Alberta Highway 901

Highway 901 marker
Highway 901
Highway 901 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors
Length40.10 km[1] (24.92 mi)
Major junctions
West end Highway 24 / Highway 22X near Carseland
East end Highway 1 (TCH) near Gleichen
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Specialized and rural municipalitiesWheatland County
Highway system
Highway 899 Highway 921

Highway 901 is a 40-kilometre (25 mi) in southern Alberta, Canada that extends Highway 22X from Highway 24 to Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) near Gleichen.[2]

The highway has been receiving an increasing level of traffic, diverting vehicles from Highway 1 east of Gleichen.[3] Since at least the late 1980s, the current alignment of Highway 901 has been earmarked as a possible new route for the Trans-Canada itself in order to bypass the bulk of Calgary.[4]

  1. ^ "Provincial Highways 500 - 986 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Alberta Official Road Map (Map) (2011 ed.). Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. § M-6.
  3. ^ "Highway 1 Alignment and Area Network – Highway 842 to Highway 797 Planning Study (Open House #2 presentation)" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  4. ^ Beaty, Bob (March 8, 1989). "Plan to move highway irks tourism operators". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2014.