Highway 2 improvements in the Red Deer area

This section includes replacing the existing Highway 2 overpass over the Canadian National (CN) railway line, north of Red Deer. Two new,  3-lane bridges will replace the existing pair of two-lane bridges built in the early 1960s. The new bridges will be built to the outside of the existing bridges. The highway will be realigned onto the new bridges and widened to three lanes in each direction.

This section includes widening the highway from 4 lanes to 6 (3 in each direction) from the north side of Highway 11 interchange up to 2 kilometres, north of the Highway 11A interchange. 

This section is the largest and most complex part of project. In addition to widening the highway between the 32 Street and 67 Street interchanges, the two existing Red Deer River bridges will be replaced. These 2-lane river bridges were built in the early 1960s and will be replaced by two new, wider structures, both to be located east of the existing bridges. 

This stretch of the highway will be realigned with the new bridges with 3 travel lanes and an additional auxiliary lane in each direction, between the 32 Street and 67 Street interchanges, for a total of 8 lanes. The new highway alignment will feature gentler horizontal and vertical curves for better sightlines, providing a smoother and safer drive through the river valley. The Highway 11 westbound bridge will also be replaced as part of this work.