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Alberta Highway 15
Highway 15 (or Fort Road & Manning Drive, Manning Drive within Edmonton) is a highway in the Edmonton Capital Region, Edmonton Region of Alberta, connecting northeast Edmonton to the City of Fort Saskatchewan and communities within Lamont County. It serves as an alternative to Alberta Highway 16, Highway 16 that bypasses Elk Island National Park. The highway follows the route of a railway line completed in 1905 by the Canadian Northern Railway. In Edmonton, the most southerly portion of the route is named Fort Road, followed by Manning Drive to the north, a developing freeway. Highway 15 is designated as a core route of Canada's National Highway System (Canada), National Highway System, between Highway 16 and the intersection with Alberta Highway 28A, Highway 28A within Edmonton and is part of the Edmonton-Fort McMurray corridor. Route description The highway begins at the intersection of 50 Street, Edmonton, 50 Street and Alberta Highway 16, Highway 16 (Yellowhead Trail) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Transportation
Alberta is a province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, the Northwest Territories to its north, and the U.S. state of Montana to its south. Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only two landlocked Canadian provinces. The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly continental climate, but seasonal temperatures tend to swing rapidly because it is so arid. Those swings are less pronounced in western Alberta because of its occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth largest province by area, at , and the fourth most populous, with 4,262,635 residents. Alberta's capital is Edmonton; its largest city is Calgary. The two cities are Alberta's largest census metropolitan areas. More than half of Albertans live in Edmonton or Calgary, which encourages a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
