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Originally Posted by Trans Canada
Having scanned over the satellite map, it looks like the labels on Google Maps are pretty accurate - the darker orange sections are freeway and the yellow sections have level crossings (generally a country road with stop signs). Speed limit is 110 throughout.
Source Google Maps https://www.google.ca/maps/@52.2417258,-113.7548107,8z
I don't think it's a priority to get rid of these crossings - besides one or two they are mostly on a long straight flat stretch of highway; you can see vehicles coming from miles away. Only major risk would be in extreme weather conditions. |
Yeah, you can see vehicles coming (not necessarily from miles away though) but crossing one direction (or worse both) of highway 2's lanes at one of these level intersections is a daunting task. Yeah, the speed limit is 110kph but many are doing 120-130 - sight lines are also restricted because often there is a fair amount of traffic on this highway.
I didn't think it would be a big deal either until I had to get onto SB highway 2 from WB township road 322 up by Olds-Didsbury and trust me, the first challenge was just getting a large enough break in the highway traffic to get across the NB #2 lanes. Once across, then you're faced with the challenge of getting a large enough break in the SB lanes because you have to accelerate up to the fast left lane speeds with no on-ramp merge lane.
Highway #2 between Calgary and Edmonton should all be at freeway standards and between Airdrie and Leduc it should be a 6 lane freeway (3 lanes each direction) - it is currently just not adequate for the traffic that one can find on it for most parts of the day.
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