114.02667°W | ||
Red Deer County | | 352 | 219 | 353 | Hwy 2A south – Olds | Southbound exit only 51°54′33″N 114°01′32″W / 51.909236°N 114.025590°W |
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Bowden | 356 | 221 | 357 | Hwy 587 – Red Lodge Provincial Park | 51°56′19″N 114°01′30″W / 51.93861°N 114.02500°W | ||
Innisfail | 364 | 226 | 365 | Hwy 54 west – Caroline Cottonwood Road / Range Road 284 |
52°00′09″N 113°57′44″W / 52.002385°N 113.962218°W | ||
367 | 228 | 368 | 50 Street Hwy 2A north – Penhold, Red Deer Hwy 590 east – Big Valley |
52°01′33″N 113°55′40″W / 52.02583°N 113.92778°W | |||
| 383 | 238 | 384 | Hwy 42 – Penhold, Pine Lake | 52°08′35″N 113°48′47″W / 52.14306°N 113.81306°W | ||
Gasoline Alley | 390 | 240 | 391 | McKenzie Road | 52°12′05″N 113°48′53″W / 52.20139°N 113.81472°W | ||
391 | 243 | Willow Street – Petrolia Industrial Park | Northbound exit only 52°13′08″N 113°48′50″W / 52.21889°N 113.81389°W |
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391 | 243 | Leva Avenue | Southbound exit only 52°13′08″N 113°48′50″W / 52.21889°N 113.81389°W |
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City of Red Deer | 392 | 244 | 394 | Hwy 2A / Gaetz Avenue – Lacombe, Penhold, Innisfail To Hwy 595 east |
Northbound exit, southbound entrance 52°13′35″N 113°48′50″W / 52.226255°N 113.813937°W |
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393 | 244 | 394 | Hwy 2A (Taylor Drive) – Lacombe, Penhold, Innisfail Hwy 595 east (19 Street) – Delburne |
Current Southbound exit, northbound exit under construction[10] Future Exit 395[11] 52°13′59″N 113°49′21″W / 52.232949°N 113.822598°W |
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396 | 246 | 397 | 32nd Street / C&E Trail – Red Deer College | 52°14′57″N 113°50′25″W / 52.24917°N 113.84028°W | |||
398 | 247 | Crosses Red Deer River — 52°16′07″N 113°51′46″W / 52.268477°N 113.862811°W | |||||
400 | 250 | 401 | Hwy 11 (67th Street) – Stettler, Sylvan Lake, Rocky Mountain House | 52°17′14″N 113°51′43″W / 52.28722°N 113.86194°W | |||
404 | 251 | 405 | Hwy 11A – Sylvan Lake | 52°19′03″N 113°51′36″W / 52.31750°N 113.86000°W | |||
Red Deer County / Lacombe County | | 409 | 254 | Crosses Blindman River — 52°21′29″N 113°50′05″W / 52.358095°N 113.834836°W | |||
Lacombe County | Blackfalds | 411 | 255 | 412 | Hwy 597 east / Aspelund Road west – Joffre | 52°22′31″N 113°49′15″W / 52.37528°N 113.82083°W | |
Lacombe | 421 | 262 | 422 | Hwy 12 – Gull Lake, Bentley, Stettler | 52°27′47″N 113°47′03″W / 52.46306°N 113.78417°W | ||
| 430 | 270 | 431 | Hwy 2A south – Lacombe, Stettler, Red Deer Milton Road / C&E Trail |
Hwy 2A concurrency begins 52°30′51″N 113°40′56″W / 52.51417°N 113.68222°W |
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| 436 | 271 | 437 | Hwy 2A north – Ponoka, Wetaskiwin, Leduc | Hwy 2A concurrency ends 52°33′17″N 113°39′47″W / 52.55472°N 113.66306°W |
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↑ / ↓ | | 438 | 272 | 439 | Hwy 604 – Morningside | 52°34′47″N 113°39′53″W / 52.57972°N 113.66472°W | |
Ponoka County | | 445 | 277 | 446 | Matejka Road | 52°38′19″N 113°39′48″W / 52.63861°N 113.66333°W | |
| 446 | 277 | 447 | Gee Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance 52°38′58″N 113°39′51″W / 52.64944°N 113.66417°W |
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| 447 | 278 | Crosses Battle River — 52°39′29″N 113°39′39″W / 52.657951°N 113.660809°W | ||||
Ponoka | 449 | 279 | 450 | Hwy 53 – Rimbey, Bashaw | 52°40′34″N 113°39′07″W / 52.67611°N 113.65194°W | ||
