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[Alps]

I have a question....

Does anyone know why the median of Stoney Trail in Calgary gets extra wide for a short distance between McKnight and 16th Avenue?  Is it for a proposed interchange at 32nd Ave NE?  Or some other flyover ramp for 16th Ave?

I've always been curious of this.

I think it's just geography/geology given the short distance between interchanges.

[webfil]

I have a question....

Does anyone know why the median of Stoney Trail in Calgary gets extra wide for a short distance between McKnight and 16th Avenue?  Is it for a proposed interchange at 32nd Ave NE?  Or some other flyover ramp for 16th Ave?

I've always been curious of this.

I think it's just geography/geology given the short distance between interchanges.

Cadastre shows ROW for an interchange.

[AsphaltPlanet]

^It's curious to me, the properties are obviously well setback, but most of the other missing ramps have advanced grading in place, but there doesn't appear to be any advanced grading for 32nd Avenue NE.

[Stephane Dumas]

Maybe it's for a future C-D set-up between 16th Avenue and McKnight Blvd.

[jakeroot]

Maybe it's for a future C-D set-up between 16th Avenue and McKnight Blvd.

I like this theory. An interchange at 32 Ave would be inconsistent with the rest of the ring road, in terms of proximity to existing interchanges.

[Alps]

I have a question....

Does anyone know why the median of Stoney Trail in Calgary gets extra wide for a short distance between McKnight and 16th Avenue?  Is it for a proposed interchange at 32nd Ave NE?  Or some other flyover ramp for 16th Ave?

I've always been curious of this.

I think it's just geography/geology given the short distance between interchanges.

Cadastre shows ROW for an interchange.

There is a lot of ROW there but I dispute that anything is set aside for an interchange.

[dmuzika]

I think if required, 32 Ave NE will cross Stoney Trail via a flyover, but the original "Ultimate Stage" plans that were available when it was under construction didn't indicate an interchange. IIRC, the extra wide median has something to do with avoiding old sour gas well sites.

[Stephane Dumas]

Google Streetview show the construction of the new interchange on Airport trail at 19th Street NE and Barlow Trail. https://goo.gl/maps/VEkrkMbo875EBokB9

[Concrete Bob]

Calgary has a very extensive skeletal arterial network (Anderson Road, Beddington Trail, etc.) . It appears that nearly all of their skeletal arterials are easily upgradable to freeway.  The city appears to have large rights of way where the skeletal arterials intersect. Calgary has done a nice job planning its freeway and arterial network.  I am looking forward to visiting Calgary and Edmonton once COVID lifts.  I have wanted to visit the area since the 1970s.   

[Stephane Dumas]

I saw recent satellite shots of Airport Trail with Metis Trail and we got to said goodbye to the proposed cloverleaf interchange at the junction of these 2 roads.
https://satellites.pro/Canada_map#B51.138850,-113.965645,16

The ultimate plan proposed in 2008 could be found on this link. https://www.calgary.ca/transportation/tp/projects/completed-planning-projects/metis-trail-extension.html

[jakeroot]

Calgary has a very extensive skeletal arterial network (Anderson Road, Beddington Trail, etc.) . It appears that nearly all of their skeletal arterials are easily upgradable to freeway.  The city appears to have large rights of way where the skeletal arterials intersect. Calgary has done a nice job planning its freeway and arterial network.  I am looking forward to visiting Calgary and Edmonton once COVID lifts.  I have wanted to visit the area since the 1970s.

These arterials also have some of the largest slip lanes I have ever seen. They're on the verge of being off- and on-ramps.

[dmuzika]

A couple major roadways recently opened in Calgary. Airport Trail is now opened on Sept 30 between 36 St NE and Metis Trail, and now runs continuous from Deerfoot Trail and Stoney Trail. Today, Stoney Trail opened between Fish Creek Blvd and Hwy 22X (west), completing the SW portion of the Ring Road. Now only the West Ring Road (Hwy 8 to Hwy 1) remains and is under construction.

[yeggator]

Google Streetview show the construction of the new interchange on Airport trail at 19th Street NE and Barlow Trail. https://goo.gl/maps/VEkrkMbo875EBokB9

Wow, Calgary's already building a brand new freeway at the airport and Edmonton is still working on making the Yellowhead a free-flow road.

