Alberta Highway 14

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.^[4] 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. Natural gas was discovered near Viking in November 1914, and the Viking gas field has remained part of the regional economy for over a century.^[5]

The highway continues through Kinsella and Irma, then crosses the Battle River near Fabyan. The nearby Fabyan Trestle Bridge, a CN Railway bridge completed in 1908, spans 2,775 feet (846 m) across the Battle River valley at a height of 195 feet (59 m).^[6] The highway then enters Wainwright and crosses Highway 41 (Buffalo Trail). Wainwright's economy rests on agriculture, oil and gas production (active since 1921), and the military.^[7] Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, adjacent to the town, serves as the headquarters for army training in western Canada.^[7] The route then travels due east and intersects Highway 17 to enter Saskatchewan.^[1]

Highway 14 historically began at Highway 2 in Old Strathcona at the intersection of 104 Street and Whyte (82) Avenue, following Whyte Avenue and 79 Avenue out of Edmonton,^[8] until it was realigned to the newly constructed Sherwood Park Freeway in 1968.^[9] 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.^[10] In 1999, Whitemud Drive was extended east to Highway 14 (present-day Anthony Henday Drive), resulting in Highway 14 being rerouted away from the Sherwood Park Freeway, with the 3.4-kilometre (2.1 mi) section north of Whitemud Drive and Highway 14X becoming Highway 216.^[11]

In 2007 the southeast portion of Anthony Henday Drive was completed,^[12] while Highway 14 remained designated on Whitemud Drive as a city-maintained roadway,^[13] despite signage at Bretona indicating that Highway 14 ended at Anthony Henday Drive.^[14] In 2016, the northeastern portion of Anthony Henday Drive was completed;^[15] part of the project was rebuilding the section between Whitemud Drive and Yellowhead Trail and the Highway 14 signage was removed at the Whitemud Drive interchange.^[16][17] In subsequent years the official Highway 14 designation has been removed from Whitemud Drive;^[18] however, some eastbound trailblazer signage remains.^[19]

Alberta Transportation's 2023 and 2024 provincial construction programs both listed five resurfacing projects on Highway 14, all designated as economic corridor improvements supporting oversize and overweight vehicle movement.^[20][21] All five segments were in design in both years.

The planned resurfacing covered a 35 km selective segment between Highway 216 and Highway 21, 13 km between 4 km east of Highway 883 and Highway 41, 15 km between Highway 41 and Highway 610, 17 km between Highway 610 and 1 km east of Highway 897, and 24 km between 1 km east of Highway 897 and 1 km east of Highway 17 near the Saskatchewan border.

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Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
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;[22] 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 east (Poundmaker Trail) – The Battlefords	Continues into Saskatchewan
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       Route transition

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There are three former auxiliary routes of Highway 14 located in the Edmonton area.

Highway 14A

Quick facts Highway 14A, Location ...

Highway 14A
Location	Edmonton
Length	3 km (1.9 mi)

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Quick facts Highway 14A, Location ...

Highway 14A
Location	Strathcona County
Length	5 km (3.1 mi)

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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

Quick facts Highway 14X, Location ...

Highway 14X
Location	Strathcona County

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Main article: Alberta Highway 14X

Highway 14X was a spur connecting Highway 14 with Highway 16A and Highway 16. The route became part of Highway 216 in 1999.