[Magnum PEI]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

That, and hearing the same voice every time I tried to get on or off the Deerfoot between Blackfoot and McKnight.

At one point in the 1970s, I read an article in the Herald about the design of this wonderful new freeway, which stressed the point that all the interchanges had been designed by the city's own engineering staff. It seemed pretty clear to me that these were the same geniuses who did the Bow/Crow No-Flow, a.k.a. Malfunction Junction. For one thing, they liked to break the standard rules of interchange design in the same ways, such as having on-ramps enter from the left, and having through lanes suddenly turn into exits. And my personal favourite, putting multiple stoplights smack in the middle of a multi-level interchange.

By contrast, all the interchanges on Stoney Trail, and on the new section of Deerfoot (south of 22X), were built by the provincial government, and built to international engineering standards. The contrast is breathtaking. If I get to drive on Stoney Trail whilst running errands, and then have to take Malfunction Junction to get home to Bankview, it brings tears to my eyes and $*@&! to my lips.

Usually they give you a free lane when that happens, but the SB Crowchild to EB Memorial ramp is a merge! I think it's the only merge from the left in the city (could be wrong about that). First time I took that route I was blown away.