| 461 | 286 | 462 | Menaik Road | 52°47′06″N 113°38′38″W / 52.78500°N 113.64389°W | ||
↑ / ↓ | | 468 | 291 | 469 | Hwy 611 – Maskwacis, Usona District | 52°50′36″N 113°38′39″W / 52.84333°N 113.64417°W | |
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 | | 481 | 299 | 482 | Hwy 13 – Wetaskiwin, Camrose, Ma-Me-O Beach, Winfield | 52°57′34″N 113°38′54″W / 52.95944°N 113.64833°W | |
| 487 | 303 | 488 | Correction Line Road | 53°01′04″N 113°37′41″W / 53.01778°N 113.62806°W | ||
| 496 | 308 | 497 | Hwy 616 – Millet, Mulhurst | 53°05′25″N 113°35′53″W / 53.09028°N 113.59806°W | ||
Leduc County | | 507 | 315 | 508 | Kavanagh, Glen Park District | 53°11′34″N 113°35′53″W / 53.19278°N 113.59806°W | |
City of Leduc | 514 | 319 | 516 | Hwy 2A south – Millet, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka | 53°15′12″N 113°33′41″W / 53.25333°N 113.56139°W | ||
516 | 321 | 517 | Hwy 39 west – Calmar, Thorsby, Drayton Valley 50 Avenue – Leduc City Centre |
53°15′53″N 113°33′49″W / 53.26472°N 113.56361°W | |||
518 | 322 | 519 | 50 Street – Leduc Business Sector | 53°16′40″N 113°33′06″W / 53.27778°N 113.55167°W | |||
520 | 320 | 521 | Leduc Business Sector | Northbound exit only 53°17′12″N 113°32′55″W / 53.28667°N 113.54861°W |
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Leduc County | Nisku | 521 | 324 | 522 | Airport Road / 10th Avenue – Edmonton International Airport | 53°18′32″N 113°32′52″W / 53.308845°N 113.547883°W | |
524 | 326 | 525 | Hwy 19 west – Devon Hwy 625 east (20th Avenue) – Beaumont |
53°20′16″N 113°32′52″W / 53.33778°N 113.54778°W | |||
Queen Elizabeth II Highway ends • Becomes Calgary Trail (southbound) and Gateway Boulevard (northbound) | |||||||
City of Edmonton | 531 | 330 | 532 | 41 Avenue SW | 53°39′58″N 113°51′03″W / 53.66611°N 113.85083°W | ||
535 | 332 | Ellerslie Road | 53°25′30″N 113°29′31″W / 53.42500°N 113.49194°W | ||||
536 | 333 | Hwy 216 / Anthony Henday Drive (Exit 78) | CANAMEX Corridor concurrency ends National Highway System designation ends 53°26′06″N 113°29′34″W / 53.43500°N 113.49278°W |
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537 | 334 | 19 Avenue NW | No southbound entrance 53°26′47″N 113°29′34″W / 53.446475°N 113.492652°W |
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538 | 334 | 23 Avenue NW | 53°27′14″N 113°29′33″W / 53.453976°N 113.492424°W | ||||
539 | 335 | Freeway ends, splits into one-way road pair | |||||
540 | 340 | 34 Avenue NW | 53°28′04″N 113°29′32″W / 53.467729°N 113.492121°W | ||||
541 | 336 | Whitemud Drive Hwy 14 east – Tofield, Viking, Wainwright |
Hwy 2 branches west 53°28′50″N 113°29′37″W / 53.48056°N 113.49361°W |
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Calgary Trail and Gateway Boulevard ends • Freeway begins • Becomes Whitemud Drive | |||||||
543 | 337 | 111 Street | 53°28′58″N 113°31′00″W / 53.48278°N 113.51667°W | ||||
544 | 338 | 119 Street / 122 Street | 53°28′59″N 113°32′29″W / 53.48306°N 113.54139°W | ||||
545 | 339 | Rainbow Valley Bridge across Whitemud Creek — 53°28′57″N 113°33′16″W / 53.482612°N 113.554342°W | |||||
546 | 339 | Terwillegar Drive | 53°28′57″N 113°34′13″W / 53.48250°N 113.57028°W | ||||
547 | 340 | 53 Avenue | 53°29′25″N 113°34′20″W / 53.49028°N 113.57222°W | ||||
548 | 341 | Fox Drive | 53°30′13″N 113°34′00″W / 53.503699°N 113.566569°W | ||||
549 | 341 | Quesnell Bridge across North Saskatchewan River — 53°30′23″N 113°34′00″W / 53.50639°N 113.56667°W | |||||
550 | 340 | 149 Street | No eastbound exit 53°30′45″N 113°34′44″W / 53.51250°N 113.57889°W |
