11 Facts About Deerfoot Trail

Crisscrossing twice more with the river, it intersects Glenmore Deerfoot Trail and Memorial Drive; the former is a major east–west expressway while the latter is a freeway spur into downtown.

Deerfoot Trail was not entirely a freeway until 2005 when the final of four at-grade intersections in southeast Calgary was converted to an interchange.

Deerfoot Trail turns sharply to the east and again crosses the Bow River on the Calf Robe Bridge, named after a Siksika Nation elder.

Deerfoot Trail meets Memorial Drive, a major freeway spur into downtown, near Pearce Estate Wetland, Calgary Zoo and the Max Bell Centre, and continues into north Calgary while the Bow River turns west towards downtown.

Deerfoot Trail is Alberta's busiest highway by a significant margin over Glenmore Trail, with peak daily congestion lasting as many as four hours.

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Traffic levels on Deerfoot Trail decreased in the year following the opening, but have since risen to pre-Stoney levels.

Excessive volume of traffic on Deerfoot Trail is a contributing factor to the 10,000 collisions recorded between 2002 and 2007, including 24 fatalities.

Deerfoot Trail has many entrances and exits in close proximity which exacerbates problems, but some have attributed a portion of the congestion to driver error.

In 1884, Deerfoot Trail became known in the Calgary area as a great talent and won races against runners from as far away as Europe.

Controversy arose when Deerfoot Trail won a race but his opponent was credited with the victory.

The joint Deerfoot Trail study was completed in early 2021, summarizing the short and long-term improvement options that had been presented throughout the study period.