Editing Crowsnest Highway (section)

=== Alberta ===
{{Main|Alberta Highway 3}}
[[File:Crowsnest Highway Cowley Alberta.jpg|thumb|Highway 3 near Cowley, Alberta]]
The Alberta portion of the Crowsnest Highway is also designated as [[Alberta Highway 3|Highway 3]], running for approximately {{cvt|323|km|mi}} from the British Columbia border to Medicine Hat. It begins in Crowsnest Pass paralleling the Canadian Pacific Railway, first meeting [[Alberta Highway 40|Highway 40]] at  [[Coleman, Alberta|Coleman]], then running {{cvt|26|km|mi|0}} east to the southern terminus of [[Alberta Highway 22|Highway 22]]. [[Alberta Highway 6|Highway 6]] splits south near [[Pincher Creek, Alberta|Pincher Creek]]. Approximately {{cvt|50|km|mi}} east of Pincher Creek, the highway becomes divided and interchanges with [[Alberta Highway 2|Highway 2]] with which it is briefly concurrent, assuming the designation of the [[Red Coat Trail]] and CANAMEX Corridor. It proceeds for {{cvt|5|km|mi|0}} into the town of Fort Macleod, after which Highway 2 splits south to [[Cardston]] and the [[United States]] border. Highway 3 then crosses the [[Oldman River]] east of Fort Macleod near [[Monarch, Alberta|Monarch]], prior to a partial interchange with [[Alberta Highway 23|Highway 23]].<ref name=abmap/>

After [[Coalhurst]], the highway reaches Westview Drive W, which provides access to [[West Lethbridge]]. It then becomes a freeway named Crowsnest Trail as it reaches [[Alberta Highway 25|Highway 25]] which branches north to [[Picture Butte]] while University Drive runs south to the [[University of Lethbridge]] as the main thoroughfare through West Lethbridge. Highway 3 again crosses the Oldman River in central Lethbridge and the freeway segment ends at [[Mayor Magrath Drive]], marking the northern terminus of [[Alberta Highway 5|Highway 5]]. The highway meets the northern end of [[Alberta Highway 4|Highway 4]] at the eastern limit of Lethbridge before continuing east to [[Coaldale, Alberta|Coaldale]] and [[Taber, Alberta|Taber]].<ref name=abmap>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.8507861,-113.1672231,8z|title=Crownest Highway in Alberta|access-date=October 31, 2016}}</ref> Within Taber, [[Alberta Highway 36|Highway 36]] runs concurrently with Highway 3 for {{cvt|3|km|mi|0}}. The highway reduces to a two-lane undivided road and the Crowsnest Highway ends {{cvt|113|km|mi}} later at the [[Alberta Highway 1|Trans-Canada Highway]] in Medicine Hat.