Crowchild Trail

Crowchild Trail
Crowchild Trail highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by City of Calgary
Length:	22.0 km^[1] (13.7 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Linden Drive SW
	Glenmore Trail Bow Trail Memorial Drive 16 Avenue NW Shaganappi Trail Stoney Trail
North end:	Twelve Mile Coulee Road
Location
Major cities:	Calgary

Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta

Crowchild Trail is a major expressway in west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The segment from 12 Mile Coulee Road to 16 Avenue NE (Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 1) is designated as Highway 1A by Alberta Transportation.

Route description

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 freeway. 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, 33 Avenue SW and 17 Avenue SW and interchange intersections with 10 Avenue 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 (37 mph) limit), with signal-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 24 Avenue NW the road veers northwest, and once again becomes an uninterrupted freeway until the Stoney Trail ring road. As of 2012, the interchange was completed at Stoney Trail, which makes Crowchild Trail a freeway nearly to the city limits, at which point (following a signalized intersection with Twelve Mile Coulee Road), Crowchild Trail continues as Bow Valley Trail, eventually linking to the towns of Cochrane and Canmore.

History

Part of this road was the Morley Trail when it was an actual trail. It was first paved in the 1930s. It then became the main highway to Banff and was the home of Eamon's Bungalow Camp and service station. When the Trans-Canada Highway was created it dropped in importance.^[2]

The road was originally signed as 24 Street SW from North Glenmore Park to the Bow River, 24th Street NW from the Bow River to the intersection with 16 Avenue NW, and Highway 1A from 16 Avenue NW to the city limits. In March 1971, it was renamed Crowchild Trail in honour of David Crowchild, Chief of the Tsuu T'ina Nation from 1946 to 1953.^[3]

Major intersections

From south to north, the following intersections are observed along Crowchild Trail.^[4] The entire route is in Calgary. All exits are unnumbered.

km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	Linden Drive / North Glenmore Park	Starts north of Glenmore Reservoir as a minor arterial road
0.4	0.25	66 Avenue SW	At grade; four-way stop
0.7	0.43	63 Avenue SW	At grade; traffic signals
1.0	0.62	Glenmore Trail	Diamond interchange with signalized intersections on Crowchild Trail. Southbound to eastbound flyover.
1.0	0.62	Freeway begins
1.5	0.93	54 Avenue SW	Northbound right-in/right-out
1.9	1.2	50 Avenue SW / Mount Royal Gate – Mount Royal University	Partial cloverleaf interchange
2.8	1.7	Flanders Avenue / Richard Road	Dogbone interchange
3.6	2.2	33 Avenue SW	Diamond interchange
5.3	3.3	17 Avenue SW	Partial cloverleaf interchange
5.9	3.7	Bow Trail – City Centre	Interchange; no northbound to westbound exit; no eastbound to southbound entrance
6.2	3.9	12 Avenue SW (via 10 Avenue SW)	Southbound exit, northbound entrance
6.4	4.0	Crowchild Trail Bridge across Bow River
6.7	4.2	Memorial Drive	Interchange
7.1	4.4	Freeway ends, expressway begins
7.1	4.4	Kensington Road	At grade; traffic signals
7.3	4.5	2 Avenue SW	Northbound right-in/right-out
7.6	4.7	5 Avenue NW	Traffic signals
8.2	5.1	University Drive to 16 Avenue NW (Hwy 1) – University of Calgary	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
8.5	5.3	13 Avenue NW	Southbound exit only; access to University Drive
8.7	5.4	16 Avenue NW (Hwy 1)	Hwy 1A begins Interchange; northbound exit, southbound entrance
9.1	5.7	23 Avenue NW – McMahon Stadium, Banff Trail (C-Train)	At grade, traffic signals; access to Banff Trail
9.3	5.8	Banff Trail	At grade; no access to southbound Banff Trail (business access only)
9.5	5.9	24 Avenue NW – University of Calgary	At grade; traffic signals; C-Train enters median Crowchild Trail turns northwest.
9.5	5.9	Freeway begins
10.2	6.3	Passes University (C-Train)
10.6	6.6	Charleswood Drive / 32 Avenue NW – University of Calgary	Partial cloverleaf interchange
11.0	6.8	Shopping Centre Access (Brentwood Road)	Westbound exit only
11.2	7.0	Passes Brentwood (C-Train)
11.5	7.1	Brisebois Drive / 40 Avenue NW – Brentwood park and ride	Partial cloverleaf interchange
12.3	7.6	Northland Drive	Diamond interchange
13.0	8.1	Shaganappi Trail	Split diamond interchange
13.9	8.6	Passes Dalhousie (C-Train)
14.3	8.9	53 Street NW – Dalhousie park and ride	Diamond interchange
15.4	9.6	Sarcee Trail / Silver Springs Gate	Partial cloverleaf interchange
17.4	10.8	Nose Hill Drive	Diamond interchange
18.0	11.2	Passes Crowfoot (C-Train)
18.0	11.2	Crowfoot Parade – Crowfoot park and ride	Diamond interchange; use Nose Hill Drive exit ramp.
18.2	11.3	Crowfoot Rise	Westbound right-in/right out; use Nose Hill Drive exit ramp.
19.6	12.2	Stoney Trail (Hwy 201)	Cloverstack interchange (Hwy 201 Exit 41)
20.3	12.6	Passes Tuscany (C-Train)
22.0	13.7	Freeway ends
22.0	13.7	12 Mile Coulee Road	At grade, traffic signals
Continues as Hwy 1A west (Bow Valley Trail) – Cochrane, Canmore
Incomplete access Route transition

Gallery

Crowchild Trail at the interchange with Stoney Trail
Bridge over Bow River
C-Train tracks along Crowchild Trail
Looking south just north of 5 Ave NW

References

1 2 Google (January 11, 2017). "Crowchild Trail in Calgary, Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
↑ "Historic Eamon's gas station to be saved". May 7, 2012. Archived from the original on March 21, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
↑ Finch, David (October 29, 2013). "Native leader set trail for his people". Calgary Herald. Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
↑ Sherlock's Map of Calgary (16th ed.). Langdon, Alberta: Sherlock Publishing Ltd. 2014. pp. 7, 8, 17, 18, 26, 34, 40. ISBN 1-895229-80-4.

Roads in Calgary, Alberta
North-south routes	Sarcee Trail Shaganappi Trail Crowchild Trail 14 Street W Centre Street Macleod Trail Edmonton Trail Blackfoot Trail Deerfoot Trail Barlow Trail
East-west routes	Country Hills Boulevard Beddington Trail McKnight Boulevard John Laurie Boulevard Memorial Drive 16 Avenue N Bow Trail 17 Avenue SW 17 Avenue SE Anderson Road
Highways and expressways	1 (16 Avenue N) 1A (Crowchild Trail) 2 (Deerfoot Trail) 2A (Macleod Trail) 8 (Glenmore Trail) 22X (Marquis of Lorne Trail) 201 (Stoney Trail) 560 (Glenmore Trail) 563 (Old Banff Coach Road) 772 (Symons Valley Road)

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