[vdeane]

Google Streetview show the construction of the new interchange on Airport trail at 19th Street NE and Barlow Trail. https://goo.gl/maps/VEkrkMbo875EBokB9

Wow, Calgary's already building a brand new freeway at the airport and Edmonton is still working on making the Yellowhead a free-flow road.

Meanwhile, Calgary still doesn't have a full beltway and TCH 1 will probably never be a full freeway though there.

[LilianaUwU]

A girl from Alberta redesigned the moose crossing sign out of pure boredom, and it was approved federally: https://www.macleans.ca/society/environment/the-tiktok-star-behind-canadas-new-and-less-floppy-moose-crossing-sign/

In the summer of 2017, Chloë Chapdelaine was 18 and living by herself in a trailer near the tiny town of Foremost, Alta., where she was holding down two summer jobs at a pool and community support centre.

She had no WiFi. She had no television. And she had exactly one roadside attraction to pique her interest on the highway route to and from work: a moose crossing sign that, every time she looked at it, just seemed a bit off. A bit . . . floppy.

In her spare time, Chapdelaine, an aspiring design student from Medicine Hat, Alta., decided to take action: “This was the perfect personal challenge to see what I can do.” So she sat down with a Sharpie. She drew a new design that was more reflective of the “majestic” animal and wrote a lighthearted essay to go with it.

She printed out 10 copies and mailed them to various government departments and transportation agencies, not really expecting to hear back. But four long years later, the design is in the Transportation Association of Canada’s newest Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada, a guide for governments on the use of road signs across the country. It is already being used for new and replacement signage along roadways, and will become more ubiquitous in 2022.

[7/8]

A girl from Alberta redesigned the moose crossing sign out of pure boredom, and it was approved federally: https://www.macleans.ca/society/environment/the-tiktok-star-behind-canadas-new-and-less-floppy-moose-crossing-sign/

In the summer of 2017, Chloë Chapdelaine was 18 and living by herself in a trailer near the tiny town of Foremost, Alta., where she was holding down two summer jobs at a pool and community support centre.

She had no WiFi. She had no television. And she had exactly one roadside attraction to pique her interest on the highway route to and from work: a moose crossing sign that, every time she looked at it, just seemed a bit off. A bit . . . floppy.

In her spare time, Chapdelaine, an aspiring design student from Medicine Hat, Alta., decided to take action: “This was the perfect personal challenge to see what I can do.” So she sat down with a Sharpie. She drew a new design that was more reflective of the “majestic” animal and wrote a lighthearted essay to go with it.

She printed out 10 copies and mailed them to various government departments and transportation agencies, not really expecting to hear back. But four long years later, the design is in the Transportation Association of Canada’s newest Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada, a guide for governments on the use of road signs across the country. It is already being used for new and replacement signage along roadways, and will become more ubiquitous in 2022.

The old Alberta moose sign looks awful. It has a Squidward nose!

[AsphaltPlanet]

I noticed on Streetview, that Stoney Trail is being widened from four to six lanes through the 16th Avenue interchange (and beyond) on the eastern edge of Calgary.  Are they going to resurface the existing lanes on that stretch as well?

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.075703,-113.9201358,3a,39.3y,206.11h,86.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2qgKIJco3i6oe5zAnWfkGg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[stevashe]

I noticed on Streetview, that Stoney Trail is being widened from four to six lanes through the 16th Avenue interchange (and beyond) on the eastern edge of Calgary.  Are they going to resurface the existing lanes on that stretch as well?

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.075703,-113.9201358,3a,39.3y,206.11h,86.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2qgKIJco3i6oe5zAnWfkGg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I have some pictures of that area from when I was in Calgary in September, by that time it looks like the construction had wrapped up, but only the middle lane was repaved in the southbound direction:

[srpyyc]

Did something productive this long weekend and put together a new video of Calgary's now completed SW Ring Road. (AB 201)
Filmed in October last year.  Enjoy.   

[AsphaltPlanet]

I stumbled upon this website for Calgary's West Ring Road over the weekend, there are some neat drone videos of the project to complete the ring road freeway around Calgary:

https://westringroad.ca/photos-videos/

[Stephane Dumas]

I saw the construction of a new bridge on AB-40 south of Grande Prairie near the existing bridge. https://goo.gl/maps/YwuvxFxjYrh2W5GS8 Is it a bridge replacement or they twin the span as part of turning AB-40 in a 4-lane highway?

