Alberta Highway 1

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Highway 1
Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Length: 534 km[2] (332 mi)
Existed: 1941[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: B.C. border at Kicking Horse Pass
continues west as BC 1
  Hwy 93 at Lake Louise
Hwy 40 near Seebe
Hwy 22 near Cochrane
Hwy 201 in Calgary
Hwy 2 in Calgary
Hwy 9 near Langdon
Hwy 24 near Cheadle
Hwy 21 near Strathmore
Hwy 56 at Crowfoot
Hwy 36 near Brooks
Hwy 3 in Medicine Hat
Hwy 41 near Dunmore
East end: Saskatchewan border near Walsh
continues east as Hwy 1 (TCH)
Location
Specialized
and rural
municipalities:		 I.D. No. 9, Bighorn No. 8 M.D., Kananaskis I.D., Rocky View County, Wheatland County, Newell County, Cypress County
Major cities: Calgary, Brooks, Chestermere, Medicine Hat
Towns: Banff, Canmore, Strathmore, Bassano, Redcliff
Highway system

Provincial highways in Alberta

← Hwy 986 Hwy 1A →

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 1,[3] or Trans-Canada Highway 1, is the main east-west highway traversing southern Alberta, Canada. It is designated a core route in Canada's National Highway System[4] and spans approximately 534 km (332 mi) from Alberta's border with British Columbia in the west to its border with Saskatchewan in the east.[2][5] The route is divided throughout the province (twinning of the final 8.5 km (5.3 mi) of Highway 1 between Lake Louise and the British Columbia border was completed by Parks Canada and opened to traffic on June 12, 2014), with a minimum of two lanes in each direction.[2][6]

Route description[edit]

Banff National Park[edit]

British Columbia Highway 1 becomes Alberta Highway 1 as it crosses Kicking Horse Pass into Alberta.[2] It generally travels in a southeast direction along the Bow River through Banff National Park (Improvement District No. 9), passing by the Hamlet of Lake Louise and the Town of Banff.[5] The segment of Highway 1 through the national park is maintained by the Government of Canada.[7]

Banff National Park to Calgary[edit]

Upon exiting Banff National Park, Highway 1 is maintained by Alberta Transportation for 91 km (57 mi) until it reaches the City of Calgary.[5][8] This segment of the highway generally travels in an east direction through the rural municipalities of the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 and Rocky View County.[9] It also briefly crosses a portion of Kananaskis Improvement District.[9] For urban communities, this segment passes by the Hamlet of Harvie Heights, through the Town of Canmore, and by the hamlets of Dead Man's Flats and Lac des Arcs.[5] Highway 1A, the original Highway 1 from Canmore to Calgary, is an alternate route to this segment of Highway 1, providing access to the Hamlet of Exshaw, the Summer Village of Ghost Lake, and the Town of Cochrane.[5]

Calgary[edit]

Within Calgary, Highway 1 is named 16 Avenue North[2] and maintained by the City of Calgary. Certain stretches of 16 Avenue North function as either a freeway or an expressway, while other stretches function as an urban arterial road, particularly between Bow River and Bowness Road and between Crowchild Trail and Deerfoot Trail where there are numerous at-grade intersections. As a result, speed limits on 16 Avenue North drop as low as 50 km/h (31 mph). The recently completed northwest and northeast legs of Stoney Trail (Highway 201) provide an alternate higher speed route across the city. The length of Highway 1 within Calgary is 27 km (17 mi).

Calgary to Medicine Hat[edit]

Upon exiting Calgary, Highway 1 is maintained by Alberta Transportation for 273 km (170 mi) until it reaches the City of Medicine Hat.[5][8] This segment of the highway generally travels in a southeast direction through the rural municipalities of Rocky View County, Wheatland County, the County of Newell, and Cypress County.[9] For urban communities, this segment passes through the City of Chestermere and the Town of Strathmore, by the Town of Bassano, the City of Brooks, and the Hamlet of Suffield, and through the Town of Redcliff.[5] Highway 1A, the original Highway 1 from Calgary to Chestermere, is an alternate route to initial portion of this segment of Highway 1.[5]

Medicine Hat[edit]

Within the City of Medicine Hat, Highway 1 is named Trans Canada Highway and maintained by Alberta Transportation.[8] Stretches of the highway function as a freeway, while stretches between the South Saskatchewan River and Seven Persons Creek function as an urban arterial road. One at-grade intersection exists beyond 13 Avenue SE at Dunmore Road/South Boundary Road before exiting the city. The length of Highway 1 within Medicine Hat is 13 km (8.1 mi).[5]

Medicine Hat to Saskatchewan[edit]

Upon exiting Medicine Hat, Highway 1 is maintained by Alberta Transportation for 48 km (30 mi) until it enters the Province of Saskatchewan,[5][8] continuing as Saskatchewan Highway 1.[2] This segment of the highway generally travels in an east direction through Cypress County.[9] For urban communities, this segment passes through the Hamlet of Dunmore and by the hamlets of Irvine and Walsh.[5]

History[edit]