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551 | 342 | 159 Street (to 156 Street) | 53°30′44″N 113°35′48″W / 53.51222°N 113.59667°W | ||||
552 | 343 | 170 Street – West Edmonton Mall | Former alignment of Hwy 2 53°30′44″N 113°36′55″W / 53.51222°N 113.61528°W |
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553 | 344 | 178 Street – West Edmonton Mall | 53°30′44″N 113°37′48″W / 53.512156°N 113.62994°W | ||||
555 | 345 | 18[i] | Hwy 216 / Anthony Henday Drive | Hwy 2 branches north Hwy 216 hidden concurrency begins 53°30′44″N 113°39′33″W / 53.512207°N 113.659294°W |
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Whitemud Drive ends • Becomes Anthony Henday Drive | |||||||
556 | 345 | 19[i] | 87 Avenue / Webber Greens Drive – West Edmonton Mall | 53°31′22″N 113°39′33″W / 53.522783°N 113.659229°W | |||
558 | 347 | 21[i] | Stony Plain Road / 100 Avenue Hwy 16A west – Spruce Grove, Stony Plain |
53°32′23″N 113°39′32″W / 53.539759°N 113.658864°W | |||
562 | 349 | 25[i] 378[ii] |
Yellowhead Trail Hwy 16 (TCH) west – Spruce Grove, Edson, Hinton, Jasper |
Hwy 2 branches east Hwy 16 hidden concurrency begins 53°34′26″N 113°39′41″W / 53.573779°N 113.661418°W |
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Anthony Henday Drive ends • Becomes Yellowhead Trail | |||||||
563 | 350 | 379[ii] | 184 Street | 53°34′22″N 113°38′23″W / 53.572667°N 113.639672°W | |||
565 | 351 | 381[ii] | 170 Street | Former alignment of Hwy 2 53°34′24″N 113°36′55″W / 53.573260°N 113.615295°W |
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566 | 352 | 383[ii] | 156 Street | 53°34′45″N 113°35′27″W / 53.579044°N 113.590774°W | |||
Freeway ends | |||||||
567 | 352 | 149 Street | 53°34′52″N 113°34′41″W / 53.581229°N 113.577964°W | ||||
569 | 354 | 381[ii] | St. Albert Trail Hwy 16 (TCH) east – Vegreville, Vermilion, Lloydminster |
Hwy 2 branches north Hwy 16 hidden concurrency ends 53°34′52″N 113°33′25″W / 53.581098°N 113.557000°W |
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Yellowhead Trail ends • Becomes St. Albert Trail | |||||||
571 | 355 | 137 Avenue | 53°35′58″N 113°34′27″W / 53.59944°N 113.57417°W | ||||
573 | 356 | 156 Street / Campbell Road | 53°36′42″N 113°35′28″W / 53.611739°N 113.591180°W | ||||
574 | 357 | Hwy 216 / Anthony Henday Drive (Exit 31) | 53°37′02″N 113°36′02″W / 53.617099°N 113.600555°W | ||||
City of St. Albert | 575 | 357 | Gervais Road / Hebert Road | 53°37′19″N 113°36′36″W / 53.62194°N 113.61000°W | |||
576 | 358 | Sir Winston Churchill Avenue | 53°37′56″N 113°37′20″W / 53.63222°N 113.62222°W | ||||
576.5 | 358.2 | Crosses Sturgeon River — 53°38′12″N 113°37′26″W / 53.63667°N 113.62389°W | |||||
577 | 359 | McKenney Avenue / Bellerose Drive | 53°38′35″N 113°37′33″W / 53.643104°N 113.625864°W | ||||
578 | 359 | Giroux Road / Boudreau Road | 53°39′14″N 113°37′45″W / 53.65389°N 113.62917°W | ||||
578.5 | 359.5 | Villeneuve Road / Erin Ridge Road Hwy 633 west – Villeneuve |
53°39′29″N 113°37′50″W / 53.65806°N 113.63056°W | ||||
St. Albert Trail ends | |||||||
Sturgeon County | | 585 | 364 | Hwy 37 – Fort Saskatchewan, Onoway | 53°42′58″N 113°38′26″W / 53.71611°N 113.64056°W | ||
Morinville | 592 | 368 | Cardiff Road | Interchange proposed 53°46′28″N 113°38′41″W / 53.77444°N 113.64472°W |
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595 | 370 | Hwy 642 (100 Avenue) – Sandy Beach | 53°48′07″N 113°39′39″W / 53.80194°N 113.66083°W | ||||
| 597 | 371 | Divided highway ends | ||||
