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Old Posted Jul 16, 2017, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by DizzyEdge View Post

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Did Freeway 2 use the old Edmonton Trail alignment? Which would mean the section of straight north-south road aligned with the 2 in the bottom pic (where Freeway 2 leaves its axis to slightly curve to the east then back on track... presumably to allow an exit for the center of Airdrie, or else because that zone of the Edmonton Trail - closest to Airdrie's core - was built up already at the time while the rest wasn't) would be the original Edmonton Trail?

Just curious - I love digging in the past like that via maps (more interesting when I'm around the area, obviously... but it's a hobby of mine; among other things I've done many sections of old Route 66 in the U.S.)
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