Highways In Canada II

[Dmajackson]

^I drove the new 107 tonight. It's a nice stretch of highway albeit very short. The only issue I have is with the Duke/Glendale roundabout (shown in the third photo above). The highway exit to this roundabout is from the left lane and the ramp is relatively short. If there's a queue entering the roundabout it could stretch back to highway and with it being in the left lane it would be extra hazardous.

[Dmajackson]

Cross-posting from the Halifax thread so our friends outside of Nova Scotia can see the new Highway 107 Extension (Dartmouth-Sackville).

Originally Posted by q12

Here are a couple screenshots (Credit: Waze Nova Scotia Community on Twitter @Waze_NS)

Inbound towards Dartmouth




Outbound towards Bedford/Sackville


Source:
Dashcam footage
https://twitter.com/Waze_NS/status/1870292190414372887

[q12]

Source: Youtube thanks to user

Andrew Bowie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-u8tznpgoI


Source: Youtube thanks to user

Andrew Bowie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-u8tznpgoI

[dmuzika]

I initially posted this on the AB Highway Construction thread, but I thought it might get more attention here.

I was looking at Alberta’s Economic Corridors and came across something interesting. While most corridors are the usual suspects, one unexpected inclusion was Hwy 11 between Red Deer and the Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93) at Saskatchewan River Crossing. While the section between Red Deer and Rocky Mountain House might make some sense considering the province want to twin that section, the portion to the west as it’s currently constructed does not as commercial traffic is prohibited on the Icefields Parkway, so from a commercial corridor perspective it’s a dead-end as there are no population centers west of Rocky Mountain House.


Source: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/tec-economic-corridors-map.pdf

What makes it intriguing is on the Fact Sheet, published August 2024, states:

A conceptual route to extend Highway 11 to British Columbia’s Highway 1 would reduce travel distance to Vancouver by 95 km, resulting in lower vehicle operating costs and reduced vehicle emissions. Additionally, this potential extension could alleviate traffic congestion and accidents within current National Park routes.

- On February 21, 2023, Transportation and Economic Corridors confirmed to the Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP), that it has approved up to a maximum of $150,000 in funding to update its economic pre-feasibility study to extend Highway 11 to British Columbia’s Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway).

Its map also includes a dashed line from Saskatchewan River Crossing, through Howse Pass, to Hwy 1 north of Golden.


Source: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/fd8e3023...eer-saskatchewan-river-crossing-2024.pdf

The issue is the connection falls entirely outside of Alberta provincial jurisdiction, with the proposed highway either being built in Banff National Park (in Alberta, but under federal jurisdiction) or British Columbia, the latter has expressed no interest in the project. With relatively few British Columbians set to benefit from the project, I wonder it would even get approval if, hypothetically, the Alberta government offered to pay 100% of the construction costs. Has there been precedent?

None the less, it’s interesting to see an official document alluding to the proposal, the first time in decades.

[ericmacm]

I think the HWY 11 corridor has a lot of merit and upside for Alberta. Having an additional route through to Vancouver benefits Alberta through the continued trend of industry relocating out of or being diverted from Vancouver/Lower Mainland due to the industrial land shortage. Putting a new highway through there to HWY 1 improves the business case for industrial land development in Red Deer (which the government is targeting as the province's next big city) and Edmonton by extension.

The issue is that BC has way bigger fish to fry right now to handle its end of the same problem. While Alberta already has two (mostly) twinned corridors into BC, with HWY 3 and HWY 11 being the future third and fourth, BC right now has to pour all of its resources into widening HWY 1 to be its first twinned corridor into Alberta. It is way more important for BC to get HWY 1 completed first so it can properly handle the increased commercial traffic to begin with before worrying about alternate routes.

[dmuzika]

Originally Posted by ericmacm

I think the HWY 11 corridor has a lot of merit and upside for Alberta. Having an additional route through to Vancouver benefits Alberta through the continued trend of industry relocating out of or being diverted from Vancouver/Lower Mainland due to the industrial land shortage. Putting a new highway through there to HWY 1 improves the business case for industrial land development in Red Deer (which the government is targeting as the province's next big city) and Edmonton by extension.

The issue is that BC has way bigger fish to fry right now to handle its end of the same problem. While Alberta already has two (mostly) twinned corridors into BC, with HWY 3 and HWY 11 being the future third and fourth, BC right now has to pour all of its resources into widening HWY 1 to be its first twinned corridor into Alberta. It is way more important for BC to get HWY 1 completed first so it can properly handle the increased commercial traffic to begin with before worrying about alternate routes.

