Easy access to major transportation routes

The City of Spruce Grove is well accessed by the major transportation routes of Highway 16A and the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway 16. The City of Spruce Grove is located close to Highway 60, an important route to the south and Highway 43 north to Alaska. Spruce Grove is located fifteen minutes west of Edmonton in a lush agricultural community.

With its excellent location on Alberta’s highway network, Spruce Grove presents carriers wtih many opportunities for significant ground transportation savings. Long commutes through the City of Edmonton can generally be avoided, and rather than charging additional fees, carriers can base their costs on City of Edmonton rates, through bobtailing.

Air transportation can be readily accessed through the Edmonton International Airport, located only twenty-five minutes away via Highway 60. The Edmonton City Centre Airport is a mere 20 minutes via the Yellowhead Highway. This centrally located airport is dedicated to executive charter and cargo carriers under 10 passengers. The Villeneuve Airfield is a local airstrip fifteen minutes from the City of Spruce Grove.

The City of Spruce Grove is located on CN Rail’s main line with access to a spur line within city limits.

Yellowhead Highway advantages

Officially designated as a Trans-Canada Highway, the Yellowhead (Highway 16) is the “preferred” business route, linking the west to ports in Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Kitimat, via the lowest pass through the Canadian Rockies. Timely east/west routing, with north/south connections to export highways serving Northern Canada, the United States and Mexico, make the Yellowhead “the number one choice.” The Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway provides surface access to most of the major resource developments in Western Canada.

Any business choosing to locate on Canada’s newest Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, will be well-positioned to ensure prompt delivery by way of a sophisticated transportation system ... so crucial to today’s cost-conscious business community.

Dependable route

The Yellowhead Highway is fast becoming recognized as the quickest, most dependable route across Western Canada.

According to British Columbia road reports, during the first quarter of 1997, Trans-Canada Highway #1 was closed fifteen times for a total of 178 hours. The Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, in comparison, was closed only twice due to avalanche, for a total of less than 5 hours ...important statistics, considering the trend towards “just-in-time” delivery. The Yellowhead experiences less snowfall, averaging 4.04 metres, versus Highway #1 which averages 9.4 metres.

The Trans-Canada Yellowhead is 158 km longer from Winnipeg to Vancouver than Highway #1, however, that distance factor is greatly offset by the fact that low elevation grades result in less fuel consumption, less “wear and tear” on your vehicles and equal transit time, because the Yellowhead is routed between, not over, the mountains. The Yellowhead has only four major elevation changes, all under 400 vertical feet, while Highway #1 has eleven, with the Rogers Pass rising 3,000 feet in thirty miles. In fact, the highest elevation along the Yellowhead is east of the Rocky Mountains at Obed, Alberta.