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Much of Highway 2 is a core route in the National Highway System of Canada: between Fort Macleod and Edmonton and between Donnelly and Grimshaw. The speed limit along most parts of the highway between Fort Macleod and Morinville is 110 km/h (68 mph), and in urban areas, such as through Claresholm, Nanton, Calgary and Edmonton, it ranges from 50 km/h (31 mph) to 110 km/h (68 mph).
Alberta Highway 2, also known as the Queen Elizabeth II Highway or QE2, is the busiest highway in Alberta and forms the central spine of the corridor.. A Canadian Pacific Kansas City rail line, originally built by the Calgary and Edmonton Railway in 1891, roughly parallels the highway. [5]
Tchester.org: Angeles Crest Highway (SR—2) Road Guide; Cycling on Angeles Crest Highway; Geocities page on Angeles Crest Highway (Archived) 2009-10-25). Angeles Crest Highway news: Los Angeles Times—"Man About Town" column: "Rough and humble on the Angeles Crest Highway" March 2006 Storm Damage Photos; Wikinews: Story on JPL van accident
A nearly 21-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest reopened this week, after it was closed for nearly eight months from winter storm damage.
The mostly six-lane freeway is Alberta's busiest road with volume reaching nearly 160,000 vehicles per day at Memorial Drive in 2022, twice that for which it was designed. [2] The province of Alberta has been fiscally responsible for the road since 2000 but now seeks to offload maintenance and future improvement costs to the city of Calgary.
Highway 2A runs adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth II Highway between Calgary and Edmonton, although it does not enter either city. Highway 2A generally runs parallel to the Canadian Pacific Railway Calgary-Edmonton line, which runs to the west of Highway 2 between Crossfield and Red Deer, and to the east of Highway 2 between Red Deer and Leduc.
Former section of Highway 2. Highway 2A: 229: 142 Highway 2 / Highway 72 east of Crossfield: Highway 2 in Leduc: 1954: current Former section of Highway 2; passes through Red Deer Highway 2A: 15: 9.3 Highway 2 south of Hondo: Smith — — Former section of Highway 2. Highway 2A: 27: 17 Highway 2 west of High Prairie: Highway 49 south of Guy
Originally Highway 2 followed Calgary Trail and 104 Street to Whyte (82) Avenue before turning west to 109 Street, then crossing the High Level Bridge and eventually connecting with St. Albert Trail. In the mid-1980s, in an effort to bypass downtown, the Highway 2 designation was moved to Whitemud Drive; [21] however, "To Highway 2 south" guide ...