Alberta Highway 14
 .svg) Highway 14 | ||||
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| Poundmaker Trail | ||||
 Highway 14 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors | ||||
| Length | 245.1 km[1] (152.3 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Highway 216 in Edmonton | |||
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| East end |  Highway 40 at the Saskatchewan border | |||
| 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 in central Alberta, Canada. It stretches from Edmonton through Wainwright to the Alberta–Saskatchewan border, running parallel to the more northern Highway 16.[2] Highway 14 is about 245 kilometres (152 mi) long.
Along with Saskatchewan Highway 40 (with which it connects at the boundary), it forms part of the Poundmaker Trail, named after Chief Poundmaker of the Cree.
Route description
[edit]Highway 14 officially begins at the southeastern extremity of Edmonton at Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216), Edmonton's ring road, near the locality of Bretona.[3] The highway travels east as a divided highway and intersects Highway 21 before the divided highway ends west of South Cooking Lake. It continues east toward Tofield where it bends southeast, paralleling the main line of the Canadian National Railway, and passes through Ryley, Poe, Holden, and Bruce before intersecting Highway 36 (Veterans Memorial Highway) in Viking. The highway continues through the communities of Kinsella, Irma, Fabyan, and Wainwright, crossing Highway 41 (Buffalo Trail). The route then travels due east and intersects Highway 17 to enter Saskatchewan.[1]
History
[edit]Highway 14 historically began at Highway 2 in Old Strathcona at the intersection of 104 Street (Calgary Trail) and Whyte (82) Avenue, following Whyte Avenue and 79 Avenue out of Edmonton,[4] until it was realigned to the newly constructed Sherwood Park Freeway in 1968.[5] Just west of Sherwood Park, at the Highway 14X junction, Highway 14 travelled south for 6 kilometres (4 mi) along present-day Anthony Henday Drive before turning east. In the 1980s, Highway 14 was rerouted to follow Whitemud Drive within Edmonton; however, it followed 50 Street and Sherwood Park Freeway as at the time Whitemud Drive terminated at 34 Street.[6] In 1999, Whitemud Drive was extended east to Highway 14 (present-day Anthony Henday Drive), resulting Highway 14 being rerouted away from the Sherwood Park Freeway, along with the 3.4-kilometre (2.1 mi) section north of Whitemud Drive and Highway 14X becoming Highway 216.[7]
In 2007 the southeast portion of Anthony Henday Drive was completed,[8] while Highway 14 remained designated on Whitemud Drive as a city-maintained roadway,[9] despite signage at Bretona indicating that Highway 14 ended at Anthony Henday Drive.[10] In 2016, the northeastern portion of Anthony Henday Drive was completed;[11] part of the project was rebuilding the section between Whitemud Drive and Yellowhead Trail and the Highway 14 signage was removed removed at the Whitemud Drive interchange.[12][13] In subsequent years the official Highway 14 designation has been removed from Whitemud Drive;[14] however, some eastbound trailblazer signage remains.[15]
Major intersections
[edit]From west to east:
| Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| City of Edmonton | −11.9– −11.3 | −7.4– −7.0 |  Whitemud Drive west (Highway 2 north) Calgary Trail south (Highway 2 south) / Gateway Boulevard north – Airport, Red Deer, Calgary | Interchange; former Highway 14 western terminus and formerly followed Whitemud Drive | |||
| See Whitemud Drive (km 17.9 – 28.2) | |||||||
| Strathcona County | | −1.6 | −0.99 |  Highway 628 east (Township Road 522) Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216 north) | Interchange (Highway 216 exit 64); Highway 14 formerly followed Highway 216 south; Highway 14 originally followed Highway 216 north to Sherwood Park Freeway | ||
| Bretona | 0.0– 3.6 | 0.0– 2.2 | Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216 west) | Bretona Interchange;[16] Highway 216 exit 66; Highway 14 western terminus | |||
| | 8.2 | 5.1 |  Highway 21 – Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan, Camrose | Interchange | |||
| 15.4 | 9.6 |  Highway 824 north – Ardrossan | |||||
| South Cooking Lake | 17.2 | 10.7 | |||||
| Beaver County | | 39.9 | 24.8 |  Highway 630 north – Lindbrook Highway 833 south – Camrose | |||
| Tofield | 47.9– 49.2 | 29.8– 30.6 | Highway 834A north | Tofield access; former Highway 834 north | |||
| | 51.4 | 31.9 |  Highway 834 – Chipman, Round Hill | ||||
| Ryley | 66.6 | 41.4 |  Highway 854 south – Bawlf | West end of Highway 854 concurrency | |||
| 68.4 | 42.5 | Highway 854 north – Mundare | East end of Highway 854 concurrency | ||||
| Holden | 81.2 | 50.5 |  Highway 855 – Mundare, Daysland | ||||
| Bruce | 95.7 | 59.5 |  Highway 857 – Vegreville | ||||
| Viking | 115.6 | 71.8 |  Highway 36 – Two Hills, Killam | ||||
