Ring Road To Nowhere

[RedMileDJ]

I'm sure I heard 2023. If I'm wrong then...sorry.

[psicodude]

Originally Posted by Coys1882

The lack of exits into Cranston does suck and are kind of puzzling but it's not the end of the world. I certainly don't think I'll be going down 52nd and along Seton Blvd though - too many lights. I think I'd just exit NORTH onto Deerfoot and then come back SOUTH again off of the MacKenzie Towne overpass and then take the Cranston/McKenzie Lake exit.

I found it easier (albeit longer) to just keep on truckin down to Chaparral and coming back because there isn't a real easy way to get back going south onto Deerfoot from McKenzie. You have to either pull a U-turn or go down a side street and turn around.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by psicodude

I found it easier (albeit longer) to just keep on truckin down to Chaparral and coming back because there isn't a real easy way to get back going south onto Deerfoot from McKenzie. You have to either pull a U-turn or go down a side street and turn around.

You can take the left turn off the off ramp onto McKenzie Lake Blvd, then immediately take the ramp to SB Deerfoot.

[J epworth]

Originally Posted by psicodude

I found it easier (albeit longer) to just keep on truckin down to Chaparral and coming back because there isn't a real easy way to get back going south onto Deerfoot from McKenzie. You have to either pull a U-turn or go down a side street and turn around.

You just take the exit off the Mckenzie overpass, like you would if you were going deerfoot south from Mckenzie Towne. No U-turn or side street required.

In regards to getting access to Cranston, two questions to you guys. Is 52nd open now all the way to Seton Blvd, or do you still have to go through Auburn Bay? And second, does anyone know what the timeline is for the overpass planned on the south end of Cranston, right at the edge of the city before the Bow River? For most of Cranston's new residents in the next few years, access from that overpass will be very useful for being able to use the ring road properly.

[You Need a Thneed]

52nd is open all the way to a seton Blvd.

[psicodude]

Originally Posted by J epworth kendal

You just take the exit off the Mckenzie overpass, like you would if you were going deerfoot south from Mckenzie Towne. No U-turn or side street required.

In regards to getting access to Cranston, two questions to you guys. Is 52nd open now all the way to Seton Blvd, or do you still have to go through Auburn Bay? And second, does anyone know what the timeline is for the overpass planned on the south end of Cranston, right at the edge of the city before the Bow River? For most of Cranston's new residents in the next few years, access from that overpass will be very useful for being able to use the ring road properly.

Duh. I completely forgot about the cloverleaf to get to SB Deerfoot.

52nd does go all the way to Seton now and is 4 lanes as well. There are a few stop lights along the way, but it's not bad. Hardly anyone uses it at this point, but I am worried about it once the Seton area develops. The McKenzie trick is much quicker.

I can't find it, but I could swear that someone posted in this thread that the second overpass is at least 10 years away, but is largely dependent on how quickly Seton builds up. If memory serves, it's 212th ave.

[firebug]

Originally Posted by firebug

Route help for today...

Need to get to ECTAS (erinwoods arena - just off of 52nd street) at 5:30 from Mckenzie Towne (say 130th Avenue).

In previous journeys, 52nd street NB can be devastatingly slow from glenmore to peigan.

Has the ring road taken enough of the pressure off of 52nd St NB to make it worthwhile or should we jog over to Stoney trail from 114th then back to NB 52nd via Peigan?

It was a completely different road from what I've experienced in the past.

NB 52nd at 130th Ave at 5:14pm and was at Peigan and 52nd NB by 5:24.

[Northendzone]

^ 6.00 PM practice?

[firebug]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

^ 6.00 PM practice?

Yep.

[Northendzone]

^ did my 4 years of those, but still have to fight the fight as my son goes to GDI occasionally and thier sessions start at 5.......I wish they had put in an exit to Copperfield so that we would not have to go to 114/22x to access ST- but I realize it would ahve cost millions and caused other traffic headaches....

[vegasbound]

I'm not sure if I have Stoney to thank for my wonderful trip on Deerfoot south bound at 5 pm, but either way I will take it! I came from the U of C down to Douglasdale and it only took me 30 mins, going up to John Laurie/McKnight to get to Deerfoot. Much better than sitting on Crowchild to get to Glenmore.

With that being said- Deerfoot north bound today looked horrid.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

With that being said- Deerfoot north bound today looked horrid.

And it will be forever. The bad thing about the ring road opening is that the province now has an excuse to never properly fix Deerfoot. Can't blame em, it needs about three quarters of a billion dollars in fixes.

Originally Posted by Northendzone

I realize it would ahve cost millions and caused other traffic headaches....

Not really; the only reason an interchange wasn't built at 130 Ave is cost-benefit... they decided that not enough people would be using it yet to justify the cost. Grading was done, it'll be a relatively simple interchange when they decide to proceed.

[calgarygringo]

Yesterday was another good day heading North in the morning and south at night on Deerfoot. Maybe Stoney is making a difference. Outside of a bit of a slowdown at Ikea area the rest was pretty much 100k all the way both ways. Did take a drive down Stoney around lunch time from the office in the north to Mac town area and hardly a soul on there. Must be mostly used at rush hour as not even close to the traffic on Deerfoot during the day. I was impressed how short of time it took to get from the ne to the deep south. I can see why the folks on east side will appreciate it over time.

[Acey]

It's an extremely heavy commuter route; as you say, it's dead outside of rush hour but an engineer posted on SSP yesterday and said volume is about 30,000 vehicles per day, which would seem ridiculously high unless you've been on it at rush hour and seen all the volume. Maybe a quarter or a third of Stoney traffic has come right off Deerfoot (guessing), so it could be noticeable.

[Mccree]

Originally Posted by vegasbound

I'm not sure if I have Stoney to thank for my wonderful trip on Deerfoot south bound at 5 pm, but either way I will take it! I came from the U of C down to Douglasdale and it only took me 30 mins, going up to John Laurie/McKnight to get to Deerfoot. Much better than sitting on Crowchild to get to Glenmore.

With that being said- Deerfoot north bound today looked horrid.

I hate hate hate northbound Deerfoot during rush hour. It has to be the worse road in the world and it will never get fixed.

3 months ago the sign used to say 3/4 minutes to beddington/airport and now is it 7/8.

Stupid road

[calgarygringo]

So does that mean based on my living in the south experience that the south people seem to be taking Stoney more than the north end people. Seems for me the morning commute and evening commute from the north to the south is much better since opening of Stoney. It even looks just as busy on the other side as before.

[psicodude]

I think the South is seeing the benefit right now because a lot of semi trucks are taking Stoney to the Foothills industrial area. I swear that I haven't seen a big truck on Deerfoot during rush hour all week.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by psicodude

I think the South is seeing the benefit right now because a lot of semi trucks are taking Stoney to the Foothills industrial area. I swear that I haven't seen a big truck on Deerfoot during rush hour all week.

Northbound yesterday at rush hour was bad. Lots of semis and big trucks. Traffic was kind of slow actually.

[Acey]

Here's my take on it. Look how much further Stoney is from Deerfoot in the north than it is in the south. That makes it an inherently less viable alternative. I've also put an X where a lot of people live. Look how far a lot of people in the north are from Stoney. But in the south, a lot of people are close to the termination of both routes.

[You Need a Thneed]

Stoney was pretty much dry and clear this morning. I don't know if the plowing crews are to be praised, or if it was just the combination of dry snow, and the wind blowing it all off the road. The shoulders were snowy, so likely that plow crews.