Alberta provincial highway 1
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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] Mile by mile
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
- 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
- 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 16th Avenue North
- 332 km crosses Highway 2
- 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 BC 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 14th Street West and again on a short section around 45th Street West), 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.
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 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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| 1 | 1A | 1X | 2 | 2A | 3 | 3A | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11A | 12 | 13 | 13A | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16A | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 20A | 21 | 22 | 22X | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28A | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 41A | 42 | 43 | 44 | |||
| 45 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64A | 66 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 88 | 93 | 93A | 100 | 201 | 216 | |||
Highway designations of the Trans-Canada Highway
British Columbia: Highway 1 • Highway 16 Alberta: Highway 1 • Highway 16 Saskatchewan: Highway 1 • Highway 16 Manitoba: Highway 1 • Highway 16 • Highway 100 Ontario: Highway 17 • Highway 69 • Highway 400 • Highway 12 • Highway 7 • Highway 417 • Highway 71 • Highway 11 • Highway 66 • Highway 17 • Highway 417 Québec: Autoroute 40 • Autoroute 25 • Autoroute 20 • Autoroute 85 • Route 185 • Route 117 • Autoroute 15 New Brunswick: Route 2 • Route 16 Prince Edward Island: Highway 1 Nova Scotia: Highway 104 • Highway 105 • Highway 106 Newfoundland: Highway 1
