Alberta Highway 3

Highway 3
Crowsnest Highway
Highway 3 highlighted in red
Route information
Length:	324.11 km (201.39 mi)
Existed:	October 8, 1917 – present
Major junctions
West end:	BC 3 in Crowsnest Pass
	Hwy 22 near Lundbreck Hwy 6 near Pincher Creek Hwy 2 near Fort Macleod Hwy 23 near Monarch Hwy 25 in Lethbridge Hwy 5 in Lethbridge Hwy 4 in Lethbridge Hwy 36 in Taber
East end:	Hwy 1 / 41A in Medicine Hat
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities:	Crowsnest Pass Pincher Creek Willow Creek Lethbridge Taber Forty Mile Cypress
Major cities:	Lethbridge Medicine Hat
Towns:	Fort Macleod Coalhurst Coaldale Taber Bow Island
Villages:	Cowley Barnwell
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta National Highway System ← Hwy 2A Hwy 3A →

Provincial highways in Alberta

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 3, commonly referred to as Highway 3, is a highway that traverses southern Alberta, Canada, connecting the Crowsnest Pass to the Trans-Canada Highway in Medicine Hat. It forms the eastern portion of the Crowsnest Highway that runs from Hope, British Columbia to Medicine Hat and serves as an alternate route to the Trans-Canada from the Lower Mainland to the Canadian Prairies. Highway 3 in Alberta begins in the Canadian Rockies at Crowsnest Pass, parallel to the Canadian Pacific Railway. It winds through the foothills of southern Alberta past Pincher Creek to a major junction at Highway 2 west of Fort Macleod where it becomes a divided highway and part of Alberta's "Export Highway", a segment of the CANAMEX Corridor that stretches from Alaska to Mexico. The divided highway then curves northeast to Monarch where it crosses the Oldman River and meets Highway 23 before bending back southeast. It bisects the city of Lethbridge as an expressway named Crowsnest Trail that carries nearly 35,000 vehicles per day, the busiest section of the highway. Crowsnest Trail marks the northern termini of Highways 4 and 5; the former branches southwest to Magrath and Cardston while the latter is a major route that assumes the designation of the Export Highway, connecting to Interstate 15 in Montana. Continuing east alongside the railway, Highway 3 passes through Coaldale en route to Taber, after which the divided highway reverts to a two-lane road that carries on across farmland into Cypress County. The highway ends at the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) in Medicine Hat.