| 612 | 380 | Hwy 651 – Legal, Busby | 53°56′57″N 113°38′41″W / 53.94917°N 113.64472°W | |||
Westlock County | | 625 | 388 | Urban Approach Road 79 east – Vimy | 54°03′55″N 113°40′17″W / 54.065201°N 113.671496°W | ||
| 635 | 395 | Hwy 18 west – Westlock, Barrhead To Hwy 44 north – Slave Lake, Peace River |
Hwy 2 branches east Hwy 18 concurrency begins 54°09′07″N 113°40′33″W / 54.15194°N 113.67583°W |
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Clyde | 637 | 396 | Hwy 18 east – Thorhild | Hwy 2 turns north Hwy 18 concurrency ends 54°09′07″N 113°40′33″W / 54.15194°N 113.67583°W |
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| 655 | 407 | Urban Approach Road 160 east – Tawatinaw | 54°17′52″N 113°31′32″W / 54.297649°N 113.525632°W | |||
| 664 | 413 | Hwy 661 – Dapp, Rochester, Newbrook | 54°22′13″N 113°30′35″W / 54.37028°N 113.50972°W | |||
Athabasca County | | 692 | 430 | Hwy 663 west – Fawcett | Hwy 663 concurrency begins 54°35′15″N 113°21′33″W / 54.58750°N 113.35917°W |
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| 694 | 431 | Hwy 663 east – Boyle | Hwy 663 concurrency ends 54°36′01″N 113°19′34″W / 54.60028°N 113.32611°W |
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Athabasca | 708 | 440 | 50 Avenue / 50 Street Hwy 55 east – Lac La Biche, Cold Lake, Fort McMurray To Hwy 813 north – Calling Lake, Wabasca-Desmarais |
Hwy 2 branches west 54°43′17″N 113°17′09″W / 54.721263°N 113.285778°W |
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Becomes Northern Woods and Water Route | |||||||
| 722 | 449 | Hwy 812 west – Sunset Beach, South Baptiste | Hwy 2 branches north and then turns west. 54°44′02″N 113°29′51″W / 54.73389°N 113.49750°W |
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M.D. of Lesser Slave River No. 124 | | 780 | 480 | Hwy 44 south – Chisholm, Westlock, Edmonton | Hwy 2 branches north 55°01′41″N 114°02′55″W / 55.02806°N 114.04861°W |
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| 784 | 487 | Hwy 2A north – Hondo, Smith | Hwy 2 turns west 55°03′20″N 114°03′35″W / 55.05556°N 114.05972°W |
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| 787 | 489 | Crosses Athabasca River — 55°04′26″N 114°05′34″W / 55.07389°N 114.09278°W | ||||
Slave Lake | 839 | 521 | Hwy 88 north (Bicentennial Highway) – Red Earth Creek, Fort Vermilion | 55°15′58″N 114°45′50″W / 55.26611°N 114.76389°W | |||
840 | 520 | Main Street S | 55°16′21″N 114°46′48″W / 55.272440°N 114.780125°W | ||||
| 859 | 534 | Urban Approach Road 124 north – Widewater | 55°21′25″N 115°01′50″W / 55.356871°N 115.030672°W | |||
Canyon Creek | 862 | 536 | Urban Approach Road 167 north | 55°22′01″N 115°04′42″W / 55.367063°N 115.078405°W | |||
Big Lakes County | | 881 | 547 | Hwy 33 south (Grizzly Trail) – Swan Hills, Barrhead, Whitecourt | 55°18′58″N 115°21′37″W / 55.31611°N 115.36028°W | ||
| 885 | 550 | Urban Approach Road 124 north – Kinuso | 55°18′51″N 115°25′30″W / 55.314041°N 115.424947°W | |||
| 898 | 558 | Urban Approach Road 170 north – Faust | 55°18′31″N 115°37′37″W / 55.308694°N 115.626852°W | |||
| 921 | 572 | Urban Approach Road 166 north – Joussard | 55°22′39″N 115°57′01″W / 55.377442°N 115.950308°W | |||
| 939 | 583 | Hwy 750 north – Grouard, Gift Lake | 55°24′35″N 116°13′55″W / 55.40972°N 116.23194°W | |||
Enilda | 944 | 587 | Urban Approach Road 174 south | 55°25′10″N 116°18′32″W / 55.419329°N 116.309010°W | |||
High Prairie | 955 | 593 | Hwy 749 (48 Street) | 55°25′58″N 116°29′19″W / 55.43278°N 116.48861°W | |||
