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In c. 1973, the numbered secondary highway system appeared, with the road between Cochrane and Highway 27 being designated as Highway 922 (the paved section between Cremona and Bottrel became Highway 22) while the road between Priddis and Bragg Creek was briefly designated as Highway 553, [7] becoming Highway 922 in 1975. [8]
Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park: Highway 22 / Highway 762 south of Bragg Creek — — Highway 68: 37: 23 Highway 40 at Bow Valley Provincial Park: Highway 1 (TCH) east of Morley: Sibbald Creek Trail — — Highway 72: 33: 21 Highway 2 / Highway 2A south of Crossfield: Highway 9 / Highway 806 at Beiseker: c. 1980 s: current Former Highway 572.
By 1928, the year a gravel road stretched from Edmonton to the United States border, Alberta's provincial highway network comprised 2,310 km (1,440 mi). [ 9 ] Prior to 1973, the expanding highway system comprised one-digit and two-digit highways, with some numbers having letter suffixes (e.g., Highway 1X, Highway 26A). [ 10 ]
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). [2] Exit numbering along Highway 1 began in 2005.
Another former segment of Forestry Trunk Road, now the third segment of Highway 40, begins at Highway 1A to the west of Cochrane and ends 46 km (29 mi) later at an intersection with Highway 579. Highway 40 continues as the central remaining segment of Forestry Trunk Road for 27 km (17 mi) to a point 8 km (5.0 mi) prior to the Red Deer River.
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 66, commonly referred to as Highway 66, is an east–west highway in central Alberta, Canada. In the east, Highway 66 begins at an intersection with Highways 22 and 762 south of the Hamlet of Bragg Creek and ends 28 km (17 mi) to the west at the Little Elbow Recreation Area.
Highway 40 is a south–north highway in western Alberta, Canada. [2] It is also named Bighorn Highway and Kananaskis Trail in Kananaskis Country . Its segmented sections extend from Coleman in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass northward to the City of Grande Prairie and is currently divided into four sections.
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 11, commonly referred to as Highway 11 and officially named the David Thompson Highway, is a provincial highway in central Alberta, Canada. It runs for 318 km (198 mi) from Highway 93 at Saskatchewan River Crossing near Mount Sarbach in Banff National Park east to Highway 12 near Nevis .