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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.
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]
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.
Between 1964 and 1972, a completely new route from Calgary to Canmore was built. The route included new overpasses, bridges, the Canmore Bypass, and a 4-lane divided highway. In 1976, Parks Canada began twinning Highway 1 through Banff National Park, with the highway twinned to Banff by 1985 and to Castle Junction by 1997. [12]
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 ]
Big Hill Springs Road, Veterans Boulevard: Route information; Maintained by Alberta Transportation, City of Airdrie: Length: 64.5 km (40.1 mi) Major junctions; West end: Highway 22 north of Cochrane: Highway 772 north of Calgary Highway 2 in Airdrie: East end: Highway 9 near Irricana: Location; Country: Canada: Province: Alberta
I-15 on the American side joins Alberta Highway 4 on the Canadian side. Similarly, BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) connect. A primary conduit for cross border trade estimated at CA$6 billion, it is the busiest crossing for both the province of Alberta and state of Montana, and among the busiest west of the Great Lakes. [2]
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.