Alberta Highways - Macleod Trl., Calgary
Macleod Trail, Calgary
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These trailblazers start popping up as soon as AB 2A ends at AB 22X, and I don't get it. You'll see why in a moment.
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I don't care if this is positionally accurate, you mount this sign vertically. The bridge connects the Canyon Meadows CTrain station to its parking garage on Lake Fraser Dr.
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Here's why I didn't get the trailblazers. Taking AB 22X east to AB 2 and then west on AB 8 would be a full freeway route to Sarcee Trail, which hooks up with the freeway section of TCH 1 west of downtown. Straightforward and fast-moving. Instead, Calgary would prefer you slog through the lights on Macleod Trail to here, then face more lights on Anderson Rd. to get over to AB 2 anyway. Sure, this is a shorter distance, but at what cost? You may as well stay on Macleod Trail to AB 8 at this point.
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That said, I do fancy the treatment on the north side of Anderson Rd. Here's another pedestrian overpass to another light rail station at Southcentre Mall, and then a themed crossing of the Anderson Rd. ramp to Macleod Trail NB that splits into the mall parking. I shall call you... Mini Bridge.
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Continuing north past Heritage Drive to Glenmore Trail. The 2 shield is missing something. The sign is missing two somethings. May never know what.
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OH SWEET LORD THERE IS BUTTON COPY IN CANADA.
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Glenmore Trail is also known as AB 8. Has been for decades. This SB assembly should provide a couple of AB 8 shields. Also notice the older practice of spacing out the letters of a highway name on a wide guide sign.
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I leave you with a closer shot of Calgary, featuring the 190-metre Calgary Tower.
To TCH 1
To AB 2
Back south on AB 2A
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Actually, I leave you with this photo again, because BUTTON COPY.