[Concrete Bob]

Here's some information on the AB 40 twinning project:

https://www.alberta.ca/highway-40-twinning-project.aspx

[Stephane Dumas]

Here's some information on the AB 40 twinning project:

https://www.alberta.ca/highway-40-twinning-project.aspx

Thanks for the infos.   Is that area south of Grande Prairie got a boomtown?

[dmuzika]

Here's some information on the AB 40 twinning project:

https://www.alberta.ca/highway-40-twinning-project.aspx

Thanks for the infos.   Is that area south of Grande Prairie got a boomtown?

There's a wood products manufacturing plant south of Grande Prairie, so it sounds like there's enough commuter and truck traffic to justify twinning between the plant and the city. Based on the some the articles out there, Grande Prairie is going through a boom and a lot of the activity is to the south, https://www.greenviewindustrial.ca/.

The province also has an unbuilt corridor between Hwy 40 and the Hwy 43 bypass (formerly Hwy 43X) designated as Hwy 40X, which will be a bypass route for Hwy 40; https://www.countygp.ab.ca/en/county-government/highway-40x-connector.aspx. I'm guessing that if Hwy 43 is any indication, Hwy 40 will be rerouted to follow Hwy 40X once it's constructed.

[dmuzika]

An election must be coming in the spring, a few roads projects have been announced:

Deerfoot Trail (Hwy 2): Glenmore Trail to Anderson/Bow Bottom Trail
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-government-says-deerfoot-trail-improvements-are-in-the-works-1.6159555; https://www.deerfootimprovements.ca/improvement-areas/southland-drive-s-e-anderson-road-bow-bottom-trail-s-e/; https://www.deerfootimprovements.ca/improvement-areas/glenmore-trail-s-e/
The project includes:

• Improvements to the interchanges at Bow Bottom Trail, Anderson Road, Southland Drive and Glenmore Trail
• Seven new bridges at Anderson Road, Bow Bottom Trail, Bow River, Southland Drive and Glenmore Trail
• More lanes on Deerfoot Trail between Anderson Road/Bow Bottom Trail and Glenmore Trail

Currently Deerfoot Trail squeezes from 3+ lanes to 2 lanes (each way) at both the Glenmore and Bow Bottom/Anderson interchanges, which will be mitigated. Glenmore Trail also squeezes from 3 to 2 lanes (each way) underneath Deerfoot Trail, unfortunately that will remain. Also missing is a direct northbound to westbound link/flyover at the Deerfoot/Glenmore interchange; currently traffic has to use area surface streets.

Highway 3 (Crownest Highway) Twinning - Medicine Hat to BC Border
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/twinning-of-highway-3-moving-ahead-benefitting-local-economy-1.6169620

Currently 100 km of the 324 km route is twinned. It will be stretched out to 8 phases over 10 years.

Phase 1: 46 kilometres – A request for proposals has been issued to the shortlisted design build proponents to twin Highway 3 between Taber and Burdett. Construction is expected to start in 2023;
Phase 2: 10 kilometres – Highway 3X/Coleman Bypass. Functional planning studies have been completed and detailed engineering design will begin in spring 2023;
Phase 3: 15 kilometres – East of Seven Persons to Medicine Hat. Functional planning studies have been completed and detailed engineering design will begin in spring 2023;
Phase 4: 47 kilometres – Blairmore to east of Highway 6 at Pincher Creek. Functional planning studies have been completed and detailed engineering design will begin in 2023;
Phase 5: 28 kilometres – East of Bow Island to east of Seven Persons. Functional planning studies have been completed and detailed engineering design will begin in summer 2023;
Phase 6: 23 kilometres – East of Burdett to east of Bow Island. A functional planning study has been completed and the province will continue to consult with the Town of Bow Island and other stakeholders in order to finalize the alignment;
Phase 7: 38 kilometres – Pincher Creek to west of Fort Macleod. A functional planning study through Piikani Nation is underway and will continue for some time; and
Phase 8: Eight kilometres – Alberta-B.C. border to Highway 3X. Continued engagement with B.C. is necessary to consider alignment with improvements being planned through the B.C. portion.

The proposed bypasses for Lethbridge and Fort Macleod are separate projects are not included.