A review of historical Alberta Official Road Maps shows that Highway 1 was numbered Highway 2 prior to 1941 (while Highway 2 as it is known today was numbered Highway 1 prior to 1941).[1]

Exit numbering along Highway 1 began in 2005.[10][11] As of March 2010, only the stretch of Highway 1 between Banff National Park and Calgary had been assigned exit numbers.[5]

Future[edit]

Parks Canada completed twinning the final 8.5 km (5.3 mi) of Highway 1 between Lake Louise and the British Columbia border in 2014, with the new alignment opened to traffic on June 12 of that year.[6]

Planning is underway to realign Highway 1 around the Town of Strathmore.[12] Strathmore is the only low-speed signalized section of the highway between Calgary and Saskatchewan without a bypass plan.[13] The route under consideration for the realignment begins northwest of Gleichen, continuing west to run south of Eagle Lake and then continuing northwest where it will rejoin the existing alignment near Cheadle, between Highway 24 and Strathmore. The proposed plan also contemplates a link to the Highway 22X corridor.[13]

Construction of an interchange at Dunmore Road / South Boundary Road in Medicine Hat is expected to start in the fall of 2012, with completion estimated by the summer of 2014.[14]

Major intersections[edit]

Rural/specialized municipality Location km[2][5] mi Exit Destinations Notes
Continues as BC 1 west (Trans-Canada Highway) – Yoho National Park, Field, Golden, Kamloops
I.D. No. 9
(Banff National Park)		 ​ 0 0 Alberta – British Columbia border • West end of Banff National Park
Kicking Horse Pass (el. 1,627 m / 5,339 ft)
​ 6 3.7 Crosses Bow River
​ 7 4.3 Hwy 93 north (Icefields Parkway) – Saskatchewan River Crossing, Rocky Mountain House, Jasper Interchange
Alberta Highway 1.svg Hwy 93 concurrency begins
Lake Louise 10 6 Hwy 1A east (Bow Valley Parkway) / Lake Louise Drive west Interchange
​ 12 7 Crosses Bow River
Castle Junction 35 22 Hwy 93 south (Banff-Windermere Highway) – Radium Hot Springs, Invermere, Cranbrook
To Hwy 1A (Bow Valley Parkway)		 Interchange
Hwy 93 concurrency ends
​ 56 35 Sunshine Road to Sunshine Village Interchange
​ 59 37 Crosses Bow River
​ 59 37 Hwy 1A west (Bow Valley Parkway) Interchange
Banff 65 40 Mt. Norquay Road Interchange
69 43 Banff Avenue Interchange
​ 81 50 East gate of Banff National Park
M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 Harvie Heights 83 52 83 Harvie Heights Road Interchange
Canmore 86 53 86 Bow Valley Trail / Palliser Trail / Harvie Heights Road Interchange
86 53 Mountain Avenue Eastbound exit and entrance.
89 55 89 Palliser Trail Interchange
91 57 91 Hwy 1A east (Bow Valley Trail) – Exshaw, Morley, Cochrane Interchange
92 57 Crosses Bow River
93 58 93 Hwy 742 south (Three Sisters Parkway) Interchange
Dead Man's Flats 98 61 98 George Biggy Sr. Road Interchange
​ 105 65 105 Lac Des Arcs Interchange
Kananaskis I.D. ​ 114 71 114 Hwy 1X / Hwy 40 north (unsigned highway) – Exshaw Interchange
Hwy 40 concurrency begins (unsigned)
↑ / ↓ 115 71 Crosses Kananaskis River
Stoney I.R. Nos. 142, 143, and 144 ​ 118 73 118 Hwy 40 south (Kananaskis Trail) Interchange
Hwy 40 concurrency ends (unsigned)
​ 124 77 124 Interchange
Morley 131 81 131 Morley Road Interchange
​ 137 85 137 Bear Hill Road Interchange
Rocky View County ​ 143 89 143 Hwy 68 south (Sibbald Creek Trail) Interchange
​ 156 97 156 Jumping Pound Road Interchange
​ 161 100 161 Hwy 22 (Cowboy Trail) – Cochrane, Bragg Creek Interchange
Springbank 169 105 169 Range Road 33 – Calaway Park Interchange
​ 172 107 172 Hwy 563 east (Old Banff Coach Road) Interchange
Becomes 16 Avenue N
City of Calgary 176 109 Valley Ridge Boulevard / Crestmont Boulevard Interchange
177 110 177 Hwy 201 north / Stoney Trail (Exit 36) Interchange
179 111 Canada Olympic Drive / Bowfort Road – Canada Olympic Park Interchange under construction
180 110 Sarcee Trail to Hwy 2 south Interchange
Freeway ends
181 112 Crosses Bow River
183 114 Shaganappi Trail / Memorial Drive / Bowness Road Interchange
183.5 114.0 West Campus Boulevard – Alberta Children's Hospital Interchange
184 114 29 Street NW / Uxbridge Drive – Foothills Medical Centre
185 115 University Drive – McMahon Stadium, University of Calgary
To Crowchild Trail south		 Interchange
186 116 Banff Trail
To Hwy 1A west / Crowchild Trail north
187 116 14 Street NW – City Centre
188 117 10 Street NW
189.5 117.7 Centre Street N
190 120 Edmonton Trail
192 119 Hwy 2 / Deerfoot Trail – Calgary International Airport, Red Deer, Edmonton, Fort Macleod (Exit 258)
Expressway begins
194 121 Barlow Trail Interchange
195 121 36 Street NE – Peter Lougheed Centre Interchange
197 122 52 Street NE Interchange
199 124 68 Street NE
200 120 Hwy 201 / Stoney Trail (Exit 78) Interchange
16 Avenue N ends
Rocky View County Chestermere 208 129 Chestermere Boulevard (Former Hwy 1A) Interchange
212 132 Hwy 791 (Range Road 280) – Delacour, Indus
​ 219 136 Hwy 9 north – Drumheller, Hanna, Saskatoon
Hwy 797 south – Langdon		 Interchange
Wheatland County ​ 228 142 Hwy 24 south – Cheadle, Lethbridge
Strathmore 238 148 Hwy 817 (Wheatland Trail) – Ardenode, Carseland
​ 248 154 Hwy 21 north – Rockyford, Three Hills
​ 260 160 Hwy 561 east – Hussar
Gleichen 278 173 Hwy 547 west – Arrowwood, Mossleigh
282 175 Hwy 901 west
​ 292 181 Hwy 842 – Chancellor, Cluny, Milo
​ 308 191 Hwy 56 north – Drumheller, Stettler
Newell County Bassano 324 201 11th Street Eastbound exit only.
327 203 6th Avenue
330 210 Hwy 550 east / Township Road 212 west – Rosemary
​ 364 226 Hwy 36 (Veteran Memorial Highway) – Hanna, Taber
Brooks 373 232 Hwy 873 (2nd Street W) – Duchess Interchange
376 234 Hwy 542 west / Cassils Road Interchange
​ 385 239 Hwy 875 south – Rolling Hills, Hays
​ 394 245 Hwy 876 – Tilley, Patricia
Cypress County Suffield 439 273 Hwy 884 north – CFB Suffield, Ralston, Jenner
​ 465 289 Hwy 524 west – Hays, Vauxhall
Redcliff 470 290 Mitchell Street
471 293 Broadway Avenue
City of Medicine Hat 476 296 Box Springs Road Interchange
477 296 3 Street NW Interchange
478 297 Crosses South Saskatchewan River
478 297 1 Street SW Proposed interchange
480 300 Gershaw Drive
Hwy 3 west (Crowsnest Highway) – Bow Island, Taber, Lethbridge
Hwy 41A east – City Centre		 Interchange
482 300 College Avenue / South Ridge Drive Interchange
483 300 13 Avenue SE Interchange
485 301 Dunmore Road / South Boundary Road Interchange
Cypress County Dunmore 492 306 Eagle Butte Road
​ 494 307 Hwy 41 north (Buffalo Trail) – Oyen, Consort Alberta Highway 1.svg Hwy 41 concurrency begins
​ 510 320 Hwy 41 south (Buffalo Trail) – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Wild Horse Hwy 41 concurrency ends
Irvine 514 319 Wilhelm Street
Walsh 531 330 4 Avenue
​ 534 332 Alberta – Saskatchewan border
Continues as Hwy 1 (TCH) east (Trans-Canada Highway) – Maple Creek, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Regina

