16 Avenue N (Calgary)
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| Highway 1 Trans-Canada Highway |
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16 Avenue N highlighted in red
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| Maintained by City of Calgary | |
| Length: | 26.5 km (16.5 mi) |
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| West end: | East of Old Banff Coach Road (Calgary city limit) |
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| East end: | East of Stoney Trail (Calgary city limit) |
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| Major cities: | Calgary |
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Route map: Google
16 Avenue N is a major road in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that forms a 26.5-kilometre (16.5 mi) segment of Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and connects Calgary to Banff and Medicine Hat. It is a four to six-lane principal arterial expressway at its extremities, but is an urban arterial road between the Bow River and Bowness Road, and also between Crowchild Trail and Deerfoot Trail. Due to Calgary's quadrant system, it is known as 16 Avenue NW west of Centre Street and 16 Avenue NE to the east.
The Trans-Canada Highway in Alberta originates at the British Columbia border, where it proceeds east through Banff National Park to Calgary and becomes 16 Avenue NW. It first intersects Valley Ridge Boulevard / Crestmont Boulevard before a major interchange at Stoney Trail (Highway 201), a partial ring road the borders Calgary to the north and east. Signage recommending that traffic en route to the International Airport, Edmonton, and Medicine Hat use Stoney Trail as a bypass. It continues past Canada Olympic Park to an intersection at Bowfort Road, where construction of a single point urban interchange is expected to be completed in the summer of 2017. It passes along the southern boundary of the former town of Bowness and begins to descend into the Bow River valley where it intersects Sarcee Trail, an expressway providing a bypass option to Highway 2 south. 16 Avenue NW begins to transition to a four lane, arterial road and crosses the Bow River. Between the city limits and Sarcee Trail, 16 Avenue NW separates the northwest and southwest quadrants of Calgary.
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