Alberta Provincial Highway No. 9, commonly referred to as Highway 9, is a highway in south-

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, Canada, which together with

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connects

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via

Drumheller Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of Central Alberta, east-central Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler, Alberta, Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often ref ...

. It is designated as a core route of the National Highway System, forming a portion of an interprovincial corridor. Highway 9 spans approximately from the

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( Highway 1) east of

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's border with

Route description

Highway 9 begins at its interchange with Highway 1 approximately east of Chestermere and west of Strathmore, and approximately north of Langdon via Highway 797. For its first , Highway 9 generally runs in a north/south direction to

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, where it meets Highways 72 and 806. At Beiseker, Highway 9 runs in an east-west direction for to

, where it meets Highways 10 and 56. Highways 9 and 56 then run in a north/south concurrence for from Drumheller to its intersection with Highway 27 east of Morrin. Highway 9 leaves the concurrence at this point and runs east/west for the balance of route to the Saskatchewan border, providing connections to Hanna and

Oyen Oyen is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Highway 41, south of its junction with Highway 9. Early name, Bishopburg, was changed in 1912 to honour Andrew Oyen, an early s ...

as well as numerous smaller communities, and generally running parallel to Highway 12 to the north. The highway continues as Saskatchewan Highway 7 in a northeast direction toward Saskatoon.

History

Over the past few years, the province of Alberta has executed a number of upgrades to the highway, widening shoulders and realigning the road (most recently just west of Drumheller, although the new alignment now bypasses the Horseshoe Canyon landmark as a result). As of 2007, however, the province has yet to twin any stretch of the busy highway, and there have been calls for interchanges to be built at its junctions with Highway 21 and the Trans-Canada due to the number of fatal automobile accidents that have happened at these locations. A partial cloverleaf interchange was constructed in 2007 where Highway 9 crosses the

. As well, the junction with Highway 21 was changed to a four-way stop in early 2011.

Major intersections

The following is a list of major intersections along Alberta Highway 9 from west to east.

Highway 797

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 797, commonly referred to as Highway 797, is a highway in the

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that functions as a southern extension of Highway 9. It presently is in two segments; the northern segment runs from Highway 560 (

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 ...

) in Langdon to the

, while the southern section is

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and runs from Highway 552 to the south bank of the

Bow River The Bow River is a river in Alberta, Canada. It begins within the Canadian Rocky Mountains and winds through the Alberta foothills onto the prairies, where it meets the Oldman River, the two then forming the South Saskatchewan River. These w ...

. The northern segment used to extend from Langdon to the north bank of the Bow River, indicating that a bridge might be constructed to connect the two sections. The bridge was not constructed and the section was transferred to

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 ...

in the 2000s.

References

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797 Drumheller