Bow Trail
Length | 9.3 km (5.8 mi)[1] |
---|---|
East end | 9 Avenue SW / 6 Avenue SW |
Major junctions | Crowchild Trail Sarcee Trail |
West end | 85 Street SW |
Bow Trail is an expressway in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It gets its name from the Bow River, which runs through the city north of the road itself. It runs from downtown Calgary, where the westbound traffic continues from 6 Avenue SW and eastbound traffic becomes 9 Avenue SW, to 85 Street SW.[2]
Bow Trail, along with
History
Prior to it being named Bow Trail, the road west of 33 Street SW was known as Banff Coach Road. The road was rerouted with westbound expansion, with Bow Trail being rerouted on a more southerly route west of
In 2004, the city of Calgary conducted a traffic volume study along Bow Trail that found the four lane road inadequate.[3] Consequently, an additional westbound lane was added between 33 Street and Sarcee Trail by 2006. The section between Sarcee Trail and Strathcona Boulevard was widened and landscaped by 2007, while the intersection with Sarcee Trail was improved. Although an interchange with Sarcee has been proposed for many years (with the abandoned "Go Plan" of the mid-1990s at one point proposing the interchange include a link to a southern extension of Shaganappi Trail), as of 2018 none is planned; the city built one further south at Sarcee and 17th Avenue S.W. in the late 2000s instead.
In 2010, construction of the west leg of the
As of 2015, Bow Trail ends at 85th Street, though the road actually continues for a short way beyond as 12th Avenue S.W., an unpaved rural access road. The City's transportation plan calls for Bow to eventually be extended westward from 85th Street to link with a planned southwestern leg of the Stoney Trail ring road; as of 2015, no official time frame has been announced for construction.[5]
The eastern portion of Bow Trail (between Crowchild Trail and 14th Street N.W.) fall within the lands being considered for
Major intersections
From east to west.[2] The entire route is in
km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.0 | 0.0 | 9 Avenue SW / 6 Avenue SW | One-way split; eastbound traffic continues as 9 Ave SW; westbound traffic continues from 6 Ave SW | ||
11 Street SW | |||||
0.5 | 0.31 | 14 Street SW | Interchange; no eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
0.9 | 0.56 | 16 Street SW | Left-in/left-out ; access to former Greyhound bus depot | ||
Sunalta CTrain station | |||||
1.0 | 0.62 | Pumphouse Avenue | Eastbound right-in/right-out; eastbound access to 5 Avenue SW from M-F, 6-9AM[6] | ||
4 Avenue SW | Westbound entrance only; closed M-F, 6-9AM[6] | ||||
Pumphouse Road | Westbound right-in/right-out; no access M-F, 6-9AM[6] | ||||
1.8 | 1.1 | Crowchild Trail | Interchange; no westbound to southbound exit; no northbound to westbound entrance | ||
12 Avenue SW | Via 10 Avenue SW; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
2.3 | 1.4 | 24 Street SW | Westbound right-in/right-out | ||
2.7 | 1.7 | 26 Street SW | |||
Shaganappi Point CTrain station (located in median) | |||||
3.5 | 2.2 | 33 Street SW, Spruce Drive | Access to Westbrook CTrain station and Westbrook Mall | ||
4.1 | 2.5 | 37 Street SW | |||
5.3 | 3.3 | 45 Street SW | Access to Edworthy Park | ||
5.9 | 3.7 | Sarcee Trail | |||
7.2 | 4.5 | Strathcona Boulevard, Old Banff Coach Road | |||
9.3 | 5.8 | 85 Street SW | |||
Stoney Trail (Hwy 201) | Interchange | ||||
101 Street SW | Western terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ a b Google (May 8, 2017). "Bow Trail in Calgary, Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 1-895229-80-4.
- ^ City of Calgary. "Bow Trail - 37 Street S.W. to Strathcona Boulevard S.W."
- ^ West LRT. "Construction map". Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2001.
- Alberta Transportation. October 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ^ a b c "5 Avenue S.W. Morning Connector" (PDF) (Map). City of Calgary. Calgary Roads. Retrieved September 28, 2020.