MACLEOD TRAIL (CALGARY)

'Macleod Trail' is a major road in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a six to eight lane principal arterial road extending from downtown Calgary to the south of the city, where it merges into Highway 2. It was named for one of the city founders, Colonel James Macleod. Until the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882, Macleod Trail was the main trade route from Missouri River to southern Alberta.^[1]
The road effectively divides the south-west and the south-east quadrants of the city, and many communities (inner city as well as suburban) were developed along its course. Macleod Trail (along with Crowchild Trail-Glenmore Trail-14 Street S and Anderson Road) constitutes one of the four major north-south corridors of the city.^[2]
In the downtown section, the road passes by the Calgary City Hall, Olympic Plaza, the Calgary Public Library, the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts. South of downtown it defines the western edge of the Calgary Stampede grounds, as it passes through the Beltline district, then provides access to Talisman Centre as it runs between the historic inner city communities of Mission and Ramsay. South of Elbow River, Macleod Trail has various motels eslablished on its sides, and Chinook Centre faces the road as it passes between the communities of Meadowlark Park, Kingsland and Fairview. Macleod Trail is lined with commercial developments on both sides for its entire length between Erlton and Lake Bonavista, including strip malls, auto malls, big-box stores and shopping centres such as Southcentre Mall. The southern leg of the C-Train LRT system (Route 201) is also developed along Macleod Trail.

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Major intersections

km	Intersection	Remarks
0	Riverfront Avenue	Starts south of Bow River in Downtown Calgary, as a one way road (north)
0.2	4 Avenue S	Intersects the 4th Avenue flyover from Memorial Drive
0.5	CPR tracks	Runs through underpass below railway tracks, leaves downtown
2.0	Elbow River	Merges with 1 Street E, becomes a two-way road, speed limit changes to 60 km/h
7.5	Glenmore Trail	Controlled interchange over Glenmore Trail
9.2	Heritage Drive	Quadrant intersection
10.5	Southland Drive	Quadrant intersection
12.5	Anderson Road	Interchange, speed limit changes to 80 Km/h expressway south of this point
14.0	Canyon Meadows Drive	Interchange
14.5	Fish Creek Park	Crosses bridge over Fish Creek Park
17.5	162 Avenue S	Quadrant intersection with 162 Avenue and Sun Valley Boulevard, expressway north of this point
19.0	Highway 22X	Cloverleaf interchange with Marquis de Lorne Trail, merges into Highway 2
21.0	Calgary city limits	Exits Calgary, west of the community of Chaparral, continues south as Highway 2

See also

★ Transportation in Calgary

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