Triangle | 970 | 600 | Hwy 2A west – Valleyview | Hwy 2 branches north 55°25′56″N 116°43′05″W / 55.43222°N 116.71806°W |
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M.D. of Smoky River No. 130 | | 991 | 616 | Hwy 679 – Winagami Lake Provincial Park | 55°36′25″N 116°49′25″W / 55.60694°N 116.82361°W | ||
McLennan | 1,005 | 624 | Centre Street N | 55°42′42″N 116°54′16″W / 55.711573°N 116.904383°W | |||
Donnelly | 1,018 | 633 | Urban Approach Road 136 north | 55°43′23″N 117°06′20″W / 55.723098°N 117.105607°W | |||
1,020 | 630 | Hwy 49 south – Valleyview, Edmonton Hwy 49 west – Falher, Rycroft |
Hwy 2 branches north National Highway System designation begins 55°43′24″N 117°07′53″W / 55.723217°N 117.131352°W |
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Northern Woods and Water Route ends | |||||||
Northern Sunrise County | Nampa | 1,055 | 656 | Hwy 683 west – Marie-Reine | 56°02′36″N 117°07′59″W / 56.04333°N 117.13306°W | ||
| 1,074 | 667 | Hwy 688 north – St. Isidore | Hwy 2 turns northwest 56°12′32″N 117°12′28″W / 56.20889°N 117.20778°W |
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Two-lane freeway begins | |||||||
Town of Peace River | 1,082 | 672 | Hwy 744 south (100 Street) – Girouxville | 56°14′19″N 117°17′17″W / 56.238696°N 117.288128°W | |||
1,082.4 | 672.6 | 98 Street | Hwy 2 turns west Eastbound exit, westbound entrance 56°14′27″N 117°17′38″W / 56.240818°N 117.293925°W |
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1,083 | 673 | Crosses Peace River — 56°14′24″N 117°18′15″W / 56.240079°N 117.304223°W | |||||
1,084 | 674 | Hwy 684 south (Shaftesbury Trail) | 56°14′13″N 117°19′07″W / 56.237007°N 117.318548°W | ||||
Two-lane freeway ends | |||||||
1,085 | 674 | 78 Street | 56°02′36″N 117°07′59″W / 56.04333°N 117.13306°W | ||||
1,086 | 675 | Hwy 743 north (74 Street) | 56°13′59″N 117°20′49″W / 56.23306°N 117.34694°W | ||||
M.D. of Peace No. 135 | | 1,092 | 679 | Passes Peace River Airport | 56°13′59″N 117°26′44″W / 56.233023°N 117.445619°W | ||
Roma Junction | 1,094 | 680 | Hwy 2A south – Grimshaw | 56°13′59″N 117°28′43″W / 56.23306°N 117.47861°W | |||
| 1,102 | 685 | Hwy 35 north (Mackenzie Highway) – Manning, High Level, Hay River, Yellowknife | Hwy 2 branches south National Highway System designation ends 56°13′59″N 117°36′37″W / 56.23306°N 117.61028°W |
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Becomes Mackenzie Highway | |||||||
| 1,103 | 685 | Park Access Road 106 west – Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park | 56°13′06″N 117°36′38″W / 56.218434°N 117.610649°W | |||
Grimshaw | 1,106 | 687 | Hwy 2A east (55 Avenue) – Peace River | Mile Zero Mackenzie Highway 56°11′29″N 117°36′38″W / 56.191414°N 117.610511°W |
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Mackenzie Highway ends | |||||||
1,106.2 | 687.4 | Hwy 685 west (50 Avenue) – Hines Creek | 56°11′22″N 117°36′38″W / 56.189391°N 117.610511°W | ||||
| 1,110 | 690 | Hwy 684 east – Peace River, Shaftesbury Ferry | Hwy 2 turns west 56°09′42″N 117°36′47″W / 56.16167°N 117.61306°W |
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Berwyn | 1,117 | 694 | Urban Approach Road 238 north | 56°08′43″N 117°43′25″W / 56.145146°N 117.723661°W | |||
Brownvale | 1,129 | 702 | Hwy 737 north | 56°07′26″N 117°53′16″W / 56.12389°N 117.88778°W | |||
M.D. of Fairview No. 136 | Whitelaw | 1,142 | 710 | Hwy 735 north | 56°05′52″N 118°04′27″W / 56.09778°N 118.07417°W | ||
Bluesky | 1,155 | 718 | Urban Approach Road 214 north | 56°04′21″N 118°14′07″W / 56.072501°N 118.235338°W | |||
