Glenmore Trail begins at a
cloverstack interchange with
Sarcee Trail and
Stoney Trail (Highway 201) which opened in October 2020 as part of Calgary's Southwest Ring Road project. Located near the
Tsuu T'ina First Nation, Stoney Trail becomes Tsuut'ina Trail when it leaves Calgary and enters the Nation south of the interchange. Glenmore Trail proceeds east as an eight-lane freeway with a speed limit of , to a
diamond interchange at 37 Street SW / Grey Eagle Boulevard. This provides access to the Grey Eagle Resort and Casino, located in and operated by the Tsuu T'ina First Nation on the site of a former
military barrack. East of 37 Street, Glenmore Trail reduces to six lanes but traffic levels continue to increase as it continues east to an interchange with
Crowchild Trail. and Glenmore Trail carries four lanes of traffic each way toward the
Glenmore Reservoir. Beginning in 2005, the causeway carrying Glenmore Trail over the reservoir was extensively upgraded as part of a $57 million project that was completed in 2008. Prior to the improvements, seven lanes (three eastbound and four westbound) crossed the reservoir. The improvements saw construction of a new bridge carrying two lanes from northbound 14 Street SW to westbound Glenmore Trail, and reconstruction of the existing bridge carrying westbound Glenmore Trail. Construction was staggered and planned to minimize disruption to existing traffic. Nine total lanes crossed the reservoir at the completion of the project. East of the reservoir, the freeway passes under the major north-south arterial of
14 Street SW. It then descends into a trough constructed beneath Elbow Drive and 5 Street SW; a single interchange complex links the two north-south routes with
braided ramps to Glenmore Trail and the existing
single-point urban interchange at
Macleod Trail just south of
Chinook Centre. East of Macleod Trail, Glenmore continues as a six lane freeway across the south leg of
CTrain Red Line into primarily commercial developments of southeast Calgary, where it meets
Blackfoot Trail in a
partial cloverleaf interchange, and continues to
Deerfoot Trail (
Highway 2). The interchange at Deerfoot Trail is often congested, particularly for traffic travelling north-south on Deerfoot as the road squeezes to two lanes from three in each direction. East of Deerfoot Trail, the freeway curves to the southeast and traffic levels decrease by approximately one half, to less than 70,000 vehicles per weekday in 2015. East of the river, Glenmore Trail passes between the residential areas of
Ogden and
Riverbend before a partial cloverleaf interchange at 18 Street SE. The four-lane freeway continues east over the
CPKC Brooks subdivision mainline and a diamond interchange with Ogden Road / 24 Street SE. The freeway ends at an at-grade
split intersection with
Barlow Trail, and the four lane expressway continues east through commercial and light industrial development across at-grade intersections with 52 Street SE and 68 Street SE before a partial cloverleaf interchange at Stoney Trail. Beyond Stoney Trail, Glenmore Trail becomes a two-lane highway and becomes
Highway 560, maintained by
Alberta Transportation. The roadway and property to the north are in Rocky View County; however, land to the south of the roadway is still within Calgary limits. Glenmore Trail passes 100 Street SE and fully enters Rocky View County east of 116 Street SE (Range Road 284), continuing east at as a rural two-lane highway. Highway 560 ends in
Langdon, but Glenmore Trail continues east at as a two-lane rural road (Township Road 234), ending at
Highway 817 south of
Strathmore. in Calgary ==History==