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TRANSPORTATION

Highways | Distance To Major Areas | Trucking | Border Crossings | Air Transportation | Railway System | IEDC Table

 

An effective network of excellent highways, air transportation and rail system connects the Palliser region.

Highways

trans canada highway sign

  • The TransCanada Highway #1 bisects the Palliser area, connecting the region with both Canadian coasts and all points in between.

  • Highway #3, which starts in Medicine Hat at the TransCanada, is a major south-west route through Lethbridge and on to the Crowsnest Pass to British Columbia .

  • Currently, Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation is conducting a functional planning study of Highway 1 and 3 corridors that will provide phased improvements leading to an ultimate freeway for both highways.

  • North-south Secondary Highways #36 and #41 connect to central and northern markets, cross the TransCanada, and head south to two Canada/US border crossings: Coutts , Alberta / Sweetgrass , Montana and Wild Horse Alberta/Wild Horse, Montana .

  • Most surface transportation between Saskatoon and Calgary passes on Highway #9 through the upper part of the region.

highway at dusk

 

All primary and secondary highways are well maintained and open year round. The Alberta Motor Association (AMA) provides road reports.

Distance to Major Areas from the City of Medicine Hat

  • Lethbridge, Alberta 103.98 miles or 167.30 km

  • Calgary, Alberta 183.08 miles or 294.64 km

  • Edmonton, Alberta 361.91 miles or 582.44 km

  • Regina, Saskatchewan 290.58 miles or 467.64 km

  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 286.43 miles or 460.96 km

  • Havre, Montana 134.64 miles or 216.68 km

  • Great Falls, Montana 252.53 miles or 406.41 km

  • Helena, Montana 338.70 miles or 545.08 km

  • Vancouver, B.C. 785.08 miles or 1,263.46 km

  • Seattle, Washington 759.62 miles or 1,222.49 km

  • Spokane, Washington 481.54 miles or 774.96 km

  • Los Angeles, California 1,505.74 miles or 2,423.25 km

  • Denver, Colorado 1,025.26 miles or 1,650.00 km

Trucking

truck on highway

The region has an excellent trucking system which is linked to major freight centers and ports across Canada and the United States, with trucking companies equipped to haul all products or goods, manufactured or otherwise, year round.

 

Border Crossings

In addition to the 24 hour Coutts/Sweetgrass, Montana Border Crossing, the region has two others: Wild Horse, Alberta/Montana Border Crossing and the Aden , Alberta /Whitlash Montana Border Crossing.

Air Transportation

The region's major air transportation link is Medicine Hat 's Municipal Airport , which is operated and maintained by the City of Medicine Hat . The Airport

airplane in sky

  • is located west of the city within ten minutes from the downtown core and also serves Canadian Forces Base Suffield

  • is equipped with a 5,000 foot runway and up-to-date navigational equipment

  • has daily connecting Air Canada flights to the Calgary International Airport , just a short 55 minute flight away

  • has freight and charter services available

  • has the facilities to accommodate small private aircraft right up to medium haul jet airliners

The region's other airports are

  • The Bow Island Airport - provides use of a 3,000 foot (937.5 metre) illuminated airstrip. Tie down facilities are available

  • Hanna Municipal Airport - has a 3,500 foot (1,093.75 metre) runway, a non directional beacon, and all weather facilities

  • The Foremost Community Airport - has a 2,999 foot (914.63 metre) runway and all-weather facilities

  • Bassano Municipal Airport - has a 2880 foot (900 metre) runway and all weather facilities

  • The Brooks Municipal Airport - has a 2729.6 foot (853 metre)runway and all-weather facilities

  • Oyen Municipal Airport - has a 3000 foot (914 metre) runway that is lighted with a rotating beacon

 plane propeller

Railway System

Canadian Pacific Railways is the predominant railway company through most of the Palliser region. CP Rail's main line splits at Medicine Hat and runs south through Lethbridge then on to the Crowsnest Pass to B.C.; and north through Calgary and on through Roger's Pass to B.C.

 

Canadian National Railways (CN) runs through the central part of the province, including Hanna and Oyen, and interswitches with CP at points in the Edmonton-Calgary corridor.

 

Both companies have networks into the U.S.

View Transportation Infrastructure IEDC Table

 

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