Medicine Hat A former alignment of the Trans-Canada Highway between Brooks and Medicine Hat, through County of Newell and Cypress County, is locally referred to as Highway 1A. Running parallel to Highway 1, it runs to the south along the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline. The road is paved between Brooks and Highway 875, with long-term plans to pave it to Tilley, as well as some sections around Suffield. Between Tilley and Suffield, the road has both gravel and unimproved sections and serves as a local ranch-access road. Once in Cypress County, it is referred to as the Old Trans-Canada Highway, while in Redcliff and Medicine Hat, it goes by South Railway Avenue and Saamis Drive. Despite the Highway 1A name, the route is maintained by the local municipalities and is not part of the provincial highway system. Highway 1X Alberta Provincial Highway No. 1X is a spur highway between Highway 1 and Highway 1A approximately east of Exshaw near the western edge of the Stoney-Nakoda First Nation. It serves as the only Bow River crossing between Canmore to the west and Morley to the east, providing access to First Nations lands and communities in the area. At in length, it is one of Alberta's shortest provincial highways. Future Highway 1X is the designation of two proposed bypasses around Strathmore and Medicine Hat. The Strathmore bypass, temporarily designated as Highway 1X:12, would bypass the town of Strathmore to the south, bypassing approximately of existing Highway 1. The project would also feature a realignment of Highway 24 to follow Highway 817 between Carseland and Strathmore. The Medicine Hat bypass, temporarily designated as Highway 1X:20, would bypass the City of Medicine Hat to the south and west, as well as the Town of Redcliff and the Hamlet of Dunmore; bypassing approximately of existing Highway 1. Both bypasses are currently unfunded with no timeline for construction. Once the bypasses are completed, they would be signed as part of Highway 1. Major intersections References 001A Roads in Calgary Former segments of the Trans-Canada Highway