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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).
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]
Deerfoot Trail (Alberta Highway 2). A major north-south freeway in eastern Calgary that forms of key segment of Highway 2, the provinces main north south highway and a part of the CANAMEX Corridor. The first section of the roadway opened in 1971 but the whole route was not rendered a freeway until the last signal light was removed in 2005.
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
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]
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]
Highway 567 begins at its intersection with Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), 10 km north of the Town of Cochrane, and travels eastward past Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, to Highway 772 (Symons Valley Road) where it jogs north for 3 km before it continues east through the City of Airdrie and intersects Highway 2. The highway ends at Highway 9, 4 ...
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.