Getting amped up here in Calgary for a new highway that opens next month..check it out. Calgary is da best. Here are some pics and vids from the net
construction started in April 2007 on the NE section...complete in november 2009
Quote:
The Alberta government has signed a 30-year contract with the Stoney Trail Group to design, build, operate and partially finance Stoney Trail from its junction with Deerfoot Trail to 17 Avenue SE. The contract also includes maintenance of Stoney Trail NW from its junction with Deerfoot Trail to 16 Avenue NW.
Total length is 21 kilometres.
Six-lane sections from Deerfoot Trail to Metis Trail (44 Street NE) and McKnight Boulevard to 16 Avenue NE. Other sections are four-lane.
Interchanges at Deerfoot Trail, Metis Trail, Country Hills Boulevard, Airport Trail, McKnight Boulevard, and 16 Avenue NE.
Signalized t-intersection at 17 Avenue SE. An interchange will be built when Stoney Trail is extended south of 17 Avenue SE.
Construction of two new railway bridge structures and rehabilitation of two existing railway bridge structures.
|
Open house is March 29 from 2 to 8 pm at Sunridge Mall
Speed limits:
NE: 110 km/h
NW: 80 km/h
SE & SW: TBD
Government built portion information:
http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/804.htm
Privately built portion [P3] information:
http://www.stoneytrailgroup.ca/index.html
Looking north from 17th:
Future South East Ring Road:
Looking east towards 16th ave, from 68th
McKnight overpass, looking east
Looking south towards 16th ave from Mcknight
Here's the oil well thats at fault for the major bend
Looking north from Mcknight Bridge:
From McKnight, looking to the east:
Looking west:
