Whitemud Drive is a major eastwest freeway in southern Edmonton, Alberta, that stretches from 231Street at the western city limit to Anthony Henday Drive just east of Edmonton in Strathcona County. The portion in southeast Edmonton from Anthony Henday Drive to Calgary Trail / Gateway Boulevard is designated as Highway 14, and from there until Anthony Henday Drive in west Edmonton is designated as Highway 2. The portion of Whitemud Drive from 170 Street and 75Street forms part of the Edmonton inner ring road.

Route description

At its west end, Whitemud Drive begins at an unsignalized intersection with 231Street at Edmonton's boundary with Parkland County, and ends in the east at an interchange with the eastern leg of Anthony Henday Drive (Highway216) at Edmonton's boundary with Strathcona County. The road is preceded by the western segment of Highway 628 from Stony Plain, and succeeded by an eastern segment of Highway 628 to Highway 21. It is signed as Highway 2 between the west leg of Anthony Henday Drive and Calgary Trail/Gateway Boulevard, and Highway 14 between Calgary Trail/Gateway Boulevard and the east leg of Anthony Henday Drive.

Over its course, Whitemud Drive passes at-grade signalized intersections at Winterburn Road (215Street) and Lewis Estates Boulevard/Guardian Road in the west before passing under the western leg of Anthony Henday Drive (Highway216), to which access is provided via an interchange.

Continuing eastward, access is provided through interchanges at 178 Street, 170Street, 159Street, 149 Street (limited access), Fox Drive, 53Avenue, Terwillegar Drive, 119/122Street, (Frontage road begins) 111 Street, Calgary Trail/Gateway Boulevard (Highway2), 99Street (Frontage road ends), 91Street, 66/75 Street, 50 Street, 34 Street, 17Street and the eastern leg of Anthony Henday Drive. Along this portion, Whitemud Drive crosses the North Saskatchewan River on the Quesnell Bridge before Fox Drive, Whitemud Creek (its namesake) before 119/121Street, Mill Creek before 50Street, and Fulton Creek after 17Street. It also passes under a Canadian Pacific Kansas City rail line before 99Street and over a Canadian National rail line after 17Street.

The last recent at-grade intersection to be upgraded to an interchange was 17Street. The overpass has two lanes open in each direction and was completed in 2013. As a result, Whitemud Drive is now free-flowing within the bounds of Anthony Henday Drive. The whole freeway within the Lewis Estates Boulevard/Guardian Road intersection and the east leg of Anthony Henday Drive has a posted speed limit of .

Exit list

From west to east.

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