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Calgary Ring Road

The Calgary Ring Road is part of a larger east-west trade corridor that will enhance access to markets in and out of Alberta.

Figure 1. Calgary Ring Road

Overview

The Calgary Ring Road encircles the City of Calgary on the west side of the city connecting:

  • Deerfoot Trail/Queen Elizabeth 2 Highway
  • Highway 1A
  • Trans-Canada Highway
  • Highway 8
  • Highway 22X

On the east side, it connects:

  • Highway 560
  • Trans-Canada Highway
  • Highway 564

The ring road is part of a larger east-west/north-south trade corridor which enhances access to markets in and out of Alberta, supporting economic diversification and sustained economic growth.

Originally anticipated in fall 2024, the final section of the Calgary Ring Road will open nearly a full year ahead of schedule. The Calgary Ring Road provides 101 km of free-flow, freeway around the city, reducing congestion, improving access to hospitals, schools, workplaces and recreational amenities. It provides an important commercial goods route around the City of Calgary for the movement of goods to market within southern Alberta, and beyond.

The last segment of the West Calgary Ring Road, the final section of the ring road, will open to traffic December 19, 2023, marking the culmination of a highway project that was decades in the making. Discussions on a ring road around the City of Calgary started in the 1950s. Planning, acquisition of land and design work began in the late 1970s. Construction on the first sections of Northwest Stoney Trail began in the late 1990s.

The Calgary Ring Road includes:

  • Northwest Stoney Trail (opened in Fall 2009)
  • Northeast Stoney Trail (opened in Fall 2009)
  • Southeast Stoney Trail (opened in Fall 2013)
  • Tsuut’ina Trail (opened in Fall 2020)
  • Southwest Calgary Ring Road (opened in Fall 2021)
  • West Calgary Ring Road (opened in Fall 2023)
  • South Bow River Bridge

News

Contact

For more information on the Calgary Ring Road:

Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 403-200-6935
Toll free: 310-0000 before the number (in Alberta)
Email: estella.petzold@gov.ab.ca

For highway maintenance issues:

Phone: 403-543-8750 (North Stoney Trail)
Phone: 877-898-7623 (Southeast Stoney Trail)
Phone: 403-212-0565 (Southwest Calgary Ring Road)