Photo gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Department of Public Works (1939). "Highway Map of Province of Alberta Canada" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-04-14. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Alberta Official Road Map (Map) (2011 ed.). Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. § L–3, L-4, L–5, L–6, M–6, M–7, M–8, and N–8. 
  3. ^ Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 1 
  4. ^ "National Highway System". Transport Canada. 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2011-02-12. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "2010 Provincial Highways 1 - 216 Series Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2005. Retrieved 2011-02-12. 
  6. ^ a b "Crews complete twinning of Trans-Canada through Banff National Park". CTV Calgary. 2014-06-13. Retrieved 2014-06-13. 
  7. ^ "The Trans-Canada Highway". Transport Canada. 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  8. ^ a b c d "August 2009 Contract Maintenance of Provincial Highways" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  9. ^ a b c d "Alberta Provincial Highway Projects". Alberta Transportation. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  10. ^ "Exit Numbering – Recommended Practices" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. November 2004. Retrieved 2011-02-12. 
  11. ^ "TSB Newsletter – Volume 4, Issue 1" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2005. Retrieved 2011-02-12. 
  12. ^ "Highway 1 Alignment and Area Network East of Calgary, Highway 842 to Highway 797, Planning Study". Alberta Transportation. Retrieved 2010-04-14. 
  13. ^ a b "Open House #1 - Highway 1 Alignment and Area Network, Highway 842 to Highway 797 Planning Study" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. Retrieved 2010-04-14. 
  14. ^ "Dunmore Road interchange drives forward in Medicine Hat". Government of Alberta. 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-02-29. 

External links[edit]

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Preceded by
BC Highway 1		 Trans-Canada Highway
Highway 1		 Succeeded by
SK Highway 1
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Portions of the Trans-Canada Highway
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