14 Street W is the name of two major
arterial road
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s and a short
collector road in
Calgary, Alberta. Separated by the
Elbow River
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Course
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and the West Nose Creek valley.
Originally proposed as a continuous route and north-south freeway, plans were cancelled in favor of 24 Street W, which became
Crowchild Trail
Crowchild Trail is a major expressway in western Calgary, Alberta. The segment from the 12 Mile Coulee Road at the edge of the city to 16 Avenue NW (Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 1) is designated as Highway 1A by Alberta Transportation ...
.
Route description
Southern segment
The south segment begins at Canyon Meadows Drive and is an
expressway between
Anderson Road and
Glenmore Trail
Glenmore Trail is a expressway in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, named after the reservoir which it crosses. It is a freeway between Sarcee Trail in southwest Calgary to Ogden Road in the southeast, carrying nearly 160,000 vehicles per weekday at ...
, passing by
Heritage Park Historical Village
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and
Rockyview General Hospital. 14 Street SW is part of bypass route which connects
Highway 1 west and
Highway 2 south, as well as part of a major north-south corridor which includes portions of
Macleod Trail
Macleod Trail is a major road in Calgary, Alberta. It is a six- to eight-lane principal arterial road extending from downtown Calgary to the south of the city, where it merges into Highway 2. South of Anderson Road, Macleod Trail is an express ...
, Anderson Road, Glenmore Trail, and Crowchild Trail.
The City of Calgary opened a long dedicated bus-only
transitway
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on December 23, 2019 as part of the city's
MAX BRT network. The transitway, which carries
MAX Yellow
MAX Yellow, also known as Route 304 or the Southwest BRT, is a bus rapid transit line in Calgary, Alberta. Part of Calgary Transit's MAX network, it largely travels north-south along Crowchild Trail SW, 14 Street SW, and 24 Street SW. It con ...
and
MAX Teal, begins just west of 14 Street SW at the intersection of 75 Avenue SW and Eagle Ridge Drive near
Rockyview General Hospital, and travels parallel to 14 Street SW, ending at the intersection Southland Drive and Bradbury Drive.
Central segment
The central portion of 14 Street W travels between the communities of
Altadore and
Elbow Park
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in the south and
Hidden Valley in the north, passing through Calgary's inner city west of
downtown. A short segment intersects 50 Avenue SW at the south end of River Park, providing access to the Emily Follensbee School. The arterial road starts at the north end of the park, at the intersection of 38 Avenue SW as 14 Street SW and travels north where it crosses the
Bow River
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on the Mewata Bridge and becomes 14 Street NW. It continues north past
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and
North Hill Centre, crossing
16 Avenue NW (Highway 1) and
John Laurie Boulevard. It continues along the eastern edge of
Nose Hill Park
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, ending in the community of Hidden Valley north of
Country Hills Boulevard
Country Hills Boulevard is a major expressway in Calgary, Alberta. It is notably one of the longest east-west routes in Calgary and one few routes north of Alberta Highway 1, 16 Avenue N that is mostly continuous from the west end of the city to th ...
.
14 Street W used to be part of
Highway 1A between 9 Avenue SW and 16 Avenue NW, but the designation was dropped in the 1970s.
Northern segment
The extreme northern portion of 14 Street NW connects the communities of
Panorama Hills and
Evanston. The northern segment is split by
Stoney Trail, where ramps allow for
right-in/right-out
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access; however grading is in place for a future
partial-cloverleaf interchange. North of Symons Valley Parkway, 14 Street NW becomes a rural road and ends at the Calgary city limits at the
Highway 566 intersection; continuing as Range Road 14 in
Rocky View County
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. The roadway will be expanded to a four lane, arterial road as the future community of
Keystone Hills, located to the east, is developed.
Major intersections
From south to north.
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See also
* Transportation in Calgary
References
{{Roads in Calgary
Roads in Calgary