Editing Alberta (section)

===Road===
{{See also|List of Alberta provincial highways}}
Alberta has over {{cvt|473000|km}} of highways and roads in its road network.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fletcher |first=Robson |date=October 1, 2018 |title=How Alberta built enough roads to reach the moon |work=[[CBC News]] |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-roads-highways-statistics-data-history-1.4824736 |access-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111134609/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-roads-highways-statistics-data-history-1.4824736 |url-status=live }}</ref> The main north–south corridor is [[Alberta Highway 2|Highway 2]], which begins south of [[Cardston]] at the [[Carway, Alberta|Carway]] border crossing and is part of the [[CANAMEX Corridor]]. Beginning at the [[Coutts, Alberta|Coutts]] border crossing and ending at Lethbridge, [[Alberta Highway 4|Highway&nbsp;4]], effectively extends [[Interstate 15]] into Alberta and is the busiest United States gateway to the province. [[Alberta Highway 3|Highway&nbsp;3]] joins Lethbridge to [[Fort Macleod]] and links Highway&nbsp;2 to Highway&nbsp;4. Highway&nbsp;2 travels north through Fort Macleod, Calgary, Red Deer, and Edmonton.<ref name=highwaychart>{{cite web |url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2015_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410182657/http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2015_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |access-date=October 12, 2016 |date=March 2015 |title=Provincial Highway 1–216 Progress Chart |publisher=Alberta Transportation |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Alberta Highway 22-Cowboy Trail- at TransCanada Highway.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|[[Alberta Highway 1|Highway 1]] (the [[Trans-Canada Highway]]) at [[Alberta Highway 22]] (Cowboy Trail).]]
North of Edmonton, the highway continues to [[Athabasca, Alberta|Athabasca]], then northwesterly along the south shore of [[Lesser Slave Lake]] into [[High Prairie]], north to [[Peace River, Alberta|Peace River]], west to [[Fairview, Alberta|Fairview]] and finally south to [[Grande Prairie]], where it ends at an interchange with [[Alberta Highway 43|Highway&nbsp;43]].<ref name=highwaychart/> The section of Highway&nbsp;2 between Calgary and Edmonton has been named the Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II Highway to commemorate the visit of the monarch in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=18089FD23DB4D-FD6C-4FCB-BF561512BB437544 |publisher=Alberta Transportation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325212610/http://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=18089FD23DB4D-FD6C-4FCB-BF561512BB437544 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |date=May 23, 2005 |title=Highway 2 receives 'Royal' treatment |access-date=November 4, 2016 |quote=Highway 2 between Edmonton and Calgary is now known as the Queen Elizabeth II Highway. }}</ref> Highway&nbsp;2 is supplemented by two more highways that run parallel to it: [[Alberta Highway 22|Highway 22]], west of Highway&nbsp;2, known as ''Cowboy Trail'', and [[Alberta Highway 21|Highway&nbsp;21]], east of Highway&nbsp;2. Highway&nbsp;43 travels northwest into Grande Prairie and the [[Peace River Country]]. Travelling northeast from Edmonton, the [[Alberta Highway 63|Highway 63]] connects to Fort McMurrayand the Athabasca oil sands.<ref name=highwaychart/>

Alberta has two main east–west corridors. The southern corridor, part of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] system, enters the province near Medicine Hat, runs westward through Calgary, and leaves Alberta through Banff National Park. The northern corridor, also part of the Trans-Canada network and known as the [[Yellowhead Highway]] ([[Alberta Highway 16|Highway&nbsp;16]]), runs west from Lloydminster in eastern Alberta, through Edmonton and [[Jasper National Park]] into British Columbia.<ref name=highwaychart/> One of the most scenic drives is along the [[Icefields Parkway]], which runs for {{cvt|228|km}} between Jasper and Lake Louise, with mountain ranges and glaciers on either side of its entire length. A third corridor stretches across southern Alberta; [[Alberta Highway 3|Highway&nbsp;3]] runs between [[Crowsnest Pass]] and Medicine Hat through Lethbridge and forms the eastern portion of the [[Crowsnest Highway]].<ref name=highwaychart/> Another major corridor through central Alberta is [[Alberta Highway 11|Highway&nbsp;11]] (also known as the [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] Highway), which runs east from the [[Saskatchewan River Crossing, Alberta|Saskatchewan River Crossing]] in Banff National Park through [[Rocky Mountain House]] and [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]], connecting with [[Alberta Highway 12|Highway&nbsp;12]], {{cvt|20|km}} west of [[Stettler, Alberta|Stettler]]. The highway connects many of the smaller towns in central Alberta with Calgary and Edmonton, as it crosses Highway&nbsp;2 just west of Red Deer.<ref name=highwaychart/>

Urban stretches of Alberta's major highways and freeways are often called ''trails''. For example, Highway&nbsp;2, the main north–south highway in the province, is called [[Deerfoot Trail]] as it passes through Calgary but becomes [[Calgary Trail & Gateway Boulevard|Calgary Trail (southbound) and Gateway Boulevard (northbound)]] as it enters Edmonton and then turns into [[St. Albert Trail]] as it leaves Edmonton for the City of [[St. Albert, Alberta|St. Albert]]. Calgary, in particular, has a tradition of calling its largest urban [[limited-access road|expressway]]s ''trails'' and naming many of them after prominent [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] individuals and tribes, such as [[Crowchild Trail]], Deerfoot Trail, and [[Stoney Trail]].<ref name=Calgarymap>{{cite web |title=Calgary, Alberta |url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@50.9896374,-114.0667851,9.75z?hl=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008133612/https://www.google.ca/maps/@50.9896374,-114.0667851,9.75z?hl=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |publisher=[[Google Maps]] |access-date=December 8, 2016 |format=Map }}</ref>