- Alberta Highway 1
Infobox road
state=AB
type=Hwy
route=1
alternate_name=Trans-Canada Highway
map_custom = yes
length_km=522
length_round=0
length_ref=Fact|date=August 2007
established=1962Fact|date=August 2007
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus=jct|state=BC|Hwy|1 towardsGolden, BC
junction=jct|state=AB|Hwy|93 near Banff
ending_terminus=jct|state=SK|Hwy|1 towardsGull Lake, SK
previous_type=Hwy
previous_route=216
next_type=Hwy
next_route=1AHighway 1 is southern
Alberta 's primary east-west highway. It is 522 km (324 miles) long in Alberta. It is part of theTrans-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.Major junctions
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 untilStoney Trail is completed will a high-speed route exist across the city.Photo gallery
ee also
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Trans-Canada Highway
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