Route information | ||||
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Auxiliary route of Hwy 2 | ||||
Maintained by Alberta Ministry of Transportation | ||||
Southern Alberta segment | ||||
Length | 46 km [1] (29 mi) | |||
South end | Hwy 23 in High River | |||
Major intersections | Hwy 7 at Okotoks | |||
North end | Hwy 201 in Calgary | |||
Central Alberta segment | ||||
Length | 229 km [1] (142 mi) | |||
South end | Hwy 2 / Hwy 72 near Crossfield | |||
Major intersections | Hwy 27 in Olds Hwy 42 in Penhold Hwy 2 in Red Deer Hwy 11 in Red Deer Hwy 11A in Red Deer Hwy 12 in Lacombe Hwy 53 in Ponoka Hwy 13 in Wetaskiwin | |||
North end | Hwy 2 in Leduc | |||
Northern Alberta segments | ||||
Length | 53 km [1] (33 mi) Sexsmith 15 km (9 mi) High Prairie 27 km (17 mi) Grimshaw 11 km (7 mi) | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Alberta | |||
Specialized and rural municipalities | Foothills County, Rocky View County, Mountain View County, Red Deer County, Lacombe County, Ponoka County, Wetaskiwin No. 10 County, Leduc County, Lesser Slave River No. 124 M.D., Big Lakes County, Smoky River No. 130 M.D., Peace No. 135 M.D. | |||
Major cities | Calgary, Red Deer, Lacombe, Wetaskiwin, Leduc | |||
Towns | High River, Okotoks, Crossfield, Carstairs, Olds, Bowden, Innisfail, Penhold, Blackfalds, Ponoka, Millet, Grimshaw | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Alberta Provincial Highway No. 2A [2] is the designation of six alternate routes off Highway 2 in Alberta, Canada. In general, these are original sections of Highway 2, such as the southern portion of Macleod Trail in Calgary. They passed through communities before limited-access freeways were built to shorten driving distance, accommodate heavier volumes and to bypass city traffic. Portions of the alignment of Highway 2A follow the route of the former Calgary and Edmonton Trail.
Highway 2A currently begins in the Town of High River and follows 12 Avenue SE and Centre Street before passing by Aldersyde and intersecting Highway 7. The highway then travels westward to the Town of Okotoks, where it branches north and follows Southridge Drive and Northridge Drive through Okotoks before rejoining Highway 2 near De Winton. In 2003, it was extended north by sharing a common alignment with Highway 2 for 3 km (2 mi) until it splits to Deerfoot Trail (Highway 2) Macleod Trail (Highway 2A) and ends in the City of Calgary at Stoney Trail (Highway 201). Macleod Trail continues north into downtown Calgary but does not carry a highway designation. [3]
Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Foothills County | High River | −1.6 | −0.99 | Hwy 23 east – Vulcan | Continues east |
Hwy 2 – Calgary, Fort Macleod, Lethbridge | Interchange (exit 194 on Hwy 2) | ||||
0.0 | 0.0 | 10 Street SE | Becomes Hwy 23 ; former Hwy 2A south | ||
1.5 | 0.93 | Centre Street / 12 Avenue SE | Roundabout; Hwy 2A branches north | ||
2.8 | 1.7 | Crosses the Highwood River | |||
5.1 | 3.2 | Hwy 543 west / 498 Avenue E east – Longview | |||
Aldersyde | 15.8 | 9.8 | Hwy 7 east to Hwy 2 / Hwy 547 – Mossleigh, Calgary, Fort Macleod | South end of Hwy 7 concurrency; Hwy 2A turns west; exit 209 on Hwy 2 | |