| 117.4 | 72.9 |  To Highway 619 east (Range Road 130) | |||||
| | 131.9 | 82.0 |  Highway 26 west – Camrose | ||||
| Kinsella | 135.9 | 84.4 |  Highway 870 south – Lougheed | West end of Highway 870 concurrency | |||
| 136.7 | 84.9 | Highway 870 north – Innisfree | East end of Highway 870 concurrency | ||||
| M.D. of Wainwright No. 61 | Irma | 158.4 | 98.4 |  Highway 881 – Mannville, Hardisty | |||
| | 173.3 | 107.7 |  Highway 883 north | ||||
| 175.3 | 108.9 | Crosses the Battle River | |||||
| Fabyan | 177.0 | 110.0 | |||||
| Wainwright | 186.4 | 115.8 | 1 Street | Access to CFB Wainwright | |||
| 189.7 | 117.9 |  Highway 41 – Vermilion, Consort | |||||
| M.D. of Wainwright No. 61 | | 204.3 | 126.9 |  Highway 610 south – Edgerton, Ribstone, Chauvin | |||
| 210.8 | 131.0 |  Highway 894 north | West end of Highway 894 concurrency | ||||
| 214.1 | 133.0 | Highway 894 south – Edgerton | East end of Highway 894 concurrency | ||||
| 220.6 | 137.1 |  Highway 897 north – Paradise Valley, Kitscoty | |||||
| 241.9 | 150.3 |   Highway 17 south – Macklin | West end of Highway 17 concurrency | ||||
| 244.3 | 151.8 | Highway 17 north – Lloydminster | East end of Highway 17 concurrency | ||||
| 245.1 | 152.3 | Highway 40 (Poundmaker Trail) – The Battlefords | Continues into Saskatchewan | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Former auxiliary routes
[edit]There are three former auxiliary routes of Highway 14 located in the Edmonton area.
Highway 14A
[edit].svg){kind=small} Highway 14A | |
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| Location | Edmonton |
| Length | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
Highway 14A | |
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| Location | Strathcona County |
| Length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
There are two former alignments of Highway 14A. The first route followed Connors Road and 83 Street between Highway 14, which at the time followed Whyte (82) Avenue, and downtown Edmonton via the Low 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 the Sherwood 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.
Highway 14X
[edit].svg){kind=small} Highway 14X | |
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| Location | Strathcona County |
Highway 14X was a spur connecting Highway 14 with Highway 16A and Highway 16. The route became part of Highway 216 in 1999.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Alberta Highway 14" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
- ^ Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors (April 16, 2025). Alberta Numbered Highway Network (PDF) (Map). Government of Alberta. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors (April 16, 2025). Alberta Numbered Highway Network (PDF) (Map). Government of Alberta. Edmonton & Area inset. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ Department of Highways (1968). Province of Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Government of Alberta. Edmonton inset.
- ^ Department of Highways (1969). Province of Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Government of Alberta. Edmonton inset.
- ^ Travel Alberta (1988). Province of Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Government of Alberta. Edmonton inset.
- ^ Resource Data Division (1999). Province of Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Government of Alberta. Edmonton inset.
- ^ "P3 enables Anthony Henday Drive S.E. to open in 2007" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. January 25, 2005. pp. 1–2 (of PDF). Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ "Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF) (Map). Alberta Transportation. March 2017. Edmonton inset. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ "Google Street View - AB-14, Sherwood Park, AB" (Map). Google Maps. August 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ "Northeast Anthony Henday Drive". Alberta Transportation. 2016. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
The northeast leg of Anthony Henday Drive opened on October 1, 2016, after five years of construction...
- ^ "Google Street View - Anthony Henday Dr., Sherwood Park, AB" (Map). Google Maps. April 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ "Google Street View - Anthony Henday Dr., Sherwood Park, AB" (Map). Google Maps. September 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors (April 16, 2025). Alberta Numbered Highway Network (PDF) (Map). Government of Alberta. Edmonton & Area inset. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ "Google Street View - 4228 Gateway Blvd, Edmonton, AB" (Map). Google Maps. June 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ "Transportation Infrastructure Management System - Existing Structures in the Provincial Highway Corridor" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. September 28, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2016.