Editing Crowsnest Highway (section)

==Future==
Alberta Transportation has long-term plans to upgrade the entire Highway 3 corridor to a freeway from the British Columbia border to Medicine Hat.<ref name=freewayplans/><ref name=freewayplans2/> The plans include the construction of a Lethbridge bypass to render the CANAMEX Corridor free-flowing through southern Alberta, in combination with proposed bypasses of Fort Macleod, [[Claresholm]] and [[Nanton, Alberta|Nanton]].<ref name=progress/><ref name=byp>{{Cite web | url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/projects/assets/Area_8_South/Hwy%203%20Lethbridge/Executive_Summary.pdf | title=Highways 3 & 4 - Lethbridge and Area NHS & NTSC Functional Planning Study - Final Report | date=February 2006 | access-date=2016-10-28 | df=mdy-all | work=Stantec Consulting Ltd. | publisher=Alberta Transportation}}</ref> The route would split from Highway 3 west of Coalhurst and run east, bypassing Lethbridge and Coaldale to the north before rejoining the existing highway.<ref name=byp/>

During the [[2021 British Columbia floods]], the Crowsnest Highway was closed by landslides, as were the other routes connecting the [[Lower Mainland]] with the rest of Canada. It was the first of these routes to reopen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Major BC highway could reopen this weekend as new photos show huge damage along Coquihalla {{!}} News|url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/highway-3-roeopen-weekend-major-damage-coquihalla|access-date=2021-11-20|website=dailyhive.com|language=en}}</ref> During the period when it was the only road route between Metro Vancouver and the rest of Canada, it experienced a high rate of crashes among heavy trucks driving faster than the route's windy curves would allow for.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Britten|first=Liam|date=7 December 2021|title=Drivers urged to slow down on Hwy 3 as crashes mount on critical route for freight trucks|work=[[CBC News]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/highway-3-crashes-trucks-1.6276089}}</ref>

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