Calgary’s road network is a work in progress, but progress is definitely happening.

Keeping up with Calgary’s growth has put enormous demands on the city’s more than 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) of arteries. The most ambitious road, interchange and bridge construction and upgrade program in the city’s history has been underway since 2001.

Traffic infrastructure is based on a grid system with numerous freeways and expressways supplementing the smaller streets. Numbered streets run from north to south, while avenues go east to west.

The city is divided into four quadrants (northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest) and all street names and addresses end with suffixes corresponding to the quadrant of the city (NE, NW, SE or SW).

In terms of getting to Calgary, you may well arrive via one of two of North America’s largest highways: the CANAMEX Corridor or the Trans-Canada Highway.

The Trans-Canada is the world’s longest national highway. It runs 7,700 kilometres (4,800 miles) east/west across the country from ocean to ocean.

The CANAMEX Corridor is the 6,000 kilometre (3,500 mile) cornerstone of efficient transportation of goods and people between western Canada, the United States and Mexico. Already a super-highway, the CANAMEX is currently being upgraded by the Alberta government.