| Poundmaker Trail | ||||
Highway 14 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors | ||||
| Length | 257.0 km[1] (159.7 mi) | |||
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| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Alberta | |||
| Specialized and rural municipalities | Strathcona County,Beaver County,Wainwright No. 61 M.D. | |||
| Major cities | Edmonton | |||
| Towns | Tofield,Viking,Wainwright | |||
| Villages | Ryley,Holden,Irma | |||
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Highway 14 is an east-west highway incentral Alberta, Canada. It stretches fromEdmonton throughWainwright to theAlberta–Saskatchewan border, running parallel to the more northernHighway 16.[2] Highway 14 is about 257 kilometres (160 mi) long.
Along withSaskatchewan Highway 40 (with which it connects at the boundary), it forms part of thePoundmaker Trail, named after ChiefPoundmaker of theCree.
Highway 14 begins in south Edmonton as afreeway namedWhitemud Drive at theCalgary Trail /Gateway Boulevard interchange, linking toHighway 2.[3] It travels east for 9 km (5.6 mi) along Whitemud Drive through neighbourhoods of southeast Edmonton until reaching theAnthony Henday Drivering road, with which it isconcurrent for 2 km (1.2 mi). Leaving the city, the highway veers east and intersectsHighway 21 before thedivided highway ends west ofSouth Cooking Lake. It continues east towardTofield where it bends southeast, paralleling themain line of theCanadian National Railway, and passes throughRyley,Poe,Holden, andBruce before intersectingHighway 36 (Veterans Memorial Highway) inViking. The highway continues through the communities ofKinsella,Irma,Fabyan, andWainwright, crossingHighway 41 (Buffalo Trail). The route then travels due east and intersectsHighway 17 to enter Saskatchewan.[1][4]
Highway 14 historically began inOld Strathcona at the intersection of 104 Street (Calgary Trail) andWhyte (82) Avenue, following Whyte Avenue and 79 Avenue out of Edmonton[5] until it was realigned to the newly constructedSherwood Park Freeway further in the mid-1960s.[6] Just west ofSherwood Park, at theHighway 14X junction, Highway 14 branched south for 6 km (3.7 mi) along present-day Anthony Henday Drive before it turned east. In the 1980s, Highway 14 was rerouted to follow Whitemud Drive into the city; however it followed50 Street and Sherwood Park Freeway as at the time Whitemud Drive terminated at34 Street.[7] In 1999, Whitemud Drive was extended to present-day Anthony Henday Drive and Highway 14 was changed to its current alignment.[8]
From west to east:[9]
| Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| City ofEdmonton | 0.0– 0.6 | 0.0– 0.37 | Whitemud Drive continues west | ||
| Interchange; part of Whitemud Drive | |||||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 91 Street | Interchange | ||
| 3.6 | 2.2 | 75 Street / 66 Street | Interchange | ||
| 5.2 | 3.2 | 50 Street | Interchange | ||
| 6.8 | 4.2 | 34 Street | Interchange | ||
| 8.6 | 5.3 | 17 Street | Interchange | ||
| Strathcona County | | 10.3 | 6.4 | Interchange (Highway 216 exit 64); west end of Highway 216concurrency | |
| 11.9– 15.5 | 7.4– 9.6 | Bretona Interchange[10] (Highway 216 exit 66); east end of Highway 216 concurrency; west end ofPoundmaker Trail | |||
| 20.1 | 12.5 | Interchange | |||
| 27.3 | 17.0 | ||||
| South Cooking Lake | 29.1 | 18.1 | |||
| Beaver County | | 51.8 | 32.2 | ||
| Tofield | 59.8– 61.1 | 37.2– 38.0 | Tofield access; former Highway 834 north | ||
| | 63.3 | 39.3 | |||
| Ryley | 78.5 | 48.8 | West end of Highway 854 concurrency | ||
| 80.3 | 49.9 | East end of Highway 854 concurrency | |||
| Holden | 93.1 | 57.8 | |||
| Bruce | 107.6 | 66.9 | |||
| Viking | 127.5 | 79.2 | |||
| 129.3 | 80.3 | ||||
| | 143.8 | 89.4 | |||
| Kinsella | 147.8 | 91.8 | West end of Highway 870 concurrency | ||
| 148.6 | 92.3 | East end of Highway 870 concurrency | |||
| M.D. of Wainwright No. 61 | Irma | 170.3 | 105.8 | ||
| | 185.2 | 115.1 | |||
| 187.2 | 116.3 | Crosses theBattle River | |||
| Fabyan | 188.9 | 117.4 | |||
| Wainwright | 198.3 | 123.2 | 1 Street | Access toCFB Wainwright | |
| 201.6 | 125.3 | ||||
| | 216.2 | 134.3 | |||
| 222.7 | 138.4 | West end of Highway 894 concurrency | |||
| 226.0 | 140.4 | East end of Highway 894 concurrency | |||
| 232.5 | 144.5 | ||||
| 253.8 | 157.7 | West end of Highway 17 concurrency | |||
| 256.2 | 159.2 | East end of Highway 17 concurrency | |||
| 257.0 | 159.7 | Continues intoSaskatchewan | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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There are three former auxiliary routes of Highway 14 located in the Edmonton area.
| Location | Edmonton |
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| Length | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
| Location | Strathcona County |
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| Length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
There are two former alignments of Highway 14A. The first route followedConnors Road and 83 Street between Highway 14, which at the time followedWhyte (82) Avenue, anddowntown Edmonton via theLow Level Bridge. The route was phased out in the 1970s. The second route of Highway 14A was 76 Avenue through Strathcona County. Highway 14 formerly shifted south from Whyte (82) Avenue to 76 Avenue before continuing east. When theSherwood Park Freeway opened in 1968, Highway 14 was moved to the new route and the former route was renumbered as Highway 14A. The route was phased out in the 1970s.
| Location | Strathcona County |
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Highway 14X was a spur connecting Highway 14 withHighway 16A andHighway 16. The route became part ofHighway 216 in 1999.