Fairview | 1,164 | 723 | Hwy 64A west – Hines Creek, Fort St. John Hwy 732 north (113 Street) |
Hwy 2 branches south 56°03′52″N 118°23′31″W / 56.06444°N 118.39194°W |
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| 1,176 | 731 | Hwy 64 north – Hines Creek, Fort St. John | 56°00′50″N 118°29′47″W / 56.01389°N 118.49639°W | |||
Dunvegan | 1,190 | 740 | Dunvegan Bridge across Peace River — 55°55′16″N 118°36′16″W / 55.921231°N 118.604388°W | ||||
M.D. of Spirit River No. 133 | Rycroft | 1,210 | 750 | Hwy 49 west – Spirit River, Dawson Creek Hwy 49 east – Falher, Donnelly, Valleyview |
55°45′28″N 118°41′48″W / 55.75778°N 118.69667°W | ||
Saddle Hills County | | 1,227 | 762 | Hwy 677 east | Hwy 677 concurrency begins 55°36′25″N 118°41′55″W / 55.60694°N 118.69861°W |
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| 1,228 | 763 | Hwy 677 west – Woking | Hwy 677 concurrency ends 55°35′32″N 118°41′55″W / 55.59222°N 118.69861°W |
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County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | | 1,254 | 779 | Divided highway begins | |||
| 1,256 | 780 | Hwy 59 west – Buffalo Lake, La Glace Hwy 674 east – Teepee Creek |
55°22′27″N 118°46′10″W / 55.37417°N 118.76944°W | |||
Sexsmith | 1,258 | 782 | 100 Avenue | Sexsmith north access 55°21′09″N 118°46′10″W / 55.352473°N 118.769450°W |
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1,259 | 782 | 95 Avenue | Sexsmith south access 55°20′42″N 118°46′10″W / 55.345092°N 118.769422°W |
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| 1,262 | 784 | Hwy 672 west – Hythe | 55°18′59″N 118°47′32″W / 55.316498°N 118.792136°W | |||
Clairmont | 1,269 | 789 | 100 Avenue | 55°15′28″N 118°47′48″W / 55.257800°N 118.796572°W | |||
1,271 | 790 | 84 Avenue | 55°14′36″N 118°47′45″W / 55.243297°N 118.795909°W | ||||
1,273 | 791 | Hwy 43 – Valleyview, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek Hwy 43X west |
Hwy 2 ends 55°13′44″N 118°47′44″W / 55.228971°N 118.795469°W |
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Continues as Hwy 43 west (100 Street) – Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also[edit]
- Calgary and Edmonton Trail
- CANAMEX Corridor
- Pan-American Highway
- Transportation in Calgary
- Transportation in Edmonton
References[edit]
- ^ Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 1
- ^ Department of Public Works (1939). "Highway Map of Province of Alberta Canada" (PDF). Retrieved April 14, 2010.
- ^ Government of Alberta—CANAMEX Trade corridor
- ^ Microsoft Streets and Tips (Map) (2004 ed.). Microsoft Corporation Redmond Washington.
- ^ "Northern Woods and Water Route, Canada". PlanetWare Inc. 1995–2009.
- ^ Alberta Road Atlas (2005 ed.). Oshawa, ON: MapArt Publishing Corp. pp. 32, 33, 34, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 56, 64, 70, 76, and 82.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Provincial Highways 500 - 986 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ a b "HIGHWAYS 2 and 3 Fort Macleod Bypass Functional Planning Study" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. McElhanney. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Highway 2 / Gaetz Avenue Interchange" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Gaetz Ave / QEII Interchange" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
External links[edit]
- 2015 Provincial Highways 1 - 216 Series Progress Chart (map, 8 MB) by Alberta Transportation.
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