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Highway 797 is a highway in the Calgary Region that functions as a southern extension of Highway 9. It presently is in two segments; the 6.5 km (4.0 mi) northern segment runs from Highway 560 ( Glenmore Trail ) in Langdon to the Trans-Canada Highway , while the 2.9 km (1.8 mi) southern section is unsigned and runs from Highway 552 to the south ...
Transport in Edmonton is fairly typical for a Canadian city of its size, involving air, rail, road and public transit. With very few natural barriers to growth and largely flat to gently rolling terrain bisected by a deep river valley, the city of Edmonton has expanded to cover an area of nearly 768 km 2 (297 sq mi), of which only two-thirds is built-up, while the metropolitan area covers ...
Trans-Canada Highway: c. 1941: current Signed with Trans-Canada Highway shield; passes through Banff, Calgary, and Medicine Hat. Highway 1A: 51: 32 Highway 1 (TCH) at Lake Louise: Highway 1 (TCH) west of Banff: Bow Valley Parkway — — Former section of Highway 1. Highway 1A: 89: 55 Highway 1 (TCH) in Canmore: Highway 1 (TCH) in Calgary
The National Highway System (French: Réseau routier national) in Canada is a federal designation for a strategic transport network of highways and freeways. [1] The system includes but is not limited to the Trans-Canada Highway, [1] and currently consists of 38,098 kilometres (23,673 mi) of roadway designated under one of three classes: Core Routes, Feeder Routes, and Northern and Remote Routes.
St. Albert Trail is a major arterial road connecting the cities of Edmonton and St. Albert, Alberta.It is part of a 40-kilometre-long (25 mi) continuous roadway that runs through Sherwood Park, Edmonton, and St. Albert that includes Wye Road, Sherwood Park Freeway, Whyte Avenue, portions of University Avenue and Saskatchewan Drive, and Groat Road.
Edmonton's population grew rapidly in the decades after the Second World War, going from 160,000 residents in 1951 to 451,000 in 1976. [10] During the 1960s and early 1970s, city-commissioned studies recommended a number of city-wide transportation systems such as heavy rail transit lines, and freeway networks. [10]
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 16, commonly referred to as Highway 16, is a major east–west highway in central Alberta, Canada, connecting Jasper to Lloydminster via Edmonton. It forms a portion of the Yellowhead Highway , a major interprovincial route of the Trans-Canada Highway system that stretches from Masset , British Columbia, to ...
The Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) (previously known as Edmonton Transit System) is the public transit service owned and operated by the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It operates Edmonton's bus and light rail systems. In 2024, the system had a ridership of 101,043,800, or about 354,200 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2024.