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Alberta Highway 1




  type Hwy
  route 1
  alternate Name Trans-Canada Highway
  Map Custom yes
  Map <div style="position: relative width:280px float:right margin-left:12px border:none">
  length Km 522
  length Round 0
  established 1962
  direction A West
  direction B East
  starting Terminus towards Golden, BC
  junction near Banff <br> in Calgary <br> near Brooks <br> in Medicine Hat
  ending Terminus towards Gull Lake, SK
  previous Type Hwy
  previous Route 216
  next Type Hwy
  next Route 1A


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.


MAJOR JUNCTIONS


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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