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| Highway 1 | |||||||||
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| Length: | 522 km[citation needed] (324 mi) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1962[citation needed] | ||||||||
| West end: | BC 1 towards Golden, BC | ||||||||
| Major junctions: |
 Hwy 93 near Banff Hwy 2 in Calgary Hwy 36 near Brooks Hwy 3 in Medicine Hat |
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| East end: | Hwy 1 towards Gull Lake, SK | ||||||||
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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.
Exit numbering on the Trans-Canada highway began in 2004. As of 2009, however, only the stretch of highway between Canmore and Calgary have numbered exits. It is unlikely that exit numbering will be employed throughout the entire highway, owing to the fact that the highway passes through Calgary as a major urban arterial road.
A review of historical Alberta Official Road Maps shows that Highway 1 was numbered Highway 2 prior to 1941 (while Highway 2 as we know it today was numbered Highway 1 prior to 1941).
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Exit numbers
As per Alberta convention, highway exit numbers are numbered from west to east.
| Location | km | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Banff National Park | - |  Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway) north - Jasper (concurrency with Highway 93 begins) |
| - |  Highway 1A (Bow Valley Parkway) to Lake Louise |
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| - | Highway 93 (Banff-Windermere Highway) south - Radium Hot Springs (concurrency with Highway 93 ends) |
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| - | Sunshine Road to Sunshine Village | |
| - | Highway 1A (Bow Valley Parkway) to Castle Mountain |
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| - | Mt. Norquay Road to Banff | |
| - | Banff Avenue to Banff | |
| - | Tunnel Mountain Road | |
| Canmore | 83 | Harvie Heights Road |
| 86 | Palliser Trail / Highway 1A (Bow Valley Trail) |
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| 89 | Palliser Trail | |
| 91 | Highway 1A (Bow Valley Trail) |
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| 93 | Three Sisters Parkway | |
| Bighorn District / Kananaskis Country | 98 | George Biggy St. Road |
| 105 | Dead Man's Flats | |
| 114 |  Highway 1X north - Exshaw |
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| 118 |  Highway 40 south - (Kananaskis Trail) |
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| 124 | ||
| 131 | Morley Road | |
| Rocky View County | 137 | Bear Hill Road |
| 143 | Highway 68 (Sibbald Creek Trail) | |
| 156 | Jumping Pound Road | |
| 161 |  Highway 22 north - Cochrane | south - Bragg Creek Road |
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| 169 | Range Road 33 (Calaway Park) | |
| 172 | Highway 563 (Old Banff Coach Road) | |
| Calgary | - | Valley Ridge Boulevard / Crestmont Boulevard |
| 177 |  Highway 201 (Stoney Trail) |
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| - | Bowfort Road / Canada Olympic Drive to Canada Olympic Park | |
| - | Sarcee Trail to  Highway 8 (Glenmore Trail) |
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| - | 49 Street NW | |
| - | Home Road | |
| - | 46 Street NW | |
| - | 45 Street NW | |
| - | 44 Street NW | |
| - | 43 Street NW | |
| - | Bowness Road | |
| - | Shaganappi Trail | |
| - | West Campus Boulevard | |
| - | 29 Street NW / Uxbridge Drive | |
| - | University Drive to University of Calgary | |
| - | Highway 1A (Crowchild Trail) |
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| - | Banff Trail | |
| - | 19 Street NW | |
| - | 17 Street NW | |
| - | 16 Street NW | |
| - | 14 Street NW to City Centre | |
| - | 12 Street NW | |
| - | 11 Street NW / Carpenter Crescent to SAIT | |
| - | 10 Street NW | |
| - | 9 Street NW | |
| - | 8 Street NW | |
| - | 7A Street NW | |
| - | 7 Street NW | |
| - | 6A Street NW | |
| - | 6 Street NW | |
| - | 5 Street NW | |
| - | 4A Street NW | |
| - | 4 Street NW | |
| - | 3A Street NW | |
| - | 3 Street NW | |
| - | 2A Street NW | |
| - | 2 Street NW | |
| - | 1 Street NW | |
| - | Centre Street N | |
| - | Centre A Street NE | |
| - | 1 Street NE | |
| - | 2 Street NE | |
| - | Edmonton Trail | |
| - | 4 Street NE | |
| - | 5 Street NE | |
| - | 6 Street NE | |
| - | Moncton Road / Russet Road / Renfrew Drive | |
| - |  Highway 2 (Deerfoot Trail) north - Red Deer | south - Fort Macleod |
|
| - | 19 Street NE | |
| - | Barlow Trail to Calgary International Airport | |
| - | 36 Street NE | |
| - | 52 Street NE | |
| - | 68 Street NE | |
| - | 84 Street NE | |
| Rocky View County | - | Garden Road / Range Road 285 |
| - | Range Road 284 | |
| - | Rainbow Road / Range Road 283 | |
| - | Paradise Road / Inverlake Road | |
| - | Highway 1A west - Chestermere, Calgary (17 Avenue SE / Township Road 242) |
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| - | Range Road 281 | |
| - | Alberta Highway 791 (Range Road 280) | |
| - | Range Road 275 | |
| - | Range Road 274 | |
| - | Valley View Road | |
| - |  Highway 9 north - Drumheller / Highway 797 (Range Road 272) south - Langdon |
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| - | Range Road 271 | |
| - | Boundary Road | |
| Wheatland County | - |  Highway 24 south - Cheadle, Lethbridge |