Okotoks | 20.1 | 12.5 | 32 Street E | ||
21.8 | 13.5 | Hwy 7 west – Black Diamond, Turner Valley Southridge Drive (Hwy 783 south) | Hwy 2A branches north; north end of Hwy 7 concurrency | ||
24.1 | 15.0 | Crosses the Sheep River (North end of Southridge Drive • South end of Northridge Drive) | |||
24.6 | 15.3 | Elizabeth Street (Hwy 549 west) – Millarville | |||
| 32.0 | 19.9 | 290 Avenue E – De Winton | ||
33.0 | 20.5 | Hwy 552 east Hwy 2 south – Fort Macleod, Lethbridge | Interchange (exit 222 on Hwy 2); Hwy 2A branches northwest; south end of Hwy 2 concurrency | ||
35.6 | 22.1 | Hwy 2 north (Deerfoot Trail) – Calgary | Partial Interchange (exit 225 on Hwy 2); northbound exit, southbound entrance; north end of Hwy 2 concurrency | ||
38.4 | 23.9 | Dunbow Road – De Winton, Heritage Pointe | Northbound access to Hwy 552 | ||
↑ / ↓ | | 40.4 | 25.1 | Hwy 552 south (226 Avenue S) – De Winton, Calgary | Southbound right in/right out |
City of Calgary | 42.6 | 26.5 | 210 Avenue S – Calgary | ||
43.7 | 27.2 | 194 Avenue S – Calgary | |||
45.7 | 28.4 | Hwy 201 (Stoney Trail) – Calgary | |||
Macleod Trail – City Centre | Continues north | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Highway 2A runs adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth II Highway between Calgary and Edmonton, although it does not enter either city. Highway 2A generally runs parallel to the Canadian Pacific Railway Calgary-Edmonton line, which runs to the west of Highway 2 between Crossfield and Red Deer, and to the east of Highway 2 between Red Deer and Leduc. Highway 2A is divided into two subsections with a 13 km (8 mi) gap between Bowden and Innisfail. [4]
The first subsection of Highway 2A starts at the Highway 2 / Highway 72 interchange (Exit 295) and passes through the town of Crossfield, town of Carstairs, and by the town of Didsbury before entering the town of Olds along 46 Avenue and intersects Highway 27 (46 Street). The highway continues north to the town of Bowden before terminating at Highway 587, just west of Highway 2 (Exit 357). [1]
The second subsection begins in the town of Innisfail at Highway 590 (50 Street), just west of Highway 2 (Exit 368), along 42 Avenue. The highway continues north and passes through the town of Penhold before entering the city of Red Deer along Taylor Drive. The highway turns east along 19 Street and then north along Gaetz Avenue. Highway 2A splits into one-way couplets through downtown Red Deer, with northbound traffic following 49 Avenue and southbound traffic following portions of Gaetz Avenue and 51 Avenue. After crossing the Red Deer River, the one-way streets rejoin and intersect Highway 11 (67 Street) and Highway 11A, which forms Red Deer's northern city limit. The highway continues north through the town of Blackfalds and city of Lacombe. North of Lacombe, the highway rejoins Highway 2 and share the same alignment for 5 km (3 mi) before the highway branches northeast and passes through hamlet of Morningside, town of Ponoka, and hamlet of Maskwacis. The highway enters the city of Wetaskiwin along 56 Street and continues north through the town of Millet, by the hamlet of Kavanagh, and before it rejoins Highway 2 (Exit 516) in the city of Leduc.
Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Rocky View County | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hwy 72 east – Beiseker, Drumheller Hwy 2 – Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton | Interchange; Hwy 2 exit 295; continues as Hwy 72 | |||
2.1 | 1.3 | Dickson Stevenson Trail – Airdrie | ||||||
Crossfield | 6.4 | 4.0 | Hwy 574 west – Madden | |||||
| 11.3 | 7.0 | Acme Road (Township Road 292) to Hwy 2 – Acme | Hwy 2 exit 305 | ||||
Mountain View County | | 18.9 | 11.7 | Hwy 580 west – Cremona | ||||
Carstairs | 22.4 | 13.9 | Gough Road (Hwy 581 east) | |||||
Didsbury | 33.8 | 21.0 | Hwy 582 – Linden | |||||
Olds | 48.3 | 30.0 | 46 Street (Hwy 27) – Sundre, Three Hills | |||||
Red Deer County | | 62.2 | 38.6 | Hwy 2 south | Access from southbound Hwy 2 only (exit 353) | |||
Bowden | 66.4 | 41.3 | Hwy 587 to Hwy 2 | Adjacent to Hwy 2 / Hwy 587 interchange (Hwy 2 exit 357) | ||||
13 km (8 mi) gap in Hwy 2A | ||||||||
Red Deer County | Innisfail | 79.0 | 49.1 | 50 Street (Hwy 590 east) to Hwy 2 – Big Valley | Former Hwy 54 ; adjacent to Hwy 2 / Hwy 590 interchange (exit 368 on Hwy 2) | |||
Penhold | 92.7 | 57.6 | Hwy 42 east / Hwy 592 west – Pine Lake | |||||
Springbrook | 96.0 | 59.7 | Airport Drive (Township Road 372) – Airport | |||||
| 99.5 | 61.8 | McKenzie Road (Township Road 374) | |||||
102.9 | 63.9 | To Hwy 2 south – Calgary | Hwy 2 exit 394 | |||||
City of Red Deer | 103.6 | 64.4 | 19 Street to Hwy 2 north / Taylor Drive – Edmonton | Hwy 2 exit 395; Hwy 2A follows 19 Street | ||||
104.1 | 64.7 | 19 Street (Hwy 595 east) – Delburne Gaetz Avenue to Hwy 2 south – Calgary | Hwy 2A follows Gaetz Avenue | |||||
106.1 | 65.9 | 32 Street | ||||||
109.1 | 67.8 | Crosses the Red Deer River | ||||||
110.4 | 68.6 | 67 Street (Hwy 11) – Rocky Mountain House, Stettler | ||||||
113.6 | 70.6 | Hwy 11A west – Sylvan Lake | ||||||
Red Deer County | No major junctions | |||||||
↑ / ↓ | | 118.7 | 73.8 | Crosses the Blindman River | ||||
Lacombe County | Blackfalds | 120.0 | 74.6 | Hwy 597 – Joffre | Roundabout | |||
City of Lacombe | 132.3 | 82.2 | 50 Avenue (Hwy 12) – Bentley, Stettler | |||||
Lacombe County | | 138.4 | 86.0 | Hwy 2 south – Red Deer, Calgary | Interchange; Hwy 2 exit 431; south end of Hwy 2 concurrency | |||
144.0 | 89.5 | Hwy 2 north – Edmonton | Interchange; Hwy 2 exit 437; north end of Hwy 2 concurrency | |||||
Morningside | 146.9 | 91.3 | Hwy 597 west | |||||
Ponoka County | | 156.4 | 97.2 | Crosses the Battle River | ||||
Ponoka | 158.2 | 98.3 | Hwy 53 – Rimbey, Bashaw | |||||
Samson I.R. No. 137 | Maskwacis | 177.3 | 110.2 | Hwy 611 east – Ferintosh, New Norway | South end of Hwy 611 concurrency | |||
Ermineskin I.R. No. 138 | 180.1 | 111.9 | Hwy 611 west | North end of Hwy 611 concurrency | ||||
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 | No major junctions | |||||||
City of Wetaskiwin | 193.5 | 120.2 | Hwy 13 west (40 Avenue) / Hwy 613 east – Winfield | South end of Hwy 13 concurrency | ||||
196.7 | 122.2 | Hwy 13 east – Camrose | North end of Hwy 13 concurrency | |||||
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 | Millet | 209.5 | 130.2 | Hwy 616 west (45 Avenue) / Township Road 475 – Mulhurst | South end of Hwy 616 concurrency | |||
Leduc County | | 214.5 | 133.3 | Hwy 616 east – Armena | North end of Hwy 611 concurrency | |||
Kavanagh | 221.3 | 137.5 | Glen Park Road (Township Road 490) | |||||
City of Leduc | 227.2 | 141.2 | Southfork Drive / 50 Street | |||||
229.0 | 142.3 | Hwy 2 – Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary | Interchange; Hwy 2; exit 516 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Highway 2A | |
Length: | 15 km (9 mi) [1] |
South end: | Hwy 2 near Hondo |
North end: | Smith |
Highway 2A, known as Highway 2A:44 by Alberta Transportation, begins Highway 2 near the hamlet of Hondo and connects with hamlet of Smith. [3]
Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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M.D. of Lesser Slave River No. 124 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hwy 2 – Slave Lake, Edmonton | Southern terminus |
Hondo | 2.9 | 1.8 | Range Road 11A / Township Road 703A | ||
Smith | 14.7 | 9.1 | 1 Avenue S | ||
Old Smith Highway | Continues west | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Highway 2A | |
Length: | 27 km (17 mi) [1] |
East end: | Hwy 2 near High Prairie |
West end: | Hwy 49 near Guy |
Highway 2A, known as Highway 2A:54 by Alberta Transportation, begins at Highway 2 at the locality of Triangle, 15 km (9 mi) west of the Town of High Prairie, and connects with Highway 49 near the hamlet of Guy. [1] Prior to 1990, this section was signed as Highway 2 but was renumbered at the same time that Highway 34 was renumbered to Highway 43 (present day Highway 49) north of the Town of Valleyview. [5] [6]
This segment of Highway 2A is considered an alternate route of the Northern Woods and Water Route.
Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Big Lakes County | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hwy 2 – McLennan, High Prairie, Edmonton | |
M.D. of Smoky River No. 130 | | 5.9 | 3.7 | Hwy 747 south – Sunset House | Former Hwy 34 / Hwy 34A |
27.4 | 17.0 | Hwy 49 – Valleyview, Peace River | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Highway 2A | |
Length: | 11 km (7 mi) [1] |
East end: | Hwy 2 near Peace River |
West end: | Hwy 2 in Grimshaw |
Highway 2A, known as Highway 2A:36 by Alberta Transportation, begins at Highway 2 at the locality of Roma Junction, 2 km (1 mi) west of the Peace River Airport and 13 km (8 mi) west of the town of Peace River, and terminates in the town of Grimshaw, [3] where it passes by Mile Zero monument of the Mackenzie Highway.
Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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M.D. of Peace No. 135 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hwy 2 – Grimshaw, Peace River, Edmonton | |
Grimshaw | 11.4 | 7.1 | Hwy 2 to Hwy 35 – Fairview, Grande Prairie, Peace River | Mile Zero of Mackenzie Highway | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Barlow Trail | |
Location | Calgary |
Length | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
Existed | 1971–1980s |
In the 1960s, Highway 2 entered north Calgary along Barlow Trail; however in 1971 Highway 2 was realigned to the newly constructed Blackfoot Trail freeway (later renamed Deerfoot Trail). [7] Highway 2A was established along most of the original alignment, starting at 16 Avenue NE (Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 1) in the south and continuing north along Barlow Trail for 10 km (6.2 mi), past the Calgary International Airport, to 112 Avenue NE (later renamed Country Hills Boulevard), where it travelled west for 1 km (0.62 mi) to its interchange with Deerfoot Trail. [8] Direct access from Barlow Trail to Blackfoot Trail was closed to make room for the 17 Avenue SE / Blackfoot Trail / Deerfoot Trail interchange. [9]
The Highway 2A designation was phased out in the mid-1980s [10] and the Barlow Trail between 48 Avenue NE (just north of McKnight Boulevard) and the main terminal access was closed to allow for additional runway construction. [11]
Location | Foothills County |
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Length | 20 km [1] (12 mi) |
Existed | 1950s–1997 |
The existing section of Highway 2A used extend from High River along 10 Street SE, through the hamlet of Cayley, and intersect Highway 2 at the locality of Connemara, located 8 km (5 mi) north of the town of Nanton along the Foothills County / Willow Creek M.D. boundary. The segment was located only 1.6 km (0.99 mi) west of Highway 2 and was lightly traveled, as such it was dropped by the province in 1997. [12] [13]
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