Alberta Highway 14

Route description

Highway 14 officially begins at the southeastern extremity of Edmonton at Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216), Edmonton's ring road, near the locality of Bretona. The highway travels east as a divided highway and intersects Highway 21 before the divided highway ends west of South Cooking Lake. It continues east toward Tofield where it bends southeast, paralleling the main line of the Canadian National Railway, and passes through Ryley, Poe, Holden, and Bruce before intersecting Highway 36 (Veterans Memorial Highway) in Viking. The highway continues through the communities of Kinsella, Irma, Fabyan, and Wainwright, crossing Highway 41 (Buffalo Trail). The route then travels due east and intersects Highway 17 to enter Saskatchewan.

History

Highway 14 historically began at Highway 2 in Old Strathcona at the intersection of 104 Street (Calgary Trail) and Whyte (82) Avenue, following Whyte Avenue and 79 Avenue out of Edmonton, until it was realigned to the newly constructed Sherwood Park Freeway in 1968. Just west of Sherwood Park, at the Highway 14X junction, Highway 14 travelled south for 6 km along present-day Anthony Henday Drive before turning east. In the 1980s, Highway 14 was rerouted to follow Whitemud Drive within Edmonton; however, it followed 50 Street and Sherwood Park Freeway as at the time Whitemud Drive terminated at 34 Street. In 1999, Whitemud Drive was extended east to Highway 14 (present-day Anthony Henday Drive), resulting Highway 14 being rerouted away from the Sherwood Park Freeway, along with the 3.4 km section north of Whitemud Drive and Highway 14X becoming Highway 216.

In 2007 the southeast portion of Anthony Henday Drive was completed, while Highway 14 remained designated on Whitemud Drive as a city-maintained roadway, despite signage at Bretona indicating that Highway 14 ended at Anthony Henday Drive. In 2016, the northeastern portion of Anthony Henday Drive was completed; part of the project was rebuilding the section between Whitemud Drive and Yellowhead Trail and the Highway 14 signage was removed removed at the Whitemud Drive interchange. In subsequent years the official Highway 14 designation has been removed from Whitemud Drive; however, some eastbound trailblazer signage remains.

Major intersections

From west to east:

Former auxiliary routes

There are three former auxiliary routes of Highway 14 located in the Edmonton area.

Highway 14A

There are two former alignments of Highway 14A. The first route followed Connors Road and 83 Street between Highway 14, which at the time followed Whyte (82) Avenue, and downtown Edmonton via the Low Level Bridge. The route was phased out in the 1970s. The second route of Highway 14A was 76 Avenue through Strathcona County. Highway 14 formerly shifted south from Whyte (82) Avenue to 76 Avenue before continuing east. When the Sherwood Park Freeway opened in 1968, Highway 14 was moved to the new route and the former route was renumbered as Highway 14A. The route was phased out in the 1970s.

Highway 14X

Main article: Alberta Highway 14X

Highway 14X was a spur connecting Highway 14 with Highway 16A and Highway 16. The route became part of Highway 216 in 1999.

References

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