| - | Wildflower Road | |
| - | West Ridge Road | |
| - | Highway 817 (Wheatland Trail) | |
| - | Glendale Street | |
| - | Glenwood Street | |
| - | Pine Road | |
| - | Lakeside Boulevard | |
| - | East Pine Road | |
| - |  Highway 21 north - Three Hills |
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| - | Highway 561 | |
| - | Range Road 231 | |
| - | Highway 547 | |
| - | Township Road 222 | |
| - | Highway 901 | |
| - | Highway 842 | |
| - | Highway 56 north - Drumheller | |
| Newell County | - | Township Road 214 |
| - | Highway 864 (11th Street) | |
| - | 6th Avenue | |
| - | Highway 550 east - Rosemary | |
| - |  Highway 36 (Veteran Memorial Highway) north - Hanna | south - Taber |
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| - | Highway 873 (2nd Street W) | |
| Brooks | - | 15 Avenue |
| - | Sutherland Drive | |
| - | Highway 542 (Cassils Road) to Cassils | |
| Newell County | - | Highway 875 to Rolling Hills |
| - | Highway 876 to Tilley | |
| Cypress County | - | Highway 884 |
| - | Illingworth Avenue | |
| - | Highway 884 (1 Street / Range Road 93) | |
| - | 8 Street | |
| - | Highway 524 | |
| Redcliff | - | 8 Street NW |
| - | Mitchell Street | |
| - | Broadway Avenue | |
| - | 20 Street SE | |
| Medicine Hat | - | Box Springs Road |
| - | 3 Street NW | |
| - | 1 Street SW | |
| - | Red Deer Drive | |
| - | 6 Street SW | |
| - | Redcliff Drive | |
| - |  Highway 3 west - Lethbridge /  Highway 41A (Gershaw Drive) |
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| - | College Avenue / South Ridge Drive | |
| - | 13 Avenue SE | |
| - | Dunmore Road | |
| Cypress County | ||
| - | 7 Street | |
| - | Eagle Butte Road | |
| - |  Highway 41 north - Oyen (start concurrency with Highway 41) |
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| - | Highway 41 south - Cypress Hills (end concurrency with Highway 41) |
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| - | Wilhelm Street | |
| - | Bull Trail / Thompson Street |
Major junctions
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| km | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 km | It begins at the Saskatchewan border. |
| 2 km | passes by the hamlet of Walsh |
| 20 km | passes by the hamlet of Irvine |
| 25 km | Highway 41 branches off to the south toward Cypress Hills and the US Border |
| 36 km | Highway 41 branches off to the north toward Oyen |
| 41 km | passes by the hamlet of Dunmore |
| 55 km | passes through Medicine Hat where Highway 3 branches southwest toward Lethbridge |
| 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 |
| 159 km | crosses Highway 542 leading to the city of Brooks to the west |
| 161 km | crosses Highway 873 leading to the city of Brooks to the south and the hamlet of Duchess to the north |
| 169 km | crosses Highway 36; north branch goes toward Hanna, south branch goes toward Taber |
| 207 km | Highway 550 branches off to the east toward the hamlet of Duchess |
| 210 km | passes by the town of Bassano |
| 228 km | Highway 56 branches off to the north toward Drumheller |
| 244 km | crosses Highway 842 leading to the hamlet of Cluny to the south |
| 258 km | passes by the hamlet of Gleichen; Highway 901 branches off to the west toward Highway 22X and Highway 547 branches off to the south toward Aldersyde |
| 275 km | Highway 561 branches off to the east toward the hamlet of Hussar |
| 288 km | Highway 21 branches off to the north toward Three Hills |
| 296 km | passes through the town of Strathmore as it crosses Highway 817 |
| 306 km | Highway 24 branches off to the south toward Cheadle and Lethbridge |
| 316 km | Highway 9 branches off to the north toward Beiseker and Drumheller; Highway 797 branches off to the south toward Langdon |
| 326 km | passes by the town of Chestermere where Highway 1A branches off to the west at the outskirts of Calgary and Highway 1 becomes 16 Ave. N.E. |
| 342 km | crosses Highway 2 (Deerfoot Trail); north branch goes toward Red Deer, south branch goes toward Fort Macleod |
| 348 km | Highway 1A branches off to the northwest as a section of Crowchild Trail N.W. in Calgary |
| 359 km | crosses Highway 22; north branch goes toward Cochrane, south branch goes toward Bragg Creek |
| 433 km | passes by the town of Canmore where Highway 1A branches off to the northeast as Bow Valley Trail |
| 437 km | passes the east gate of Banff National Park |
| 455 km | passes by the town of Banff |
| 461 km | Highway 1A branches off to the northwest as Bow Valley Parkway |
| 464 km | access road to Sunshine Village Ski Resort branches off to the southwest |
| 484 km | Highway 93 (as Banff-Windermere Parkway, then British Columbia Highway 93) branches off to the south toward Radium Hot Springs |
| 509 km | passes by Lake Louise where Highway 1A branches off to the north as Bow Valley Parkway |
| 513 km | Highway 93 (as Icefield Parkway) branches off to the north toward Jasper |
| 520 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 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 until Stoney Trail is completed will a high-speed route exist across the city.
Photo gallery
 Wildlife overpass, eastbound in the Banff National Park |
 Westbound to the Rocky Mountains |
 Eastbound near Canmore |
See also
| Preceded by BC Highway 1 |
Trans-Canada Highway AB Highway 1 |
Succeeded by SK Highway 1 |
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