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Calgary is also a major Canadian transportation centre and a central cargo hub for freight in and out of north-western North America. The city sits at the junction between the "Canamex" highway system and the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1 in Alberta). As a prairie city, Calgary has never had any major impediments to growth.
Bow Trail is an expressway in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta.It gets its name from the Bow River, which runs through the city north of the road itself.It runs from downtown Calgary, where the westbound traffic continues from 6 Avenue SW and eastbound traffic becomes 9 Avenue SW, to 85 Street SW.
Well known for its frequent rush hour congestion and collisions, traffic levels have steadily increased as Calgary's population has tripled to over 1.3 million since 1971. 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 ]
East of Deerfoot Trail , McKnight Boulevard becomes an expressway, with speed limits ranging between 70 and 80 km/h (43–50 mph), to the city limits east of Stoney Trail NE (Highway 201). [ 4 ] It is named for William Lidstone McKnight (1918–1941), a World War II flying ace with the Royal Air Force who had spent much of his childhood in ...
Crowchild Trail is a major expressway in western Calgary, Alberta.The segment from the 12 Mile Coulee Road at the edge of the city to 16 Avenue NW (Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 1) is designated as Highway 1A by Alberta Transportation (although inside the City of Calgary the 1A designation is not signed except at the Alberta Transportation–built interchange with Stoney Trail).
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Macleod Trail going into downtown Calgary (2010) Macleod Trail in downtown Calgary (2011) Macleod Trail is a major road in Calgary , Alberta . It is a six- to eight-lane principal arterial road extending from downtown Calgary to the south of the city, where it merges into Highway 2 .
From 2002–2010, the City of Calgary widened it to a six lane urban boulevard between removing buildings along south side of 16 Avenue N between 10 Street NW and 6 Street NE. [ 12 ] After the projected completion of the Bowfort Road interchange in summer 2017, 16 Avenue NW became a freeway west of Sarcee Trail to its western terminus.