Project Update – February 21, 2022
What’s Happening in Traffic This Week
Crestmont Boulevard S.W. – Single Lane of Alternating Traffic
On Thursday, February 24, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Crestmont Boulevard S.W. will operate as a single lane of alternating traffic.
All work is weather dependant. Please check 511 Alberta and The City of Calgary’s traffic information map for up-to-date information on traffic detours and speed reductions.
We appreciate your patience during construction.
Northbound Stoney Trail Bridge
Construction on one of the last bridges started on the North project is progressing. This winter the bridge deck formwork and rebar have been installed in preparation for pouring the concrete as soon as temperatures warm up enough.
Looking south at wooden formwork in between concrete girders 
Rebar – used to strengthen the concrete bridge deck – has been installed
Overhead Sign Structures
Guide and information signs are a major element of the traffic control system. Most of us probably don’t give road signs much thought, but highway guide signs are highly engineered structures. Sign placement and height is precisely calculated to provide drivers with enough reaction time to read and respond, and the structure itself must withstand wind and ice loading. Highway signs can be attached to bridges, span the highway or be cantilevered over the road from a single structure.
Constructing the sign structures has begun along the Trans-Canada Highway.
Drilling for the sign foundation 
Like many of the bridges on the project, a steel casing is used to hold back the earth around the excavation for the foundation
Highway 8 Bridge Construction
Looking southwest at the Highway 8 interchange site, the abutments for the two Stoney Trail bridges are highlighted 
Looking north at piling for a pier column for the westbound Highway 8 flyover bridge