Banff National Park of Canada

Park Management

Table of Contents | Introduction | Current Twinning | Highway Fencing & Wildlife Crossings

Current Twinning (Phase IIIB)

Construction timeline, 2009-2014

Phase IIIB –1 (9 km section east of Lake Louise):
Completed in September 2009

• Paving (July 2009)
• Two 60 m wildlife overpasses (Sept 2009)
• Landscaping (Sept 2009)

Phase IIIB – 2 (14 km section west of Castle Junction):

• Median separated lanes (2009)
• Guiderail separated lanes (1010)
• 18 m wildlife underpass (2009-2010)
• Two 60 m wildlife overpasses (2009-2010)
• Overlay lanes (2011)
• Landscaping (2011)

Phase IIIB-3 (8.5 km section from Lake Louise west to the Alberta/BC border):

• Reconfigure Icefields Parkway interchange (2009-2011)
• New eastbound Bow River Bridge (2009-2011)
• Highway twinning (2009-2012)
• New CP Rail bridge (2010 – 2013)
• New Bath Creek bridge (2010-2013)
• 60 m wildlife underpass (2010-2013)
• Overlay lanes (2014)
• Landscaping (2014)

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