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Crowchild Trail, just north of 5 Ave NW looking South.
Crowchild Trail is an expressway located on the west side of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The road was originally signed as 24th Street SW from North Glenmore Park to the Bow River, 24th Street NW from the Bow to the intersection with 16th Avenue NW (the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 1), and Highway 1A north of 16th Ave to the city limits. It was renamed Crowchild Trail in March, 1971 in honour of David Crowchild, Chief of the Tsuu T'ina Nation from 1946 to 1953.
Crowchild Trail's south terminus is located at North Glenmore Park as a minor arterial road. Exiting northbound from the park the road intersects several residential streets within the communities of Lakeview and North Glenmore Park, and several residential dwellings are located on the Trail itself. Continuing northward, its first major intersection is with Glenmore Trail at an interchange that was built in 1981, which is the point at which Crowchild becomes an expressway. After an interchange was completed at 50th Avenue SW in 2003, Crowchild Trail became a true freeway from Glenmore Trail to Kensington Road NW, with overpasses at Flanders Avenue SW, 33rd Avenue SW and 17th Avenue SW and interchange intersections with 10th Street SW, Bow Trail and Memorial Drive. The speed limit on the freeway sections are 80 km/h (50 mph).
Traffic slows immediately north of the Bow River (dropping to a principal arterial with a 60 km/h (40 mph) limit), with controlled intersections at Kensington Road NW and 5th Avenue NW, and heavy use by football fans and transit users at McMahon Stadium and students of the University of Calgary. After 24th Avenue NW the road veers northwest, and once again becomes an uninterrupted freeway until Nose Hill Drive. Interchanges are currently under construction at Nose Hill Drive and Stoney Trail which will make Crowchild a freeway nearly to the city limits, at which point (following a signalized intersection with Twelve Mile Coulee Road), Crowchild Trail continues as Highway 1A, eventually linking to the towns of Cochrane and Canmore.
[edit] Major intersections
From south to north, the following intersections are observed along Crowchild Trail:
| km |
Intersection |
Remarks |
| 0 |
Start |
Starts north of Glenmore Reservoir as a minor arterial road |
| 1.0 |
Glenmore Trail |
Trumpet interchange with Glenmore Trail, becomes freeway, speed limit changes to 80 km/h |
| 2.1 |
50 Avenue S |
Parclo Interchange |
| 3.0 |
Flanders Avenue |
Interchange |
| 3.9 |
33 Avenue S |
Diamond interchange |
| 4.6 |
Richmond Road |
Diamond interchange |
| 5.6 |
17 Avenue S |
Partial cloverleaf interchange using Richmond Road to the east |
| 6.2 |
Bow Trail |
Stacked spaghetti junction |
| 6.9 |
Bow River |
Bridge over CPR tracks, Bow River and multi-use pathways |
| 7.0 |
Memorial Drive |
Trumpet interchange |
| 7.3 |
Kensington Road |
Quadrant intersection, becomes expressway |
| 7.9 |
5 Avenue N |
Quadrant intersection |
| 8.5 |
University Drive |
University Drive diverges to the east in a Trumpet interchange, used for access on Trans-Canada Highway |
| 9.0 |
Trans-Canada Highway |
Passes under Trans-Canada Highway |
| 9.6 |
Banff Trail |
Banff Trail (south terminus of Highway 1A) merges into Crowchild Trail |
| 9.9 |
24 Avenue N |
Quadrant intersection, becomes freeway |
| 11.0 |
Charleswood Drive |
Partial cloverleaf interchange, Crowchild Trail turns north-west |
| 11.8 |
Brisebois Drive |
Diamond interchange |
| 12.6 |
Northland Drive |
Interchange, Northland Drive diverges to the north |
| 13.3 |
Shaganappi Trail |
Diamond interchange |
| 14.6 |
53 Street W |
Diamond interchange |
| 15.7 |
Sarcee Trail |
Parclo Interchange |
| 17.7 |
Nose Hill Drive |
Diamond interchange, becomes expressway |
| 19.7 |
Stoney Trail |
Quadrant intersection, with Highway 201 ring-road (Interchange under construction) |
| 22.4 |
Calgary city limits |
Continues north-west as Highway 1A towards Cochrane |
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