Alberta Highway 14

Highway 14
Poundmaker Trail
Route information
Length:	257 km (160 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Hwy 2 in Edmonton
	Hwy 216 in Edmonton Hwy 21 near Edmonton Hwy 36 in Viking Hwy 26 near Kinsella Hwy 41 in Wainwright Hwy 17 near the Saskatchewan border
East end:	Saskatchewan border continues east as Hwy 40
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities:	Strathcona County, Beaver County, Wainwright No. 61 M.D.
Major cities:	Edmonton
Towns:	Tofield, Viking, Wainwright
Villages:	Ryley, Holden, Irma
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 13 Hwy 15 →

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 14 is an east-west highway through central Alberta. It spans from the City of Edmonton to the Alberta – Saskatchewan border. It runs parallel to the more northern Highway 16.^[1]

Along with Saskatchewan Highway 40 (with which it connects at the boundary), it forms part of the Poundmaker Trail, named after Chief Poundmaker of the Cree.

Route description

It begins in Edmonton as Whitemud Drive and at the Calgary Trail / Gateway Boulevard interchange, where it connects with Highway 2.^[2] It travels east for 9 km (5.6 mi) along Whitemud Drive until it reaches Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216, Edmonton's outer ring road) and turns south for 2 km (1.2 mi). The highway then turns east and crosses Highway 21 before the divided highway ends west of South Cooking Lake. The highway continues east towards east towards Tofield, where it then turns in a southeast direction, paralleling the main line of the Canadian National Railway, and passes through Ryley, Poe, Holden, and Bruce before intersecting with Highway 36 (Veterans Memorial Highway) in Viking. The highway continues through, Kinsella, Irma, and Fabyan before passing through Wainwright and intersecting with Highway 41 (Buffalo Trail). The highway then travels due east and intersects with Highway 17 before entering Saskatchewan. ^[3][4]

History

Former alignments

Highway 14 used to begin in Old Strathcona at the intersection of 104 Street (Calgary Trail) and Whyte (82) Avenue and followed Whyte Avenue and 79 Avenue out of Edmonton^[5] before it was moved to the newly constructed Sherwood Park Freeway in the mid-1960s.^[6] Just west of Sherwood Park, Highway 14 branched south for 6 km (3.7 mi) along present-day Highway 216 before it turned east. In the 1980s, Highway 14 was moved to the Whitemud Drive; however it followed 50 Street and Sherwood Park Freeway as at the time Whitemud Drive terminated at 34 Street.^[7] In 1999, Whitemud Drive was extended to present-day Highway 216 and Highway 14 was rerouted to its current alignment.^[8]

Highway 14X

Alberta Highway 14X is a former spur of Highway 14 that connected with Highway 16. Located along the present-day Anthony Henday Drive, it travelled 3.1 km (1.9 mi) from Sherwood Park Freeway to Baseline Road, where the roadway became Highway 16A. In 1996, it was extended north another 3.1 km (1.9 mi) to Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16) by renumbering a portion of Highway 16A,^[9] but was then renumbered to Highway 216 in 1999.^[8]

Major intersections

From west to east:^[10]

Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km[3]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Continues as Whitemud Drive (Hwy 2) west – St. Albert, Athabasca
City of Edmonton		0	0.0	Calgary Trail (Hwy 2) south – Airport, Red Deer, Calgary Gateway Boulevard north – City Centre 99 Street	Interchange Part of Whitemud Drive
		2	1.2	91 Street	Interchange
		4	2.5	75 Street / 66 Street	Interchange
		5	3.1	50 Street	Interchange
		7	4.3	34 Street	Interchange
		9	5.6	17 Street	Interchange
Strathcona County	​	10	6.2	Anthony Henday Drive (Hwy 216; Exit 64) Hwy 628 east (Township Road 522)	Hwy 14 branches south Hwy 216 concurrency begins
				Whitemud Drive ends • Becomes Anthony Henday Drive
	​	12	7.5	Anthony Henday Drive (Hwy 216; Exit 66)	Hwy 14 branches east Hwy 216 concurrency ends
				Anthony Henday Drive ends • Becomes Poundmaker Trail
	​	20	12	Hwy 21 – Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan, Camrose
	​	26.75	16.62	Divided highway ends
	​	27	17	Hwy 824 north – Ardrossan
	South Cooking Lake	29	18	South Cooking Lake Road
Beaver County	​	52	32	Hwy 630 north – Lindbrook, Sherwood Park Hwy 833 south – Camrose
	Tofield	60	37	To Hwy 834 north (46 Avenue)	Tofield west access
		61	38	46 Avenue	Tofield east access
	​	63	39	Hwy 834 – Chipman, Round Hill
	Ryley	79	49	Hwy 854 south – Bawlf	Hwy 854 concurrency begins
		80	50	Hwy 854 north – Mundare	Hwy 854 concurrency ends
	Holden	93	58	Hwy 855 – Mundare, Daysland
	Bruce	108	67	Hwy 857 – Vegreville
	Viking	128	80	Hwy 36 – Two Hills, Killam
		129	80	To Hwy 619 east
	​	144	89	Hwy 26 west – Camrose
	Kinsella	148	92	Hwy 870 south – Lougheed	Hwy 870 concurrency begins
		149	93	Hwy 870 north – Innisfree	Hwy 870 concurrency ends
M.D. of Wainwright No. 61	Irma	170	110	Hwy 881 – Mannville, Hardisty
	​	185	115	Hwy 883 north
	​	187	116	Crosses the Battle River
	Fabyan	189	117	Range Road 75
	Wainwright	198	123	1 Street south – CFB Wainwright
		202	126	Hwy 41 – Vermilion, Consort
	​	216	134	Hwy 610 north – Edgerton, Ribstone, Chauvin
	​	223	139	Hwy 894 north	Hwy 894 concurrency begins
	​	226	140	Hwy 894 south – Edgerton	Hwy 894 concurrency ends
	​	232	144	Hwy 897 north – Paradise Valley, Kitscoty
	​	254	158	Hwy 17 south – Dillberry Lake Provincial Park, Macklin	Hwy 17 concurrency begins
	​	256	159	Hwy 17 north – Lloydminster	Hwy 17 concurrency ends
	​	257	160	Alberta – Saskatchewan Boundary
Continues as Hwy 40 east (Poundmaker Trail) – Marsden, Cut Knife, The Battlefords
Concurrency terminus

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