Alberta Highway 2

Highway 2
Highway 2 highlighted in red
Route information
Length:	1,273 km (791 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	US 89 at U.S. border in Carway
	Hwy 3 in Fort Macleod Hwy 201 in Calgary Hwy 1 (TCH) in Calgary Hwy 11 in Red Deer Hwy 216 in Edmonton Hwy 14 in Edmonton Hwy 16 (TCH) in Edmonton Hwy 55 in Athabasca Hwy 49 near Donnelly Hwy 35 near Grimshaw Hwy 49 in Rycroft
North end:	Hwy 43 near Grande Prairie
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities:	Cardston Willow Creek Foothills Rocky View Mountain View Red Deer Lacombe Ponoka Wetaskiwin Leduc Sturgeon Westlock Athabasca Lesser Slave River Big Lakes Smoky River Northern Sunrise Peace Fairview Birch Hills Spirit River Saddle Hills Grande Prairie
Major cities:	Calgary, Airdrie, Red Deer, Lacombe, Leduc, Edmonton, St. Albert
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 1X Hwy 2A →

Deerfoot Trail
Length:	46 km (29 mi)
South end:	Hwy 2A near De Winton
North end:	Hwy 201, north Calgary

Queen Elizabeth II Highway
Length:	261 km (162 mi)
South end:	Hwy 201, north Calgary
North end:	41 Ave SW, Edmonton

Northern Woods and Water Route
Length:	262 km (163 mi)
West end:	Hwy 2A west of High Prairie
East end:	Hwy 55 in Athabasca

Provincial highways in Alberta

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 2, commonly referred to as Highway 2 or the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, is a major highway in Alberta, Canada that connects Calgary and Edmonton to Northern Alberta and the United States border at Carway. The section between Edmonton and Fort Macleod is part of the CANAMEX Corridor that connects Canada to the United States and Mexico via Highways 3 and 4. Running primarily north to south for approximately 1,273 kilometres (791 mi), Highway 2 is the longest and busiest highway in the province carrying nearly 170,000 vehicles per day in central Calgary and 100,000 vehicles per day in Edmonton.

U.S. Route 89 enters Alberta from Montana becoming Highway 2 at the small border community of Carway. It is initially a two-lane highway that traverses the foothills of southern Alberta to Fort Macleod where it intersects Highway 3 and becomes divided. In Calgary, the highway is a busy freeway named Deerfoot Trail, well known for its heavy rush hour traffic and collisions. It continues into central Alberta as the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, bypassing Red Deer and Lacombe. In the Capital Region, it bisects Leduc and winds through Edmonton briefly concurrent with Highway 216 then Highway 16. After forming the main route through central St. Albert, traffic levels decrease in northern Alberta as the highway transitions into aspen parkland en route to Athabasca. It continues northwesterly along the south shore of Lesser Slave Lake into High Prairie, north to Peace River, west to Fairview and finally south to the city of Grande Prairie.