Alberta Highway 1
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| Highway 1 |
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| Trans-Canada Highway | |||||||||
| Length: | 522 km[citation needed] (324 mi) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1962[citation needed] | ||||||||
| West end: | Hwy 1 towards Golden, BC | ||||||||
| Major junctions: |
Hwy 93 near Banff Hwy 2 in Calgary Hwy 36 near Brooks Hwy 3 in Medicine Hat |
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| East end: | Hwy 1 towards Gull Lake, SK | ||||||||
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Highway 1 is southern Alberta's primary east-west highway. It is 522 km (324 miles) long in Alberta. It is part of the Trans-Canada Highway system and spans from the Alberta-Saskatchewan border to the Alberta-British Columbia border. Almost the entire span of the highway is divided with a minimum of two lanes in each direction.
[edit] Major junctions
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| km | Description |
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| 0 km | It begins at the Saskatchewan border. |
| 2 km | passes by the hamlet of Walsh |
| 20 km | passes by the hamlet of Irving |
| 25 km | Highway 41 branches off to the south |
| 36 km | Highway 41 branches off to the north |
| 41 km | passes by the hamlet of Dunmore |
| 55 km | passes through Medicine Hat |
| 63 km | passes by the town of Redcliff |
| 72 km | Highway 524 branches off to the west |
| 94 km | passes by the hamlet of Suffield |
| 95 km | crosses Highway 884 leading to the hamlet of Ralston about 4 km to the north |
| 140 km | crosses Highway 876 leading to the village of Tilley about 5 km to the south |
| 149 km | Highway 875 branches off to the south |
| 159 km | crosses Highway 542 leading to the city of Brooks to the west |
| 161 km | crosses Highway 873 leading to the city of Brooks to the south |
| 169 km | crosses Highway 36 |
| 207 km | Highway 550 branches off to the east |
| 210 km | passes by the town of Bassano |
| 228 km | Highway 56 branches off to the north |
| 244 km | crosses Highway 842 leading to the hamlet of Cluny to the south |
| 258 km | passes by the hamlet of Gleichen where Highway 901 branches off to the west and Highway 547 branches off to the south |
| 275 km | Highway 561 branches off to the east |
| 288 km | Highway 21 branches off to the north |
| 296 km | passes through the town of Strathmore as it crosses Highway 817 |
| 306 km | Highway 24 branches off to the south toward Cheadle |
| 316 km | passes by the town of Chestermere where Highway 1A branches off to the west at the outskirts of Calgary and Highway 1 becomes 16 Ave. N.E. |
| 332 km | crosses Highway 2 (Deerfoot Trail) |
| 338 km | Highway 1A branches off to the northwest as a section of Crowchild Trail N.W. in Calgary |
| 369 km | crosses Highway 22 |
| 433 km | passes by the town of Canmore |
| 469 km | passes by the town of Banff |
| 492 km | Highway 93 (as Banff-Windermere Parkway, then British Columbia Highway 93) branches off to the south |
| 520 km | passes by Lake Louise where Highway 93 (as Icefield Parkway) branches off to the north |
| 522 km | reaches the British Columbia border |
One major bottleneck exists in Calgary, where the highway becomes a congested urban arterial road (especially between Deerfoot Trail and 14 St. N.W. and again on a short section around 45 St. N.W.), and speed limits drop as low as 50 km/h (30 mph). While some road widening is underway, not until Stoney Trail is completed will a high-speed route exist across the city.
[edit] Photo gallery
 Wildlife overpass, eastbound in the Banff National Park |
 Westbound to the Rocky Mountains |
 Eastbound near Canmore |
[edit] See also
| Preceded by BC Highway 1 |
Trans-Canada Highway AB Highway 1 |
Succeeded by SK Highway 1 |
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