Blackfoot Trail

Blackfoot Trail is a super-4 expressway in Calgary, Alberta. It is named for the Blackfoot Confederacy, and more specifically the Siksika Nation, located east of Calgary. The road runs from 17 Avenue SE in the north, where Blackfoot Trail meets Deerfoot Trail (Highway 2), to Southland Drive in the south. It is the historical alignment of Highway 2 in south Calgary.^[2] The section of Blackfoot Trail between 19 Street SE and Deerfoot Trail is a former alignment, and still technically part of, 17 Avenue SE;^[2][3] however, it is generally referred to as being part of Blackfoot Trail.^[4]

Blackfoot Trail

Length	10.3 km (6.4 mi)[1]
Location	Calgary, Alberta
South end	Southland Drive
Major junctions	Heritage Drive Glenmore Trail
North end	Deerfoot Trail (Highway 2) / 17 Avenue SE

History

"Blackfoot Chiefs" by Paul Kane (1873-1946)

Highway 2 in Calgary in the late 1960s (red line) when it followed the alignment of present-day Macleod, Glenmore, and Blackfoot Trails, 17 Avenue SE, and Barlow Trail. The green line represents the present-day alignment of Deerfoot Trail.

Prior to the construction of Deerfoot Trail, which was originally named the Blackfoot Trail Freeway, Blackfoot Trail was the routing of Highway 2 through the southern portion of Calgary. It continued south to 66 Avenue SE (present-day Glenmore Trail) and Macleod Trail. At the north end, Highway 2 continued east on 17 Avenue SE, before turning north to Barlow Trail. ^[5][6] Blackfoot trail started construction in 1957 and ended in the early 1960s.

Major intersections

From south to north.^[2] The entire route is in Calgary.

km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	Southland Drive	Southern terminus; adjacent to Deerfoot Trail interchange (Hwy 2 Exit 245)
1.3	0.81	85 Avenue SE
1.9	1.2	Heritage Drive
2.7	1.7	71 Avenue SE
3.4	2.1	Glenmore Trail	Partial cloverleaf interchange
4.3	2.7	58 Avenue SE
4.8	3.0	53 Avenue SE
5.4	3.4	Manhattan Road / 46 Avenue SE
5.9	3.7	42 Avenue SE
6.4	4.0	Highfield Road
8.0	5.0	26 Avenue SE / Ogden Road	Partial cloverleaf interchange
8.7	5.4	Alyth Road
8.9	5.5	15 Street SE – City Centre	Access to 9 Avenue SE
9.4	5.8	17A Street SE / 19 Street SE – City Centre	Access to 9 Avenue SE; 17 Avenue SE concurrency begins
9.7	6.0	Cushing Bridge across the Bow River
10.3	6.4	Deerfoot Trail (Highway 2)	Partial cloverleaf interchange (Hwy 2 Exit 254); northern terminus
		Continues east as 17 Avenue SE
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

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• Transportation in Calgary

References

1. "Blackfoot Trail in Calgary, Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
2. Sherlock Publishing (2014). Sherlock's Map of Calgary (16th ed.). Langdon, Alberta: Sherlock Publishing. pp. 28, 35–36, 41. ISBN 978-1-895229-80-6.
3. "19 St SE / Blackfoot Tr sign in Calgary, AB". Google Street View. April 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
4. "17 Ave SE / Blackfoot Tr interchange signs in Calgary, AB". Google Street View. July 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
5. Ponton, Harrison; Parker (1924). "Harrison & Ponton's map of the city of Calgary, Province of Alberta". University of Calgary Library Catalogue. Harrison Ponton and Parker. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
6. MacPherson (1940). "Road Map - Province of Alberta". Edmonton: Department of Public Works. Retrieved 2017-01-09.