Symons Valley Road is a major arterial road and rural highway that links
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
from
Stoney Trail
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 201, officially named Stoney Trail and Tsuut'ina Trail, is an approximately freeway in Calgary, Alberta. It forms part of the CANAMEX Corridor which connects Calgary to Edmonton and Interstate 15 in ...
(Highway 201) to
Madden in
Alberta
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, Canada. It is preceded by Beddington Trail, a major
expressway
Expressway may refer to:
* Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic.
* Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road.
*Expressway, the fictional s ...
along West Nose Creek linking
Deerfoot Trail
Deerfoot Trail is a freeway segment of Highway 2 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It stretches the entire length of the city from south to north and links suburbs to downtown via Memorial Drive and 17 Avenue SE. The freewa ...
to Stoney Trail within Calgary, and is succeeded by Range Road 30. The portion of Symons Valley Road within
Rocky View County
Rocky View County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada that is named for its views of the nearby Rocky Mountains to the west. It surrounds most of Calgary, forming the city's northern boundary and most of the city's western and e ...
from the Calgary city limit to
Highway 574 south of Madden is designated as Alberta Provincial Highway No. 772.
Route description
Beddington Trail, which precedes Symons Valley Road, travels in a northwest direction from Deerfoot Trail forming the boundary between the communities of
Beddington Heights and
Sandstone Valley to the southwest and Aurora Business Park and
Country Hills
Country Hills is a residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded to the north by the Country Hills Boulevard, to the south by Beddington Trail, and to the east by Harvest Hills Boulevard. To the southwest, ...
to the northeast. Prior to intersecting with Stoney Trail and continuing as Symons Valley Road, Beddington Trail bisects the community of
Hidden Valley.
Within Calgary, Symons Valley Road from Stoney Trail to the city limit, just south of Township Road 261, forms the boundary between the communities of
Kincora and
Evanston before bisecting the community of
Sage Hill. Upon leaving the City of Calgary, the roadway is designated as Highway 772 to its intersection with Highway 574, south of Madden.
After this intersection, Highway 772 becomes Highway 574 for to the north end of Madden, at which point Highway 574 turns east towards
Crossfield.
[ In addition to being a numbered highway, Rocky View County has named the entirety of Highway 772, as well as the following of Highway 574, as Symons Valley Road.]
Major intersections
See also
*Transportation in Calgary
The city of Calgary, Alberta, has a large transportation network that encompasses a variety of road, rail, air, public transit, and pedestrian infrastructure. Calgary is also a major Canadian transportation centre and a central cargo hub for freig ...
References
Roads in Calgary
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