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9
Alberta provincial highway 9 is an East-West highway through central Alberta. It spans from the Alberta-Saskatchewan border to Highway 1 a few km east of the city of Calgary. Located south of Highway 12, it runs parallel to it. From East to West it begins a few km west of Alsask, and passes through Sibbald, just north of Oyen (where it crosses Highway 41), through Cereal (where it crosses Highway 886), Chinook, Youngstown (where it crosses Highway 884), Scotfield, Richdale, and Hanna (where it crosses Highway 36 to the east of Hanna). It continues west passing the entrance to Craigmyle, and Delia (where it crosses Highway 851). 24 km farther west it meets Highway 56 (just east of Morrin) and turns south through Munson to Drumheller where it turns west again to Beiseker (where it meets Highway 806 and Highway 72) and proceeds south through Irricana, Keoma, and Kathyrn until it meets Highway 1 about 20 km west of Strathmore.
Over the past few years, the province of Alberta has executed a number of upgrades to the highway, widening shoulders and realigning the road (most recently just west of Drumheller, although the new alignment now bypasses the Horseshoe Canyon landmark as a result). As of 2006, however, the province has yet to twin any stretch of the busy highway, and there have been calls for interchanges to be built at its junctions with Highway 21 and the Trans-Canada due to the number of fatal automobile accidents that have happened at these locations.
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