Alberta Highway 8
Highway 8 in Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glenmore Trail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operator: | Alberta Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Start of the street: |
Redwood Meadows ( 51 ° 1 ′ N , 114 ° 28 ′ W ) |
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End of street: |
Calgary ( 50 ° 59 ′ N , 114 ° 2 ′ W ) |
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Overall length: | 31 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bridge over the Glenmore Reservoir near Calgary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course of the road
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The Highway 8 in the Canadian province of Alberta leads from the west coming to Calgary as a feeder to the city. The highway has a total length of 31 km.
The route begins north of Redwood Meadows , at a roundabout it branches off in an easterly direction on Highway 22 . After 17 km you will reach the city limits of Calgary. Within Calgary, the highway is known as the Glenmore Trail, it is named after the Glenmore Reservoir, a reservoir that serves as a reservoir for drinking water for Calgary and which is also crossed by the highway. In Calgary the route meets Highway 2 , to the east of which Highway 8 ends at the Bow River , it continues in an easterly direction as Alberta Highway 560 , which is also known as a section of the Glenmore Trail.
Individual evidence
- ^ Alberta Highways 1 to 986, traffic volume, vehicle classification, travel and esal statistic reports. (pdf, 581 KB) Government of Alberta - Ministry of Transportation, 2012, p. 10 , accessed on August 24, 2013 .