Alberta Provincial Highway No. 567, commonly referred to as Highway 567,[1] is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs west–east through the Calgary Region north of the City of Calgary.
 Highway 567 | ||||
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| Big Hill Springs Road, Veterans Boulevard | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Alberta Transportation, City of Airdrie | ||||
| Length | 64.5 km (40.1 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Highway 22 north of Cochrane | |||
 Highway 772 north of Calgary Highway 2 in Airdrie | ||||
| East end |  Highway 9 near Irricana | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Alberta | |||
| Specialized and rural municipalities | Rocky View County | |||
| Major cities | Airdrie | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Highway 567 begins at its intersection with Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), 10 km north of the Town of Cochrane, and travels eastward past Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, to Highway 772 (Symons Valley Road) where it jogs north for 3 km before it continues east through the City of Airdrie and intersects Highway 2. The highway ends at Highway 9, 4 km southeast of the Town of Irricana.[2]
The highway is also known as Big Hill Springs Road between Highway 22 and Highway 772 and Veterans Boulevard within Airdrie. Prior to 2005, the highway was named Airdrie Road west of Highway 2 and Irricana Road east of Highway 2.[3]
Major intersections
editStarting at the west end of Highway 567:
| Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km[4] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Rocky View County | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) – Sundre, Cochrane | Roundabout |
| 6.5 | 4.0 | PAR 116 south – Big Hill Springs Provincial Park | |||
| 9.8 | 6.1 |  Highway 766 (Lochend Road) | |||
| 21.3 | 13.2 | Highway 772 south (Symons Valley Road) – Calgary Big Hill Springs Road east – Airdrie | Hwy 567 branches north; west end of Hwy 766 concurrency | ||
| 24.6 | 15.3 | Highway 772 north (Symons Valley Road) – Madden | Hwy 567 branches east; east end of Hwy 766 concurrency | ||
| City of Airdrie | 31.1 | 19.3 | Range Road 13 | Connects to Centre Street N / Harvest Hills Boulevard | |
| 34.4 | 21.4 | 8 Street NW | |||
| 35.2 | 21.9 | Main Street N – Crossfield | Connects to Dickson-Stevenson Trail and Hwy 2A | ||
| 36.0 | 22.4 | Highway 2 – Red Deer, Edmonton, Calgary | Interchange (Hwy 2 Exit 285) | ||
| 36.8 | 22.9 | East Lake Boulevard NE | |||
| Rocky View County | | 48.2 | 30.0 |  Highway 791 north | West end of Hwy 791 concurrency |
| 49.8 | 30.9 | Highway 791 south – Chestermere | East end of Hwy 791 concurrency | ||
| Irricana | 62.9 | 39.1 | Range Road 264 | ||
| 64.5 | 40.1 | Highway 9 – Beiseker, Drumheller, Calgary | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 15
- ^ "Provincial Highways 500 – 986 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ "Airdrie's roads honour war veterans, settlers". Airdrie Echo. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ "Highway 567 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. June 1, 2016.