I agree the top priority for BC is to twin Hwy 1. To your point about BC's section of the Hwy 11 extension, tolls might be worth considering for the route, even if it's a 2 lane highway.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by sonysnob

View looking southerly overtop of Autoroute 15 towards the Autoroute 440 interchange in Laval, showing the new flyover ramp linking A-440 West to A-15 North.  This photo is from September before the ramp was finished and opened to traffic:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/PQ/A/15/A15L_cl_11_south_SB_Sep24_42x28.jpg

clockzilla represent!

[Loco101]

Haha!! Clockzilla made it on this thread as well!!

[Nashe]

Originally Posted by Loco101

Haha!! Clockzilla made it on this thread as well!!

It sees all!

[ToxiK]

Originally Posted by Loco101

Haha!! Clockzilla made it on this thread as well!!

Have any of you seen it in real ?

I have. I have seen it being built.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Nashe

It sees all!

It is Laval's version of the Eye of Sauron!!!

Acajack, are you the ring bearer? Will you liberate Laval from the oppression of Sauron and his many Orcs? Where is Laval's Mount Doom? Is it that Reno-Depot in front of Clockzilla?

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Nashe

It sees all!

But we don’t want to see it at all!

[MolsonExport]

don't look at clockzilla too long, lest you turn to stone. It is the cyclops-medusa of Laval.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

It is Laval's version of the Eye of Sauron!!!

Acajack, are you the ring bearer? Will you liberate Laval from the oppression of Sauron and his many Orcs? Where is Laval's Mount Doom? Is it that Reno-Depot in front of Clockzilla?

Not sure what is being asked of me?

Though I was there on Monday, and saw the Clockzilla in the distance.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Not sure what is being asked of me?

Though I was there on Monday, and saw the Clockzilla in the distance.

Are you not familiar with Lord of the Rings?

Just toss a surrogate Ring of Power into the dumpster at Reno-Depot and Clockzilla will implode, freeing Laval from its oppression.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Are you not familiar with Lord of the Rings?

Just toss a surrogate Ring of Power into the dumpster at Reno-Depot and Clockzilla will implode, freeing Laval from its oppression.

I am only superficially familiar with the Lord of the Rings universe.

I will do my best to complete my mission the next time I pass through Laval on my way to downtown Montreal to visit my eldest.

[sonysnob]

View looking west along A-440 overtop of the recently opened highspeed flyover ramp to A-15 north:


https://www.asphaltplanet.ca/PQ/A/440_AL/A440_AL_cl_22-5_west_WB_Apr25_42x28.jpg

[SignalHillHiker]

Ran out around the bay with Dad today for onion rings.

Baymen, b'y.

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We went out the dark blue way, and back the light blue way.



Holyrood, our destination, is the closest municipality that is not part of our CMA.

TCH.


























Holyrood Access Road.




























Peacekeepers Way (Conception Bay Bypass)




























Pitts Memorial (Highway 2) and home.

[Airboy]

Spent the weekend in the Crowsnest Pass and Columbia Valley. Drove highway 2 south out of Edmonton and around Calgary to Ft MacLeod then west on Highway 3 through Frank, Coleman and Blairmore.

Then from Fernie west towards Cranbrook then North up 93 to Radium (about 2 hours). 2 long soaks in the Hot pools. ( I think are the best ones in the NPs). Then a beautiful Drive up through the Kootenay Pass highway 93 to Lake louse. Still lots of snow in the high country. To many tourist but still a great day for a drive in the mountain. then up 93 the Ice field parkway to Saskatchewan River Crossing, as we turned off into the David Thompson Highway 11 Heading east out of the mountains. North on 22 out of Rocky Mountain House

Not a lot of photos since I was driving but the wife got a few. Came across a herd of wild horses near Nordegg. Lots of dear, mountain sheep and mountain goats. but no bears. about 1400 kms in 3 days. but anytime in the mountains is great. The southern Rockys don't get enough love.

A lot of construction or wild life hold ups along all routes. Right out of Radium they are rebuilding the retaining wall at the Canyon and then I believe every bridge along highway 11 is being replaced. once we download the photos I'll post them. But this route is one that does not get much attentions.